Comparison

Milo vs Long Goodbye

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

Head to head
About

Milo

Features
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Milo is a couple app designed to keep relationships close, warm, and alive — right on your home screen. Whether you’re in a long-distance relationship, feeling stuck in routine, just starting something new, tired of endless messaging, or even sharing a deep bond with your best friend, Milo helps you stay emotionally connected in a simple and meaningful way. Unlike classic chat apps, Milo focuses on presence rather than conversation. You don’t need to open the app or type long messages. With widgets, you can send love instantly — straight to the home screen of the person you care about. One tap is enough to say “I’m thinking of you.” Milo is inspired by the emotional simplicity people love in apps like Between, noteIt Locket, Widgetable, and couple joy trackers — but it goes deeper by combining widgets, interaction, and relationship progress into one shared experience. Milo Widgets: • Note Widget Send notes, photos, drawings and stickers directly to your partner’s home screen. It’s the fastest way to share a thought, a smile, or a feeling — without opening a chat. • Relationship Timer Widget Shows how long you’ve been together in real time. Days, hours, minutes — your shared time is always visible. • Distance Widget Displays the physical distance between you and your partner. Especially meaningful for long-distance relationships, reminding you that connection exists beyond kilometers. Widgets are the heart of Milo. They turn your phone into a shared space where love appears instantly, without effort. Inside the app, Milo adds depth to your relationship. You can create and send your own quizzes to your partner, or try ready-made quizzes that help measure compatibility and how well you know each other. Daily interactions increase your Love Meter, turning communication into a shared score that grows as you stay connected. You can also send instant kisses and heartbeats. A kiss arrives with a cute kiss sound. A heartbeat arrives with a pulse-style notification that feels like your partner is thinking of you at that exact moment. Milo isn’t about more messages. It’s about more feeling. Less typing, more connection. Less noise, more love. Terms of Use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Long Goodbye

This app keeps your partner close on your home screen with their local time, a "thinking of you" tap, and a countdown to your reunion. It offers a warm presence without the pressure of constant communication, perfect for long-distance couples.

Highlights
  • Couple widget for home screen
  • Partner's local time display
  • "Thinking of you" tap feature
  • Reunion countdown timer
  • Photo moments postcards
  • Designed for long-distance relationships
Features
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Draw on your partner's lock screen, from the other side of the world. The Long Goodbye keeps your person on the screens you both see most. Your handwriting lands on their home-screen widget, and on their lock screen once they add a one-time Shortcut. Their clock sits on your lock screen, and a countdown ticks down to the day you're finally together again. It's not another chat app to keep up with. It's warm presence, in the spaces between hellos. WHAT'S INSIDE • Draw on their lock screen — a heart or a "good morning" in your own handwriting (Together+) • Your lock screen, their drawing — their handwriting over your photo and the days you've been together, ready to set as your wallpaper • Lock Screen widgets — their clock and time of day, their last tap and the countdown • Home Screen widget — your partner one glance away: their local time, their last tap, the days to go • "Thinking of you" taps — one tap lights up their widget, no words needed • Reunion countdown — count down to the next visit, down to the time the flight lands • Photo moments, notes and audio postcards — little postcards, with replies • Your people — keep a partner, a best friend and a parent close, each a private 1:1 connection (Together+) MADE FOR THE DISTANCE Built for couples apart for school, work, military deployment, a visa wait, or whole oceans and time zones. Students, immigrants, deployed partners — everyone counting down to the next hug. NOT A CHAT APP No pressure to reply, no endless notifications. Just a calm presence that says "still here, still yours." TOGETHER+ Free to start: pairing, their time, taps, widgets and one countdown. Together+ unlocks drawing on their lock screen, your photo and the together-for count, unlimited photo moments, audio postcards, premium themes, multiple & recurring countdowns and up to 10 connections — with a 7-day free trial on the annual plan. One purchase covers both of you. Plans and local pricing are shown in the app. The goodbyes are long. The countdown makes them shorter. Privacy Policy: https://adelyons.com/apps/long-goodbye/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://adelyons.com/apps/long-goodbye/terms.html

Screenshots

Milo4 screens
Long Goodbye4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Long Goodbye at none against Milo's shown. Long Goodbye also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Milo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days and Long Goodbye sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Milo ships an update every 3 weeks, Long Goodbye every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Milo versus Long Goodbye: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMiloLong Goodbye
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB32 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDogan Can BatmanAdelyons Software LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Milo

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$7.997 Days
  • Yearly3 Days trial$69.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$99.99
2 purchases

Long Goodbye

Subscriptions2
  • Together+ Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Together+ Annual7 Days trial$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Milo free?
Milo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Long Goodbye free?
Long Goodbye is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Milo or Long Goodbye have ads?
Milo shows ads; Long Goodbye does not.
Which is updated more often, Milo or Long Goodbye?
Milo ships an update every 3 weeks, and Long Goodbye every 3 days. Most recently, Milo was updated on September 10, 2026 and Long Goodbye on September 21, 2026.

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