Comparison

Catchup vs ThirdPlaces

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

Head to head
About

Catchup

This app helps you nurture important relationships by setting connection goals and sending gentle reminders to reach out. Track your interactions and add notes to remember details, ensuring your connections stay strong.

Highlights
  • Add friends and family
  • Set personal connection goals
  • Track conversations and meetings
  • Add notes to interactions
  • Receive gentle outreach reminders
  • Home screen widget for tracking
Features
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Your relationships matter. But in our busy lives, staying in touch isn't always easy. Catchup is a simple, beautiful way to nurture your most important connections through consistent touchpoints. Add the people you care about, set meaningful connection goals, and get gentle reminders to reach out. How it works: 1. Add friends and family you want to stay close with 2. Set your intentions with personal goals for how often you'd like to connect 3. Track conversations, meetings, and meaningful moments with a quick tap 4. Add notes to remember the little details of each interaction 5. Get gentle reminders when it's time to reach out Try Catchup free with 2 contacts. Upgrade to connect with unlimited friends and family and track your relationships through notifications and a home screen widget. Keep your relationships strong, one connection at a time.

About

ThirdPlaces

Features
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ThirdPlaces is a humble effort to provide social anchors for curious minds to discover each other, forge meaningful connections, and, more importantly, do crazy things together. And this is how we do it! UR PERSONALITY Let's begin by discovering your unique self, so we can help you discover souls who resonate with your kind of crazy. STARRY NIGHT Now that we know you. Every night, while the world sleeps, we hold space for you to have conversations that reach a star, under the embrace of a twinkling night sky. QUIRKS It's time to bring your eccentric, quirky self in its grand glory. Those obscure thoughts & peculiar tastes find home here, because this place is not for normies ;) VUE Express yourself, not for applause but to find your people. Because that's what has become one of life's rarer gifts. MEETUP Participate in meetups around topics that captivate your heart, and help co-create a space for similar feathers to flock together. GATHERING Now that you've found your flock, let's gather around—Invite other participants to join the gathering, open a room, and explore some craziness together. PICK YOUR FAVOURITES Pick Vues and Meetup participation that truly resonate with you, and we will introduce you to those who match your vibe. START CONVERSATION As you engage with the app, new profiles will reveal themselves. Go explore them and start a conversation with those who pique your curiosity. Accept Connection Travel the slow but meaningful journey from strangers to friendship, one letter at a time. Yes, they do take their sweet time to get delivered. OPEN ROOM Now that you got friends, it's time to engage in some chatter and crazy plans. Simply open or join rooms and watch your social circle take shape right before your eyes. While you are busy doing all that, we keep you safe from unwanted messages from people you didn't sign up for. We encrypt your conversations and chats end-to-end, so that only you and the recipient can read them, not even us. Lastly, we go to great lengths to make sure that the people share a genuine mutual interest before they get to talk. This is how we bring people into your life; it's not supposed to be hard and frustrating. It just has to be honest and accepting.

Screenshots

Catchup3 screens
ThirdPlaces4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ThirdPlaces at none against Catchup's 1. ThirdPlaces also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). 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. Catchup sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ThirdPlaces asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Catchup ships an update fortnightly, ThirdPlaces weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Catchup versus ThirdPlaces: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatchupThirdPlaces
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (82 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings82 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB60 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperChris LeeDewanshu Gautam

Bugs and requests

Catchup

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Cannot add contacts
  • Subscription is broken and unusable
  • Bug preventing upgrade to Plus
  • Names and pictures no longer show
  • Pro version features locked temporarily
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  • Does not sync between devices
  • Tracking information lost on iOS update
  • Data not backing up to iCloud

Requested features

24 requests
  • Alphabetical sorting
  • Customizable frequency
  • Different types of catch-ups
  • Select multiple people for a note
  • Add search function
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  • Add photos
  • Add friend's birthday
  • Call or text with WhatsApp integration
  • Reminder for every 2-3 days
  • Groups of people
  • Indicate who was present at a catch-up
  • Siri shortcut support
  • Widget for one-tap connection
  • Button to initiate FaceTime call
  • Option to add date of last in-person hang out
  • Option to add frequency of in-person hang outs
  • Categorize contacts (e.g., home, work)
  • Customizable reminder frequency
  • Dismiss or record connection from notification
  • Snooze next reminder option
  • Remind me on a specific date
  • Backup to iCloud
  • Sync between iPhone and iPad
  • Automatically count call/text as check-in

ThirdPlaces

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Catchup

One-time1
  • Catchup Plus$9.99
None

ThirdPlaces

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Catchup free?
Catchup is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ThirdPlaces free?
ThirdPlaces is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Catchup or ThirdPlaces have ads?
Neither Catchup nor ThirdPlaces shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Catchup or ThirdPlaces?
Catchup ships an update fortnightly, and ThirdPlaces weekly. Most recently, Catchup was updated on October 27, 2026 and ThirdPlaces on October 28, 2026.

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