Comparison

Chrono vs Psst

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

Head to head
About

Chrono

Features
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**Your brain is full. Chrono takes the load off.** You don't need another to-do list. You need a system โ€” one place where your notes, daily routines, and long-term goals work together instead of living in separate apps you forget to open. Chrono is a productivity app built by someone who kept forgetting things, losing notes, and ignoring reminders. It's designed around one idea: if the tool isn't fast and frictionless, you won't use it. **NOTES THAT ACTUALLY WORK** Capture thoughts instantly. Tag them with one tap. Find them later without scrolling through chaos. No folders, no nested hierarchies โ€” just fast, clean note-taking that stays out of your way. **ROUTINES THAT STICK** Morning exercises. Supplements. Language practice. Set it once, and Chrono reminds you โ€” not just once, but repeatedly until you actually do it. Missed the 9 AM reminder? Get another at 9:30. And 10:00. Your routine doesn't care about your excuses, and neither does Chrono. **GOALS WITH SESSIONS** Reading. Studying. Deep work. These aren't tasks you check off โ€” they're activities you build over time. Set a session length, get a notification when it ends, and decide: one more round, or done for today? No more forgotten timers running for 14 hours. **AI ASSISTANT โ€” YOUR NOTES AS CONTEXT** Connect your own API key and let AI work with your actual notes. Summarize, translate, rewrite, or brainstorm โ€” with your own data as context. Your notes become a knowledge base, not just a pile of text. **100% OFFLINE. 100% PRIVATE.** Everything is stored on your device. No cloud sync, no account required, no data harvesting. Your thoughts stay yours. **WHY CHRONO?** - Not a planner. Not a to-do app. A productivity system. - Built for speed: open โ†’ write โ†’ done. - Smart recurring reminders that won't let you slip. - Session-based goal tracking for long-term activities. - AI that actually knows your context. - Offline-first. No sign-up. No cloud. Stop planning to be productive. Start being productive. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Psst

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Psst is a shared shopping list that remembers what things cost. Photograph a receipt and the lines come back structured, each one showing a crop of the actual row it was read from. Add tomatoes next week and it tells you what they cost last time, and where. Underneath it is a proper shared list, at home and at work. Everyone sees every change as it happens. No more screenshots of a notes app, no more "did you already buy the milk?" texts. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Photograph a receipt and it files every line with its price and shop. - Make a list for anything: groceries, chores, packing, errands, a project, an event. - Share it with family, a partner, roommates, or your team, free, with real collaboration. - See changes live as people add and check things off. - Assign items to people, with reminders that actually fire. - Sort by what's due today so the right things float to the top. - Search across every list to find an item fast. - Works fully offline: add and tick items with no signal, everything syncs when you're back. WHAT IT REMEMBERS, AND WHEN IT KEEPS QUIET Reading a receipt is the easy half. Most of the work went into refusing to report a price change it cannot stand behind. - Lines it is unsure about are marked for you rather than quietly saved. - Every line shows a crop of the row it came from, so a correction is a glance instead of a re-read of the paper. - Two prices measured in different units are never compared at all. A 500g pack against a per-kilo price makes a clean, credible, entirely invented "up 100%". - Comparison is on unit price, never the line total. Buying the 2kg bag instead of the 1kg one is not a price rise. - Price history is built from your own receipts. It is not a price comparison service and knows nothing about shops you have not shopped at. REAL COLLABORATION, BUILT IN (AND FREE) Most to-do apps are made for one person, with sharing bolted on later. Psst is built to share from the start, and the depth is free: - Roles: invite people as editors or viewers, so the wrong change can't happen. - Activity feed: see who added, checked off, or edited what, and when. - Comments on any item: decide right next to the task, not in a separate chat. - Approvals: turn them on and a collaborator ticking something off waits for the owner to approve it. - Live presence: see how many people are in a list, and who is editing an item as they type. BUILT FOR THE WAY YOU ACTUALLY PLAN - Couples: a shared grocery list, errands, the move, the trip. - Families: the running shopping list, the chore rota, the school run, the meal plan. - Roommates: who's buying what, shared bills, the cleaning schedule. - Work and teams: a lightweight shared checklist without the project-management overhead. - Travel and events: a packing list everyone adds to, a day-of run sheet. MORE THAN A CHECKLIST - Due dates and reminders, including recurring tasks (daily, weekly, monthly). - Sections to group items, plus a board view when you would rather see columns. - Calendar sync so due dates land where you already look. - Quick-add that understands plain language. - Themes, and unlimited lists on Pro. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your lists are yours. A list is only visible to the people you share it with. No ads, no tracking, no selling your data. Free to use with real sharing, not a crippled demo. Go Pro, or grab the one-time lifetime deal, when you want unlimited lists and more collaborators. Stop texting each other your to-do lists. Make one in Psst, share it, and watch it stay in sync. Psst Pro and Psst Family are auto-renewing subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it any time in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://getpsst.app/privacy

Screenshots

Chrono4 screens
Psst4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Psst at every 6 days against Chrono's every 5 weeks. Chrono's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Chrono sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Psst sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chrono ships an update every 5 weeks, Psst every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Chrono versus Psst: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChronoPsst
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 6 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 โ€” better16.4
Further details โ€” not scored
Size52 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnvar TurdiyevIbrahim HAJJAJ

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Chrono

Subscriptions3
  • Chrono Premium Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Chrono Premium 3 Months7 Days trial$12.993 Months
  • Chrono Premium Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Chrono Premium Lifetime$59.99
4 purchases

Psst

Subscriptions4
  • Psst Pro$4.991 Month
  • Psst Family$5.991 Month
  • Psst Pro$35.991 Year
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  • Psst Family$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Chrono free?
Chrono is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Psst free?
Psst is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Chrono or Psst have ads?
Neither Chrono nor Psst shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chrono or Psst?
Chrono ships an update every 5 weeks, and Psst every 6 days. Most recently, Chrono was updated on October 20, 2026 and Psst on October 13, 2026.

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