Comparison

Famn vs Garnest

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

Head to head
About

Famn

Features
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Famn β€” All-in-one for the people you live with. A household isn't really a place. It's something you hold together. Famn brings it all into one app: shared shopping lists, meal planning, the family calendar, chores, messaging, and home management. Real-time. In eleven languages. Free. EVERYTHING IN ONE APP Shopping & grocery lists β€’ Shared lists everyone can update at once β€” when one person checks off milk, everyone's list updates instantly β€’ Smart category organization that matches your store layout β€’ Active shopping sessions to track what's already in the cart β€’ Barcode scanning and price tracking β€’ Receipt matching for completed shopping trips Meal planning & recipes β€’ Save and organize your favorite recipes β€’ Drag recipes onto the weekly planner; generate a shopping list with one tap β€’ Import recipes from a URL or scan one with your camera β€’ Send any recipe's ingredients straight to the active shopping list Calendar & family planner β€’ A shared calendar everyone can see and contribute to β€’ Multiple calendars shown together β€’ Birthdays, appointments, school events, travel β€” visible to everyone Tasks & chores β€’ Shared todo lists you can quickly assign to anyone β€’ Recurring chores with weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly rules β€’ A clear history of who did what when β€’ Chore groups for kitchen, garden, kids, and more Messaging β€’ Built-in chat β€” coordinate without leaving the app β€’ Direct and group conversations β€’ Real-time delivery, no refresh needed Property & home management β€’ Track multiple properties from one account β€’ Room organization, document storage (deeds, insurance, manuals) β€’ Property-linked maintenance tasks β€’ Financial tracking over time Contacts & sync β€’ Add and organize household contacts β€’ WebDAV / CalDAV / CardDAV support β€” sync with self-hosted or cloud servers WHAT MAKES FAMN DIFFERENT Everything shared by default. The household is the unit, not the user. No manual "share with my partner" toggle. Real-time, not eventual. Changes appear on every screen in seconds, over a persistent WebSocket. The cart updates while someone's still in the store. One app, not five. Shopping, meal planning, calendar, chores, messaging, and property β€” under one roof, on one bill. Eleven languages. English, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Polish, and Icelandic. Privacy-conscious by design. WebDAV / CalDAV / CardDAV support means you can keep your data on your own server if you want to. PREMIUM Most of Famn is free. Premium unlocks shopping insights and spending analytics, advanced account score tracking, and historical session data. Famn β€” less chaos, more embrace. ------ You can subscribe to access premium features such as multiple spaces. You can cancel your subscription or free trial anytime by canceling your subscription through your iTunes account settings, or it will automatically renew. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the free trial or any subscription period to avoid being charged. Subscription with a free trial period will automatically renew to a paid subscription. Please note: any unused portion of a free trial period (if offered) will be forfeited when you purchase a premium subscription during the free trial period. Subscription payments will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of your purchase and upon commencement of each renewal term. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy: https://famn.app/terms-of-service and Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Garnest

Features
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Your pattern and your row stay with you: no account, no ads, and the count survives the update. Garnest counts the rows, holds the pattern and remembers where you stopped. IN-APP PURCHASE: Garnest is free to download, and using it requires Garnest Pro β€” offered as an auto-renewing subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. The price, the plan length and the renewal terms are shown on the purchase screen before you confirm. Subscriptions renew until you cancel them in your App Store account settings, and an earlier purchase can be restored from that same screen. KNITTING AND CROCHET, IN THEIR OWN WORDS Say which one you work and Garnest counts rows or rounds, asks for a needle or a hook, and names the materials accordingly. Doing both at once is the normal case, so the craft is set per project, not once for the whole app. COUNT WITHOUT PUTTING THE WORK DOWN Say a word and the row goes up β€” recognised on your device, with nothing sent anywhere. Or press the widget on the Home Screen without unlocking the phone. Or ask Siri. THE PATTERN AND THE NUMBER ON ONE SCREEN Your own PDF, or a photo of the page, sits above the counter with a marker on the row you are on β€” and the marker moves as you count. The screen stays lit while a project is open, so the chart does not go dark between rows. COUNTERS THAT CANNOT DRIFT APART A repeat counter is worked out from the row count every single time it changes, never added up alongside it. That is why undo costs nothing and why the widget and the app can never disagree about where you are. WHAT THE PIECE COST YOU Every sitting is timed. Finish a piece and it is archived with its hours, its yarn and its photo β€” the two numbers you need if you ever price one. IT IS STILL THERE TOMORROW Projects live on your device and sync through your own iCloud. There is no account to make and nothing of yours on our servers. LEGAL Privacy Policy: https://beratmehmetoglu.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://beratmehmetoglu.com/terms/

Screenshots

Famn4 screens
Garnest4 screens

Verdict

The call

Famn and Garnest are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Famn sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Garnest sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Famn ships an update every 9 days, Garnest weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Famn versus Garnest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFamnGarnest
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size117 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCrudus MediaBerat Mehmetoglu

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Famn

Subscriptions4
  • Premium Monthly Plan$3.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly Plan1 Month trial$3.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly Plan1 Month trial$29.991 Year
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  • Premium Yearly Plan1 Year trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Keep the lights on!$5.99
3 purchases

Garnest

Subscriptions2
  • Garnest Pro β€” Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Garnest Pro β€” Yearly$10.991 Year
One-time1
  • Garnest Pro β€” Lifetime$15.99

Questions

Is Famn free?
Famn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Garnest free?
Garnest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Famn or Garnest have ads?
Neither Famn nor Garnest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Famn or Garnest?
Famn ships an update every 9 days, and Garnest weekly. Most recently, Famn was updated on November 7, 2026 and Garnest on November 6, 2026.

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