Comparison

Where vs Firsts

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

Head to head
About

Where

This app helps you track and organize your belongings by annotating them on photos of your rooms. Simply take a picture, mark your items, and find them easily later. It offers features like dark mode, area locking for privacy, and item reminders.

Highlights
  • Annotate items on photos
  • Search with Spotlight
  • Dark Mode support
  • Area Lock for privacy
  • Item reminders
  • Siri & Shortcut integration
  • iCloud Sync & Backup
Features
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Where is it?  Where is a manager which helps to manage your stuff by annotating them on your room photos. Track your stuff and stay organized with 3 simple steps: 1. Take an area photo 2. Annotate important items on it 3. Find anything anytime Several photos are enough to track all your stuff. Things management should be as simple as your life. ----- Powerful Features Under the Hood: Annotate, Edit, Manage, Search... Annotate your items on photos with color tags, add descriptions, user manual, the remaining amount... Move items, edit items, update item reminder. Search with Spotlight.  Dark Mode Full support for iOS 13 dark mode. Where can follow the system to switch between dark and light, you can also select your favorite interface style. Area Lock Manage your private items with full privacy protection. Use passwords to view items in locked areas. You can even choose to hide the area photo, so no one can know your little secret. Item Reminders Set up reminders for food to avoid heath-risky consumption after expiration. Set up reminders for important items and checkout them regularly. Siri & Shortcut Record a shortcut for an area and you can check it via Siri anytime. You can even paste an NFC tag on your room, your cabinet, or a storage box, and set up the automation on iOS Shortcut App. Anytime you are going to check the items in this area, just scan this tag. iCloud Sync & Backup Never lost an item, never lost any data. ----- Contact: hi@yuanjoy.com

About

Firsts

This app helps you document and revisit significant "first times" in your life. It automatically organizes memories by age and allows you to add details like photos, locations, and tags. Review your life's chapters with visual charts and enjoy heartwarming moments through home screen widgets.

Highlights
  • Focus on 'first times' only
  • Categorized by age
  • Photo-based memory creation
  • Insights and review charts
  • Widget support
Features
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The journey of life is woven together by countless “first times”: The first time you came into this world and felt the warmth of the sun. The first time you took tiny steps toward the unknown. The first time you rode a bike and felt the freedom of the wind. The first time you stood on stage and faced the courage of applause and attention. The first time you cooked, worked, fell in love, or traveled alone… Each “first time” is a unique and precious memory. This time, we’ve made “First Times” the theme, giving you a whole new way to document the chapters of your life! Features — Focus on First Times Only — Exclusively designed to record every significant “first time” in your life. Create a title, write detailed descriptions, categorize memories with tags, log the location, and even add photos to preserve those cherished moments. — Categorized by Age — Your “first times” are automatically organized by age, making it easy to revisit these priceless moments and see when they happened. Click on an age to expand and relive the story from that year. — Photo-Based Memory Creation — With photo access enabled, the app intelligently analyzes your library to rediscover “first times” based on cities you’ve visited, quickly generating location-based memory chapters. — Insights and Review — Swipe up from the bottom to access the review section. The app creates visual charts based on all your recorded “first times,” giving deeper meaning to every moment. — Widget Support — Enjoy randomly switching “first time” memories with a widget that lets you revisit heartwarming moments right from your home screen. Awaken Memories with “Firsts” Whether it’s tasting the sweetness of first love or setting off on a solo adventure, every “first time” is infused with the courage of exploration and the vibrancy of life. Start documenting now and let each “first time” become an eternal poem in your life story. More Features & Device Versions in Development We invite you to download and experience the app! Your feedback and suggestions are always welcome. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Where4 screens
Firsts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Firsts at Free against Where's $1.99. Firsts also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). Where's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). On review sentiment, 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

Firsts is free to download; Where costs $1.99 up front. Firsts sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.69 per month. Where asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Firsts holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Where has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Where's written reviews are positive against 100% of Firsts's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Where ships an update every 5 months, Firsts fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Where versus Firsts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhereFirsts
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (10 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYuanJing Co.,Ltd.杰滨 李

Customer experience

Where

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive92.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative0.0%

Firsts

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Where

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Firsts

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.691 Month
  • Annually$5.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$12.99
  • Lifetime Family$19.99

Questions

Is Where free?
Where costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Firsts free?
Firsts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Where or Firsts?
Firsts is rated higher. Where averages 4.3 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Firsts averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Where or Firsts have ads?
Neither Where nor Firsts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Where or Firsts?
Where ships an update every 5 months, and Firsts fortnightly. Most recently, Where was updated on October 18, 2026 and Firsts on October 3, 2026.

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