Comparison

Inksy vs Called

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

Head to head
About

Inksy

Create personalized journals with text, images, and drawings. Share your creations privately, with select groups, or publicly. Discover and follow other users, and embellish your journals with art from a dedicated store.

Highlights
  • Create custom journals
  • Add text, images, and drawings
  • Public and private sharing options
  • Doodle store for art embellishments
  • Sell your own art
  • Follow users and journals
  • Content filtering
Features
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With Inksy you can make creative journals using text, images and drawings and share them however you want. You can add art from our Doodle store to embellish your journals or upload your own art to sell on the Doodle store yourself! You have complete control over who can see your journal, from keeping it totally private to sharing it with a small group of select people, or making it publicly available on our network for anyone to read. Want a daily habit tracker just for yourself? You can do that with Inksy. Want to make a scrapbook of your favorite baby milestones, but keep it limited to close family? You can do that with Inksy. Want to share your comedy, your fashion, or your dreams with the whole world? Go right ahead! Comment on and follow your favorite users or just the journals you like, it's up to you. You'll never miss updates from your favorites and easily avoid the content you DON’T want to see. It's social media without the social anxiety. Share your story. Be inspired. Skip the drama.

About

Called

This app helps build Christian communities and groups, fostering meaningful connections away from social media noise. It's designed for church-goers, ministry leaders, and faith-based organizations to organize events, manage groups, and engage in focused conversations.

Highlights
  • Discover Christian groups
  • Engage in meaningful conversations
  • Manage small groups
  • Organize church and ministry groups
  • Event creation and RSVP management
  • Customizable notifications
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Build an authentic Christian community where every person feels needed and known. Have you ever stood at the door after a great ministry event, celebrating what God just did, only to watch someone leave alone who no one really knows? Many leaders can feel overwhelmed with too many platforms, group texts, and several disconnected systems. Ministry has become scattered across emails, social media, spreadsheets, and apps, making it difficult to truly know your people and keep them connected throughout the week. Called gives you one simple place to reach your people, build real community, and guide them in their discipleship journey. From outreach to small groups to Sunday reminders, it all finally lives in one app built specifically for churches, ministries, campus ministries, and Christian communities. Every person deserves to feel needed and known. This is the heart of Called—and every feature exists to help leaders make that happen. Grow your ministry in 30 days. Guaranteed. Launch 3–5 active groups in your first month, or you don’t pay. Get your first 50 members onboarded automatically. With Called, Christian leaders will: • Know who’s engaged, new, or may need care • Help people find belonging through small groups • Stay connected beyond Sunday with prayer, chat, and discipleship • Turn communication into real engagement • Lead in a safe, trusted environment built for ministry • Spend less time managing tools and more time shepherding people Replace GroupMe, Facebook Groups, Remind, Flocknote, Eventbrite, and endless text threads. Called puts it all in one place. Whether you’re a pastor, ministry leader, small group leader, campus minister, or part of a Christian organization, Called helps build communities where people don’t just attend; they belong. “Finally, I found my people.” Your calling is to build disciples. Our calling is to make it simple. Join thousands of ministry leaders building stronger, more connected communities with Called. Download Called today. Connect with us: Support: https://support.called.app/knowledge Email: info@called.app

Screenshots

Inksy4 screens
Called4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Called at none against Inksy's 5. Called also leads on ratings volume (370 vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly). Inksy's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, monetization model and device support 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. Inksy sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Called asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Inksy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Called has 370 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Inksy ships an update monthly, Called every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Inksy versus Called: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInksyCalled
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (370 ratings)
Positive reviews—75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1370 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB34 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperINKSY, INC.Called LLC

Customer experience

Inksy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Called

All ratings370 ratings
Positive97.6%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

Inksy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Called

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Cannot upgrade members to leader status
  • Cannot add members to existing group chats
  • App opens slow
  • Notifications don’t show correctly and clear
  • Text does not adjust with phone text adjustments
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  • Harder to navigate after update
  • Does not go to dark mode
  • Constantly shows notifications that are not there
  • Have to manually scroll emojis instead of searching

Requested features

2 requests
  • Ability to reply to individual messages in a thread
  • Search bar for emojis

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Inksy

One-time5
  • Pack One$0.99
  • Pack Two$1.99
  • Pack Three$2.99
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  • Pack Four$3.99
  • Pack Five$4.99
None

Called

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Inksy free?
Inksy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Called free?
Called is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Inksy or Called?
Inksy is rated higher. Inksy averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Called averages 4.8 from 370 ratings.
Do Inksy or Called have ads?
Neither Inksy nor Called shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Inksy or Called?
Inksy ships an update monthly, and Called every 6 days. Most recently, Inksy was updated on September 24, 2026 and Called on October 7, 2026.

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