Comparison

Mad Yet? vs Recoda

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

Head to head
About

Mad Yet?

Features
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Mad Yet? is a minimalist, privacy-first emotional check-in app. You open the app, ask yourself one question, and respond. No account, no cloud vent sync, and no location permission request. Key features: - One-question emotional check-in flow - Quick external map search for support resources when needed - 1-minute calm session with breathing and grounding prompts - Local-only vent journal with tags, filtering, and editing - Optional unlock protection before opening vent history - Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, English, and Spanish UI - Xiaohongshu and WeChat-style privacy-friendly share cards - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for quick check-ins - Optional support page with an ad; vent text, tags, and chaos levels are not sent to ad services by the app Built for moments when you need a fast emotional reset while keeping your private notes fully on-device.

About

Recoda

Features
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Recoda — voice notes, made polished. Meetings, interviews, lectures, something you thought of on the way home — hold to record and let Recoda do the rest. Transcription, punctuation, cleanup, a title, key points and action items, all handled. ■ Say it, and the card is there Your recording is transcribed and rewritten into clean, readable prose — not a wall of "um" and "you know". Recoda titles the note for you too, so you can tell your cards apart at a glance. ■ Multiple speakers, told apart automatically When more than one person is talking, Recoda separates the speakers and lays the note out turn by turn. Give each of them a name — "Alice", "the client" — and the whole nnds on the wrong person, tap it and reassign. ■ To-dos you don't have to write down Recoda pulls out the things that actually need doing, and picks up the time you mentioned: "draft by Wednesday 3pm"becomes a to-do with a due time. Add up to three reminders each so nothing slips. Drag to reorder, edit any time. ■ Keep asking Ask anything about a note and get an answer grounded in the full recording. You can also regenerate the key points in a different style — more detail, or just the essentials. ■ Also · Import audio and video files and get the same · Favorites, tags, full-text search · Export as an image, or copy the text, key points · Playback from 0.5× to 3× · Dark mode · Live status on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island while recording — which keeps going in the background · Recordings are backed up to iCloud ■ The free tier Recoda is FREE. To keep quality up, there are daily limits: up to 30 minutes per recording, 10 cards a day, 30 AI actions a day Limits reset at 00:00 UTC. Check where you stand any time in Profile. ■ Your content Delete your notes and recordings whenever you like, or export them and take them with you.

Screenshots

Mad Yet?4 screens
Recoda4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Recoda at Free against Mad Yet?'s $0.99. Recoda also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On 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

Recoda is free to download; Mad Yet? costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mad Yet? ships an update every 2 months, Recoda every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
Mad Yet? versus Recoda: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMad Yet?Recoda
Price$0.99Free — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developer树伟 杨嘉隆 朱

In-app purchases

None

Mad Yet?

No in-app purchases

None

Recoda

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mad Yet? free?
Mad Yet? costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Recoda free?
Recoda is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mad Yet? or Recoda have ads?
Mad Yet? shows ads; Recoda does not.
Which is updated more often, Mad Yet? or Recoda?
Mad Yet? ships an update every 2 months, and Recoda every 4 days. Most recently, Mad Yet? was updated on October 31, 2026 and Recoda on November 10, 2026.

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