Comparison

CatchUp vs Smartring

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

Head to head
About

CatchUp

This app helps you remember to stay in touch with your contacts. Set custom reminders for friends, family, or colleagues and receive notifications when it's time to reconnect. It offers automatic birthday reminders and syncs across your devices.

Highlights
  • Customizable contact reminders
  • Recurring and custom reminder intervals
  • Automatic birthday/anniversary alerts
  • Upcoming catchups grid
  • Unread indicators
  • Contact information sync
  • Cloud syncing across devices
Features
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Free with no ads! Supported 100% by tips. Keep in touch with your friends, family, business associates, and anyone else in your iOS Contacts list with CatchUp. Set reminders for the contacts you choose, and get notified when it's time to CatchUp with them again. Set these up as recurring reminders, like every week or month, or a custom day that you pick. Regardless of your choice, you can choose the time of day that you get the notification. Step One: Add Contacts Step Two: Set your Notification Preference (how often you want to be reminded to catch up with that individual) Step Three: There is no step three Features: – Receive daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual, or custom reminders to catch up with your contacts, even when not connected to the internet – Automatic reminders for contacts' birthdays/anniversaries if you have them set in your Contacts app - A grid of your upcoming catchups - Unread indicators for contacts it's time to CatchUp with - Pull down on the home screen to update your contacts' pictures and information - Automatic cloud syncing with other Apple devices – Full light and dark mode support – No ads CatchUp is free and has no ads. This is a passion project that honestly helps me out, and I'd rather not muddy the waters with advertising I can't control. If you'd like to support development, you are welcome to leave a tip in the Tip Jar within the app. A note on privacy: I store NONE of your contacts or any of your personal information. The contacts you choose and the preferences you set for them are stored locally on your device, and are never sent anywhere else. Read my full privacy policy at https://www.ryantoken.com/privacy-policy

About

Smartring

Features
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THE ALL IN ONE CONTACT APP Wish your contact list was always up to date? Well, by installing the Smartring app, it is. Everyone keeps their own contact information fresh and simply shares it. Just pick how you want to interact – and tap. All wrapped in a smart and effective design.

Screenshots

CatchUp4 screens
Smartring4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Smartring at none against CatchUp's 3. Smartring also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. CatchUp sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Smartring asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CatchUp ships an update every 2 months, Smartring every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CatchUp versus Smartring: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatchUpSmartring
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (46 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings46 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB18 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRyan TokenSmartRing AS

In-app purchases

3 purchases

CatchUp

One-time3
  • Gracious Tip$0.99
  • Generous Tip$1.99
  • Gratuitous Tip$4.99
None

Smartring

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CatchUp free?
CatchUp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Smartring free?
Smartring is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CatchUp or Smartring have ads?
Neither CatchUp nor Smartring shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CatchUp or Smartring?
CatchUp ships an update every 2 months, and Smartring every 2 weeks. Most recently, CatchUp was updated on October 16, 2026 and Smartring on October 6, 2026.

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