Comparison

WhoBe vs Reteum

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

Head to head
About

WhoBe

Manage your personal relationships with this intelligent contact manager. Sync contacts, add notes, track memories, and organize people with smart tags. AI-powered features help capture and organize information faster, while thoughtful reminders ensure you never lose touch.

Highlights
  • Sync Google Contacts
  • Add notes and track memories
  • Organize with smart tags
  • AI-powered information capture
  • Thoughtful reminder system
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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WhoBe is your personal relationship manager. Sync your Google Contacts, add notes, track memories, organize people with smart tags, and get thoughtful reminders so you never lose touch with important relationships again. Now with AI‑powered features to help you capture and organize information faster: turn notes into structured contact details, extract key info from shared cards, and surface helpful follow‑up ideas while keeping you in control. WhoBe is built for founders, professionals, and anyone who cares about meaningful connections—with privacy always first. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. You can manage or cancel subscriptions in App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://howbetech.com/whobe/privacy.html

About

Reteum

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Reteum works the way your memory does. Your senses take things in. A thought comes back to you out of nowhere. You ask yourself what time this afternoon's meeting is. Before you fall asleep, the day runs past once more. Reteum does the same four things for what you write, say, photograph and save. TAKE IN • Save anything from one box: photos, videos, links, files (PDFs and documents), a few typed words or your voice. • Photos and videos keep the time and place they were taken. • Catch a thought in a second from a widget, the Lock Screen, Control Center or Siri: "Add a thought to Reteum". RECALL • Each time you open the app, old notes come back, up to three, like memories that surface on their own. • Swipe right to keep one, left to clear it. Notes you no longer need go before they pile up, so what you keep stays worth finding. SEARCH • Search the way you remember: "Seattle last month", "beach", "when is the dentist?". • An on-device AI model searches by meaning, so you don't need the exact words. • Find photos and videos by what's in them. • The words inside PDFs and documents count in search, and link previews show what you saved. CONNECT • The Atlas sorts everything by subject on its own, and links the thoughts that belong together. • Open a subject to see how its thoughts connect. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Both AI models run on the phone. No account, no cloud AI, no analytics, no ads. • Keep your thoughts in iCloud if you like: they survive a lost phone and move to your next one, end-to-end encrypted, so only your devices can read them. • Export everything as one zip file, with a Markdown copy you can read anywhere. Free for your first 100 thoughts, with everything included. Reteum Pro adds unlimited thoughts and import: $24.99 a year. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://reteum.com/privacy

Screenshots

WhoBe4 screens
Reteum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Reteum at every 2 days against WhoBe's every 5 days. WhoBe's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. WhoBe sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $44.99 per year and Reteum sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $24.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WhoBe ships an update every 5 days, Reteum every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
WhoBe versus Reteum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhoBeReteum
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB180 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHowbe智文 石

In-app purchases

10 purchases

WhoBe

Subscriptions2
  • WhoBe Pro (Student+EB)$44.991 Year
  • WhoBe Pro (Student+Referral)$52.991 Year
One-time8
  • 100 AI Credits$1.99
  • 300 AI Credits$4.99
  • 1000 AI Credits$14.99
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  • WhoBe Pro Lifetime$199.99
  • WhoBe Pro Lifetime$219.99
  • WhoBe Pro Lifetime$249.99
  • WhoBe Pro Lifetime$299.99
  • WhoBe Pro Lifetime$359.99
1 purchases

Reteum

Subscriptions1
  • Reteum Pro$24.991 Year

Questions

Is WhoBe free?
WhoBe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Reteum free?
Reteum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WhoBe or Reteum have ads?
Neither WhoBe nor Reteum shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WhoBe or Reteum?
WhoBe ships an update every 5 days, and Reteum every 2 days. Most recently, WhoBe was updated on October 28, 2026 and Reteum on October 26, 2026.

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