Comparison

CatLabel vs Kobako

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

Head to head
About

CatLabel

Create custom text and color labels for your device's home screen. Organize your pages with glanceable widgets, making navigation easier.

Highlights
  • Custom text labels
  • Customizable colors
  • Home screen widgets
  • Improved page organization
  • Glanceable information
Features
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Widget for adding labels on the Home Screen, set custom texts and color to make your pages more easily glanceable.

About

Kobako

Features
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Kobako — Japanese for “small box” — is a quick place to put an idea down before it slips away. Kapi, a capybara, lives there and looks after whatever you leave. CATCH IT IN A SECOND • Tap the bulb and type or dictate — the idea is saved before the thought is gone • Capture straight from a Home Screen widget or a Control Center button • Kapi notices a new idea and cheers you on EVERYTHING IN ONE FEED • New ideas land in Inbox and lie as cards right on the app’s Home • A row of folders sits above the feed: tap one to see only its ideas • Sort by newest, oldest, priority or due date • An idea that grows gets a fresh page laid over it — up to five, with the earlier thinking still readable underneath • Search finds any idea or folder in a few letters CLOSE IT, KEEP IT Tick a card when an idea is done, and it flies into Closed. Nothing disappears: finished ideas rest there, and any of them can be reopened. A QUIET FRIEND Kapi putters about his window library and naps while you are away; a tap wakes him. Once a day, around eight in the evening, he knocks to ask how the day went — and skips it if the app was already opened that evening. AT HOME ON EVERY SCREEN • iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo — two panes side by side on iPad in landscape and on the open Duo • Dark theme throughout; Reduce Motion honoured everywhere Kapi moves • 10 languages YOURS ALONE No account and no sign-in. Your ideas stay on your device. Questions or a hello: hello@kobako.app Terms of Use: https://kobako.app/terms

Screenshots

CatLabel3 screens
Kobako4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Kobako at Free against CatLabel's $0.99. Kobako also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 19 months). CatLabel's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On ads, device support 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

Kobako is free to download; CatLabel costs $0.99 up front. Kobako sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. CatLabel asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CatLabel ships an update every 19 months, Kobako every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CatLabel versus Kobako: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatLabelKobako
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating2.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohan JaderblomAleksandr Gaidash

In-app purchases

None

CatLabel

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Kobako

Subscriptions2
  • Kobako Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Kobako Plus Yearly$49.991 Year
One-time2
  • Supporter Pack$2.99
  • Rich Capybara$9.99

Questions

Is CatLabel free?
CatLabel costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kobako free?
Kobako is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CatLabel or Kobako have ads?
Neither CatLabel nor Kobako shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CatLabel or Kobako?
CatLabel ships an update every 19 months, and Kobako every 5 weeks. Most recently, CatLabel was updated on November 7, 2026 and Kobako on November 13, 2026.

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