ThinkBack vs Contadino
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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/).
Contadino
This focus tracker helps you work with clarity and build better habits using the Pomodoro technique. It logs your focused sessions and breaks, allowing you to understand your productivity patterns and see your progress grow over time. Customize themes and session lengths to fit your workflow.
- Pomodoro technique timer
- Automatic session logging
- Distraction tracking
- Productivity statistics
- Customizable themes and timers
- Cross-device syncing
- Privacy-focused design
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Contadino helps you turn intention into momentum. Built around the Pomodoro technique, Contadino is a beautifully designed focus tracker that helps you work with clarity, build better habits, and see your progress grow over time without turning your brain into a spreadsheet. Whether you are coding, writing, studying, or tackling the never-ending life admin pile, Contadino keeps you gently on track and quietly honest about where your time really goes. What Contadino does best: - Stay focused, one session at a time. Break your work into focused intervals and restorative breaks. Each session is logged automatically so you can build a rhythm that actually sticks. - See distractions, not just results. Track completed and interrupted sessions to understand where your focus drifts and where it thrives. - Understand your productivity. Explore clear, thoughtful stats across days, weeks, months, and years. Patterns emerge and habits become visible. - Make it yours. Choose from multiple beautifully crafted themes and adjust session and break lengths to fit how you actually work. - Works everywhere you do. Contadino syncs across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Vision Pro, so your focus follows you. - Private by design. Your data lives on your devices and in iCloud, never sold, never shared. Contadino does not try to make you a productivity superhero. It just helps you show up, again and again, with a little more intention than yesterday. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ThinkBack at every 3 days against Contadino's every 4 months. ThinkBack also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). Contadino's advantage is device support (5 vs 2). On price, rating, 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. ThinkBack sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and Contadino sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ThinkBack against 5.0 for Contadino. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.
ThinkBack ships an update every 3 days, Contadino every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ThinkBack | Contadino |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sam Storino | Christopher Golding |
Customer experience
ThinkBack
Contadino
In-app purchases
ThinkBack
- Monthly$1.491 Month
- Yearly$14.991 Year
Contadino
- Monthly7 Days trial$0.491 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$4.991 Year
- Contadino+$2.99









