Comparison

Thenly vs Karpo

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

Head to head
About

Thenly

This app allows you to create visual memories by pairing "Then" and "Now" photos. View your progress with a smooth transition between images in a clean gallery. It's designed to help you see how things change over time.

Highlights
  • Pair "Then" and "Now" photos
  • Visual memory creation
  • On-device saving
  • Clean gallery display
  • Smooth image transition
Features
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Thenly is a simple photo journal built for one thing: seeing change. Create a memory by selecting a “Then” photo and a “Now” photo. Your memories are saved on device, displayed in a clean gallery, and open into a detail view where you can tap the image to switch between Then and Now with a smooth transition.

About

Karpo

This app helps you discover, plan, and book experiences tailored to your preferences. It uses AI to generate personalized suggestions for places to go and things to do, especially within New York City. Save, share, or book activities directly.

Highlights
  • AI-powered VibePad for personalized plans
  • Discover tailored experiences
  • Plan with friends
  • Direct booking and ticket purchasing
  • Save and share ideas
  • Learns user preferences over time
Features
Currently charting
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Karpo now adapts smoothly across iPhone Duo’s displays, with improved layouts, navigation, sharing, and wider place visuals on the large landscape screen. You can now use Shortcuts to call on Karpo in more ways—from quick prompts to questions about what’s on your screen. INTRODUCING VIBEPAD — BUILT WITH APPLE INTELLIGENCE VibePad is a Karpo exclusive that puts Apple Intelligence to work on your life in the city. Drop in a vibe — a feeling, a screenshot, a half-formed idea — and VibePad turns it into a real plan: places to go, things to do, moments worth leaving the house for, matched to your taste and your corner of New York. Because it works hand in hand with Apple Intelligence on your iPhone, it's fast, personal, and private by design. Just unboxed a new iPhone? This is what it was built for. “Two of us. Somewhere quiet. Around $50.” “Something fun, but low-key.” “Give me a reason to leave my apartment this Sunday.” ASK KARPO Know roughly what you want? Tell Karpo the way you’d tell a friend who knows the city. Add whatever matters—closer, quieter, more spontaneous—and Karpo shapes the ideas around the moment. DISCOVER Not sure what you want? Open Discover whenever you want inspiration. Explore ideas personalized around your taste and how you like to spend your time. Find: • A low-key night close to home • A date that feels thoughtful • A group plan people will actually agree on • A show, market, pop-up, or neighborhood to explore • A weekend with a little more shape Karpo has taste—and it learns yours. The more you save and explore, the less obvious and more personal the ideas become. FROM VIBE TO ACTION When something feels right, save it, share it with friends, or go straight to booking or tickets. The more you use Karpo, the more the city starts to feel like yours. Available now in New York City. Karpo diem.

Screenshots

Thenly4 screens
Karpo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Karpo at Free against Thenly's $0.99. Karpo also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Karpo is free to download; Thenly costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Karpo holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Karpo has 54 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Thenly's written reviews are positive against 96% of Karpo's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thenly ships an update every 2 months, Karpo weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Thenly versus Karpo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThenlyKarpo
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.6 (54 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better96.0% of reviews
Number of ratings154 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank—#192 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.118.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB85 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJoseph BlessmanMACHINEPULSE PTE. LTD.

Customer experience

Thenly

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Karpo

All ratings53 ratings
Positive90.6%
Neutral1.9%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive96.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.0%

In-app purchases

None

Thenly

No in-app purchases

None

Karpo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Thenly free?
Thenly costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Karpo free?
Karpo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Thenly or Karpo?
Karpo is rated higher. Thenly averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Karpo averages 4.6 from 54 ratings.
Do Thenly or Karpo have ads?
Neither Thenly nor Karpo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Thenly or Karpo?
Thenly ships an update every 2 months, and Karpo weekly. Most recently, Thenly was updated on November 5, 2026 and Karpo on November 9, 2026.

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