Comparison

Appquaintances vs Garden

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

Head to head
About

Appquaintances

Features
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Ever chat with someone at the gym for ten minutes while frantically trying to remember their name? Appquaintances is the friendly little app that helps you remember everyone you meet. It's not another contacts app. No phone numbers required, no importing your address book, no social feed. Just the things that actually help you remember people: where you met them, what you talked about, and the little details that matter. HOW IT WORKS β€’ Create colorful groups for the places you meet people β€” Pickleball, Yoga, Book Club, the Dog Park, your street. β€’ Add a person in seconds: a name and a quick note ("Lefty with a wicked serve. Just moved here from Denver.") and you're done. β€’ Tag people with details worth remembering β€” Coffee Lover, Runner, New in Town, Has Twins. β€’ People are organized by the date you added them, so "I met her at yoga a couple of weeks ago" is all you need to find someone. β€’ Search everything at once β€” names, notes, and tags. Type "coffee" and there they are. β€’ Add a photo to put a face to the name. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT β€’ A playful, colorful design that makes remembering people feel like a game, not a chore. β€’ Built for speed β€” add someone from the parking lot before the details fade. β€’ Works offline, and everything syncs securely to the cloud when you're back online. β€’ Private by default. No ads, no selling your data, no contact-list uploads. Whether you're new in town, a regular at the courts, a community organizer, or just someone who meets a lot of people β€” Appquaintances turns "Hey… you!" into "Hey, Maya! How was the half marathon?" Names matter. Remember them.

About

Garden

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Garden helps you care for important relationships without relying on memory alone. Add the people you want to stay close to, choose the rhythm that feels right, and keep a simple view of who may need your attention next. Garden turns relationship care into something lighter and more intentional. With Garden, you can: add the people who matter most set how often you want to stay in touch see relationship health at a glance through flower rings create simple plans and invites share invite links that work in the browser, even for people without the app track replies, suggested times, and plan follow-through keep a Home Screen widget for a quieter overview back up your data from inside the app Garden is designed to feel personal, calm, and low-pressure. It does not try to read your private messages or call history. Instead, it helps you stay aware, make plans, and follow through in a more thoughtful way.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

Appquaintances and Garden are too close to call on the numbers: across 3 compared parameters β€” price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Appquaintances versus Garden: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAppquaintancesGarden
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoβ€”
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone β€” betterβ€”
Requires iOS17.0 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size6 MB6 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDriven Development, LLCMykolas Pociunas

In-app purchases

None

Appquaintances

No in-app purchases

None

Garden

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Appquaintances free?
Appquaintances is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Garden free?
Garden is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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