Rank Things vs Chronicling
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rank Things
This app helps you make decisions and discover your true preferences by comparing items head-to-head. It uses sorting algorithms to provide a definitive ranking of your choices, from movies to vacation spots. Share your results easily or track changes over time.
- Head-to-head comparisons
- Science-backed rankings
- Efficient comparison algorithms
- Ready-made lists from Gallery
- Ranking history tracking
- Exportable results (text/image)
- Offline functionality
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Rank Things is for lists where the order matters, but the answer is not obvious. Add the options you are choosing between: restaurants, movies, gift ideas, features, weekend plans, or anything else on your list. The app asks you to compare two at a time. Pick one. After enough comparisons, you get a ranked list. It helps when staring at a blank top-ten list does not. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Build and rank any list - Start from built-in gallery lists - Re-rank later and keep the history - Share a ranking as text or an image - Work offline and sync with iCloud - Use App Shortcuts to open the app, settings, or a list No account required. LEGAL Privacy Policy: https://computertechniqu.es/rank-things/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Chronicling
This app provides a flexible way to monitor habits, health, mood, and daily activities. It offers customizable tracking options, quick logging methods, and insightful data visualization to help users identify patterns and maintain consistency. Secure syncing and data export are also available.
- All-in-one habit and health tracking
- Fully customizable categories
- Fast and effortless logging
- Smart reminders for goals
- Detailed data logging (notes, numbers)
- Visual insights and trends
- Private and secure iCloud sync
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Keep track of anything you want to keep an eye on, from habits and chores to symptoms. Chronicling shows how long it's been, how often things happen, and which days and times they tend to happen. Some things happen every day, like coffee, a walk or your medication. Others come and go: changing the bed sheets, a headache, calling home. Chronicling handles both, so it all lives in one place. "If you're looking for a flexible approach to tracking events in your life and want to try an app with an excellent, modern design that supports the latest iOS and iPadOS technologies, be sure to give Chronicling a try." - MacStories LOG IT IN A TAP - Add events from your Apple Watch, widgets, Control Center, the Lock Screen, Siri and Shortcuts - Record a number or a note too, such as cups, miles, pages or how you felt - Automate logging with Shortcuts, from workouts to arriving home SEE HOW OFTEN, AND WHEN - Time since last logged, average gap and longest gap for every category - Heatmaps, charts and trends over weeks, months and years - Spot patterns by weekday and time of day - An annual Wrapped to look back at your year GENTLE REMINDERS - Time Since Last Event: get a nudge when it's been too long since you last logged something, from a few hours to a few months - Daily Goal: pick a time of day, and you'll only be notified if you haven't hit that day's goal - Rolling Goal: aim for a number over the last few days or weeks, with a daily check that only notifies you if you're falling short YOUR CATEGORIES, YOUR WAY - Create your own categories with emoji or symbols and your own colors - Choose the period each category's stats cover - Organize them into groups and filter by Focus ON ALL YOUR DEVICES - iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Apple Vision Pro - Private iCloud sync between your devices - Export to CSV or a single-file backup at any time - your data is yours If you have questions, suggestions or any other feedback, please contact me at support@chroniclingapp.com. Subscriptions to Chronicling Premium will automatically renew unless canceled within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. For more information, see https://chroniclingapp.com/terms-of-use/ and https://chroniclingapp.com/privacy-policy/.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Chronicling at weekly against Rank Things's every 3 weeks. Chronicling also leads on ratings volume (186 vs 17) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Rank Things sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per year and Chronicling sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 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 — 4.9 for Rank Things against 4.8 for Chronicling. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chronicling has 186 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Rank Things ships an update every 3 weeks, Chronicling weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rank Things | Chronicling |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (17 ratings) — better | 4.8 (186 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 79.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 186 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Computer Techniques LLC | Rebecca Owen |
Customer experience
Rank Things
Chronicling
In-app purchases
Rank Things
- Unlock (Annual)$2.991 Year
Chronicling
- Premium Monthly14 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Premium Annual14 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$39.99
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