Cactus vs Fromly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cactus
An AI-powered assistant designed to help you manage your day, capture ideas, and organize tasks. It offers natural language interaction, voice input, and secure cloud synchronization for seamless productivity.
- AI-powered assistant
- Natural language interaction
- Voice capture for ideas
- Task organization
- Schedule management
- Secure cloud sync
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Cactus is an AI memory sidekick for the tasks, dates, promises, and personal details you do not want to forget. Press the microphone and speak naturally. Cactus can save a reminder, organize a task, remember an important detail, and help you prepare before something is due. SPEAK IT. CACTUS SAVES IT. • Save reminders and important details by voice • Turn plans and deadlines into organized tasks • Find tasks by today, tomorrow, next week, next month, or later • Ask Cactus about information you previously saved • Type instead whenever speaking is not convenient PREPARE BEFORE IT BECOMES URGENT Cactus can suggest a useful next step when preparation would genuinely help. Mention an upcoming birthday, for example, and Cactus may offer to create a task for choosing a gift. Routine reminders stay simple. YOUR DAY, ORGANIZED Review tasks, calendar plans, and saved memories in one place. Cactus helps you see what is due now and what is coming next. PRIVATE ICLOUD SYNC Your Cactus archive is stored on your devices and mirrored through your private iCloud account so it can stay in sync across your Apple devices. Cactus does not use a public or shared memory database. Voice and message content is sent securely to the AI service when needed to transcribe speech or provide a response. Cactus Premium includes a 7-day free trial, followed by a recurring subscription. Your exact local price and renewal terms are shown before purchase. Terms of Use: https://cactus-site.vercel.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://cactus-site.vercel.app/privacy
Fromly
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Fromly is your second brain with chat: write notes and tasks, and talk to an AI that actually knows them — because it can read and edit them for you. • Chat with memory: every note, task or document has its own AI conversation. It remembers the context and picks up right where you left off. • AI that really edits: ask it to add a paragraph, summarize a document, or pull tasks out of a note — and it does it directly, not just tells you about it. • Agenda & tasks: plan your day, week and month, with recurring tasks and reminders. • Contexts: group notes and tasks by project or area of your life, each with its own memory. • Agents: automate the processes you repeat. • Real-time sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac and web. Free to start. Pro unlocks unlimited AI. Your notes are yours: private and exportable any time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Fromly at every 3 days against Cactus's weekly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Cactus sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month and Fromly sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cactus ships an update weekly, Fromly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cactus | Fromly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Feidong Song | Alberto Lezaun |
In-app purchases
Cactus
- Premium plan.$4.991 Month
Fromly
- Fromly Pro Monthly$6.001 Month
- Fromly Pro Yearly$45.001 Year
- 5M AI tokens$4.00
- Fromly Lifetime$129.00









