Comparison

PathtraqApp vs Alcove

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

Head to head
About

PathtraqApp

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The app is to record your own geographic life log. You will get 24-hour 365-day entire GPS logs, and you can search your logs by when, or by where. You can check in at places and share on SNS or any other services. Where did I visit at the time? When did I visit the place? When did I visit the area at last? Where did I visit after the place? ... With this app, you will be able to remember where/when you visited. Enjoy the real life log!

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Alcove

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Alcove is a calm to-do list, daily planner and notes app, free to use. Capture tasks in plain words, plan your week on a calendar, keep notes that do the maths, record meetings into notes with a summary, and move work along on kanban boards. Tick tasks off from a widget, and with Alcove Unlock find the same lists on your Mac and iPad. FREE TO USE, FOR GOOD Tasks and reminders without limits, Today, Upcoming and the calendar, quick add, widgets, notes and the Notifications page are free, with three lists and three meeting recordings. No account, no ads and no subscription. TYPE IT THE WAY YOU'D SAY IT Write "Call mum Friday 6pm" or "Stand-up every weekday 9:30 15m /Work" and Alcove picks out the day, time, length, repeat, priority, list and tags as you type. On the Mac, press Option-Space from any app to add a task. MEETINGS, WRITTEN UP Press Record when a meeting starts. On the Mac, Alcove hears your microphone and the call, so it works with any call app, with no bot joining. On iPhone and iPad it records the room. When you stop, you get a note with the recording, the transcript with who said what, and a summary with the decisions and action items, ready to become tasks, where Apple Intelligence supports the language. Speech is transcribed on your device, in more than a dozen languages including Malayalam, Hindi and Tamil, written in their own script. Meeting notes need macOS 26 or iOS 26. PLAN YOUR DAY AND WEEK โ€ข Today, Upcoming and a calendar with an hour grid and an all-day row โ€ข Drag a task to a new time or day โ€ข Repeating tasks for any rhythm: every few days, weeks, months or years, chosen weekdays, or counted from when you finished REMINDERS AS LOUD AS THE TASK Pick quiet, a notification, or an alarm. On iPhone with iOS 26, an alarm rings through silent mode and Focus, with Stop and Snooze. Mark a task done right from its reminder, and look back on every reminder, and anything you missed, on the Notifications page. NOTES THAT DO THE MATHS Headings, checklists, code, quotes and tables, written with Markdown shortcuts. End a line with = and it's worked out, and tables add up their own totals. Turn any checklist line into a task. KANBAN BOARDS Lay tasks out in To do, Doing and Done, or columns of your own. Tasks stay in their lists and in Today, and a card dropped in Done is finished everywhere. WIDGETS, SIRI AND SHORTCUTS โ€ข Widgets for the Home Screen, Lock Screen and Mac desktop, with tasks you can tick without opening the app โ€ข Controls for Control Center and the Lock Screen โ€ข Siri adds tasks, reads out your day and takes notes, and Shortcuts actions build your own automations MADE FOR THE MAC A menu bar list with a live count, a main window with a sidebar of every list, board and note, floating windows that stay on top, and keyboard shortcuts throughout. AI assistants can work with your tasks too, only once you turn them on, only with the permissions you approve, and every call is logged. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account to create, no ads and no tracking. Your tasks and notes stay on your devices and in your own iCloud. AND THE DETAILS โ€ข 100 steps of undo, and six months of history for every task โ€ข Search across tasks, notes, tags and attachments โ€ข Lists with colours and icons, folders and tags โ€ข Nine accents and eight papers, in light and dark ALCOVE UNLOCK: ONE PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION One purchase unlocks everything on your Mac, iPhone and iPad: unlimited lists and folders, boards, iCloud sync, unlimited meeting notes, alarm reminders, Siri and Shortcuts, Speak tasks, AI assistants, files on tasks, floating windows and every theme. Try it all free for 14 days first if you like. When a trial ends, Alcove goes back to the free version and nothing you made is lost. Family Sharing included. Privacy Policy: https://alcovetasks.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PathtraqApp4 screens
Alcove4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PathtraqApp at none against Alcove's 2. Alcove's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Alcove sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. PathtraqApp asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PathtraqApp ships an update every 5 days, Alcove weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
PathtraqApp versus Alcove: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPathtraqAppAlcove
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 days โ€” betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS16.2 โ€” better17.4
Further details โ€” not scored
Size22 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSatoshi TagomoriMuhammed Basil E

In-app purchases

None

PathtraqApp

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Alcove

One-time2
  • 14-day TrialFree
  • Alcove Unlock$14.99

Questions

Is PathtraqApp free?
PathtraqApp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Alcove free?
Alcove is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PathtraqApp or Alcove have ads?
Neither PathtraqApp nor Alcove shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PathtraqApp or Alcove?
PathtraqApp ships an update every 5 days, and Alcove weekly. Most recently, PathtraqApp was updated on October 27, 2026 and Alcove on October 31, 2026.

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