Calyn vs Sam's List
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calyn
Effortlessly capture and organize your life's events. This intelligent assistant allows you to add appointments from photos, voice notes, or text, detect conflicts, and find free time. Streamline your schedule and reclaim your focus.
- Capture events from images, audio, or text
- Utilize templates for recurring routines
- Share events via extension from other apps
- Detect and resolve event conflicts
- Find and share available time slots
- Batch capture multiple events at once
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Welcome to Calyn calm. Snap a photo. Speak a note. Got a reminder, email, or text? Share it straight into Calyn. Find conflicts, schedule your priorities—no more mental juggling! Inspired by David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) principles, Calyn helps you capture life as it happens—client meetings, class deadlines, soccer drop-offs—so your focus time goes to what matters most. KEY FEATURES • Snap Events – Add events from images, audio, or free text instantly. • Templates – Save time with templates for common routines, such as meal planning or after-school schedules. • Share Extension – Send events from email, messages, or photos directly to Calyn. • Conflict Detection – Spot and resolve overlapping events across all your calendars. • Find Free Time – Discover open slots and easily share your availability with others. • Batch Capture – Capture multiple events from a single message or image. WHO IT’S FOR • Busy families juggling pickups, appointments, and activities • Students managing syllabi, deadlines, and study time • Solopreneurs & small businesses balancing client work and personal priorities • Anyone starting fresh who wants to plan better weeks and build better habits Life captured, time reclaimed—that's Calyn calm. Privacy Policy: https://getcha.ai/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Sam's List
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Sam’s List is a calm, local-first app for the things that matter each day: write down a task, see what is relevant, and check it off. It also gives you a simple, private place to record everyday spending. TODOS, WITHOUT THE NOISE • Capture tasks in seconds • Organize them in folders or keep them in Inbox • See Today, All, Upcoming, and Calendar views • Add notes, start dates, due dates, reminders, and repeat schedules • Search and filter when you need to find something • Import selected Apple Reminders and Calendar events • Share text or links from other apps into a new task WIDGETS THAT HELP YOU ACT Put your list where you need it. Add dedicated Tasks and Spending widgets to your Home Screen or Lock Screen. Complete tasks from a widget, open the right list or task, and use a Smart Stack to move between task and spending widgets. SIMPLE SPENDING Record an expense with a name, amount, category, date, and note. Review this month’s total, see a clear category chart, browse recent expenses, and create, rename, reorder, or recolor your own categories. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No ads. No analytics. No tracking. Your tasks and spending records stay on your device by default. Optional private iCloud sync is available with Premium. PREMIUM, WHEN YOU WANT MORE Sam’s List Premium is a one-time lifetime purchase—never a subscription. It unlocks private iCloud sync, custom spending categories, Apple Calendar import, Quick Expense with Siri, Shortcuts or Back Tap, and Premium widgets. Sam’s List is a personal organizer and manual spending tracker. It is not a bank or financial advice service.
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Verdict
Calyn and Sam's List are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Calyn sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Sam's List sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Calyn | Sam's List |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chaai LLC | Why&Key LLC |
In-app purchases
Calyn
- Essential Plan$4.991 Month
- Pro Plan$9.991 Month
Sam's List
- Sam’s List Premium Lifetime$1.99









