Comparison

ココいるME! vs How are you?

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

Head to head
About

ココいるME!

Features
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一日の大半を離れた場所で過ごす家族だから、帰宅が遅い時や大災害の時などにお互いの連絡が取れない時、どこにいるかが分からない時、どういう状況かが分からない時に「不安」や「心配」を抱き、不安心理に基づいた行動が二次災害の元になり共助を妨げます。 誰でも一番知りたい家族の「今どこにいて」「どういう状況」なのかをリアルタイムに共有することで安全な行動をとれる様にするための安心アプリです。 弊社の「災害時の安否確認システム及びそのサービス提供方法」という特許に基づいた、家族グループでのリスクコミュニケーションツールです。 ■災害時 その提供を、企業や学校などの更に一つ上の階層でグループ化して、グループを構成する家族に利用を促す場合には、上のグループ階層では構成員の家族との安否連絡情報を元に、構成員(家族を除く)の安否情報を統計的に集計して閲覧や指示を提示することも可能になります。 ■日常のみまもり 常にGPSでの監視するのではなく、必要に応じて家族間で「私はここにいるので見ていて欲しい」「安心して欲しい」という相互の不安解消のために利用するものです。基本的に安心のための連絡ツールなので、直接的に犯罪を防止するものではありませんが、これによって、抑止の一助となり、万が一犯罪などが起きた場合でも、通信機能が働く限り移動経路を共有する事で早期の解決や被害の最小化を図ります。 ■文字コミュニケーション 他のSNSツールのチャットの様にグループ内での会話がテーマと連動しないための混乱を招かないように、家族が自動で登録されるコミュニケーションボードをテーマごとにスレッドが立てられる事で円滑なコミュニケーションがとれるようになっています。 ※フォローミー及びSOS、防犯ブザーではバックグラウンドで位置情報を取得します。これらの機能は数分間の利用にとどめてください。それを越えるとバッテリーの消耗が激しくなる可能性があります。

About

How are you?

Stay connected with loved ones by sharing daily moods, step counts, and locations. Facilitate easy communication and health management, with an added layer of emergency contact features for peace of mind.

Highlights
  • Share daily mood and step count
  • Location sharing with time limits
  • In-app messaging with expressive icons
  • Daily mood and step history
  • Emergency contact registration
Features
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Do you ever worry about your family or friends who live far away? With this app, you can share your daily mood and step count with your loved ones. Let's watch over each other with easy communication! You can also use this app to watch over in your local community. ◆ 5 features of "How are you?" app (1) Sharing mood and steps You can easily share today's mood with everyone just by choosing from the options. This allows you to quickly notice if someone is not feeling well. The number of steps is automatically measured just by walking with your iPhone. (*1) (2) Sharing locations You can share each other's locations when getting together or when you want to know where your family is. You can set a sharing time limit, so even people who are reluctant to share their location on a daily basis can use it with peace of mind. (3) Communication Enjoy your communication by sending messages. You can change the expression of your icon to convey your feelings. (4) Health management You can look back on your mood and steps recorded every day. Check yourself and your family's health. (5) Emergency contact You can register emergency contacts in case of emergency. ◆This app is perfect for the followings! ・I'm worried about my family and friends who live far away, but I hesitate to call them every day because it will be annoying. ・I'm not comfortable with installing sensors such as cameras to watch over my family, and I would like to protect our privacy. ・I want to feel the joy of interactive communication, rather than one-way monitoring. ◆This app does not burden on your households' budgets This app is free to use. Ads are displayed within the app, but they are limited to categories that you can safely watch. *1 This app integrates with the Health app in order to display your daily step counts. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ココいるME!4 screens
How are you?4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ココいるME! at none against How are you?'s 2. ココいるME! also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. How are you? sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.69 per 7 days. ココいるME! asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ココいるME! versus How are you?: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterココいるME!How are you?
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.114 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB135 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFES Co., Ltd.Hikaru Hanada

In-app purchases

None

ココいるME!

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

How are you?

Subscriptions1
  • Ad-free plan$0.697 Days
One-time1
  • 1-Year Plan (No auto-renewal)$9.99

Questions

Is ココいるME! free?
ココいるME! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is How are you? free?
How are you? is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ココいるME! or How are you? have ads?
How are you? shows ads; ココいるME! does not.
Which is updated more often, ココいるME! or How are you??
ココいるME! ships an update monthly, and How are you? monthly. Most recently, ココいるME! was updated on October 20, 2026 and How are you? on October 17, 2026.

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