Comparison

CatchUp vs Footprinting

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

Footprinting

Features
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MEET WITH FRIENDS FIND NEW PLACES DRAG & DROP Drop a friend over a place to create a new meeting. Or, drop a place over a group of friends. Drag & drop lets you create meetings in seconds. WIDGETS See your next meeting on your phone's Home Screen with the small or medium widget. See your next 2 meetings with the large widget. APPLE WATCH See your next meeting on the face of your Apple Watch. Several styles to choose from on the different watch faces. Open the watch app to see a list all your meetings. MEETINGS Your meetings will be listed in chronological order from soonest meeting to furthest meeting. Each meeting will show you who said yes, who said no, and who hasn't responded yet. The total counts of yes, no, and don't know appear under the image of the place. GROUPS Organize your friends and family into groups. Then, drag and drop groups to quickly create meetings instead of dragging one friend at a time. PLACES Use the map to add your favorite places. Or, find new places to visit with friends and family. Add your own places to the map by taking a picture and entering the name of the place. You can choose if it's visible on your friends maps, or if it's visible on everyones maps. TURN-BY-TURN DIRECTIONS Get to your meeting place with the provided turn-by-turn directions. When available, the directions will show places that are near your turn so you can spot them from far away. NOTIFICATIONS Get reminders so you don't miss your meetings. Do a long press on the notification to see more details. Get notifications for new friends and new meetings.

Screenshots

CatchUp4 screens
Footprinting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Footprinting at none against CatchUp's 3. Footprinting also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Footprinting asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CatchUp versus Footprinting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatchUpFootprinting
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (47 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings47 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB36 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperRyan TokenAaron Lieu

In-app purchases

3 purchases

CatchUp

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

Footprinting

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CatchUp free?
CatchUp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Footprinting free?
Footprinting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CatchUp or Footprinting have ads?
Neither CatchUp nor Footprinting shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CatchUp or Footprinting?
CatchUp ships an update every 2 months, and Footprinting every 2 months. Most recently, CatchUp was updated on October 26, 2026 and Footprinting on October 27, 2026.

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