Comparison

Told vs Bell8

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

Head to head
About

Told

Create private, visually rich journals to capture everyday life with loved ones. Invite others to contribute entries, organize memories by custom covers, and receive reminders to maintain consistency. It's designed for shared memory-keeping, not social validation.

Highlights
  • Create private shared journals
  • Invite others to contribute entries
  • Add up to 10 photos/videos per entry
  • Customizable journal covers and titles
  • Reminders for consistent journaling
  • Visual feed of all journal entries
  • Commenting on entries
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Told: Shared Journals for Your Real Life Told is a beautifully visual, shared journaling app that helps you capture everyday life with the people who matter most. Create private journals for your family, your kids, your book club—the sky's the limit—and invite others to contribute entries with you. Told is easy to use, visually rich, and built for memory-keeping together. Create a journal for anything. Start a journal with a title, description, and custom cover image. Use it for a child’s milestones, your family updates, a shared experience, or your personal reflections. Each journal can have: A cover photo Custom title and description Reminders to prompt you to post A co-owner who can manage it with you Journal members who can view or add entries Add entries in seconds Each entry can include: Up to 10 photos or videos An optional title and caption Just text, just photos, or both A date Entries can be posted to one or more journals at once. No need to worry about the timing—Told pulls the actual photo date so your memories stay in order. Your home feed See all entries from all your journals in one place: a two-column visual feed that updates with each new post. Tap any entry to view it in full. Your journals at a glance Go to the My Journals page to see every journal you're part of. Each journal appears in a clean grid with: Its cover image and title Total number of entries Date of last update An icon to show if it’s shared or just yours Tap any journal to open a visual timeline of all its posts in chronological order. At the top, you’ll see: Journal title and description Number of members and entries A streak counter showing how many days in a row it’s been updated Thoughtful features for consistency Reminders help you make journaling a habit Streaks keep you motivated Commenting lets you respond to friends’ entries Media date auto-fill keeps your timeline accurate without extra work Told is not about followers or likes. It’s not for everyone—it’s for your people. Build your own small social space where you can remember, reflect, and share real life as it happens.

About

Bell8

Features
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Bell8は、8文字だけのメッセージを送受信できるシンプルな通信アプリです。 ポケベルのような呼び出し体験を、現代のスマートフォンで再構築しています。 主な特徴: ・8文字限定のメッセージ送信 ・シンプルで直感的な操作 ・不便さを楽しむレトロな体験

Screenshots

Told4 screens
Bell83 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Bell8 at 12.0 against Told's 15.1. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Told versus Bell8: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterToldBell8
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB31 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTold LLCPortFolder, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Told

No in-app purchases

None

Bell8

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Told free?
Told is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bell8 free?
Bell8 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Told or Bell8 have ads?
Neither Told nor Bell8 shows ads.

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