Comparison

Hippo vs Tenoa

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

Head to head
About

Hippo

This app helps you remember important details about your contacts. You can jot down notes, track events, and set reminders to stay connected and informed about people in your life. Your data is securely stored on your device.

Highlights
  • Contact notes
  • Event tracking
  • Custom reminders
  • Secure on-device storage
  • No contact access required
  • iCloud Drive backup
Features
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Remember everything about your friends, family, and colleagues with Hippo — your personal CRM. Take notes, track events, set reminders, and see how the people in your life are connected. The next time you meet, a quick glance at their profile is all you need to remember the details. NOTES • Quickly jot down what you learn about your contacts. • Names of kids, a new job, a promotion, holiday plans, gift ideas. EVENTS • Create events for meetings or important life moments. • Get reminded so you can ask about it next time. • Quickly import events from your calendar app into Hippo RELATIONSHIPS • Link contacts to each other — partners, siblings, colleagues, mentors, and more. • See at a glance how the people in your life connect. REMINDERS • Remember the questions you want to ask the next time you meet. • Stay in touch with the people who matter. PRIVACY • No account needed Hippo is filled with private data, so it stays on your device and in your iCloud — and nowhere else. We have no servers, and we can't see your notes, events, or contacts. SUBSCRIPTION Hippo is free to try with up to 25 contacts. To add more, purchase a yearly or lifetime subscription. ————— Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Terms of Service: https://gethippo.app/terms/

About

Tenoa

Features
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Tenoa is a local-first visual library. You save the things worth keeping: pages, images, videos, notes. They become plain files in a library you own, on your own devices. WHAT YOU DO WITH IT - Save from anywhere. Share to Tenoa from Safari, Instagram, or any app with a share sheet. - Browse it visually. Your library is a grid of the things you saved. - Find things again. Search across everything you have saved. - Open it anywhere. Your items are plain files. You can read them, back them up, and move them without Tenoa. NO ACCOUNT There is nothing to sign up for. You never give Tenoa an email address. Open the app and start saving. YOUR LIBRARY STAYS YOURS Tenoa has no accounts or tracking. It hosts no library, and items live on your devices. If you pair Tenoa on this device with the Tenoa desktop app, your library syncs between them peer to peer with end-to-end encryption; Tenoa-operated rendezvous servers only help your devices find each other and never see readable content. WORKS WITH YOUR COMPUTER The desktop app adds browser capture and runs AI summaries and tags on your computer. An optional cloud AI is off by default and uses only your own provider key. Searching by meaning also lives on the desktop. Pair once and everything you save on your phone appears on your desktop, and the other way around. The iPhone and iPad app also works on its own: save, browse, and search without any other device. WHAT IT COSTS This app is free. No subscription, no in-app purchases. A sample library is included so you can look around before you save anything of your own. Questions: hello@tenoa.app

Screenshots

Hippo4 screens
Tenoa4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tenoa at none against Hippo's 5. Tenoa also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hippo sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Tenoa asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hippo ships an update monthly, Tenoa fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Hippo versus Tenoa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHippoTenoa
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.417.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoel van der KraanKofi Kumi

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Hippo

Subscriptions4
  • Hippo Monthly1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Yearly$13.991 Year
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  • Hippo Yearly1 Month trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$29.99
None

Tenoa

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hippo free?
Hippo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tenoa free?
Tenoa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hippo or Tenoa have ads?
Neither Hippo nor Tenoa shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hippo or Tenoa?
Hippo ships an update monthly, and Tenoa fortnightly. Most recently, Hippo was updated on October 23, 2026 and Tenoa on October 25, 2026.

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