Be vs Comeback Lab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Be
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BePolite is your smart text transformer. Simply type or paste your message, choose a mood or style, and watch your words reshape instantly—whether poetic, cheerful, witty, or professional. Perfect for messages, captions, or creative writing, BePolite helps you express yourself in the tone that fits best. Save time, spark creativity, and bring fun to every conversation. Your words, your style—made simple. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Comeback Lab
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Stressful message just landed in your phone? COMEBACK LAB gives you a calm reply you can actually send — and, if you need it, a sharper, colder, funnier, or boundary-setting version too. Paste the message. Pick the situation — dating, ex, friend, family, work, group chat, apology, boundary. Pick a tone. Comeback Lab generates the reply locally, on your device. Your message never leaves your phone. No AI hype. No data harvesting. No 'premium' feature designed to humiliate the person on the other end. Free tier: 3 calm-tone replies a day, forever. Unlock a Savage Reply for one sharp answer. Buy the Emergency Reply Kit for five options on one message. Or go Comeback Lab Pro for unlimited replies, all tones, and saved replies. IN-APP PURCHASES • Savage Reply — $0.99 • Emergency Reply Kit — $2.99 • Reply Pack (10 credits) — $4.99 • Comeback Lab Pro — $5.99 / month • Lifetime Unlock — $19.99 (one-time) Three calm replies a day, free, forever. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Be and Comeback Lab are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Be sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Comeback Lab sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Be | Comeback Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aprilred SRL | Andreas Fetscher |
In-app purchases
Be
- Monthly Premium Subscription3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Yearly Premium Subscription$14.991 Year
Comeback Lab
- Comeback Lab Pro$5.991 Month
- Savage Reply$0.99
- Petty Pack$2.99
- Diplomatic Pack$2.99
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- Emergency Reply Kit$2.99
- Both Packs$4.99
- Reply Pack$4.99
- Lifetime Unlock$14.99
- Comeback Lab Lifetime$19.99
