Comparison

Glia vs presentOS

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

Head to head
About

Glia

This app helps you capture and reflect on meaningful life moments and relationships. It builds living portraits of loved ones and turns your experiences into keepsakes, allowing you to rediscover forgotten details.

Highlights
  • Capture meaningful life moments
  • Build living portraits of loved ones
  • Rediscover forgotten details
  • Reflect on personal growth
  • Create keepsakes from experiences
Features
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Glia is a memory composer. Home for your stories & keepsakes, and for remembering together with people we love. Curate boxes of memories and share them with friends.

About

presentOS

Features
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presentOS is the operating system for Modern Makers: a daily companion designed to help you overcome creative resistance, find focus, and do your best work. Everyone has a project they keep putting off. A book. A business. A portfolio. Something they know they should be making but aren't. presentOS exists for that moment: the one where you stop scrolling and start. SENSEI Your personal AI coach for navigating creative blocks, finding your next project, and building the habits that keep you going. Trained on real frameworks from working makers. Ask anything. FLOW Drop into deep focus with guided breathwork, timed sessions, and mood-adaptive atmospheres. Track your streaks and build a consistent creative practice — one session at a time. LIBRARY A hand-picked collection of essays, interviews, principles, and book summaries from makers who've done the work — not influencers, not gurus, just people who ship. START Your daily launchpad. Reminders, inspiration, and everything you need to begin each day with intention — not anxiety. Built by PRESENT: a creative practice community of 244+ makers, the Do The Thing book, and bi-weekly Consistency Club workshops. For the ones who make things.

Screenshots

Glia3 screens
presentOS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Glia at every 5 days against presentOS's every 5 months. presentOS's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Glia ships an update every 5 days, presentOS every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Glia versus presentOS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGliapresentOS
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopergliahqHugo Hoppmann

In-app purchases

None

Glia

No in-app purchases

None

presentOS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Glia free?
Glia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is presentOS free?
presentOS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Glia or presentOS have ads?
Neither Glia nor presentOS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Glia or presentOS?
Glia ships an update every 5 days, and presentOS every 5 months. Most recently, Glia was updated on September 30, 2026 and presentOS on September 22, 2026.

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