Comparison

Recall vs Startr

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

Head to head
About

Recall

This app acts as a personal AI-powered knowledge base, allowing you to save, summarize, and organize various content types. It features agentic AI chat, listen mode for summaries, automatic organization, and quiz generation for effective learning.

Highlights
  • Save and summarize content (videos, articles, PDFs)
  • Agentic AI chat across your knowledge base
  • Listen mode for audio summaries
  • Automatic content organization and linking
  • Generate quizzes for active recall
  • Cross-device synchronization
Features
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Every AI gives you the same answers. Recall gives you yours. Join over 500K professionals, students and lifelong learners who are saving hours and turning their knowledge into their edge. One living space for your knowledge and the AI model of your choice. Save what matters, write what you think. Over time, you curate an AI that knows what you know. SAVE, SUMMARIZE & ORGANIZE INSTANTLY Share YouTube videos, podcasts, articles, PDFs, TikToks, recipes, and more with the Recall app. We do the rest. AGENTIC AI CHAT Ask questions across your entire knowledge base, search the internet, or combine both in one conversation. Choose your AI model. Switch models mid conversation. No lock in. LISTEN MODE Turn any content into a summary you can listen to in a custom voice you create. Learn on the go, your way. AUTOMATIC ORGANIZATION See how everything you've saved connects. Your content is automatically categorized and linked, no manual filing. Explore your knowledge visually and discover relationships you didn't know existed. QUIZ & RETAIN Stop doom scrolling and start learning. Generate quizzes on any content. Challenge friends with public quizzes. Spaced repetition and active recall resurface what you've saved at optimal intervals to lock it into long-term memory. BUILT FOR POWER USERS Bulk summarize, tag, connect, and generate quizzes at scale. API and MCP access lets you connect your knowledge base to any other AI tool. CROSS-DEVICE SYNC Start on mobile, finish on desktop. Don't break your workflow.

About

Startr

Features
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You know what you need to do, and you keep not doing it. Startr treats that as waiting, not as laziness. It gives you one small step you can finish in two minutes, so the work actually begins. HOW A DAY WORKS 1. Pick the one thing you keep putting off. 2. Startr writes a tiny first step for it with AI. You choose a time and a place. 3. At that time you get a notification with the step. Tap Start, watch the 3-2-1 countdown and work for five minutes. 4. At night you answer a few quick questions about how it went. On Sunday there is a short reset for the week. IF YOU ARE AVOIDING IT RIGHT NOW Tap "I'm avoiding it". Startr asks four short questions to find what is in the way, then gives you a step that fits. WHAT YOU GET • One thing at a time, with no task lists to manage. • A first step written for your task and sized to take two minutes. • A five-minute timer with a 3-2-1 start. • Reminders that carry the step and a Start 5 min button. • A count of the days you started, and how many minutes pass between your planned time and your real start. • A forgiving streak: a missed day dims the count and never sets it back to zero. • A two-minute lesson each day about why people put things off. • A Home Screen and Lock Screen widget, and an Apple Watch app with today's step and the timer. • No account to create. You can begin right away and sign in with Apple later if you want your data on another device. STARTR PRO Startr needs a subscription to use. You can choose: • Weekly: $5.99 per week • Yearly: $39.99 per year, with a 3-day free trial offered to new subscribers on the yearly plan Prices are in US dollars and may differ in other countries. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. If you start a free trial, you are charged $39.99 when it ends unless you cancel at least 24 hours before. Subscriptions renew automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in Settings > your name > Subscriptions. A free trial can be used once per Apple Account. Terms of Use: https://startr.si/terms Apple's standard license agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://startr.si/privacy Startr is made by RRDL LIMITED. Questions: https://startr.si/support

Screenshots

Recall4 screens
Startr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Recall at none against Startr's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Startr sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Recall asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Recall versus Startr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecallStartr
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (135 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings135 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaul Richardsrrdl limited

In-app purchases

None

Recall

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Startr

Subscriptions3
  • Startr Pro Weekly$5.997 Days
  • Startr Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
  • Startr Pro Yearly Trial3 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Recall free?
Recall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Startr free?
Startr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Recall or Startr have ads?
Neither Recall nor Startr shows ads.

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