Comparison

VideoAsk (by Typeform) vs Impression Journal

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

Head to head
About

VideoAsk (by Typeform)

Engage your audience with personalized video conversations at scale. Record video questions, receive video or text answers, and automate business processes like lead generation and recruitment. Transcripts are provided for all responses.

Highlights
  • Record video/voice questions
  • Receive video, voice, or text answers
  • Video recruitment tools
  • Lead generation and nurturing
  • Website FAQs
  • Customer support
  • Video testimonials and feedback
Features
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VideoAsk is a more personal way to have business conversations at scale. Use the power of video and your face to engage with your audience at a completely different level, and do it all whilst you sleep. Useful for: Video recruitment: from candidate sourcing and async video interviews to candidate assessment, onboarding and more. Marketing: lead generation, lead capturing, lead nurturing, run FAQs on your website. You can also use VideoAsk for service management, customer support, data collection, collecting video testimonials, running feedback surveys, video surveys and polls. HOW DOES IT WORK? 1. Easily record your video (or voice) questions & share a link with anyone. 2. Choose how you would like to receive answers: Video/Voice/Text or Multiple Choice (poll) 3. Respondents answer on their mobile or desktop browser without needing the app. 4. You get real answers straight to your mobile device + full-text transcriptions. While VideoAsk is free, some features such as Custom Branding, NPS responses or Conditional Logic are only available subscribing to one of our plans. Please check the ‘Plans & Billing’ page in the app for more information. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Impression Journal

Capture fleeting thoughts, people, or observations and automatically link them to their location and time. Add photos, organize into folders, and revisit your memories on a map or timeline. Syncs seamlessly across devices.

Highlights
  • Location-aware note-taking
  • Add photos to entries
  • Organize notes into folders
  • Map and timeline view
  • Home screen widget
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • iCloud syncing
Features
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WHAT IS IMPRESSION JOURNAL? Impression Journal is a fast, flexible way to capture the small stuff — a person you just met, a bird or flower you spotted, an idea passing through your head — and tie it to a place and a moment in time. Create an Impression with a name, a short description, and hashtags, and Impression Journal automatically timestamps and locates it for you. Prefer to talk? Just ask Siri for a "Quick Impression" to jot something down instantly, or a step-by-step "New Impression" to add notes and tags. More features: * Add a photo to any Impression * File Impressions into folders * Browse everything by Recents, Tags, Places, or Search * See all your Impressions plotted on a map * Track repeat encounters with an Impression as a timeline of sightings * Add a widget to your home screen to see nearby Impressions, filtered by folder and hashtags * Set up custom notifications to alert you when Impressions are nearby (full version only) * Everything syncs automatically over iCloud * Companion Apple Watch app allows you to capture a thought without pulling out your phone Whether you're putting names to faces at a conference, remembering the code for your storage unit, or just catching an idea before it slips away, Impression Journal keeps a searchable, location-aware record of the little things you'd otherwise forget.

Screenshots

VideoAsk (by Typeform)4 screens
Impression Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Impression Journal at none against VideoAsk (by Typeform)'s shown. VideoAsk (by Typeform)'s advantage is ratings volume (503 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. VideoAsk (by Typeform) sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and Impression Journal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for VideoAsk (by Typeform) against 5.0 for Impression Journal. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VideoAsk (by Typeform) has 503 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VideoAsk (by Typeform) ships an update every 3 weeks, Impression Journal every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
VideoAsk (by Typeform) versus Impression Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVideoAsk (by Typeform)Impression Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (503 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings503 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.618.6
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTypeformtApps

Customer experience

VideoAsk (by Typeform)

All ratings501 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.0%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.8%

Impression Journal

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

VideoAsk (by Typeform)

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Sign-in is glitchy on site and app
  • Error message when uploading video
  • Latest version on latest iOS update on iPhone 11 isn't saving any ask
  • Getting an error message as soon as trying to record a video

Impression Journal

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

VideoAsk (by Typeform)

Subscriptions8
  • Grow Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Brand Monthly$18.991 Month
  • Grow Monthly$29.991 Month
Show 5 more
  • Brand Monthly$49.991 Month
  • Grow Yearly$83.991 Year
  • Brand Yearly$179.991 Year
  • Grow Yearly$284.991 Year
  • Brand Yearly$449.991 Year
1 purchases

Impression Journal

One-time1
  • Full Version$4.99

Questions

Is VideoAsk (by Typeform) free?
VideoAsk (by Typeform) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Impression Journal free?
Impression Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, VideoAsk (by Typeform) or Impression Journal?
Impression Journal is rated higher. VideoAsk (by Typeform) averages 4.9 out of 5 from 503 ratings, while Impression Journal averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do VideoAsk (by Typeform) or Impression Journal have ads?
VideoAsk (by Typeform) shows ads; Impression Journal does not.
Which is updated more often, VideoAsk (by Typeform) or Impression Journal?
VideoAsk (by Typeform) ships an update every 3 weeks, and Impression Journal every 2 months. Most recently, VideoAsk (by Typeform) was updated on October 29, 2026 and Impression Journal on October 14, 2026.

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