Comparison

Citations vs IWasHere

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

Head to head
About

Citations

Effortlessly create website citations with a clean, intuitive interface. This tool offers quick formatting without requiring an internet connection, prioritizing user privacy and simplicity for academic or professional work.

Highlights
  • Simple and easy-to-use interface
  • Quick website citation formatting
  • Offline functionality
  • Designed for Apple platforms
  • Privacy-focused
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Citations’ user interface was designed to be simple and easy to use. Just pick a format from the sidebar, fill out the fields, and tap one button to format the website citation properly. The entire process is seamless and quick, with zero latency or load times. It’s designed beautifully for Apple platforms following Apple Human Interface Guidelines and has support for the latest Apple technologies. Citations runs without an internet connection, too. This means you can cite your sources wherever you may be without worrying about page load times. It works, always. And the best part: Citations is free forever, with no ads, trackers, analytics, or paywalls. It’s made to help you do your best work, and that’s it. It prioritizes simplicity, beauty, and versatility. It’s privacy-conscious in every way — your citations are yours and yours only. Citations isn’t a reference manager, it’s purely a citation creator that generates citations quickly, so its user interface feels un-cluttered and intuitive. It puts privacy and simplicity above all else. Citations is made by an independent developer, with no VC backing, tip jars, or creepy upsells. Beautiful, simple, powerful, and made to help students — that’s Citations. Available on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro.

About

IWasHere

Features
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Elevate your event management with IWasHere, the ultimate app for students and event organizers. Simply scan the provided QR code upon arrival, effortlessly record your attendance, and let event hosts seamlessly manage and track participation. Revolutionize the way you attend and organize events – IWasHere, making event experiences memorable and efficient.

Screenshots

Citations4 screens
IWasHere4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: IWasHere at fortnightly against Citations's every 2 months. IWasHere also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Citations ships an update every 2 months, IWasHere fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 2, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Citations versus IWasHere: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCitationsIWasHere
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEshan MarneediRikus Swart

In-app purchases

None

Citations

No in-app purchases

None

IWasHere

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Citations free?
Citations is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IWasHere free?
IWasHere is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Citations or IWasHere have ads?
Neither Citations nor IWasHere shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Citations or IWasHere?
Citations ships an update every 2 months, and IWasHere fortnightly. Most recently, Citations was updated on October 2, 2026 and IWasHere on October 2, 2026.

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