Comparison

Pastival vs shower

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

Head to head

Pastival

Celebrate the Unforgettable.

Brilliant ideas, captured

Free

📊 Productivity

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About

Pastival

Features

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Memories fade, and with them, the essence of who we are. Most people struggle to document their lives meaningfully, leading to a silent erosion of stories, insights, and emotions. Pastival uses generative AI to transform voice, text, photos, and video into a coherent, searchable, and insightful timeline - offering personal reflection, emotional connection, and smart memory management. Privacy Policy: https://pastival.app/legal Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

shower

Features

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Capture Your Thoughts, Anytime, Anywhere ShowerThoughts provides a simple, distraction-free space for recording what matters to you. Whether you're documenting a creative idea, processing emotions, or tracking your personal growth, our app makes it easy to capture your thinking in the moment.

Screenshots

Pastival4 screens

shower4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: shower at none against Pastival's 2. shower also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pastival sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. shower asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pastival ships an update every 5 weeks, shower every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level

Pastival versus shower: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	Pastival	shower
Price	Free	Free
Update frequency	Every 5 weeks	Every 5 days — better
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	Yes	No — better
Devices	iPhone, iPad	iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS	16.0	15.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size	61 MB	41 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	Guy Levy	Heejin Sim

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pastival

Subscriptions2

Pastival Pro - Monthly$5.991 Month
Pastival Pro - Yearly$59.991 Year

None

shower

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pastival free?

Pastival is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

Is shower free?

shower is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

Do Pastival or shower have ads?

Neither Pastival nor shower shows ads.

Which is updated more often, Pastival or shower?

Pastival ships an update every 5 weeks, and shower every 5 days. Most recently, Pastival was updated on October 3, 2026 and shower on October 12, 2026.