Comparison

Be vs ThinkBack

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

Head to head
About

Be

Organize your life and tasks with a flexible system that aligns your actions with your priorities. This multidimensional tool functions as a planner, organizer, note-taker, and habit tracker with a clean, intuitive interface.

Highlights
  • Multidimensional to-do list
  • Life organizer and planner
  • Goal and habit tracking
  • Self-management tool
  • Clean and intuitive UI
  • Data structuring and navigation
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«Be-Do App» is a unique, flexible and very effective system to organise your life and get things done while staying focused on your true priorities. It’s a great way to always keep your being and doing attuned – so that your actions lead to results that are true to yourself. Be-Do is a multidimensional to do list, a planner, an organiser, an outliner, a note book, a tool for your self management, work life balance and habit forming. The user interface is clean and carefully designed. A set of simple and powerful techniques like indenting-outdenting, expanding-collapsing sections, in-place editing and sliding rows allow you to enter, structure and navigate your data with ease and power. Privacy policy: https://www.app-artisan.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://www.app-artisan.com/terms-of-use

About

ThinkBack

This app helps you commit information to long-term memory through spaced repetition. It prompts you daily to review notes, organize them with hashtags, and offers private iCloud syncing. Upgrade for enhanced functionality.

Highlights
  • Spaced repetition for memory building
  • Daily review prompts
  • Note organization with hashtags
  • Private iCloud syncing
  • Search and filter notes
  • Mark notes as memorized
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ThinkBack is a simple tool designed to encourage memory building using spaced repetition. When you periodically repeat something you're more likely to remember it later. The act of repetition helps commit the information to long-term memory. Repetition can help you recall information when you need it. Random ideas, facts, lists — capture whatever you want, ThinkBack will prompt you daily at a time of your choosing to review them, moving your notes one step closer to long-term memory. What do we have to offer? - Privacy! We don't store your content on our servers. All content you enter into the app can be synced with your personal iCloud account. - Daily prompts to review one or more notes, moving them one step closer to long-term memory. - Group your notes into buckets using #hashtags. Quick, easy and flexible. - Search and filter capabilities make it simple to find the note you're looking for. - Mark a note as memorized to remove it from the daily recall rotation. - Pin your favorite notes to the top of the list. There's much more planned, we're just getting started! This app is free with an option to upgrade: I'm a small indie developer, but I don’t think it’s right to charge money unless you find value in the product. With that, a good bit of functionality is offered to you for free with the option to opt-in to more. If ThinkBack is helping make your life a little easier, upgrading costs less than 5 coffees per year. In-App purchase disclaimer: Should you decide to upgrade to Premium, a purchase will be applied to your Apple account at the time of upgrade. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. For more information, see our Terms of Service (https://sites.google.com/view/thinkback-terms-of-service), Privacy Policy (https://sites.google.com/view/thinkback-privacy-policy) and End User License Agreement (EULA, https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/).

Screenshots

Be3 screens
ThinkBack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ThinkBack at Free against Be's $2.99. ThinkBack also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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

ThinkBack is free to download; Be costs $2.99 up front. Be sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month and ThinkBack sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. 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 — 5.0 for Be against 5.0 for ThinkBack. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Be ships an update every 2 months, ThinkBack every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on June 24, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Be versus ThinkBack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeThinkBack
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlessandro LuethiSam Storino

Customer experience

Be

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

ThinkBack

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Be

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription3 Days trial$0.491 Month
  • Yearly subscription3 Days trial$4.991 Year
2 purchases

ThinkBack

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.491 Month
  • Yearly$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Be free?
Be costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is ThinkBack free?
ThinkBack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Be or ThinkBack?
Be and ThinkBack are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Be or ThinkBack have ads?
Neither Be nor ThinkBack shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Be or ThinkBack?
Be ships an update every 2 months, and ThinkBack every 3 days. Most recently, Be was updated on June 24, 2026 and ThinkBack on September 8, 2026.

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