Comparison

tramontana vs Soonlist

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

Head to head
About

tramontana

Prototype interactive spaces and connected products using your smartphone's sensors and actuators. Control features like flash, vibration, and screen display, or read device orientation, accelerometer, and touch events. Integrates with machine learning software for advanced prototyping.

Highlights
  • Smartphone sensor access (orientation, accelerometer, magnetometer)
  • Smartphone actuator control (flash, vibration, screen brightness)
  • Remote camera triggering and Dropbox upload
  • Integration with Wekinator for machine learning
  • Libraries for Processing, Javascript, and OpenFrameworks
  • Wireless prototyping capabilities
Features
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A prototyping kit for iOS. Tramontana leverages the capabilities of the object that we have all come to carry with us anywhere, all the time, our smartphone. With libraries for Processing, Javascript and OpenFrameworks you can access the inputs and outputs of one or more smartphones to easily and quickly prototype interactive spaces, connected products or just something you’d like to be wireless. More information at: tramontana.xyz To use Tramontana and access all the features of your phone you need to use the open source Processing, javascript or openFrameworks libraries. You can use your device as actuator triggering remotely: - flash light; - vibration; - changes to screen brightness and color: - playback of video, audio, and images as you can see from the screenshots; You can use the device as a sensor reading: - orientation; - magnetometer; - accelerometer; - distance sensor; - audio jack; - changes in the power source; - touch events; You can also trigger remotely the camera and upload pictures to Dropbox. Tramontana now interfaces with Wekinator and you will be able to use touch or accelerometer inputs from your device with the machine learning software.

About

Soonlist

Easily save and organize events from screenshots and group chats into a single, actionable calendar. Automatically extracts event details like dates, times, and locations, allowing for one-tap addition to your device's calendar. Perfect for managing a busy social life without the clutter.

Highlights
  • Save events from screenshots
  • Automatic detail extraction
  • One-tap calendar addition
  • Organized social calendar
  • Reduces planning chaos
Features
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The easiest way to save events and organize your social calendar, all in one shareable list. You see events everywhere: Instagram Stories, group chats, flyers around town. But keeping track of them is messy. You screenshot a show poster... You see a workshop in your IG feed... You get a text about a brunch hang... Then, when you want to plan your week, everything is scattered and hard to find. Soonlist makes it easy to save events, stay organized, and share with friends in one tap: • Save any event in one tap. Just screenshot & upload! • Soonlist grabs the details for you (dates, times, locations, ticket links, artist bios) • Add to your calendar instantly. No typing needed. And you can share your list with anyone, even if they don't have the app! Soonlist is perfect for you if: • Your camera roll is full of event and flyer screenshots • You feel overwhelmed keeping track of events and making plans • You want all your upcoming plans organized in one place Soonlist turns your screenshots into a simple, organized list of events, so you can plan your social life without the chaos. Download Soonlist and start saving events immediately!

Screenshots

tramontana3 screens
Soonlist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: tramontana at none against Soonlist's 4. tramontana also leads on device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). Soonlist's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (28 vs 2). On price, rating and ads 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. Soonlist sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. tramontana asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for tramontana against 5.0 for Soonlist. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Soonlist has 28 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

tramontana ships an update every 6 months, Soonlist fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
tramontana versus Soonlist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametertramontanaSoonlist
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (28 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings228 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB74 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperEnrico GueliSoonlist Company

Customer experience

tramontana

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Soonlist

All ratings28 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

tramontana

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Soonlist

Subscriptions3
  • Soonlist Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Soonlist Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Soonlist Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is tramontana free?
tramontana is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Soonlist free?
Soonlist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, tramontana or Soonlist?
tramontana and Soonlist are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 28 ratings respectively.
Do tramontana or Soonlist have ads?
Neither tramontana nor Soonlist shows ads.
Which is updated more often, tramontana or Soonlist?
tramontana ships an update every 6 months, and Soonlist fortnightly. Most recently, tramontana was updated on June 1, 2026 and Soonlist on September 13, 2026.

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