Tesseract vs Placify
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tesseract
This app offers a unique emotional journaling experience inspired by interstellar travel. It allows users to record memories in an immersive 3D interface, transforming diary entries into cosmic coordinates. Features include voice dictation, AI prompts, and secure iCloud syncing.
- Immersive 3D Tesseract interface
- Voice dictation journaling
- AI-powered journaling prompts
- Aesthetic writing with animations
- Secure iCloud sync
- Privacy-first design
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Keep your days in a photo diary that brings memories to life. Tesseract gives your words and photos a universe of starlight, rain, and black holes. Write a little today, then return to the moments you want to remember. ◆ A space to revisit your memories Motion and depth bring the atmosphere of each entry back to life. Browse your diary horizontally, vertically, or in a grid. ◆ Words and photos that come alive Eleven visual themes inspired by starlight, rain, wormholes, and black holes add motion and depth to your words and photos. Adjust effect intensity and photo placement in supported themes to create your own atmosphere. ◆ Your day in words and photos Write a quick thought or a longer entry, at your own pace. Add photos to hold on to the moments words alone can’t capture. ◆ Revisit past entries Find any memory quickly with the calendar and search. The On This Day widget brings one past entry back to your Home Screen. ◆ Journaling Suggestions to help you begin On iPhone, bring photos, reflection prompts, and places into an entry from Apple’s Journaling Suggestions. Save text you use often as templates to make your next entry easier to begin. ◆ Personal by choice Start without an account. New entries are stored on your device. Lock individual entries with Face ID or Touch ID. With Pro, choose whether to enable iCloud sync. ◆ Tesseract Pro Use every visual theme, create custom folders, and add up to ten photos to each entry. With iCloud sync enabled, continue your diary across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Key features - Eleven visual themes, including free and Pro themes - Spatial presentation for words and photos - Two photos per entry, or up to ten with Pro - Horizontal, vertical, and grid layouts - Calendar and search - Diary templates and writing reminders - On This Day Home Screen widget - Face ID or Touch ID lock for individual entries - Real-time voice dictation on supported devices - Markdown text import and export - Custom folders and optional iCloud sync with Pro An ordinary day can become a scene you will want to revisit. Keep today’s memory in your own universe with Tesseract. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Placify
Organize all your saved places, plan efficient routes, and create a visual travel journal. This app consolidates inspiration from various sources into a private, offline map, transforming it into a personal archive of memories and intentions.
- Save places from any source
- Organize with custom filters
- Optimize trip routes
- Create a travel journal
- Offline access
- Private and ad-free
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The most beautiful things in life are not just things. They’re people, places, memories, and pictures. Placify is a personal map, travel planner, and itinerary maker for the places that matter to you. Save restaurants, hidden gems, travel ideas, and “places to visit” from anywhere. Turn social saves into real trip plans. Plan smarter routes. Turn routes into animated travel videos. Let your map become a living travel journal. In a world where places are scattered across apps, screenshots, messages, and links, Placify brings everything back to one map: yours. --- ※ Save Places from Anywhere Travel ideas are everywhere: a restaurant in an Instagram Reel, a viewpoint in a TikTok video, a cafe from a friend, or a saved pin from a map app. Instead of rewatching clips, digging through saved folders, or pinning places one by one, send them to Placify. Placify turns scattered social saves, map shares, links, screenshots, notes, and photos into saved places on your personal map. Search, filter, group, and plan around them when the next walk, weekend, or trip begins. --- ※ Search, Filter & See the Whole Map Search by place name or address. Switch between list and map views. See where your saved spots cluster across cities and regions. Create dynamic views like: ・ “Rooftop Bars in Tokyo” ・ “2026 Solo Trip” ・ “Places Visited Twice” Your world, organized the way you think. --- ※ Plan Routes from the Places You Find Turn travel guides, shared links, social saves, trip notes, and saved ideas into a route you can edit. Placify helps connect scattered places into one path, so you can adjust the order, stops, and route details as your plan takes shape. Add multiple stops. Reorder freely. Use Smart Route to optimize the most efficient order. Visualize distance and travel time instantly. Perfect for turning online inspiration into road trips, city walks, weekend plans, and multi-day itineraries. --- ※ Bring Your Routes to Life Turn a route into an animated travel video with the path, stops, and memories you saved along the way. Use it to share a trip, a city walk, or a favorite route with friends. Your map becomes a simple visual story that is easy to save, watch, and share. --- ※ Travel Journal, Memories & Stats Automatically link photos to places. See where you were “on this day” in previous years. Receive gentle memory reminders. Track visit counts for every location. Your map becomes a timeline you can return to. --- ※ Smart Organization Automatic categorization and tag suggestions keep your archive tidy and searchable. Future you can always find the places that mattered. --- ※ Private, Offline, Yours Your data stays on your device. Access saved places and itineraries offline. Your map belongs to you. --- ※ Share Beautifully Turn trips and collections into posters, image cards, story templates, and route videos. Share inspiration while keeping your own perspective. --- ※ Widgets & Reminders Access favorite views, routes, and memories directly from your home screen. Set reminders for places you want to visit again. --- Whether you plan trips with tools like Wanderlog or Tripsy, or discover inspiration through Instagram, TikTok, Rednote, Tabelog, or local map apps, Placify brings everything together into one elegant personal map. Built around your places, routes, memories, and the way you experience the world. Rediscover your world, one place at a time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Tesseract and Placify both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 78% of Tesseract's written reviews are positive against 59% of Placify's. Placify's advantage is iOS requirement (17.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Tesseract sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Placify sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tesseract holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 110 and 56 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Tesseract's written reviews are positive against 59% of Placify's.
Tesseract ships an update fortnightly, Placify every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tesseract | Placify |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (110 ratings) — better | 4.3 (56 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.3% of reviews — better | 58.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 110 — better | 56 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 247 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Goateraction | WHITESSPACE SDN. BHD. |
Customer experience
Tesseract
Placify
Bugs and requests
Tesseract
Reported bugs
12 issues- Data deletion after app updates
- Journal entries disappearing after switching apps
- Edit button causing app crashes
- Photos disappearing when adding new ones
- Photos disappearing after editing entries
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- iCloud sync not working between iPhone and iPad
- Bluetooth keyboard Enter key not functioning
- App freezing and lagging
- Text alignment issues in display view
- Paragraph spacing issues in display view
- Premium features not working after subscription
- App crashes on edit button press
Requested features
16 requests- Customizable theme colors and backgrounds
- Additional font options (especially for Chinese)
- PDF export functionality
- iCloud sync support
- Auto-save functionality
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- Photo position/placement control
- Galaxy map/note clustering visualization
- Auto-scroll features
- Pin/favorite entries functionality
- Search functionality
- Weather integration
- Image filters
- macOS version
- Customizable line spacing
- Live photo support
- Adjustable text size for long entries
Placify
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tesseract
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Annual$4.991 Year
- Lifetime$12.99
Placify
- Placify Pro - Monthly Flexi$4.991 Month
- Placify Pro - Annual Saving7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Placify Pro - Lifetime$29.99
- Placify Pro - Lifetime$49.99







