Head-to-head comparisons of mobile apps.
Two apps at a time, compared on the same points, with every claim sourced and dated. Plus what individual apps actually cost, because the App Store will tell you an app is free when it sells a hundred-and-fifty-dollar subscription.
Comparisons are built from what each developer publishes — App Store listings, pricing pages and official documentation — with every claim sourced and dated. Where the sources don’t answer a question, it’s listed as unverified rather than guessed at.
What makes it different
Two, not twenty
A comparison names two apps and sets them against each other. It is not a ranked list, and it is not a roundup of every app in a category with a paragraph under each.
Where each one fits
Each comparison ends by naming who each app suits, reasoned from the sourced rows above it. Where the answer splits by use case, it says which use case goes which way rather than stopping at “it depends.”
Same page, both sides
Both apps are covered in one document, against the same set of points, so the two columns are actually comparable to each other.
Category hubs
A hub page covers a whole category at once — how the apps in it actually divide, and which comparison to read next.
- Personal CRM apps for iPhone — where the record comes from, what free means across the category, and which developers publish a price at all.
- Task and reminder apps for iPhone — the apps you buy against the ones that come with an account, and what each kind actually costs you.
- Weather apps for iPhone — three business models, three developers who publish no current price on their own site, and the features that change depending on your country.
Comparisons
Network and Wi-Fi utilities
- Fing vs. Ubiquiti WiFiman — two free iPhone network scanners, compared on pricing, discovery protocols and platform support.
- Network Analyzer Pro vs. iNet Pro — two paid one-time-purchase iPhone scanners, compared on diagnostic tools, data collection and platform support.
- Fing vs. Network Analyzer Pro — a subscription scanner against a single-purchase one, compared on pricing model, scan limits and data collection.
- IP Scanner vs. iNet — two free iPhone scanners with paid unlocks, compared on free-tier limits, remote access and device support.
- NetScanPro vs. Fing — our own app against a subscription rival, compared on pricing model, scan limits and data collection.
Study and flashcard apps
- Quizlet vs. Brainscape — two flashcard apps, compared on free-tier limits, study method and what each library actually contains.
- AnkiMobile vs. RemNote — a one-time purchase against a freemium notes-and-flashcards app, compared on pricing model, free-tier limits and scope.
- CertFlash vs. Pocket Prep — our own app against a subscription question bank, compared on study format, pricing model and exam coverage.
- Quizlet vs. Knowt — an established study platform against a newer app aimed at people leaving it, compared on free-tier study modes, pricing and AI features.
Mileage tracking
- MileIQ vs. Stride — a subscription mileage tracker against a free one, compared on free-tier limits, scope and how each app makes its money.
- Everlance vs. Driversnote — a broad self-employed finance app against a focused mileage tracker, compared on free-tier limits, scope and pricing transparency.
Field service and job logging
- Jobber vs. Housecall Pro — two field service platforms, compared on entry pricing, how each scales, online booking and customer communication.
- Field Stub vs. Jobber — our own app against a field service platform, compared on pricing model, free tiers and what each one records.
Contacts and CRM
- Cloze vs. Contacts Journal CRM — an automatic relationship CRM against a manual one, compared on how each builds its record, pricing and scope.
- Dex vs. Mesh — a personal CRM with no free tier against one that has a capped free plan, compared on entry pricing, contact limits and integrations.
- Contacts+ vs. CircleBack — two address book managers, compared on free tiers, published pricing, contact discovery and export.
- Referra vs. Contacts Journal CRM — our own app against a general-purpose relationship CRM, compared on scope, pricing and free tiers.
Tasks and reminders
- Todoist vs. TickTick — two of the largest task managers, compared on what each free tier allows, paid pricing and billing options.
- Apple Reminders vs. Google Tasks — two free defaults that come with the phone or the account, compared on what each requires, where it exists and what its developer says about your data.
- Microsoft To Do vs. Structured — a free app tied to a Microsoft account against a day planner with a paid tier, compared on account eligibility, pricing and what Pro unlocks.
Inventory and asset tracking
- Sortly vs. Orca Scan — two barcode inventory apps, compared on free plan limits, how each one prices growth and what the advertised discounts mean.
- Sortly vs. BoxHero — two inventory apps whose free plans stop at the same place and whose paid plans cost the same but include different amounts.
- TagSweep vs. Sortly — our own app against a cloud inventory platform, compared on scope, pricing model and where each one keeps your data.
Weather apps
- CARROT Weather vs. Weather Underground — a subscription weather app against an ad-supported one, compared on what the money buys, data sources and where each developer publishes its prices.
- CARROT Weather vs. Hello Weather — two subscription weather apps, compared on how many paid tiers each has, what the free version keeps and whether you can buy the app outright.
Document scanner apps
- SwiftScan vs. Genius Scan — two free-to-download scanners, compared on where each developer publishes its prices, what the free tier is documented to include and how the App Store purchase lists read.
- Adobe Scan vs. CamScanner — two free scanners from large companies, compared on what account each requires, which subscription unlocks the extras and what the free tiers gate.
What apps cost
Subscription pricing isn’t in the App Store listing, so each of these traces its figures to wherever they actually appear — a pricing page, a help centre, a press kit, or the App Store’s own purchase list where the developer publishes nothing — with the date each source was read.
- What Fing costs — the free tier’s three-scan cap, Premium and Professional, and the requirement most people miss.
- What MileIQ costs — forty free drives a month, and team plans that cost less per person than the individual one.
- What Todoist costs — three plans, what each one caps, and the feature most people don’t realise is paid.
- What TickTick costs — one annual plan, eight separate limits, and where the developer’s own two sources disagree.
- What CARROT Weather costs — three subscription levels explained in detail on a page that never names a price, and how much of what you pay for depends on your country.
- What Ubiquiti WiFiman costs — nothing, with no in-app purchase list at all, and what gets gated by hardware instead of by money.
- What Jobber costs — four published plans whose figures move with a team-size dropdown, and a tier the App Store sells that Jobber documents nowhere.
- What Sortly costs — five plans set out plainly, a yearly rate that only holds for the first year, and a sixth plan sold only through the App Store.
- What SwiftScan costs — three tier names that appear only at the purchase sheet, a second listing that sells for $199.99, and a lifetime plan discounted from that figure for a year.
Research and reporting
These report on the App Store itself and on how developers publish prices as a group, rather than comparing two apps or setting out what one app charges.
- Where app developers actually publish their prices — what we found looking for subscription pricing across eighteen developers.
- What happened to Microsoft Lens — the dates Microsoft published for pulling it from the stores and ending scanning, what becomes of scans people already have, and where Microsoft points users now.
Ownership disclosure
AppMatchup is operated by Fogarty Holdings LLC.
Fogarty Holdings LLC publishes its own iOS apps. Some comparisons on this site will include one of those apps.
When a comparison includes an app published by Fogarty Holdings LLC, that fact will be labeled on the comparison page itself — visibly, next to the app it concerns — and not left to this page alone to disclose.