Comparison

Metis vs Recall

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

Head to head
About

Metis

Features
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Every journey deserves to be remembered. Some places fade after a single visit, but some moments wait quietly for you to return. Metis lets you journal and capture photos in the moment — walk back to the same place, and the story comes back naturally. Features Memory Map — Every entry is pinned to where it happened, automatically; remove or change the pin any time Daily Journal — Words and photos, with prompts for the blank-page days Tags — Organize with #hashtags and a tag cloud that links related entries On This Day — Revisit past entries and photos from the same date in years gone by Privacy Lock — Lock the app or a single entry with Face ID, fingerprint, or PIN, and blur it in your list Cloud Sync — Your journal lives in your account; switch phones without losing a memory AI Tagging & Mood (optional) — Turn on AI-suggested tags and mood for your entries; off by default, always yours to review before saving Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Recall

Features
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Recall: Your Second Brain for Everything Important Stop cluttering your mind with details you might forget. Recall is the personal intelligence app that tracks the Who, Where, When, What, and Which of your daily life — from borrowed items to gate codes, parking spots to subscription renewals — all in a secure, beautiful, local-first vault. Location-based Return Reminders are free for everyone. No subscription, no trial — your parking spot, hotel room number, locker combo, and gate code all buzz you the moment you walk back. NEW IN THIS RELEASE CAPTURE A MEMORY IN ONE TAP Recall is built for the moment you're trying to remember something. Capture from anywhere: • Quick Action chips on the home screen — Park (one-tap "save this spot"), Voice (record a note), Clipboard (paste what you copied), Photo (snap a picture) • "Save to Recall" Share Extension — share a link, photo, or text from Safari, Mail, Photos, or any app • "Hey Siri, Add to Recall [your text]" — full Siri Shortcut support, no keyboard required • Natural-language reminders — type "remind me tomorrow at 3pm" and Recall auto-fills the date and time • Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets — see today's reminders at a glance NEARBY DISCOVERY Tap the map pin and Recall finds everything around you in seconds, powered entirely by Apple Maps: • Filter chips for what you want — coffee, food, gas, grocery, pharmacy, parking — plus an "Other" sheet with 15 more categories from ATMs to hospitals • Radius picker (1 / 3 / 5 miles) tuned for walking, driving, or road-trip stops • "+ Save place" turns any nearby spot into a memory with a return-reminder geofence already armed • Privacy by design — no third-party POI SDK, no analytics, only Apple's anonymized MapKit THE 5-CATEGORY SYSTEM WHO — Things you've lent or borrowed. Never lose a book or a tool again. WHERE — Where you stored your passport, spare keys, or winter clothes. WHEN — Subscription renewals, warranty expiries, periodic maintenance. WHAT — Verbal agreements, promises, random brilliant ideas. WHICH — The encrypted Vault for codes, combinations, gift ideas, and other sensitive info. SMART ALERTS — NOW WITH A VOICE Four kinds of alerts work side-by-side — all free, no Pro required: • Time-based reminders — fire at the exact moment you asked • Return reminders — Recall registers a 100m geofence around saved places, so when you walk back to your parked car, storage unit, or that coffee shop, your note pops up automatically • Spoken alerts (new) — instead of a generic chime, hear "You reached your parked spot" • Mute-this-place — silence any geofence that gets too noisy with one tap, without losing the memory FIND ANYTHING, INSTANTLY • Global search — type a word, find any memory in milliseconds • Near Me filter (new) — show only Where memories within 1, 3, or 5 miles of where you're standing • Smart "On this day" flashbacks bring back what mattered a year ago • Home tiles show a live preview of your most-recent memory in each category BEAUTIFUL, FAST, PRIVATE • Glassmorphism interface with full Dark Mode and Light Mode • Plain-text CSV export (new, free) — pull every memory into a spreadsheet • Local-first — your memories live on your device, not on our servers. We don't track you, we don't have an account system, we don't see your data. RECALL PRO (one-time purchase, lifetime access — no subscriptions) Unlock the full Recall experience forever: • Unlimited memories (free tier capped at 15) • Voice-to-Recall — attach audio notes to any memory • Visual Recall — attach high-resolution photos • Biometric Vault — Face ID / Touch ID lock on the "Which" category • Encrypted Backup & Restore — export your library as a password-protected file, restore on any device (the only format that round-trips media) Personal intelligence, reimagined. Download Recall and clear your mind. https://senthilmkm.github.io/recall-app-site/privacy.html

Screenshots

Metis4 screens
Recall4 screens

Verdict

The call

Metis and Recall are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Metis sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and Recall sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Metis ships an update fortnightly, Recall every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Metis versus Recall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMetisRecall
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYU-YUN XIAOSENTHIL KUMAR KANNAN

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Metis

Subscriptions1
  • Metis Pro$2.991 Month
1 purchases

Recall

One-time1
  • Recall Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Metis free?
Metis is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Recall free?
Recall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Metis or Recall have ads?
Neither Metis nor Recall shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Metis or Recall?
Metis ships an update fortnightly, and Recall every 2 weeks. Most recently, Metis was updated on October 25, 2026 and Recall on October 28, 2026.

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