Check Up vs Circlem
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Check Up
Easily manage your social connections by logging interactions, taking notes, and setting reminders to check in regularly. Strengthen relationships by ensuring you stay in touch with friends and family.
- Add and manage contacts
- Log interactions and notes
- Set regular check-in reminders
- Track time spent with contacts
- Unlimited contacts with Premium
- Privacy-focused, data stays local
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Check Up helps you stay connected with the people who matter most. Easily add your friends, family, and loved ones to your list, log your interactions, take notes, and set reminders to check up on them regularly. Whether it's a phone call, video chat, or meet-up, keep track of your time together and never let months pass by without checking in. With Check Up, maintaining and strengthening your relationships is effortless. Check Up is free to use with a limit on the number of contacts you can add. Upgrade to Check Up Premium to unlock unlimited contacts. Your privacy is important; all contact data you import remains solely on your device and is never transmitted elsewhere. Terms of Use: https://checkup.ginkgolabs.dev/checkupterms.html Privacy Policy: https://checkup.ginkgolabs.dev/privacycheckup.html
Circlem
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Stay connected to the people who matter! Our latest update makes it easier to forge meaningful connections, share life moments, and keep conversations flowing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Circlem at none against Check Up's 2. Circlem also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Check Up sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Circlem asks for nothing beyond the download.
Check Up ships an update every 6 months, Circlem every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Check Up | Circlem |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ginkgo Labs LLC | Philipp Lohmar |
In-app purchases
Check Up
- Check Up Premium - Monthly$1.991 Month
- Check Up Premium - Yearly14 Days trial$9.991 Year
Circlem
No in-app purchases
