Comparison

Tend+ vs Stoak

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

Head to head
About

Tend+

This app helps you maintain important relationships by reminding you to reach out to people you care about. It provides daily prompts and allows you to personalize reminders to stay connected with friends, family, and acquaintances.

Highlights
  • Daily outreach prompts
  • Personalized reminder settings
  • Birthday and anniversary detection
  • Life event awareness (Premium)
  • Customizable prompts (Premium)
  • One-tap interaction logging
Features
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Your phone holds hundreds of relationships. It does nothing to help you tend to them. Tend+ changes that -- in under 2 minutes a day. THE PROBLEM EVERYONE RECOGNIZES You think of someone. A friend from college. An old coworker. Someone who meant something. You tell yourself you'll call this week. Then you don't. Weeks turn into months. Not because you stopped caring. Because nothing reminded you to act on that care. Proximity used to do this for you. You saw people at church, at the office, in the neighborhood. Now it doesn't. And the people who matter quietly drift. HOW TEND+ WORKS Each morning, Tend+ gives you a short list of people to reach out to, with prompts like: - Ask how the new job is going - See how Edgar is settling in after the move - Check how Elizabeth is adjusting with a new baby - Let Sandra know you remember it's been two years since she lost Johnny. Swipe through, reach out however feels right -- call, text, voice memo -- and move on with your day. Tend+ decides who to surface based on the rhythm you set for each person, who's overdue, and what's happening in their life. Every day feels relevant. No busywork. Over time, you can teach Tend+ about your people. Your daily prompts go from "Just say hey" to "Ask how Jennifer's doing at her new school." That's the difference between polite and personal. WHO IT'S FOR Not your closest circle -- you already think about those people. Tend+ is for the ones that distance or busy lives make harder to hold onto: - The friend who keeps meaning to call - The parent whose social world narrowed after kids - The pastor or coach tending to more people than memory can hold - Anyone who believes relationships are cultivated, not managed WHAT YOU GET Free: Up to 30 people, 5 daily cards, up to three groups, all reminder frequencies, birthday and anniversary detection, streak milestones, one-tap logging for calls, texts, and more. Tend+ Premium ($19.99/year or $2.99/month): Unlimited people, 8 daily cards, life event awareness (new baby, new job, grief, and more), personalized prompts that get smarter over time, unlimited custom groups, mass direct import from CSV file, insights, and full interaction history. Less than $2/month to be the friend who always remembers. YOUR DATA IS YOURS Tend+ does not read your messages. It does not listen to your calls. It does not sell your data. Your relationships are yours. Period. START WITH THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO MIND The old friend. The mentor. The neighbor you keep meaning to check on. They're already in your phone. Tend+ helps you tend to them. Questions or feedback? We'd love to hear from you at support@tendplus.app Tend+ uses Apple's Standard Licensing Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Stoak

Features
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You spend your life somewhere. Stoak shows you where. Stoak runs quietly in the background and turns all of it into a personal heat map of your time. No check-ins. No manual logging. No effort. Just go about your day and Stoak does the rest. What Stoak maps: Your time. Not your steps, not your route. Just where you are and how long you stay. The longer you're somewhere, the hotter it burns on your map. Explore your habits: Switch between Today, Yesterday, This Week, and This Month to see how your patterns shift over time. Your map tells a story about where you work, where you unwind, and where you always end up. Pin your places: Drop pins on locations that matter to you like home, work, or your favorite coffee shop, and see dedicated stats for each one. Built for your life: Stoak runs passively using iOS visit monitoring, designed to be as battery-friendly as possible. Check in whenever you want and your heat map is always up to date. Stays on your lock screen: A Live Activity keeps your current fueling session visible at a glance, right from your lock screen. Your data, your privacy: Everything stays on your device and syncs privately across your devices via iCloud. Stoak never sells or shares your location data.

Screenshots

Tend+4 screens
Stoak4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stoak at none against Tend+'s 2. Stoak also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). Tend+'s advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price 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. Tend+ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Stoak asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tend+ ships an update fortnightly, Stoak every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on August 30, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tend+ versus Stoak: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTend+Stoak
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB31 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDaniel AtchisonJaylen Smith

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Tend+

Subscriptions2
  • Tend+ Premium$2.991 Month
  • Tend+ Premium$19.991 Year
None

Stoak

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tend+ free?
Tend+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stoak free?
Stoak is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tend+ or Stoak have ads?
Neither Tend+ nor Stoak shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tend+ or Stoak?
Tend+ ships an update fortnightly, and Stoak every 4 days. Most recently, Tend+ was updated on August 30, 2026 and Stoak on September 13, 2026.

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