Comparison

Hilo vs Coleva

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

Head to head
About

Hilo

This personal CRM helps you manage important relationships by remembering birthdays, events, and conversations. Organize contacts, set follow-up reminders, and categorize people to strengthen connections.

Highlights
  • Organize key contacts
  • Birthday and event reminders
  • Add notes after conversations
  • Categorize contacts
  • Follow-up alerts
Features
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Hilo – Your Personal CRM for Friends and Family Hilo helps you take care of your most important relationships. Forget complicated agendas: with this smart contact manager you can easily remember birthdays, events, and conversations with the people who matter most. With Hilo you can: Save and organize your key contacts in one place. Get reminders for birthdays and special moments. Add quick notes after a call or meeting. Categorize contacts by friends, family, or colleagues. Set alerts to follow up on conversations. Why Hilo? Most CRMs are built for business and clients. Hilo is a personal CRM, designed for your closest relationships. Simple, elegant, and human—so you never lose the thread of what really matters: your people. Practical examples: Never forget your best friend’s birthday. Save the book your cousin recommended to mention later. Remember the last time you spoke with a friend who lives far away. Discover Hilo, the smart agenda that turns memory into real connection.

About

Coleva

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Coleva remembers the people who matter, so you don't have to. Just talk. Write a line about your day - "Had coffee with Priya, her daughter Mel starts school in September" - and Coleva quietly files the people, relationships, places and dates, then weaves them into a living map of your world. WHAT YOU GET • Journal naturally - type or speak, and the details remember themselves • A living map of everyone you know, and how they all connect • Gentle nudges before birthdays, and after someone's gone quiet • Never walk into a catch-up cold - every little thing, in one place • How you met, gift ideas and big moments, all kept close PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything stays on your iPhone. No account, no cloud, no selling your relationships. Ever. WORKS BETTER WITH APPLE INTELLIGENCE On supported iPhones, Coleva understands even the trickiest sentences entirely on-device - nothing ever leaves your phone. FREE FOREVER Your closest 20 people, the map, journaling and reminders - always free. Coleva Plus opens your whole world: unlimited people, AI gift ideas drawn from someone's story, calendar nudges, photo avatars, app lock and more. Relationships aren't kept. They're tended. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hilo4 screens
Coleva4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hilo at none against Coleva's 2. Hilo also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence 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. Coleva sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Hilo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hilo ships an update every 2 weeks, Coleva every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hilo versus Coleva: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHiloColeva
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPablo GranadosLuke Jetten

In-app purchases

None

Hilo

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Coleva

Subscriptions2
  • Coleva Plus$3.991 Month
  • Coleva Plus Yearly$39.001 Year

Questions

Is Hilo free?
Hilo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Coleva free?
Coleva is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hilo or Coleva have ads?
Neither Hilo nor Coleva shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hilo or Coleva?
Hilo ships an update every 2 weeks, and Coleva every 10 days. Most recently, Hilo was updated on October 24, 2026 and Coleva on October 25, 2026.

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