Comparison

Sona Mobile vs inTouch

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

Head to head
About

Sona Mobile

This mobile application grants users access to the Sona Systems platform. It is designed for participants, researchers, and principal investigators, requiring the specific URL of a Sona site for functionality.

Highlights
  • Access Sona Systems
  • For participants
  • For researchers
  • For principal investigators
  • Requires Sona site URL
Features
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This app provides access to Sona Systems for users of the system. It works for participant users, researchers and principal investigators. You will need to know the URL of your Sona site in order to use this app.

About

inTouch

This app helps you maintain meaningful connections by reminding you to reach out to people at custom intervals. Log interactions to reset timers and visualize your social network with interactive graphs and custom groupings. It offers private, device-based storage with no tracking or ads.

Highlights
  • Customizable contact reminder intervals
  • Interaction logging (calls, texts, meetups)
  • Interactive social network graph
  • Contact grouping into 'Circles'
  • Rich contact profiles with interaction history
  • Private, device-based data storage
Features
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inTouch helps you stay connected with the people who matter. Set a reminder cadence for each person in your life. Get a nudge when it's time to reach out. Log the interaction, and the timer resets, helping you stay inTouch! REMINDERS THAT FIT THE RELATIONSHIP • Custom intervals per contact • Log calls, texts, meetups, emails, and video chats YOUR NETWORK, VISUALIZED • An interactive graph shows everyone you care about and how they connect • Group people into Circles — a friend group, a work team, a family — and see your social worlds cluster together • Color-coded relationships with custom labels and directionality RICH CONTACT PROFILES • Notes, occupation, interests, and a full interaction timeline • Always know when you last talked and what you talked about PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • Everything lives on your device and syncs via iCloud • No account, no tracking, no ads EVERYTHING ABOVE IS FREE No trial, no paywall, no catch. Import your contacts in one tap and start. IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT ME — $1.99/MONTH keeps a one-person app going and unlocks... • Insights — see who you're drifting from, measured against your own usual pace with each person rather than a fixed schedule • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets — who's due today, plus a quick-add button for someone you just met • History Calendar - quickly see who you've reached out to, and when inTouch isn't social media. It's a quiet place to remember the people you love. This app uses the standard Apple EULA (Terms of Use): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Sona Mobile4 screens
inTouch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: inTouch at 100% against Sona Mobile's 20%. inTouch also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.7). Sona Mobile's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (10 vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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. inTouch sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Sona Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

inTouch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Sona Mobile's written reviews are positive against 100% of inTouch's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sona Mobile ships an update every 3 months, inTouch every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Sona Mobile versus inTouch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSona MobileinTouch
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (10 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSona SystemsTHOMAS NIELSEN TSEKERIDES

Customer experience

Sona Mobile

All ratings10 ratings
Positive30.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative70.0%

inTouch

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Sona Mobile

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

inTouch

Subscriptions1
  • Subscription$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Sona Mobile free?
Sona Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is inTouch free?
inTouch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sona Mobile or inTouch?
inTouch is rated higher. Sona Mobile averages 2.7 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while inTouch averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Sona Mobile or inTouch have ads?
Neither Sona Mobile nor inTouch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sona Mobile or inTouch?
Sona Mobile ships an update every 3 months, and inTouch every 2 months. Most recently, Sona Mobile was updated on October 7, 2026 and inTouch on October 10, 2026.

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