Comparison

Recall vs kōan

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 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.

About

kōan

This daily planner helps users achieve a sense of enlightenment through its streamlined and powerful interface. It offers a focused approach to daily planning, aiming to foster personal growth and mindfulness.

Highlights
  • Streamlined daily planning
  • Powerful interface
  • Focus on personal growth
  • Mindfulness integration
Features
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Achieve your buddha-nature through kōan's streamlined, powerful daily planner.

Screenshots

Recall4 screens
kōan3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: kōan at 100% against Recall's 33%. kōan also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Recall's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, ads and device support 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. Recall sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. kōan asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

kōan holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Recall's written reviews are positive against 100% of kōan's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Recall versus kōan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecallkōan
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (8 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size170 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrian MasseNICHOLAS ARTHUR OSBORNE ROSEBOROUGH

Customer experience

Recall

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

kōan

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Recall

One-time3
  • Small Coffee$0.99
  • Medium Coffee$3.99
  • Large Coffee$5.99
None

kōan

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Recall free?
Recall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is kōan free?
kōan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Recall or kōan?
kōan is rated higher. Recall averages 3.0 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while kōan averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Recall or kōan have ads?
Neither Recall nor kōan shows ads.

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