Comparison

Thought Path vs Recall

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

Head to head
About

Thought Path

Quickly capture thoughts, ideas, and tasks in a digital inbox. Visualize your mental output over time through maps or search. Automate capture and review with integrations.

Highlights
  • Quick thought capture
  • Task management
  • Idea organization
  • Visual output (map/search)
  • Automation with Shortcuts
  • On-device storage
  • iCloud sync
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Thought Path is an inbox to quickly capture all your thoughts, ideas, and tasks. Easily see the output of your brain over time, on a map, or in search results. You can integrate Thought Path with Shortcuts, to automate capturing and reviewing your thoughts. Though Path is free to use indefinitely, but you will need to review and archive all your thoughts once you reach a cap of 15. Pro users can remove this limit with a subscription fee. This app is made by a sole indie developer, and that means I care about user experience, not collecting user data. All your thoughts and ideas are saved on device and synced over iCloud - nothing is ever sent anywhere else for any reason. Terms of Use: https://andhash39.com/thoughtpath/terms Privacy Policy: https://andhash39.com/thoughtpath/privacy

About

Recall

This app focuses on recording past events to provide a detailed view of your life, goals, and trends. It offers rich event creation with tags, photos, and links, and intelligently tracks progress towards your goals.

Highlights
  • Record past events
  • Track goal progress
  • Rich event details (photos, links, maps)
  • Personalized tags for grouping
  • Dynamic calendar layout
  • Monthly and daily summaries
  • Cross-device syncing
Features
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Recall is a modern calendar app, designed for you to find Presence, Excitement, and Progress in your life. Recall focuses on the real events and activities you spend time on to provide an accurate view of the goals, memories, and trends in your day-to-day life. CALENDAR, IN REVERSE Unlike other calendars, Recall is about recording events that have already happened, not planning those that will. This provides a detailed and accurate summary of your life. - Intuitive user interface for quickly creating, editing, and viewing events - Dynamic and customizable Calendar layout to view, compare, and recall several days at a time - Monthly summaries to show when and where you’ve spent the most time - Daily Summaries to provide rich, interpersonal insights to your events RICH EVENTS Recall lets you create rich, information-filled events, so you can remember every detail of your best memories - Personalized Tags to automatically color and group similar events - Event Carousel to easily browse and enjoy memories - Photos, Links, and Maps to provide additional context to events - Favorite Events to always find and remember great moments INTELLIGENT GOALS TRACKING Recall intelligently looks at your events to track progress to various goals in your life. - Tags automatically count events to your goals, without extra work on your end - Clean executive summary graphics make things simple - Goal Priorities let you focus on what’s important RECALL, EVERYWHERE Recall seamlessly syncs across all your devices, so you always have access to your best memories. Whether on iPhone, iPad, or Mac, Recall keeps you connected. IN THE DETAILS Recall is crafted with intention and an eye for details. From the refined color palettes to the fluid goal sheets, Recall elevates your life with thoughtful design.

Screenshots

Thought Path4 screens
Recall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Thought Path at monthly against Recall's every 3 months. Recall's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 25%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Thought Path sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Recall sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Thought Path against 4.2 for Recall. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 5 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of Thought Path's written reviews are positive against 33% of Recall's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thought Path ships an update monthly, Recall every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on July 8, 2026 and July 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Thought Path versus Recall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThought PathRecall
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (9 ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews33.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9 — better5
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB170 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew James O'DonnellBrian Masse

Customer experience

Thought Path

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral75.0%
Negative0.0%

Recall

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Thought Path

Subscriptions2
  • Thought Path Pro (1 Month)7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Thought Path Pro (1 Year)7 Days trial$14.991 Year
3 purchases

Recall

One-time3
  • Small Coffee$0.99
  • Medium Coffee$3.99
  • Large Coffee$5.99

Questions

Is Thought Path free?
Thought Path is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Recall free?
Recall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Thought Path or Recall?
Thought Path is rated higher. Thought Path averages 4.3 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Recall averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Thought Path or Recall have ads?
Neither Thought Path nor Recall shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Thought Path or Recall?
Thought Path ships an update monthly, and Recall every 3 months. Most recently, Thought Path was updated on July 8, 2026 and Recall on July 28, 2026.

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