WhenWas vs Purposely
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WhenWas
Effortlessly track recurring activities and important life events. This app helps you remember the last time you performed tasks like haircuts, maintenance, or medication. Widgets and a clean interface make tracking simple and accessible.
- Home and lock screen widgets
- Apple Watch app integration
- Smart search functionality
- Timeline history for activities
- Clean, intuitive design with dark mode
- Optional iCloud sync for cross-device access
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Remember the last time. Know what comes next. WhenWas is a straightforward last-time tracker and maintenance log for the small but important things that don’t belong on a fixed calendar. Watering plants, replacing filters, servicing a bike, grooming a pet, calling family—check in with one tap and instantly see how long it has been. No streaks to protect. No guilt. Just a clear history and the context you need for the next check-in. TRACK TIME, USES, MILEAGE & HOURS Enhanced Activities let you track maintenance by: • Time since the last check-in • Number of uses or cycles • Mileage and meter readings • Operating hours • Walking, running, or cycling distance from Apple Health Set a maintenance goal, view progress at a glance, add a use, or update a meter directly from your activity list. When maintenance is complete, WhenWas saves the finished interval to your timeline. SAVE THE DETAILS YOU’LL NEED LATER Keep model numbers, supplies, sizes, instructions, and other permanent notes with each activity. Add optional notes to individual check-ins so your history tells the full story. SHARE WITH FAMILY & FRIENDS Invite people to a shared activity so everyone can see and update the latest check-in. It is ideal for household routines like feeding the dog, cleaning the litter box, changing sheets, or replacing a filter. USE WHENWAS FOR • Home maintenance, plants, filters, and cleaning • Pet care, treatments, grooming, and vet visits • Haircuts, dentist visits, contacts, and medication refills • Family calls, date nights, and catching up with friends • Oil changes, tire rotations, batteries, and bike service • Generator hours, tool usage, and equipment maintenance • Running shoes, bikes, and other fitness gear BUILT FOR APPLE DEVICES • Timeline history with optional notes • Siri and Shortcuts • Apple Watch app • Home Screen widgets • Custom reminders • Search, filters, and pinned activities • iCloud sync • Dark Mode and accessible controls PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your data stays on your devices and in your personal iCloud. WhenWas does not store your activity data on its own servers. FREE & PRO Use WhenWas free with up to five activities, timeline history, Siri, and Apple Watch. WhenWas Pro unlocks unlimited activities, Enhanced Activities, Apple Health tracking, sharing, custom reminders, pinned activities, widgets, notes, and iCloud sync. Download WhenWas and stop wondering, “When did I last…?”
Purposely
This app helps you identify, plan, and reflect on your life's purposes. It focuses on the 'why' behind your actions, enabling you to track progress and build self-awareness. Designed for privacy, it offers a personal space for goal setting without ads or data sharing.
- Identify life purposes
- Plan actionable steps
- Track daily actions
- Private reflection journal
- No ads or social features
- Data privacy focused
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You identify your life purposes. You plan, and you show up for them. You reflect, building the self-awareness that makes change stick. Most goal apps start with tasks. Purposely starts with the question underneath the tasks: what is this actually for? Once you have named your purposes, the planning has somewhere to point. HOW IT WORKS Name your purposes. Choose the handful of things your life is actually organized around. Not resolutions. Not a to-do list. The commitments you want your days to add up to. Make a plan. Turn each purpose into something concrete you can act on this week, not someday. Show up. Track what you actually did, so the gap between intention and action becomes visible instead of vague. Reflect. Write about how it went. Over time your entries become a record of who you are becoming, in your own words. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your reflections are yours. Purposely contains no ads, no social feed, no followers, and no sharing. We do not sell your data and we do not use your writing to train Al models. You can delete your account and everything in it from inside the app, permanently, at any time. FREE Purposely is free. There are no in-app purchases and no subscription. A NOTE Purposely supports reflection and personal goal-setting. It is not therapy, counseling, or medical care.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Purposely at none against WhenWas's 2. Purposely also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. WhenWas sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Purposely asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for WhenWas against 5.0 for Purposely. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
WhenWas ships an update every 2 weeks, Purposely fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WhenWas | Purposely |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Drew Cortright | Siddant Bharath |
Customer experience
WhenWas
Purposely
In-app purchases
WhenWas
- Monthly Subscription$2.99
- Yearly Subscription$29.99
Purposely
No in-app purchases









