Comparison

Persist vs Rompling

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

Head to head
About

Persist

This app helps you structure your day by categorizing tasks into Must-Do, Not-to-do, and Maybe. Visualize your productivity with heatmaps and keep important notes, principles, and goals easily accessible. Connect your actions to your identity to track personal growth and cultivate a focused mindset.

Highlights
  • Task prioritization (Must-Do, Not-to-do, Maybe)
  • Productivity heatmaps
  • Persistent notes for quotes and goals
  • Identity linking to tasks
  • Elegant and user-friendly design
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Achieve everyday clarity with Persist: Everyday Clarity. Structure your day by prioritizing Must-Do, Not-to-do, and Maybe tasks, ensuring you focus on what truly matters. Visualize your time and energy with beautiful heatmaps to understand your productivity patterns. Keep your quotes, principles, and goals accessible with persistent notes, always just a swipe away. Link your identities to your tasks and see how you evolve by becoming what you do and pay attention to. Key Features: 1. Built-in Prioritization: Organize your tasks into Must-Do, Not-to-do, and Maybe categories. 2. Heatmap Visualization: Gain insights into your productivity with intuitive heatmaps. 3. Persistent Notes: Keep important quotes, principles, and goals readily accessible. 4. Identity Linking: Connect tasks to your personal identities and track your growth. 5. Elegant Design: Enjoy a beautiful and user-friendly interface that enhances your experience. Why Choose Persist? • Growth Mindset: Cultivate a mindset geared towards continuous improvement. • Enhanced Focus: Eliminate distractions and concentrate on your priorities. • Increased Willpower: Strengthen your self-discipline to achieve your goals. • Find True Purpose: Align your daily actions with your long-term aspirations. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Rompling

This app simplifies parenting by automating school calendar imports, identifying school-free days, and suggesting activities. It facilitates collaborative planning with your 'village' to ensure children have friends at events and provides peace of mind for parents.

Highlights
  • Automatic school calendar import
  • Flags school gap days
  • Activity and event suggestions
  • Collaborative village planning
  • Event invite and PDF scanning
  • Calendar synchronization
Features
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Every working parent knows that sinking feeling of realizing there is no school on Monday, scrambling to figure out summer on spreadsheets and group texts, or scrolling for family fun on the weekends. Rompling makes parenting planning easier so you can focus on the quality time. Rompling automatically imports your school calendars, flags gap days, and helps you fill them - with camps, caregivers or other connections. It lets you browse events, activities, and parties venues and share them with your village - see what everyone is considering and lock-in together so your kids have friends wherever they go and you have peace of mind. Take pictures of your event invites, school PDFs, and flyers - we'll untangle it all and make your plan, sync'd to your calendar. Currently available in the Denver–Boulder area.

Screenshots

Persist4 screens
Rompling4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rompling at none against Persist's 2. Rompling also leads on ads (none vs shown). Persist's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 8 days) and ratings volume (11 vs 3). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Persist sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Rompling asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Persist against 5.0 for Rompling. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Persist ships an update every 2 days, Rompling every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Persist versus Rompling: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPersistRompling
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (11 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size121 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSang DoanZoomie Zone, LLC

Customer experience

Persist

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Rompling

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Persist

Subscriptions1
  • Persist Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$14.99
None

Rompling

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Persist free?
Persist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rompling free?
Rompling is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Persist or Rompling?
Rompling is rated higher. Persist averages 4.9 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Rompling averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Persist or Rompling have ads?
Persist shows ads; Rompling does not.
Which is updated more often, Persist or Rompling?
Persist ships an update every 2 days, and Rompling every 8 days. Most recently, Persist was updated on October 21, 2026 and Rompling on October 9, 2026.

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