Comparison

Session vs Pocket Index

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

Head to head
About

Session

Track your progress towards mastering skills by logging dedicated practice time. Manually log sessions or use the automatic timer to record your efforts. Start making measurable progress on your goals today.

Highlights
  • Create custom activities
  • Manual session logging
  • Automatic timer
  • Track progress towards goals
  • Skill mastery tracking
Features
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ty for 5+ years of Session! but it's time to start a new arc. search timespent on the app store to see what's next. —cal --- "The secret to getting ahead is getting started." ―Mark Twain They say it takes 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to master a skill, but who's counting? Now, you can with Session. Create an activity, and log sessions manually or with the automatic timer. Whether it's for 10 hours, 100, 10,000 or more – start making progress towards your goals today.

About

Pocket Index

Features
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Thousands of screenshots. One clear index. Pocket Index turns the screenshots you choose into a private, searchable library. Text recognition runs on your device, then screenshots are automatically grouped into useful collections: food and places, products, trips, documents, receipts and payments, messages, ideas, and more. Find what you saved using the details you remember — a restaurant, product, price, address, ticket, or words visible in the image. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Scan all screenshots or only selected photos • Search recognized text, categories, prices, addresses, and tags • Correct a category manually and keep your choice • Save important screenshots to Favorites • Browse collections and recently added items • Copy recognized text from any screenshot • Rescan your library or clear the local index at any time PRIVATE BY DESIGN Recognition, sorting, previews, and search happen locally. Your screenshots and searches are not uploaded to Pocket Index. Originals stay in Photos and are never changed. No account or cloud connection is required. Just a fast, private way to find what you saved. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Session4 screens
Pocket Index4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Session at none against Pocket Index's 2. Session also leads on iOS requirement (13.2 vs 15.5). On price, 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. Pocket Index sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Session asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Session versus Pocket Index: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSessionPocket Index
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (933 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings933 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.2 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGlasshouse Studio, LLCTapston Development, LLC

Bugs and requests

Session

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Timer inconsistencies when exiting the app
  • Inability to add time manually (only minutes, not hours)
  • App crashes when trying to add a session manually

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add delete and rename session functions
  • Implement activity editing (color, icon, name, description)
  • Provide activity reordering capability
  • Include activity time tracking by day/week/month/year
  • Add Pomodoro timer functionality
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  • Integrate music playback or nature sounds

Pocket Index

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Session

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Pocket Index

Subscriptions2
  • Pocket Index Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pocket Index Premium Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Session free?
Session is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pocket Index free?
Pocket Index is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Session or Pocket Index have ads?
Neither Session nor Pocket Index shows ads.

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