Comparison

Recall vs Pimkin Mail

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

Head to head
About

Recall

This app automatically organizes your daily notes chronologically and by hour, eliminating the need for manual folder creation. It uses simple categorization and smart filters to ensure your thoughts are always accessible and searchable.

Highlights
  • Automatic chronological organization
  • Daily note creation
  • Effortless categorization with colons
  • Smart Recalls with keyword filtering
  • Organized by hour
  • Self-updating folders
Features
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Notes are where your thoughts go to die. Recall is here to change that. Recall is a daily note-taking app that makes it effortless to capture your thoughts and ensure they stay organized without any manual effort. Unlike traditional note-taking apps, you don't need to create folders or organize your notes—Recall does it for you, automatically. Start each day with a fresh note, and let Recall handle the rest. Your notes are displayed chronologically, organized by the hour, making it easy to revisit your day at a glance. You can also create powerful "folders" that update themselves based on your categories or keywords. With Recall, you can: Capture Daily Notes Effortlessly: Every day, you begin with a blank slate, ready to note down anything that comes to mind. Organize Without Thinking: Use a simple colon after the first word (e.g., "Home: Water the plants") to instantly categorize your notes. Create Smart Recalls: Automatically organize your notes based on categories or use custom Recalls to filter your entries by up to 5 keywords, making it easy to find what matters most. Whether it's keeping track of daily thoughts, managing to-dos, or recalling key information, Recall makes sure your thoughts are always within reach—organized, searchable, and ready when you need them. Recall: Don't let your thoughts slip away. Organize them effortlessly. Terms and conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pimkin Mail

Features
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Pimkin brings your mail, calendar, contacts, and tasks together in one app — using the accounts you already have. Connect Gmail, Microsoft 365, iCloud, or any IMAP, CalDAV, and CardDAV account. Pimkin is a client, not another inbox: your mail stays with your provider, and nothing moves or migrates. Add an account and it is simply there, alongside the others. One place for everything Read and write mail across every account at once, or one at a time. Your calendars overlay in a single view. Contacts and tasks sync from the same accounts, so there is nothing extra to set up. Search that actually finds it Full-text search across every account and every mailbox, with filters you can save and return to. Narrow by sender, folder, tag, or date without learning a query language — or use the operators if you prefer them. Rules that run without you File, tag, forward, or archive automatically. Mute a mailing list in one tap. Unsubscribe with a single confirmation instead of hunting for the link at the bottom of the message. Built for a phone Swipe to archive or delete. Pull to refresh. Long-press to select. Push notifications tell you who wrote, and tapping one opens that message — not just the app. Works when the network doesn't Your recent mail, calendar, contacts, and tasks are kept on the device. Read on the train, write a reply, change a flag — it sends when you reconnect. Optional AI, off until you ask Inbox triage, message summaries, and reading booking details out of a confirmation email so you can add them to your calendar. Each has its own switch and each starts off. Nothing about your mail is sent anywhere until you turn one on, and turning it off stops it. No ads. No tracking. No data brokers. Pimkin has no advertising, no analytics SDKs, and no third-party trackers of any kind. It is not free because you are the product — it is a tool that works for you. Sign in the modern way Passkeys, Sign in with Apple, or Google and Microsoft sign-in. Your provider credentials live in the iOS keychain. Pimkin requires accounts you already own. It does not host mail itself.

Screenshots

Recall4 screens
Pimkin Mail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pimkin Mail at none against Recall's 4. Pimkin Mail also leads on device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Recall sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Pimkin Mail asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Recall versus Pimkin Mail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecallPimkin Mail
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyDailyDaily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdam KovacsGEOFFREY SELLERS BLOSSER

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Recall

Subscriptions3
  • Recall Pro - Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Recall Pro - Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$29.99
None

Pimkin Mail

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Recall free?
Recall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pimkin Mail free?
Pimkin Mail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Recall or Pimkin Mail have ads?
Neither Recall nor Pimkin Mail shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Recall or Pimkin Mail?
Recall ships an update daily, and Pimkin Mail daily. Most recently, Recall was updated on October 30, 2026 and Pimkin Mail on October 31, 2026.

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