Comparison

Ivy vs Phonebook AI

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

Head to head
About

Ivy

This app helps you focus on what matters by planning your day, tracking progress, and reviewing accomplishments. It offers features like repeating reminders, time-based goals, and voice input for planning. Celebrate your completed tasks with animations and build a journal of your day.

Highlights
  • Daily planning and commitment
  • Repeating reminders and time-based goals
  • Voice input for quick planning
  • Focus Mode for time tracking
  • Completion animations and haptics
  • Journaling of completed tasks
  • Review list for unfinished items
Features
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Achieve more by taking on less. Start your day by choosing what truly matters and commit to it. Focus and feel the momentum build as you check things off. Finish with a beautiful record of a day well spent, while anything unfinished rolls into your Review list—ready for tomorrow. Add rich detail • Create repeating reminders. • Add notes, and set time- or count-based goals. • Promote to a Superaction and get an extra impactful animation on completion. • Schedule for a specific time of day, and get reminded with a notification or an alarm. Choose what matters • Quickly draft your plan just by talking with the voice input*. • Loosely slot anything in between auto-sorted scheduled items. • Commit when your plan feels right—you can still adjust as things come up. Focus and build momentum • Get rewarded with satisfying animations and haptics as you check things off. • Stay focused and track time as you go with Focus Mode. • Interact with your plan at a glance by enabling the Live Activity on your Lock Screen, or by adding the widget to your Home Screen. • Long press to quickly adjust—add something new, or bump to tomorrow or Review. Celebrate what you accomplished • Mark your day as done and enjoy a beautiful 3D animation. • Watch your completed plan transform into a journal—so you can see where your time went. • Easily adjust the record with the ability to edit when you did things—and for how long. • Anything unfinished rolls into your Review list—ready for tomorrow’s plan, or to be let go. A powerful review tool • See what you’ve delayed—rescheduled items are automatically bumped to the top. • Scrub through days to retroactively complete—or assign to a day in the future. • Make decisions one by one with Focus Mode—moving or deleting a task will automatically focus the next one. • Turn a fleeting thought into action—use the Lock Screen control to add to your review list with a single tap. Personalize your experience • Get reminded to get started—or to wrap up your day—with morning and evening notifications. • Give yourself extra time to work on your plan if you’re a night owl. • Pick from a selection of themes and handcrafted patterns. Work with other apps • Connect Ivy with the Calendar and Reminders apps. • Import content from other apps with the share extension, including markdown lists. Expect great things down the road • Dedicated iPad, Mac, and watchOS apps. • More ways to organize—interests, habits, projects, etc. • Expanded journaling tools. *Voice Input requires a device with Apple Intelligence. Try Ivy today with a two week free trial. Feedback is always welcome—reach us at hello@semantical.com. Download Ivy for free and try it without registration. After the trial period, an active subscription is required to continue using the app. A subscription unlocks full access to Ivy on all supported devices. • 14-day free trial. • Full access on all supported devices. • Monthly and annual subscription options available. Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renew unless automatic renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription through your Apple Account subscription settings. Privacy and Terms of Use: https://semantical.com/privacy https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Phonebook AI

This app helps you intentionally nurture your relationships by tracking interactions and suggesting daily challenges. An AI assistant can help you prepare thoughtful messages and identify opportunities to reconnect with people.

Highlights
  • Set contact cadences
  • Log interactions (text, calls, in-person)
  • Daily reconnection challenges
  • AI-powered message preparation
  • Interactive contact map
  • Privacy-focused data handling
Features
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Everyone says they'll reach out, Phonebook AI makes sure you actually do! Life gets busy. Phonebook helps you stay connected with friends, family, mentors, and partners — intentionally and effortlessly. Instead of trying to remember everyone in your head, Phonebook gives you a simple system to nurture the relationships that make life meaningful. STAY IN TOUCH Choose the people you want to stay connected with and set a cadence for how often you’d like to reach out. Phonebook AI tracks when you last talked and shows you who might appreciate hearing from you. TRACK INTERACTIONS Log conversations and moments with the people in your life. • Text • Calls • In-person time • Email • Social media Every interaction builds a clearer picture of your relationships over time. DAILY CHALLENGES Small actions build strong connections. Each day, Phonebook gives you a simple challenge designed to help you reconnect, deepen conversations, and stay present with the people around you. AI ASSISTANT Phonebook includes an AI assistant that understands your contacts and helps you: • remember who you haven’t spoken to • prepare thoughtful messages • find moments to reconnect MAP YOUR PEOPLE See where your friends, family, and colleagues are located with an interactive contact map. Perfect for travel, planning meetups, and staying connected locally. Built With Privacy First Your relationships are personal. Phonebook: • never sells your data • never trains AI models on your contacts • allows full account deletion at any time Who It's For Phonebook is perfect for people who want to be more intentional about relationships: • entrepreneurs • professionals • families • friends • anyone who wants to stay connected Stay in touch. Stay intentional. Terms of Use https://thephonebook.app/terms

Screenshots

Ivy4 screens
Phonebook AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Phonebook AI at free against Ivy's subscription. Phonebook AI also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Ivy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Phonebook AI sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ivy against 5.0 for Phonebook AI. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 6 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Ivy versus Phonebook AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIvyPhonebook AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (16 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size169 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSemanticalOliver Welman

Customer experience

Ivy

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Phonebook AI

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Ivy

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month$3.991 Month
  • 1 Year14 Days trial$29.991 Year
1 purchases

Phonebook AI

Subscriptions1
  • Best Friend Plan$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Ivy free?
Ivy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Phonebook AI free?
Phonebook AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Ivy or Phonebook AI?
Ivy and Phonebook AI are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 16 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do Ivy or Phonebook AI have ads?
Neither Ivy nor Phonebook AI shows ads.

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