Comparison

Composed vs CRTX

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

Head to head
About

Composed

This AI-powered planner uses natural language to schedule events, set reminders, and even suggest departure times based on traffic. It can import details from screenshots of bookings and offers prep checklists for events. Enjoy a calm, clear view of your schedule without overdue alerts.

Highlights
  • Voice scheduling with natural language parsing
  • Screenshot import for event details
  • AI-generated prep checklists
  • Traffic-based departure alerts
  • Live Activity countdowns
  • Calendar sync (Apple & Google)
  • Integrated to-do list
Features
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Your brain isn't a calendar. Composed is. Say "dentist Thursday at 2pm" — it's scheduled and reminded, and once it has a place, Composed tells you when to leave based on traffic. Snap a hotel or flight confirmation — Composed reads it and builds the trip for you to review, with check-in and boarding reminders from what it found. Type a birthday — Composed reminds you every year, and tells you how old they're turning when you include the year. This is AI planning that works the way you think. Not another app that waits for you to fill in fields. No red alerts. No overdue labels. No guilt. Just a calm, clear view of what's coming. WHAT COMPOSED DOES FOR YOU • Voice scheduling — say any event naturally. AI parses the details, sets reminders, and suggests prep when the event calls for it. • Screenshot import — snap a hotel or short-term rental booking, event poster, or flight confirmation. Composed reads it and fills in the event for you to review and confirm. • AI prep checklists — for the events that need preparation: research the company before an interview, pack before a trip. Everyday plans stay uncluttered. • Departure alerts — for events with a place, a leave-by estimate based on traffic and your route, refreshed whenever you open Composed. Allow location Always and it also updates after you move, with the app closed. • Live Activity — when it's time to leave for your next event, a countdown with the place and departure time appears on your Dynamic Island and Lock Screen. • Shared events — invite anyone and collect RSVPs; guests who use Composed can also propose a new time. • Widgets — 6 widget types for your Home Screen and Lock Screen. See what's next at a glance. • Calendar sync — your Apple Calendar and Google Calendar in one timeline. Turn on sync and what you add in Composed goes back to them. • Birthday tracker — add once. Get reminded every year, with the age they're turning when you've added the year. • Month view — your whole month laid out, clean and uncluttered. Tap any day to see what's planned. • To-do list — deadlines, tasks, and sub-items live alongside your events, not in a separate app. • Notes — capture anything, organized in folders. Link notes to events. • Photo attachments — add photos to any event. • Offline — see your plans, edit them, and jot down to-dos without a connection. Changes sync when you're back. Every feature above is free for up to 5 active items you add — events and to-dos alike — and anything imported from your calendar doesn't count. Composed Pro removes the limit, as an optional subscription or a one-time Founder Edition. Terms of Use (EULA): https://staycomposed.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://staycomposed.app/privacy

About

CRTX

This app acts as a shared digital memory for your household, allowing you to save voice notes, photos, links, and documents. You can then ask questions in plain English to retrieve information saved by anyone in your group.

Highlights
  • Capture voice notes, photos, links, and PDFs
  • Search contents using natural language
  • Create private or shared memory pools
  • Assign and track tasks within shared pools
  • Automatic recognition of people in saved items
  • Apple Watch and share extension support
Features
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Your family's memory, one question away. CRTX is the memory you share with the people you live with. Save voice notes, photos, links, PDFs, and audio files. Then ask a question in plain English and get the answer back across everything anyone in your pool has saved. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Capture anything. Type a thought, paste a link, hold to record a voice note, drop a PDF, snap a photo of a flyer or receipt. CRTX reads what's inside, so you can search the contents — not just the filename. • Ask anything. "What did the doctor say?" "Where's the school calendar?" "What did Sarah send about Friday?" CRTX finds it in seconds and shows you the source. • Pool with the people you share a life with. Your personal pool stays private. Shared pools are for the people you're in this with — partner, kids, siblings, your closest friends. • Tasks, on their own or tied to something you saved. Assignable in shared pools. Recurring. Reminders before, at, and after the deadline. • People show up automatically. CRTX recognizes names in what you save and ties items to the right person. Your People tab becomes a living memory of who said what, organized around the people in your life. • Apple Watch + share extension. Record voice notes from your wrist. Save anything from any iPhone app with the share button. WHO IT'S FOR Built first for families. Couples managing the everyday — kids, school, the dentist, the babysitter, the grocery list that lives in three places at once. Parents who keep losing the things their kids told them. Households tired of the same conversation: "I know we wrote that down somewhere." Just as good for any group that shares a life or a project. Friend groups planning a trip across a hundred photos and links. Founders catching customer feedback fragments. Roommates juggling bills and repairs. Or just you on your own — your personal pool is yours alone. CORA Cora is your help assistant inside CRTX. Ask her how a feature works, where to find a setting, or what an option does. She knows the app inside and out — so you don't have to. SUBSCRIPTION Choose Personal for just yourself, or Family for up to 6 people. Both start with a 7-day free trial. Cancel anytime in Settings ▸ Subscription ▸ Manage Subscription inside the app. Either plan includes unlimited capture, AI question-answering, shared pools, Apple Watch, and the share extension. LANGUAGES English, German, French. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://crtx.live/privacy

Screenshots

Composed4 screens
CRTX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Composed at every 3 days against CRTX's every 5 months. Composed also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, 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. Composed sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and CRTX sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Composed against 5.0 for CRTX. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Composed ships an update every 3 days, CRTX every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Composed versus CRTX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterComposedCRTX
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJESSE ROBERT MERIALars Janssen

Customer experience

Composed

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CRTX

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Composed

Subscriptions3
  • Composed Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Composed Pro Weekly$7.997 Days
  • Composed Pro Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Composed Pro - Lifetime$199.00
4 purchases

CRTX

Subscriptions4
  • CRTX Personal Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • CRTX Family Monthly7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • CRTX Personal Annual7 Days trial$69.991 Year
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  • CRTX Family Annual7 Days trial$119.991 Year

Questions

Is Composed free?
Composed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CRTX free?
CRTX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Composed or CRTX?
Composed and CRTX are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Composed or CRTX have ads?
Neither Composed nor CRTX shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Composed or CRTX?
Composed ships an update every 3 days, and CRTX every 5 months. Most recently, Composed was updated on October 31, 2026 and CRTX on October 31, 2026.

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