Martin vs Somehow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Martin
This AI-powered assistant learns your preferences and workflows to proactively help with tasks. It can research, set reminders, manage your schedule, and communicate via various channels, building a personal relationship to become more useful over time.
- Voice and text interaction
- Proactive task management
- Research capabilities
- Calendar and to-do management
- Email and Slack integration
- Personalized learning of preferences
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Meet Martin, your AI personal assistant. Reachable by voice, SMS, WhatsApp, email, or phone, Martin builds a personal relationship with you, getting to know what matters most. Martin can do research for you, set reminders, manage your to-dos and calendar, check your email, and use Slack. As he becomes familiar with your preferences and workflows, Martin reaches out proactively to make himself as useful as possible. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Somehow
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The hardest part of cleaning is not knowing how. It's starting. Somehow tells you one thing to do. When that's done, it tells you the next one. You never have to look at a messy room and decide where to begin. HOW IT WORKS Pick a room. Somehow shows you a single task, with the steps if you want them. Do it, or skip it — no question asked either way. Three things out of seven is three things done. Tell it how long you have and it gives you a list that fits. Ten minutes, thirty, or whatever's due. WHAT IT NEVER DOES No streaks to break. No red badges. Nothing is ever "overdue" — it will tell you a room was last cleaned twelve days ago, because that's information, but it will never tell you that you're behind. Skip anything, any time, one tap, no follow-up question. Come back after three months and it picks up where you left off without a word about the gap. YOUR PHOTOS NEVER LEAVE YOUR PHONE Photos of a room stay inside the app. Not your camera roll, not a server. There is no account and no server at all — Somehow works in airplane mode, because everything it does happens on your phone. FREE All of it. No subscription, no trial, nothing locked. There's a tip jar in Settings if you want it, and it buys nothing.
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Verdict
Martin and Somehow are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Martin sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $35.00 per month and Somehow sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Martin | Somehow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (262 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 39.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 262 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Martin AI | RAYMOND DANIEL DORAN |
Bugs and requests
Martin
Reported bugs
15 issues- Cannot login with correct credentials
- SMS/texting feature not working
- Email connection and sending failures
- Calendar integration errors and unwanted event creation
- Voice command/microphone not functioning
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- App crashes when adding dates to calendar
- Cannot connect Gmail or iCloud accounts
- 6-digit code not being sent during signup
- Conversation context lost between interactions
- Reminders not arriving or arriving late
- Badge notifications stuck and cannot be cleared
- Integration status shows inactive despite being connected
- Airpods microphone compatibility issues
- Auto-renewal without proper notification
- Internal service errors on account connection
Requested features
10 requests- Location-based reminders
- Notion integration
- Desktop/Mac application
- Better speech recognition
- More app integrations
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- Lower pricing tier
- Phone calling on behalf of users
- Improved UI/UX design
- Better voice mode functionality
- More automation capabilities
Somehow
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Martin
- Martin Basic Monthly7 Days trial$35.001 Month
- Martin Pro Monthly7 Days trial$49.001 Month
- Martin Basic Yearly7 Days trial$250.001 Year
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- Martin Pro Yearly7 Days trial$359.001 Year
Somehow
- Leave $3 in the jar$3.00
- Leave $5 in the jar$5.00
- Leave $10 in the jar$10.00









