Comparison

Tenets vs Quarta

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

Head to head
About

Tenets

Features
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Most planning tools optimise for output. Tenets starts with your values — and works backwards to what your year should actually look like. Tenets is a private, on-device life planning tool for people who want to live deliberately, not just productively. VALUES FIRST Before you plan a single goal, Tenets asks what your life stands for. Three reflective questions — with on-device Apple Intelligence to suggest values if you want the help — become the three to five principles everything else serves. Every domain you plan links back to a value, so your year is grounded in what matters, not just what's measurable. ANNUAL OKRS FOR YOUR LIFE Domains replace teams. Objectives stay ambitious. Key results stay honest. The framework that runs great organisations, applied to the one project that actually matters. A guided wizard proposes a full year structure in minutes — you decide what stays. A WEEKLY PULSE Ninety seconds. Energy level, a theme, values alignment, a short note — typed or dictated. The compound effect of staying honest with yourself, week by week. The dashboard tells you when a pulse is due; the widget keeps your progress on your desk. A MONTHLY REVIEW Rate each key result, then talk it through with the council — four on-device AI personas (the Auditor, the Scientist, the Witness, the Philosopher) that read your actual data and ask the questions a good coach would. Every review becomes a written record you can revisit. A LONG VIEW Time Machine shows year-over-year trends, monthly activity heatmaps, and key result history — the shape of your years, not just the last 30 days. IN SYNC, PRIVATELY Your plan follows you — Mac, iPhone, iPad — synced through your own private iCloud. No account with us, no server of ours, no analytics. All AI runs on-device with Apple Intelligence (macOS 26 / iOS 26; every feature has a full manual path without it). Works fully offline without iCloud, and your data is exportable as plain JSON at any time. BUILT FOR THE KEYBOARD ⌘K jumps to any domain, objective, or key result. ⌘1–⌘5 switch views. ⌘N logs a pulse, ⌘⇧R starts a review, ⌘Z undoes. Deliberate planning at the speed of thought. Now on Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

About

Quarta

This app transforms static business planning into a dynamic strategic asset. It offers an interactive workspace for visualizing growth and mitigating risk, with features for action plans and historical analysis. Premium features include advanced reporting and unlimited assessments.

Highlights
  • Dynamic quadrant interaction
  • Strategic action plans with sub-tasks
  • Automated pivot history tracking
  • Executive vector PDF reports
  • Local-first data privacy
  • Unlimited assessments with Pro
Features
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Transform your business planning from a static list into a dynamic strategic asset. Quarta is a premium, high-performance SWOT analysis utility designed for entrepreneurs, corporate strategists, business consultants, academic cohorts, and pretty much anyone else who wants to build something cool. Created natively for iOS, Quarta eliminates cluttered, mobile-unfriendly spreadsheets and replaces them with a sleek, interactive workspace optimized for entrepreneurial thinking. Stress-testing a new startup idea? Mapping out the competitive landscape? Preparing a pitch deck? Analyzing a case study? Growing a business? No matter what, Quarta provides the structure you need to visualize growth and mitigate risk. Features: • DYNAMIC QUADRANT INTERACTION Visualize your Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats using a fluid, color-coded grid arrangement. Tap effortlessly between cards to drill deep into specific metrics or view your high-level strategy as a unified grid ecosystem. • COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC ACTION PLANS An assessment is only useful if it drives action. Quarta lets you attach robust nested sub-tasks, execution steps, and persistent tactical notes to every single matrix item. • AUTOMATED PIVOT HISTORY & EVOLUTION Organizations evolve—and so should your analysis. When an item transitions across categories (e.g., converting a Threat into an Opportunity), Quarta automatically logs the transition date along with your custom reasoning. • EXECUTIVE VECTORS & AIRPRINT PDF EXPORTS - with Quarta Pro ($14.99/year) Generate beautifully formatted, multi-page vector PDF reports ready for stakeholders, investors, or advisors. Use precision time filters to print or share focused historical logs directly from your device. • LOCAL-FIRST DATA PRIVACY Your corporate strategies and startup ideas belong entirely to you. Quarta operates completely local-first with zero external tracking servers, cloud vulnerabilities, or mandatory account registrations. Your data doesn't leave your device. Strategy on the go should be secure, fast, and uncompromised. ------------------------------------- QUARTA PRO (just $14.99 / year) • More assessments: Go beyond two active assessments with Quarta Pro! With free, you get two active assessments. To get more, you can either delete an assessment you no longer need, or upgrade for unlimited assessments. • Reports: Export a beautifully generated report of your assessment in minutes, helping you professionally analyze and present strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, and progress between each. (by upgrading to Quarta Pro, you agree to Apple's License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/)

Screenshots

Tenets4 screens
Quarta4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tenets at none against Quarta's 1. 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. Quarta sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per year. Tenets asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Tenets versus Quarta: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTenetsQuarta
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.117.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDamian SpendelBryce McHose

In-app purchases

None

Tenets

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Quarta

Subscriptions1
  • Quarta Pro$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Tenets free?
Tenets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Quarta free?
Quarta is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tenets or Quarta have ads?
Neither Tenets nor Quarta shows ads.

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