Comparison

DecisionLoop vs Rate It

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

Head to head
About

DecisionLoop

Features
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DecisionLoop is a decision journal. Write down a decision, how sure you are, and what you expect to happen. On the review date, come back and record how it actually turned out. Over time you see something most people never measure: how good your judgment really is, and where your confidence is off. HOW IT WORKS • Log a decision in under a minute: what you decided, the category, how confident you are (0–100%), what you expect, and when to review it. • Get a reminder on the review date. • Record the outcome: better than expected, as expected, or worse, and whether you would decide the same way again. • See your accuracy and its 30-day trend. With Pro, see it by category, and the gap between how sure you felt and how often you were right. FOR BIGGER DECISIONS • Compare up to three options, scored on expected value, risk control, reversibility and value alignment. • A bias checklist before you commit: confirmation bias, sunk cost, second-order effects. • Mark the stakes, the time horizon, and whether the decision is reversible. BUILT TO KEEP YOU HONEST • Your record locks 24 hours after you log a decision, so hindsight can't rewrite how sure you were. Until then, fix anything. • Not sure yet how it turned out? Reschedule the review instead of guessing. • A weekly review session for every decision that is due. • A weekly digest of what you decided and how it went. • Search every decision, expectation and note. • Backup and transfer of your data, free. FREE AND PRO Free: log and review decisions, with up to 3 open decisions at a time and the last 30 days of history. DecisionLoop Pro adds unlimited open decisions, your full history, the insight breakdowns (observations, by category, confidence analysis), custom categories with your own icon and colour, and CSV export. Pro is available as a monthly or annual subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel them in your Apple account settings. PRIVACY Your decisions and notes are stored on your phone. There is no account to create. Anonymous usage statistics help improve the app; they never include what you write. Terms: https://decisionloop-site.vercel.app/terms Privacy: https://decisionloop-site.vercel.app/privacy Support: https://decisionloop-site.vercel.app/support

About

Rate It

Create personalized rating systems for any aspect of your life, from restaurants to books. Define your own criteria and scales to build a private record of experiences. Share with trusted friends for collaborative reviews.

Highlights
  • Custom rating categories
  • Personalized scoring scales
  • Private experience record
  • Shareable categories with trusted users
  • Collaborative filtering and summaries
  • No algorithmic recommendations
Features
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Rate It is a personal rating system that works the way you do. Most review apps are built for the crowd — public scores, trending lists, and recommendations driven by algorithms you don't control. Rate It is different. It's yours. Create custom rating categories for anything that matters to you — restaurants, hotels, bars, movies, books, hiking trails. Define your own criteria. Score on your own scale. Build a personal record of every experience worth remembering. Why Rate It? — Your framework, not someone else's stars — Custom categories built around what you actually care about — Capture ratings in the moment, reference them forever — Share with people you trust, not strangers on the internet — Filter and compare scores across your group — No algorithm, no ads, no noise When you're ready to go beyond solo ratings, Rate It Shared Upgrade lets you share any category with people whose opinions actually matter to you. Members add their own ratings using your criteria, attach photos to remember the moment, and you can filter by member or see scores averaged across the group. When more than one person weighs in, Rate It blends everyone's notes into a quick summary — so you get the group's take without reading every entry. The same personal framework — now with the perspectives that are worth having. Built for people who care about quality experiences.

Screenshots

DecisionLoop4 screens
Rate It4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Rate It at every 8 days against DecisionLoop's every 8 months. DecisionLoop's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.2). On price, ads, 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

Both are free to download. DecisionLoop sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Rate It sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DecisionLoop ships an update every 8 months, Rate It every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
DecisionLoop versus Rate It: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDecisionLoopRate It
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB20 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAndrej SazdovskiDistill Digital, LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

DecisionLoop

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$69.99
1 purchases

Rate It

One-time1
  • Shared Upgrade$4.99

Questions

Is DecisionLoop free?
DecisionLoop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rate It free?
Rate It is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DecisionLoop or Rate It have ads?
Neither DecisionLoop nor Rate It shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DecisionLoop or Rate It?
DecisionLoop ships an update every 8 months, and Rate It every 8 days. Most recently, DecisionLoop was updated on October 31, 2026 and Rate It on October 31, 2026.

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