Comparison

Meow vs Apollo

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

Head to head
About

Meow

Customize your device's home screen with a variety of elegant and practical widgets. Choose from over 300 styles to display quotes, notes, tasks, photos, step counts, clocks, and more. Enhance your productivity and personalize your device's look.

Highlights
  • 300+ widget styles
  • Quote widget
  • Time note/countdown widget
  • Task list widget
  • Photo widget with frames
  • Today steps widget
  • Clock widget
  • Quick phrase keyboard extension
Features
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"Meow" is a lightweight, elegant and practical tool set of widget. It is only 10+ Mb in size, but it can be matched with more than 300 styles of small components. Of course, the large number is not the point. The point is no matter how to match it. , The results are all elegant and beautiful, and you can easily get the widgets you like. In the current version, "Meow" provides 9 widgets, which are composed of 8 desktop widgets and 1 keyboard extension. These functions are "Quote", "Time Note", "Launch" and "Task List", "Photo", "Today Steps", "Clock", "Calendar" and "Quick Phrase", these small tools are not limited to good-looking, most of them are also very useful. Even if they are separated from the desktop widgets, they have relatively complete functions in the app. Function Quick View - Quote: Display a paragraph of text input on the widget, which can be used for self-excitation, motto, simple reminders, etc.; you can also choose your favorite style for different content texts. -Time Note: Almost all-round countdown day tool, supports countdown days, cumulative days, percentage progress display, cycle cycles, multi-color themes, etc. - Quick Phrase: Expand the shortcut phrases on the keyboard. The simple design fits the original interface. You can enter frequently used phrases into the app. When you need to use it, you only need to long press to switch the keyboard and quickly click to use it. - Launch: Support custom URL Schemes launch tool, built-in dozens of unified styles and beautifully designed icons, which are efficient and beautiful. - Task List: A concise tool that can be used alone in the app, suitable for recording some simple to-do items. - Photo: Add your favorite photos, and select the frame style to present on the desktop; some styles provide the function of displaying the date, making this not a simple display of photos. - Today Steps: A widget showing the daily steps, you can set your own goals, and you can also generate a static map. - Clock: The design concept is mainly decoration, provides a number of interesting clock styles, and is continuously updated. Privacy Meow optionally integrates with Apple’s HealthKit API. This data is used to display your step on today steps widget. Subscription - Become Meow Pro to unlock all Meow features. - Subscription membership costs $1.49 per year, with a 7-day free trial. Payment will be made directly through your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. After the purchase or trial, the renewal will be carried out automatically, and the Apple iTunes account will be deducted within 24 hours before the expiration. After the deduction is successful, the subscription cycle will be extended by 1 subscription cycle. You can modify the automatic subscription settings in the system account settings. If you need to cancel the renewal, please do so at least 24 hours before the current billing period. Privacy Policy: https://shimo.im/docs/904wG0xy2jErhOf8/ Terms of Use: https://shimo.im/docs/G2luo02rR7Y9COXx/

About

Apollo

Track your movie and TV show watching history with this app. Rate, review, and organize your viewing habits. Create custom lists, follow shows, and generate shareable posters.

Highlights
  • Log watched movies/series
  • Rate and review content
  • Track TV show progress
  • Create custom watchlists
  • Import Douban data
  • Generate shareable posters
  • View viewing statistics
Features
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**「PriceTag」、「少数派」、「小众软件」推荐应用** Apollo 是一款用来记录自己看过的电影/剧集的工具应用,你可以使用 Apollo 来给已看的电影/剧集添加评分、评论、记录自己的观影方式等,也可以用它来追踪目前在追的剧集的观看进度、或者创建自己的「待看清单」。 Apollo 同样支持创建自己的影视片单,将自己私藏的好电影进行归类,并支持将片单或单个电影/剧集生成精美的海报,与好友分享。 【产品主要功能】 - 支持导入豆瓣观影数据; - 丰富的影视数据库,轻松获取每一部电影/剧集的详细信息,包括高清海报、剧照、演职员、分集信息等; - 记录你已看的电影/剧集,支持选择要存档的海报样式,支持评分评论、支持选择观看方式(选择流媒体平台或下载观看、影院观看等其他观看方式)、支持自定义标签; - 反复观看的电影、剧集支持标识为「二刷」,烂片烂剧难以下咽时,支持标记为「弃看」; - 支持追剧功能,在追的剧集支持添加进「在看」列表中,时刻掌握每一部在追的剧的进度; - 创建自己的影视片单,将自己私藏的好电影/剧集进行归类; - 观影数据统计,通过好看且直观的图表来了解自己的观影喜好; - 发现更多好电影/剧集,片荒时可以去「发现」看看; - iCloud 云同步,所有数据实时上传,并可在不同设备间进行同步; - 支持自定义标签,更自由的为看过的电影/剧集进行标记,并可在「统计」页面中查看标签统计数据; - 支持生成精美的分享海报,与好友分享; 【联系我】 您的建议和反馈对我来说至关重要,在使用 Apollo 的过程中,您遇到的任何问题或者建议,都可以通过 AppStore 评论区留言或者邮箱、微博来联系我。 微博:@大导演张子恒 邮箱:zhang@ziheng.me 【关于 Apollo 高级版订阅服务说明】 Apollo 提供年度订阅计划和一次性买断计划,订阅价格分别为: ¥ 30/年(连续包年)、¥68/终身使用权(一次性付费,永久可用) - 您可以根据自己的实际用情况,选择年度计划或者一次性付费买断 Apollo 的永久使用权。 - 付款将在确认购买时向iTunes帐户收取。 - 除非至少在当前订阅期结束前 24 小时关闭自动续订,否则订阅将自动续订。 - 在当期结束前的24小时你的账户将被收取续订费用,并确定续费费用。 - 用户可以管理订阅,购买后在用户的“帐户设置”中也可以关闭自动续订。 - 如果提供的免费试用期的任何部分未使用,如果用户在试用的情况下购买该部分的订阅,那么未使用部分将失效。 - 如果您未购买自动续订订阅,您仍然可以正常使用我们的应用程序, 订阅到期后,任何未锁定的内容都可正常使用。 使用条款:[https://sites.google.com/view/apollo-terms-of-use/home](https://sites.google.com/view/apollo-terms-of-use/home) 隐私政策:[https://sites.google.com/view/apolloprivacypolicy/home](https://sites.google.com/view/apolloprivacypolicy/home)

Screenshots

Meow4 screens
Apollo4 screens

Verdict

The call

Meow and Apollo both sit at 3.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 83% of Meow's written reviews are positive against 64% of Apollo's. Apollo's advantage is ratings volume (62 vs 12) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15). On price, rating, 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. Meow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per year and Apollo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per year. 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 — 3.8 for Meow against 3.9 for Apollo. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Apollo has 62 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Meow's written reviews are positive against 64% of Apollo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meow ships an update every 5 weeks, Apollo monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Meow versus Apollo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeowApollo
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (12 ratings)3.9 (62 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better64.4% of reviews
Number of ratings1262 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS1513.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer鑫 吴子恒 张

Customer experience

Meow

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral12.5%
Negative4.2%

Apollo

All ratings62 ratings
Positive74.2%
Neutral1.6%
Negative24.2%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive64.4%
Neutral6.7%
Negative28.9%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Meow

Subscriptions1
  • Meow Pro - Year7 Days trial$1.491 Year
One-time1
  • Meow Pro$2.99
2 purchases

Apollo

Subscriptions1
  • Apollo 年费订阅$4.491 Year
One-time1
  • Apollo 永久会员$9.99

Questions

Is Meow free?
Meow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Apollo free?
Apollo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Meow or Apollo?
Apollo is rated higher. Meow averages 3.8 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Apollo averages 3.9 from 62 ratings.
Do Meow or Apollo have ads?
Neither Meow nor Apollo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meow or Apollo?
Meow ships an update every 5 weeks, and Apollo monthly. Most recently, Meow was updated on September 23, 2026 and Apollo on September 27, 2026.

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