Comparison

Duette vs OurThread

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

Head to head
About

Duette

A private digital scrapbook designed exclusively for couples to capture and cherish their shared life. Document daily moments, plan future events, and spark conversation with interactive prompts.

Highlights
  • Daily photo journaling
  • Shared memories with notes
  • Joint calendar for events
  • Collaborative lists
  • Conversation-starting prompts
  • Customizable widgets
Features
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Duette - the private scrapbook for you and your person. A couples app for daily photos, shared plans, and the moments you want to keep. Whether you live together or you're doing long distance, Duette gives the two of you a place to capture your life together, one day at a time. Pair with a link code. Then it's just the two of you. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Daily Photos - one moment from each of you, every day. Add a photo and a note, build a streak, and keep a shared photo diary you'll want to look back on. • Memories - save the moments that matter, with photos, places, and notes attached. Look back through your shared timeline, from big trips to ordinary days. • Memory Map - see where your memories happened. From your favorite spots to weekends away, tap a place to look back on the moments you saved there. • Your Moments Page - your days together, next milestone, and anniversary countdown. Always right there. • Shared Calendar - plan date nights, remember important dates, and keep track of everyday plans together. • Shared Lists - restaurants to try, date ideas, weekend to-dos. Build them together and check them off as you go. • Questions - flirty, playful, and thoughtful prompts for when you want a better conversation than “how was your day.” • Widgets - keep your streak and days together on your Lock Screen, with shared lists and memories on your Home Screen. JUST THE TWO OF YOU Everything stays in one cozy, private corner. No public profiles, no followers, no noise. A place for your photos, plans, and memories to live together. Free to start, with room to grow into Duette Plus for unlimited memories and lists, every question deck, and more ways to make it yours. One Plus subscription covers both of you. Duette. Built for two. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://duette.app/privacy

About

OurThread

Features
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OurThread is a shared visual diary for couples — a place to track your story together and see how far you've come, one moment at a time. Every trip, every anniversary, every quiet ordinary day worth keeping becomes a "moment" on your timeline, connected by a single thread you build together. Watch the days you've been together add up, and keep every milestone in one place. Both of you can add to it, from anywhere. WHY COUPLES LOVE OURTHREAD - A story, not a feed: your moments flow along one continuous thread, in the order you lived them, not buried in a camera roll. - Every milestone in one place: from your first date to each anniversary, watch your relationship's timeline grow and keep every important date together. - Two hands, one thread: invite your partner and build the timeline together. Every moment shows who added it. - Beautifully yours: choose from multiple visual themes to make your thread feel like you. - Your year, wrapped: unlock a yearly Recap — a shareable, story-style look back at everything you stitched together, ready for your anniversary. - Your memories, safe: keep everything backed up, so your story is never lost. FREE TO START Begin your thread for free with up to 5 moments. Upgrade anytime for unlimited moments, every theme, cloud backup, and the annual Recap — one subscription covers both of you. Start weaving your story today. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Duette4 screens
OurThread4 screens

Verdict

The call

Duette and OurThread are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Duette sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and OurThread sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Duette versus OurThread: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDuetteOurThread
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB54 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDuette Technologies Inc.David Fernandez

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Duette

Subscriptions2
  • Duette Plus Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Duette Plus Annual$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Duette Lifetime$49.99
2 purchases

OurThread

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly Subscription$7.991 Month
  • Premium Annual Subscription$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Duette free?
Duette is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OurThread free?
OurThread is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Duette or OurThread have ads?
Neither Duette nor OurThread shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Duette or OurThread?
Duette ships an update weekly, and OurThread weekly. Most recently, Duette was updated on October 11, 2026 and OurThread on October 12, 2026.

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