Comparison

DadTrack vs CoreMems

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

Head to head
About

DadTrack

Features
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DadTrack - Your Dad Journaling Companion Capture the beautiful chaos of fatherhood. DadTrack is the dad-focused journaling app that helps you preserve precious moments through photos, moods, and daily reflections - and now it remembers the people who were there too. CAPTURE MEMORIES YOUR WAY • Multi-photo entries - Add up to 5 photos per day with drag-and-drop reordering • High-quality photos that hold up on close-ups and in print • Voice-to-text - Journal hands-free while holding your kid • Mood tracking - Create custom mood tags to track how you're feeling • A composer built for one-handed use, with quick picks for the moods and people you tag most SHARE THE JOURNEY TOGETHER • Partner sharing - Link with your partner and see each other's entries in one shared family timeline • Author attribution and color accents so you always know who captured each memory • Per-entry privacy - Keep any entry just for you, or share it with your partner • Link or unlink anytime, right from your profile SMART FEATURES • Daily parenting tips personalized for your experiences • Monthly recap stories - editorial, photo-forward recaps you can share, synced across your devices • Time Travel memories that resurface meaningful past entries right as you read • Tip history with favorites - Save and search your best tips REMEMBER WHO WAS THERE • Tag the friends and family in any entry, each with their own relationship label and color • Groups - bundle the people you always see together and tag the whole group in one tap • Automatic tagging - anyone you name while writing gets tagged for you when you finish • Backfill - re-scan your existing entries so your back catalogue gets tagged too • Search by person or group to pull up every memory someone was part of PERFECT FOR • New dads documenting their journey • Experienced dads capturing daily moments • Dads with multiple children BUILT FOR DADS • Built by a dad, for dads • Multi-child support - Track memories for all your kids • Smart notifications - Photo prompts during your together-time windows • Journaling streaks and celebrations to keep you motivated • A warm, threaded family timeline you can read as compact, comfortable, or showcase cards • Editorial, scrapbook-style entry pages that make your memories shine YOUR DATA, YOUR CONTROL • Optional cloud backup and sync for all of your memories • Easily restore cloud-backed memories when setting up a new phone • Save full-resolution photos straight to your device photo library • Free up space locally and restore full-size photos when you need them • Complete data backup to portable .dtb files PRIVACY FIRST Your data stays on your device by default. Optional cloud backup and sync store selected journal data and photos in the cloud when you sign in. When you link with a partner, you choose what to share, and any entry can be kept private. Optional AI features send only text (never photos) to generate tips and recaps. Crash reporting can be disabled in Settings. No ads, no tracking. Start building your family's memory archive today. These moments won't last forever, but your memories can.

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CoreMems

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The most important memories are often the ones with no photo, or where a photo isn't enough alone. CoreMems is a private memory journal for the stories, feelings, and small moments that only live in your head — the ones your camera roll missed. One short voice note a week, kept safe for future you. How it works Open the app. Tap once to record. Say the thing — the way she said "the moon is falling," the way he laughed at his own joke, the conversation you don't want to lose. Even thirty seconds is enough. Add a photo if you want. Add a written note if you want. Both are optional. That's the whole loop. Fifty-two weeks. One story at a time. CoreMems is built around a single quiet habit: one memory a week, for a year. No streaks. No badges. No daily nag. Just a gentle weekly reminder, on the day and time you choose. Miss a week? Nothing happens. The frame is consistency, not perfection. Built for voice first A photo remembers what. A voice remembers why. Voice is the most natural way to tell a story in the moment — faster than typing, richer than a caption, and it preserves your actual voice for the years when you'd give anything to hear it again. Voice notes are transcribed automatically so your memories are searchable and readable later. A feed only you will ever see CoreMems is a quiet, private archive of your core memories — the ones that matter most, the ones you'll actually want to revisit. Your memories live in your account and nowhere else. No followers. No likes. No algorithm. It's yours, in every sense of the word. Start free with your first 6 memories. CoreMems Premium unlocks unlimited memories with an auto-renewing subscription: - Annual — $49.99/year ($4.17/month, billed yearly) - Monthly — $6.99/month (Prices may vary by region.) Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mycoremems.com/privacy

Screenshots

DadTrack4 screens
CoreMems4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DadTrack at none against CoreMems's 2. CoreMems's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. CoreMems sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. DadTrack asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DadTrack ships an update every 2 months, CoreMems every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
DadTrack versus CoreMems: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDadTrackCoreMems
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB44 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBENJAMIN DAVID GREENEKeepsake Studios LLC

In-app purchases

None

DadTrack

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

CoreMems

Subscriptions2
  • CoreMems · Monthly$6.991 Month
  • CoreMems · Annual$49.991 Year

Questions

Is DadTrack free?
DadTrack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CoreMems free?
CoreMems is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DadTrack or CoreMems have ads?
Neither DadTrack nor CoreMems shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DadTrack or CoreMems?
DadTrack ships an update every 2 months, and CoreMems every 3 days. Most recently, DadTrack was updated on October 31, 2026 and CoreMems on October 24, 2026.

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