Comparison

Basic Logs vs WhereMate

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

Head to head
About

Basic Logs

Easily track anything with customizable logs for food, habits, budgeting, and more. Visualize data with charts and statistics, and use shortcuts for automatic entry. Collaborate with others and store data locally or in iCloud.

Highlights
  • Customizable log types (text, numbers, currency, duration)
  • Data visualization (charts, statistics, calendar)
  • Entry tagging and flagging
  • Quick entry duplication
  • Location, NFC, and task-based shortcuts
  • Log sharing and collaboration
  • Local and optional iCloud data storage
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Basic Logs makes it quick and easy to track anything of interest to you. From food diaries to habit streaks to budgeting to time spent on activities. Simply create a log, add entries, and get insights with just a few taps. • Text, numbers, currencies, durations, notes, tags, flags. Use one or all of them. No setup required. • Browse entries in a list, visualize them in a calendar, or analyze them with charts and statistics. • Track hours and minutes, or whole days. • Flag entries of significance, tag entries to categorize them. • Add similar entries again with a quick swipe. • Easily search and filter entries and get all information of a particular moment. • Shortcuts! Automatically add an entry whenever you arrive at a location, tap an NFC tag, or complete a task in another app. The possibilities are endless. • Share logs and collaborate with friends and family. • No account creation. All data is stored locally on your device and, optionally, in your iCloud. And this is just the beginning. Basic Logs will only become richer in functionality while remaining simple and easy to use. I hope you’ll get as much joy and use out of this app as I do every single day. Happy logging!

About

WhereMate

Record where you store items using voice, text, or photos. Quickly retrieve the location, associated notes, and images of anything you've saved. Organize items within boxes and print QR labels for easy scanning.

Highlights
  • Log items with voice, text, or photos
  • Fast retrieval of item location and notes
  • Organize items within boxes
  • Printable QR labels for boxes
  • Private, on-device storage
  • Light and Dark mode support
Features
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Put it away. Find it later. Just say where you put something — "the charger is in the kitchen junk drawer" — and WhereMate files the thing and the place. Months later, ask, and see the place, the photo and your note. • Say it, type it, or snap a photo. One sentence is enough. • Find anything fast: the place first, then the box, the photo and your note. • Every save shows what was saved, with Undo and one-tap fixes. • Places hold boxes, and boxes hold things. Know what's in every box. • Print a QR label for any box, or save it as a PDF. Scan the label with WhereMate to see inside. • Made for iPhone and iPad, in Light or Dark. Private by design Your library stays on your device. No account, no ads, no tracking, and nothing is sent to us. Speech and photo recognition run on your device. On supported devices, Apple's on-device language model helps understand what you said; everywhere else WhereMate's own rules do the same job, on your device. Simple pricing Free for your first 5 things. One purchase unlocks unlimited things and every label design. No subscription. If you used WhereMate before version 6.0, unlimited things stay free for you. Great for passports and documents, rings and keepsakes, chargers and spare keys, seasonal bins, storage units and moving boxes.

Screenshots

Basic Logs4 screens
WhereMate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Basic Logs at 5.0 against WhereMate's 4.2. Basic Logs also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). WhereMate's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. WhereMate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Basic Logs asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Basic Logs holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Basic Logs ships an update every 2 months, WhereMate weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Basic Logs versus WhereMate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBasic LogsWhereMate
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings35 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAllan JuenemannHS Technologies, LLC

Customer experience

Basic Logs

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

WhereMate

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Basic Logs

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

WhereMate

One-time1
  • Unlock WhereMate$9.99

Questions

Is Basic Logs free?
Basic Logs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WhereMate free?
WhereMate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Basic Logs or WhereMate?
Basic Logs is rated higher. Basic Logs averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while WhereMate averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Basic Logs or WhereMate have ads?
Neither Basic Logs nor WhereMate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Basic Logs or WhereMate?
Basic Logs ships an update every 2 months, and WhereMate weekly. Most recently, Basic Logs was updated on November 3, 2026 and WhereMate on October 30, 2026.

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