PocketWatch vs Momento
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PocketWatch
This application offers a realistic 3D analog watch experience, displaying the date and day of the week. Users can interact with the clockwork mechanism, zoom in and out, and even dismantle the watch to explore its inner workings. Adjust animation speed and display options for a personalized view.
- 3D analog watch display
- Shows date and day of the week
- Interactive clockwork mechanism
- Pinch-to-zoom functionality
- Watch dismantling feature
- Adjustable animation speed and display options
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Through your purchases (total of 434 people) of our applications on December 1, 2009, we were able to raise $270 for each of the two organisations. Thank you for your cooperation. ---------------------- PocketWatch is a three dimensional analog watch that shows date & day of the week as well as time. Turn it around and see how gears move in the clock mechanism. Pinch in/out the screen to zoom in/out the watch. Push the knob on top of the watch to dismantle the watch. Push the knob twice to show setting switches to change animation speed and display options.
Momento
This app helps you privately capture and organize life's memories using notes, photos, and videos. It automatically imports your digital history from social networks and apps, creating a beautiful, searchable journal of your life story.
- Capture notes, photos, and videos
- Import digital history from social media
- Powerful search and explore functionality
- Unified timeline for reliving moments
- Share moments and day summaries
- Passcode and TouchID protection (Premium)
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Introducing Momento — the smart private diary/journal app that helps you capture and collect memories to search, explore, relive and share your life story. Momento not only helps you privately capture moments in just a few taps (with notes, photos, videos, people, places and tags) but it also automatically collects your daily activities, posts and photos from the social networks, apps and devices you use everyday! Each and every moment is automatically organised and crafted into a beautiful private journal that chronicles your life story and stays up to date effortlessly. Momento is perfectly suited for all types of journal (such as personal, professional, study, travel, pregnancy, dream and health). Keeping a journal can also have profound benefits for mental health, memory and creativity. - - - - - - - - - - - - Essential Features - - - - - - - - - - - - QUICK AND EASY CAPTURE • Write notes and add photos and videos • Add people, places and tags for context • Custom reminders and streaks encourage capture EFFORTLESSLY COLLECT • Import your digital history from social networks and apps • Posts, tweets, check-ins, photos, videos and activities • Stays up to date effortlessly SEARCH AND EXPLORE • Powerful search and explore (keyword, people, places, tags) • Group and bookmark moments with ‘Events’ • Navigate by calendar or day, month and year timelines RELIVE AND REDISCOVER • Moments are grouped by day on a unified timeline • Browse by day, month, year and ‘on this day’ timelines • Summaries to relive and remember at a glance SHARE THE MOMENTS THAT MATTER • Share moments and day summaries • Share beautiful photo grids and notes • Export data as plain text (Premium) SAFE AND SECURE • Passcode and TouchID Protection (Premium) • Local & iCloud Backup & Restore • Local Media Storage - - - - - - - - - - - - Supported Feeds - - - - - - - - - - - - • Facebook posts, photos and videos • Twitter tweets • Instagram photos and video • Flickr photos • Swarm check-ins • Spotify saved tracks • Medium stories • Goodreads reading history, rating and reviews • RSS & Atom web feeds Capture and view 365 days of feed activity for free! Unlimited historic feed activity is available as part of Momento Premium. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Momento Premium & Premium Gold - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Upgrade to access exclusive ‘Premium only’ features including: • Unlimited Feed History • Export • Hourly Feed Updates • Passcode / TouchID / FaceID Protection • Add Multiple Photos to moments • Themes • Formatting Momento Premium Gold is for the dedicated user who would like to contribute more towards ongoing development of Momento and provides access to Priority Support. Momento Premium and Momento Premium Gold is an auto-renewing subscription. Momento will automatically charge your iTunes Account at the end of your subscription or free trial period unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of your current period. You can turn off auto-renew at any time and still receive full functionality until the end of your current period, but no refunds can be provided for unused portions of the subscription. Subscriptions can be managed and auto-renewal can be turned off by going to Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited if any subscription in Momento is otherwise purchased. Subscriptions cannot be shared using Family Sharing. If you have previously purchased Momento Premium or any of the individual features through our previous in-app purchase options, you can use the 'Restore Purchases' option in the 'Premium' settings screen to restore access. Prices will vary depending on your iTunes Account settings. Full terms and conditions can be found at https://momentoapp.com/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Momento at Free against PocketWatch's $0.99. Momento also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 80 months) and ratings volume (878 vs 1). PocketWatch's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 6). 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
Momento is free to download; PocketWatch costs $0.99 up front. Momento sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month. PocketWatch asks for nothing beyond the download.
PocketWatch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Momento has 878 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of PocketWatch's written reviews are positive against 49% of Momento's.
PocketWatch ships an update every 80 months, Momento every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PocketWatch | Momento |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.1 (878 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 48.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 878 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 80 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Best chart rank | #113 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Catalystwo | d3i Ltd |
Customer experience
PocketWatch
Momento
Bugs and requests
PocketWatch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Momento
Reported bugs
4 issues- Facebook and Instagram feeds not working
- Photos disappearing from old entries
- Backup and restore functionality issues
- Inconsistent behavior when changing dates
Requested features
6 requests- Add text formatting options (bold, italic, etc.)
- Ability to print or export journal entries
- Sync across devices (iPhone, iPad, desktop)
- Customizable color themes and appearance
- Option to selectively share entries with others
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- Improved location and time zone handling
In-app purchases
PocketWatch
No in-app purchases
Momento
- Momento Premium (Monthly)1 Month trial$3.491 Month
- Momento Premium$14.991 Year
- Momento Premium Gold$37.991 Year
- Lock Code$0.99
- Multiple Photos$1.99
- Additional 3 Feeds$2.99









