Comparison

IM vs Archive

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

IM

This app offers a comprehensive smart community management system for commercial and residential buildings. It integrates various systems like visitor management, access control, and security alarms, designed with modularity and smart building standards.

Highlights
  • Modular design
  • Smart building standards compliance
  • High integration with multiple hardware
  • Suitable for commercial and residential use
  • Integrated visitor, access control, and alarm systems
  • Comprehensive community management
Features
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IM-DSP智慧社區服務系統 1.模組化設計 2.符合智慧建築標章設計 3.高整合性,多重硬體整合 4.商辦/住宅均可用 5.結合自助訪客系統.門禁.NVR.對講警報..等系統 6.完善社區管理

About

Archive

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Archive: a private museum for what you collect Every piece has a story. Add a photo, a place, and a note, and keep your dolls, figures, models, pins, perfumes, meals, or travel finds on a display wall of your own. Snap a piece and Archive cuts it out into a clean sticker, ready to place on a wall you arrange yourself. ■ Collect like a curator ・Automatic cutout stickers ・Display styles: album, museum, specimen, ticket, and more ・40 categories, from dolls and figures to perfume, sneakers, and crystals ・Editorial keepsake cards, made to share ■ Your collecting map ・Record where and when each piece arrived, what you paid, and what it's worth now ・Revisit your trail on a map and a calendar ・Milestones, a stamp Passport, and a Year in Review ・My Treasure Chest: pick a trunk or a zip bag, fill it with favorites, and level up to Lv.100 ■ Keep it, and care for it ・Wishlist for the pieces you haven't caught yet ・Maintenance reminders for the pieces that need care ・Storage spots and QR codes to find the real thing fast (Premium) ■ What's free ・Up to 200 treasures and 20 wishes ・5 themes (Signature plus the four seasons) ・3 share cards (exports carry a watermark) ・A basic Analytics overview: total, added this month, category breakdown ・1 maintenance task per piece ■ Archive Premium Upgrade to unlock: ・No collection limit ・9 Premium themes ・Collection Ledger and full Analytics: cost, market value, gain and loss ・All 12 share cards, with no watermark ・Premium sticker packs, a maintenance overview, and unlimited maintenance tasks ・Automatic backup to your own iCloud, with restore on a new device Every core record feature is free, your data lives on your device, and no account is needed. The app is available in English, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. With Premium, your treasures, photos, and preferences back up automatically to your own iCloud, in your private space that we cannot see or reach, and come back on their own when you reinstall on a new phone. Premium can also pack everything into a single backup file from Settings → Backup & Restore. Restoring from a backup file never requires a subscription. ■ Subscription details Archive Premium offers monthly and yearly plans; the price is shown in-app for your region. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends; your Apple ID is charged upon confirmation of purchase. Manage or turn off auto-renewal anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://rotalee.github.io/archive-legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://rotalee.github.io/archive-legal/privacy.html

Screenshots

IM2 screens
Archive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: IM at none against Archive's 2. IM also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Archive's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Archive sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. IM asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IM ships an update every 3 months, Archive every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
IM versus Archive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIMArchive
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB103 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHUANG JUICHIYU FANG LI

In-app purchases

None

IM

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Archive

Subscriptions2
  • Archive Premium (Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • Archive Premium (Yearly)$19.991 Year

Questions

Is IM free?
IM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Archive free?
Archive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do IM or Archive have ads?
Neither IM nor Archive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IM or Archive?
IM ships an update every 3 months, and Archive every 3 weeks. Most recently, IM was updated on November 2, 2026 and Archive on November 6, 2026.

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