Comparison

CatchUp vs Same City

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

Same City

This app facilitates unexpected real-world encounters with friends by sending quiet notifications when you are nearby. It focuses on fostering serendipitous connections without constant location tracking or social media pressure.

Highlights
  • Quiet proximity nudges
  • No location tracking
  • Private by design
  • Add friends easily
  • Real-world connection focus
Features
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Same City brings back the magic of unexpectedly crossing paths—without location tracking or social media pressure. You only get a quiet nudge when you’re nearby someone you’ve added, and nothing more. It makes it natural to add people you’d be happy to randomly bump into someday, not just your closest circle. Private by design, set for serendipity. So you don’t miss each other when you’re in the Same City. How it works • Add friends on Same City • The app checks location periodically • If a friend is nearby, both of you receive a notification No maps. No exact coordinates shared. Just a simple way to connect when you're already close. Same City is designed to make real-world connection easier while keeping your location and life private.

Screenshots

CatchUp4 screens
Same City3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Same City at none against CatchUp's 3. Same City also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). CatchUp's advantage is ratings volume (47 vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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. Same City asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Same City holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CatchUp has 47 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CatchUp versus Same City: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatchUpSame City
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (47 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings47 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB71 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperRyan TokenAnn Bercaw

In-app purchases

3 purchases

CatchUp

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

Same City

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CatchUp free?
CatchUp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Same City free?
Same City is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CatchUp or Same City?
Same City is rated higher. CatchUp averages 4.6 out of 5 from 47 ratings, while Same City averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do CatchUp or Same City have ads?
Neither CatchUp nor Same City shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CatchUp or Same City?
CatchUp ships an update every 2 months, and Same City every 2 months. Most recently, CatchUp was updated on October 25, 2026 and Same City on October 24, 2026.

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