Comparison

re vs vola

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

Head to head
About

re

This app offers a beautiful and intuitive timer experience powered by Apple Reminders. Quickly set timers, sync them across devices, and view them on your lock screen with Live Activities. It includes advanced features like full-screen alarms and the ability to import calendar events.

Highlights
  • Apple Reminders sync
  • Live Activities on lock screen
  • Full-screen alarms
  • Import calendar events
  • Multiple timers
  • Favorite and edit timers
Features
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re:timer is a beautiful and elegant timer app built on Apple Reminders. Set timers quickly, stay in sync across devices, and keep track of time with a clean, minimal interface. Features - Swipe to create timers - Apple Reminders sync - your timers on all platforms at once, powered by Apple - NEW: Live Activities - see your timers on the lock screen or in the Dynamic Island - NEW: Timers with Alarms (iOS 26) - full-screen take over, even if the app is closed or your phone is in Silent Mode! - Import Calendar events as timers - Multiple timers - with time between timers - Favorite and edit timers - Early reminders - Infinite timer history - Gestimer support / custom lists - URL scheme support - create timers from other apps - Minimal mode - And more coming!

About

vola

This app provides a dedicated journal for dancers to log classes, track progress, and set goals. It allows for custom page layouts with text, stickers, photos, and drawings, and integrates with Apple Health for workout data. Users can also access a ballet step dictionary with video guides.

Highlights
  • Customizable journal pages
  • Log ballet classes and practice types
  • Track goals and countdowns
  • Integrate with Apple Health
  • Ballet step dictionary with videos
  • Calendar view with mood markers
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Ballet deserves a better notebook than a notes app. vola is a diary made for dancers — every class you take, every step you learn, every goal you're counting down to, kept in one place and made beautiful. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ A PAGE YOU WANT TO WRITE ON Start from a paper refill, then build the page your way. Add text, drop in stickers, place photos from your camera roll, and draw freehand on top. Every element sits on its own layer, so you can rearrange until it looks right. Save a finished page straight to your Photos. LOG WHAT BALLET ACTUALLY ASKS ABOUT Not "how was your day" — how was your ballet. Set your mood from Awful to Best, then record the practice: Basic Class, Advanced Class, Pointe, Free Practice, Concours, or your own variations and repertoire. Add the studio and the teacher, and track your weight in kg or lb. Import workouts straight from Apple Health, including everything your Apple Watch already recorded. A CALENDAR YOU CAN READ AT A GLANCE Every day carries a mood marker and a thumbnail of the page you wrote, so a month of practice reads in one look. Set a goal — a concours, an exam, a performance — and the calendar counts down to it. Dress the whole month in a calendar theme. A DICTIONARY THAT KNOWS WHAT YOU'VE WRITTEN Look up any step, in French or in the reading of your own language, and watch the video guides. Best of all, every movement shows the diary entries where you mentioned it, so you can see how your plie has changed over months, not just what it means. Tag a step with # while writing and it links both ways, on its own.

Screenshots

re4 screens
vola4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: vola at Free against re's $1.99. vola also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). re's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On 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

vola is free to download; re costs $1.99 up front. vola sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. re asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

re holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: re has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

re ships an update every 8 months, vola every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
re versus vola: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterrevola
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJosh Angelsbergsanguk park

In-app purchases

None

re

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

vola

Subscriptions2
  • Vola PRO$4.991 Month
  • Vola PRO$49.991 Year

Questions

Is re free?
re costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is vola free?
vola is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, re or vola?
re is rated higher. re averages 5.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while vola averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do re or vola have ads?
Neither re nor vola shows ads.
Which is updated more often, re or vola?
re ships an update every 8 months, and vola every 4 days. Most recently, re was updated on October 24, 2026 and vola on October 21, 2026.

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