Comparison

Personal Info Keeper vs Recall

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

Head to head
About

Personal Info Keeper

Securely store, organize, and access various personal information like passwords, URLs, and addresses. Features include password generation, data encryption, and a recycle bin for deleted items. Syncs with a Windows version via iTunes.

Highlights
  • Store URLs, passwords, and text data
  • Password generation and encrypted storage
  • Organize data into folders
  • Master password protection and encryption
  • Recycle bin for deleted items
  • iTunes file exchange for backups and sync
Features
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Personal Info Keeper for iPhone (iPIK) is an application for those who appreciate their time and want to safely store, organize and access different types of personal information in the most convenient way. Use the application to store items such as URLs, passwords, account information, credit card numbers, postal addresses, or other text. Main features: - Store different types of data. The different types of items you can use to store your personal data are URL, password, and text. - Support for multiple private data files. - Password management. Passwords can be generated based on your own rules, optionally stored in an encrypted format, and easily retrieved when required. - Organize data. Related data can be stored in the same folder. For example, all the information about a credit card account can be kept in one folder for easy access. - Data security. You can restrict access to your personal data with a master password which iPIK will use to strongly encrypt the data. - Recycle bin. This provides a safety net when deleting items or folders as you can restore them back to their original location. - Search facility. This facility allows you to easily locate data being stored. - Ability to use iTunes to exchange private data files with a PC. This allows you to backup your private data, initialize your iPIK private data file with one you have created using Personal Info Keeper for Windows, and to synchronize your private data between iPIK and Personal Info Keeper for Windows.

About

Recall

This app focuses on recording past events to provide a detailed view of your life, goals, and trends. It offers rich event creation with tags, photos, and links, and intelligently tracks progress towards your goals.

Highlights
  • Record past events
  • Track goal progress
  • Rich event details (photos, links, maps)
  • Personalized tags for grouping
  • Dynamic calendar layout
  • Monthly and daily summaries
  • Cross-device syncing
Features
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Recall is a modern calendar app, designed for you to find Presence, Excitement, and Progress in your life. Recall focuses on the real events and activities you spend time on to provide an accurate view of the goals, memories, and trends in your day-to-day life. CALENDAR, IN REVERSE Unlike other calendars, Recall is about recording events that have already happened, not planning those that will. This provides a detailed and accurate summary of your life. - Intuitive user interface for quickly creating, editing, and viewing events - Dynamic and customizable Calendar layout to view, compare, and recall several days at a time - Monthly summaries to show when and where you’ve spent the most time - Daily Summaries to provide rich, interpersonal insights to your events RICH EVENTS Recall lets you create rich, information-filled events, so you can remember every detail of your best memories - Personalized Tags to automatically color and group similar events - Event Carousel to easily browse and enjoy memories - Photos, Links, and Maps to provide additional context to events - Favorite Events to always find and remember great moments INTELLIGENT GOALS TRACKING Recall intelligently looks at your events to track progress to various goals in your life. - Tags automatically count events to your goals, without extra work on your end - Clean executive summary graphics make things simple - Goal Priorities let you focus on what’s important RECALL, EVERYWHERE Recall seamlessly syncs across all your devices, so you always have access to your best memories. Whether on iPhone, iPad, or Mac, Recall keeps you connected. IN THE DETAILS Recall is crafted with intention and an eye for details. From the refined color palettes to the fluid goal sheets, Recall elevates your life with thoughtful design.

Screenshots

Personal Info Keeper1 screens
Recall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Recall at Free against Personal Info Keeper's $0.99. Recall also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 33 months) and ratings volume (8 vs 2). Personal Info Keeper's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On review sentiment, 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

Recall is free to download; Personal Info Keeper costs $0.99 up front. Recall sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Personal Info Keeper asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Personal Info Keeper holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 33% and 33% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Personal Info Keeper ships an update every 33 months, Recall every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Personal Info Keeper versus Recall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPersonal Info KeeperRecall
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better3.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings28 — better
Update frequencyEvery 33 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB170 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHigh Criteria Inc.Brian Masse

Customer experience

Personal Info Keeper

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

Recall

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

Personal Info Keeper

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Recall

One-time3
  • Small Coffee$0.99
  • Medium Coffee$3.99
  • Large Coffee$5.99

Questions

Is Personal Info Keeper free?
Personal Info Keeper costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Recall free?
Recall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Personal Info Keeper or Recall?
Personal Info Keeper is rated higher. Personal Info Keeper averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Recall averages 3.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Personal Info Keeper or Recall have ads?
Neither Personal Info Keeper nor Recall shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Personal Info Keeper or Recall?
Personal Info Keeper ships an update every 33 months, and Recall every 3 months. Most recently, Personal Info Keeper was updated on October 15, 2026 and Recall on October 24, 2026.

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