Contact Journal vs Time Study
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Contact Journal
This app helps you stay connected with your personal and professional contacts by setting reminders, tracking interactions, and suggesting message ideas. It offers a private, on-device experience with iCloud backup, allowing you to maintain relationships and never forget important moments.
- Contact reminders
- Personal contact timeline
- Searchable notes
- Contact tagging
- AI message suggestions
- Shared contacts
- On-device and iCloud backup
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Contact Journal is an intelligent personal CRM on your phone that helps you stay in touch with family, clients, co-workers, and friends. * Set reminders and we’ll remind you * Personal contact timeline with all your interactions * Searchable notes to remember everything * Tag contacts to group people together * AI message suggestions with integrated Apple Intelligence * Collaborate with shared contacts * Multiple devices, iPhone, and iPad * It's your data. On-device and iCloud backup The journal app that can help millions of people, just like you, to stay in touch with people that you care about. Use contact reminders to maintain social relationships, add moments to remember and continue great conversations, and let your life become full of people moments interactions and happiness. Be reminded when it is the right time to reach out to your friends, family, business contacts and acquaintances. Set reminders per person or per group, daily, weekly, or anytime you prefer. Never forget what you last talked about. Social Contact Journal helps you remember and continue great conversations. With moments, you can now add photos, voice messages or notes to make a journal of all the times you shared together. The first step to reach out and stay in touch is hard. Use our suggestions and get inspired to make that call, or send that message. Give it a try and experience how you can become even more social. *** What Marc, Michelle, Angela, and Carolyn are saying: "As an expat, I like to stay in touch with my old co-workers and business relationships. With Social Contact Journal, I actively reach out to stay in touch and maintain contact." - Marc "I used to contact all my friends by writing and receiving letters. On rainy days, I would reread all the letters I received. Now I keep everything in Social Contact Journal, and I love saving photos per person." - Michelle "We are all so busy that sometimes I only meet my team members at the annual team party. I created a group of co-workers in Social Contact Journal, now I am much better informed about my co-workers, even outside of work." - Angela "It was great meeting so many new people at a cupcake meetup. I've added them as a group, and now I send each of them a message when I get reminded." - Carolyn *** Privacy: - All your personal information is stored on your phone, and not shared with us. - App does NOT require an internet connection Contact Journal Premium: Contact Journal Premium is enabled via an auto-renewing subscription The duration of every period of the subscription is 1 month. The price of the subscription is shown on this screen, updated to the time of the purchase. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase or the end of the Free Trial Period, if any. The length of the Free Trial Period, if any, is shown on this screen updated to the time of the purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, with the same amount as the first period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Privacy Policy: https://www.socialcontactjournal.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.socialcontactjournal.com/terms
Time Study
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Where did your time go? When a workday slips by, a quick voice check-in helps you remember what happened. Time Study turns each recording into an editable transcript and keeps your check-ins in a simple timeline. Choose reminders every 15, 30, or 60 minutes during the hours you set. They follow your current time zone. Snooze them for two hours when you need space. If transcription does not finish, your recording stays available for Retry. After a transcript saves, the recording is removed. Export your complete timeline as one dated JSON file to review with an AI assistant of your choice. No account required. Free to use.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Time Study at none against Contact Journal's 3. Time Study also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Contact Journal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Time Study asks for nothing beyond the download.
Contact Journal ships an update every 10 days, Time Study every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Contact Journal | Time Study |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (19 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 58.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wouter Bron | Zachary Allen |
In-app purchases
Contact Journal
- Monthly14 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Lifetime$49.99
Time Study
No in-app purchases
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