Comparison

Forum NextGen vs Frelio

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

Head to head
About

Forum NextGen

Features
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Connect and engage with the Forum NextGen app! You will be able to view upcoming events, give, read the bible, and more!

About

Frelio

This app helps you remember the people in your life by acting as a digital notebook for friendships. It allows you to jot down details about new acquaintances, track your circle of close friends with personalized check-in reminders, and even organize contacts by location. The focus is on genuine connection, not social performance.

Highlights
  • Jot down details about new people
  • Set personalized check-in rhythms
  • Organize contacts by location
  • Memory games for networking events
  • Private, no server data storage
  • One-tap capture from lock screen
  • Siri integration for adding contacts
Features
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Field notes for your friendships. Some people are worth remembering, and we forget them anyway. The church planter with three kids and a fishing habit. The barista who knows your order before you say it. Frelio is a pocket notebook for the people in your life. Part field notes on the ones you're just getting to know, part gentle nudge to keep showing up for the ones you already love. It's not a social network. There's no feed, and nobody to perform for. The phone comes out for five seconds so the next conversation can go deeper. JUST MET SOMEONE? Jot their name and one detail. That's it. Dictate it in the parking lot if your hands are full. Next time you see them, you'll remember the thing that mattered, and they'll notice that you did. AT A CONFERENCE OR A WEDDING? Start an event and everyone you meet files under it automatically. Afterwards, Frelio runs a quick memory game on who you met, because saying a name out loud is how it sticks. Open that event a year later and everyone's still there. YOUR CIRCLE The handful of people you're really investing in get more. Birthdays. A check-in rhythm that fits each person, weekly for your closest, quarterly for the old roommate across the country. A quiet nudge when life has crowded somebody out. No streaks and no guilt. PLACES Friendship has a geography. Your city, your church, the gym, the coffee shop. Add your spots and Frelio keeps track of who you meet there. Your regulars become your people. ON EVERY DEVICE Keep your notebook on every device, and get new features first. Create a Frelio account and your iPhone, iPad and Mac stay in step. Sign in with Apple or Google. An account is optional. Without one, Frelio works the way it always has. ALSO IN THE BOX One-tap capture from your lock screen. Siri can add someone for you, and so can your Apple Watch. Save people to your iPhone Contacts without creating duplicates. Photos, common ground, search across everything you've written, and a full export of your notebook anytime. PRIVATE, ACTUALLY Your notebook lives on your device. Frelio has no ads, and nothing in it tracks you across other apps or websites. Create a Frelio account and your notebook is encrypted on your device before it leaves, so nobody else can read it, us included. Your Apple account keeps the key safe, and you get a recovery key for the rare day you need it. What Frelio can see is short: your email, your first name if you give it, the devices you use, and a few counts and dates. One more thing Frelio won't do: become your brain. Writing a detail down is an act of paying attention. The goal is that you remember the name next time, not that an app remembers it for you.

Screenshots

Forum NextGen2 screens
Frelio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Frelio at every 4 days against Forum NextGen's every 3 weeks. Frelio also leads on device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Forum NextGen ships an update every 3 weeks, Frelio every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Forum NextGen versus Frelio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForum NextGenFrelio
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCHRISTIAN FORUM CHURCHDaniel Norris

In-app purchases

None

Forum NextGen

No in-app purchases

None

Frelio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Forum NextGen free?
Forum NextGen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Frelio free?
Frelio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Forum NextGen or Frelio have ads?
Neither Forum NextGen nor Frelio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Forum NextGen or Frelio?
Forum NextGen ships an update every 3 weeks, and Frelio every 4 days. Most recently, Forum NextGen was updated on October 24, 2026 and Frelio on October 29, 2026.

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