Comparison

worlds vs hodgepodge

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

Head to head
About

worlds

Create private memory journals for yourself or shared spaces with loved ones. Capture everyday moments, inside jokes, and significant events with photos and written entries. Organize and find memories easily through a calendar and search function.

Highlights
  • Create solo or shared memory journals
  • Add photos and written entries
  • Invite friends, family, or partner
  • Organize memories by date
  • Calendar view for easy navigation
  • Search for specific memories
Features
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It's strange how you can spend an entire day with someone, have the best time, and a few months later barely remember what was said or what exactly made you laugh. This is why we made Worlds, so there's somewhere to write down all those little details before they're forgotten. Worlds is a memory journaling app where you can write about your life on your own, or create a shared journal with someone else. Unlike a traditional diary, more than one person can contribute to the same journal, so you're not limited to remembering everything from just one perspective. You might use it as a couples journal with your partner, a friendship journal with your best friend, or a family memory journal. You can create different Worlds for different people, each with its own collection of memories. Write a few sentences about something that happened today, add photos from your favourite morning, or finally write down the details of something that happened years ago. You can backdate entries and revisit your memories through a calendar whenever you like. And if you're on iPhone while your partner or friend uses Android? No problem. You can still write in the same journal together. Worlds is also for people who want to keep their memories somewhere other than social media. Your journals are private to you and whoever you invite, without an audience or the pressure to make your life look a certain way. Worlds is free to use, with two journals, up to five photos per memory and two members per journal. Premium is available if you'd like more. There's no AI writing your entries or generating your memories. Everything you write comes from you. WORLDS PREMIUM Go Premium for: - Unlimited Worlds (journals) - Up to 20 photos per memory - Unlimited members in Worlds you own - Search function to find memories faster - Custom World covers - Priority support Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

hodgepodge

This app encourages users to share their authentic daily experiences with friends. It combines a simple task list, a single photo, and a personal thought to capture the reality of each day, fostering genuine connection without social media pressures.

Highlights
  • Daily task list
  • One photo per day
  • Personal thought entry
  • No likes or comments
  • Automatic task carry-forward
  • Activity heatmap
Features
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Your actual day, shared with your people. hodgepodge is a shared journal and daily check-in app for couples, close friends, accountability partners, and anyone who wants a better record of ordinary life. A private space for the people you actually know: no algorithm, no strangers, no performing. Each day: • Make a simple task list • Add up to 10 photos • Write one thought: something you noticed, learned, appreciated, or don't want to forget. A gratitude counts. So does a complaint. Then see what your people are doing, leave comments and reactions, and watch your days become a warm little grid. Stay close without another scheduled catch-up. Use hodgepodge to keep up with a long-distance partner, journal with your best friends, check in with an accountability partner, or keep a lightweight daily photo journal for yourself. Keep your memories in one place: especially the ones that would never survive the group chat. It's made for: • The ordinary stuff the group chat misses • Tasks you want someone else to know about • Photos you would never put in a photo dump • Small wins, unfinished errands and questionable lunches • Random Tuesdays you would otherwise forget Unfinished tasks carry forward automatically. Your photos become a visual mosaic. Your daily check-ins create a quiet record of where your time went. Not a highlight reel. Just your actual life and the people who care about it. Your tasks. Your photos. Your thoughts. Your people.

Screenshots

worlds4 screens
hodgepodge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: hodgepodge at 4.9 against worlds's 4.0. hodgepodge also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment 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. worlds sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. hodgepodge asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

hodgepodge holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: hodgepodge has 28 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of worlds's written reviews are positive against 95% of hodgepodge's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

worlds ships an update every 3 weeks, hodgepodge every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
worlds versus hodgepodge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterworldshodgepodge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)4.9 (28 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better94.7% of reviews
Number of ratings428 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB42 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAlchemise Group Pty LtdClick Clack Labs LLC

Customer experience

worlds

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

hodgepodge

All ratings27 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive94.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.3%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

worlds

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Worlds App Premium1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Worlds App Premium1 Month trial$39.991 Year
None

hodgepodge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is worlds free?
worlds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is hodgepodge free?
hodgepodge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, worlds or hodgepodge?
hodgepodge is rated higher. worlds averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while hodgepodge averages 4.9 from 28 ratings.
Do worlds or hodgepodge have ads?
worlds shows ads; hodgepodge does not.
Which is updated more often, worlds or hodgepodge?
worlds ships an update every 3 weeks, and hodgepodge every 4 days. Most recently, worlds was updated on October 28, 2026 and hodgepodge on October 24, 2026.

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