NetworkNerd vs Check Up
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NetworkNerd
Effortlessly manage personal connections by storing key details about people you meet. The app provides gentle reminders to stay in touch and allows for easy profile sharing to build relationships without manual data entry.
- Track important contact information
- Receive reminders to stay in touch
- Share profiles to build connections
- Automatic entity creation
- Import contacts from Apple
- Profile sharing
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NetworkNerd keeps track of important information you learn about the people you meet and gently reminds you to keep in touch. Share your own profile with people you know and get them to share back with you to build your relationships without any data entry! Create new people or entities automatically when adding how you met! Import your contacts from Apple to automatically pull in phone numbers, addresses, organizations, photos, and more! Privacy Policy: https://networknerd.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.networknerd.app/terms-conditions
Check Up
Easily manage your social connections by logging interactions, taking notes, and setting reminders to check in regularly. Strengthen relationships by ensuring you stay in touch with friends and family.
- Add and manage contacts
- Log interactions and notes
- Set regular check-in reminders
- Track time spent with contacts
- Unlimited contacts with Premium
- Privacy-focused, data stays local
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Check Up helps you stay connected with the people who matter most. Easily add your friends, family, and loved ones to your list, log your interactions, take notes, and set reminders to check up on them regularly. Whether it's a phone call, video chat, or meet-up, keep track of your time together and never let months pass by without checking in. With Check Up, maintaining and strengthening your relationships is effortless. Check Up is free to use with a limit on the number of contacts you can add. Upgrade to Check Up Premium to unlock unlimited contacts. Your privacy is important; all contact data you import remains solely on your device and is never transmitted elsewhere. Terms of Use: https://checkup.ginkgolabs.dev/checkupterms.html Privacy Policy: https://checkup.ginkgolabs.dev/privacycheckup.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: NetworkNerd at every 2 weeks against Check Up's every 6 months. NetworkNerd also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.2). Check Up's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. NetworkNerd sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Check Up sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Check Up holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 12 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
NetworkNerd ships an update every 2 weeks, Check Up every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NetworkNerd | Check Up |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adam Judelson | Ginkgo Labs LLC |
Customer experience
NetworkNerd
Check Up
In-app purchases
NetworkNerd
- The Mingler$3.991 Month
- The Schmoozer$5.991 Month
- The Mingler14 Days trial$39.991 Year
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- The Schmoozer$59.991 Year
- NetworkNerd Genius$149.991 Month
- NetworkNerd Genius$1000.001 Year
Check Up
- Check Up Premium - Monthly$1.991 Month
- Check Up Premium - Yearly14 Days trial$9.991 Year
