CircleIt vs AfterMessage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CircleIt
Send messages, cards, and gifts to loved ones in the future. Preserve family memories and build a digital time capsule for generations to come. Connect privately with end-to-end encrypted chat and schedule future deliveries.
- Send future messages and cards
- Schedule future deliveries
- End-to-end encrypted chat
- Build family tree
- Digital time capsule for memories
- Guest mode for sending/receiving
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Just imagine if you could send a message to anyone in the future. Would you congratulate your grandchild on their wedding? Would you send your son or daughter advice on looking for jobs or raising their own children? Would you remind your spouse how much you love them, even after you’re gone? This is the magic of CircleIt, the world’s first generational platform. With CircleIt, you can: - Guest Mode: Experience the delight of sending and receiving digital cards and gifts with your friends and family without the need to create an account. Plus, you can use our future - delivery feature to send your card to any future date. - Create & send digital greeting cards for your family and friends, personalize them with attached media, and schedule them to be delivered to any future date. - Chat privately with loved ones on our end-to-end encrypted network. Schedule messages to arrive on any future date or time. So whether you need to wish your child good luck on a final exam, or remind your spouse you love them 20 years from now, you can do it with CircleIt. - Build and nurture your family tree, with information that will be discovered by future generations. Instead of keeping documents and photos in a box in the basement, you can store these precious memories in a secure digital time capsule for your family to cherish and enjoy. The CircleIt app is 100% free to use. We’ve been referred to as “Hallmark for the 21st century” by press and media outlets, and our 4 million+ happy members around the world are happily sharing memories with their families and friends. CircleIt is the perfect app for families. Parents can use it to store memories for their children. Grandparents can send gifts for important milestones in the lives of their grandkids. Terminally ill individuals can leave messages for those that they love to receive in the future. Police, firefighters and military personnel can have peace of mind knowing their families have mementos of their love. Children can create Mother’s Day cards and even send tulips, flowers, carnations, and other flowers to their mom or grandmother in advance. Download & install CircleIt today, and start preserving your legacy and sending cards & gifts to the future.
AfterMessage
Securely entrust your messages and digital files to a designated trustee for release after your passing. Preserve your memories and ensure your digital legacy is honored by loved ones.
- Trustee-controlled release of posthumous messages
- Digital Safe file sharing
- Preserve digital legacy
- Share memories with loved ones
- Securely store digital content
- Peace of mind for digital presence
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AfterMessage: Preserve Your Digital Legacy Securely entrust your messages and Digital Safe files to be shared by a designated trustee after your passing. Safeguard your memories, thoughts, and final messages, ensuring they are cherished and remembered by your loved ones through the power of technology. Features: - Trustee-controlled release of posthumous messages and Digital Safe files - Preserve your digital legacy and leave a lasting impact - Share your memories, thoughts, and final messages with loved ones - Securely store and entrust your digital content - Peace of mind knowing your digital presence will be honored Download AfterMessage now and begin preserving your digital legacy for generations to come. Note: AfterMessage is designed to respect user privacy and maintain data security. You may purchase an auto-renewing subscription through an In-App Purchase. • Auto-renewable subscription. • Premium ($120 per year), Standard ($80 per year), and Basic ($36 per year). • Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew annually unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Current subscription may not be canceled during the active subscription period; however, you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. • Privacy policy (https://aftermessage.com/privacy-policy) • Terms of use (https://aftermessage.com/terms-and-condition)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CircleIt at none against AfterMessage's 3. CircleIt also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 months). AfterMessage's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, review sentiment, 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. AfterMessage sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $35.99 per year. CircleIt asks for nothing beyond the download.
AfterMessage holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CircleIt has 325 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of CircleIt's written reviews are positive against 100% of AfterMessage's.
CircleIt ships an update every 10 days, AfterMessage every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and May 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CircleIt | AfterMessage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (325 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 96.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 325 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CircleIt Inc | PARAGON COMMUNICATION INC |
Customer experience
CircleIt
AfterMessage
Bugs and requests
CircleIt
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login screen freezes
- Compatibility issues with older devices
- Unreliable payroll and financial issues
Requested features
4 requests- Expand gifting and delivery options
- Add more customization for cards and messages
- Improve notification system
- Integrate with other communication channels
AfterMessage
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CircleIt
No in-app purchases
AfterMessage
- Basic$35.991 Year
- Standard$79.991 Year
- Premium$119.991 Year
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