Comparison

avec. vs Otti

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

Head to head
About

avec.

This app allows couples, friends, and families to create a private shared diary. Document your journey together with entries, photos, and location mapping. Relive memories and plan future adventures.

Highlights
  • Private shared diary for couples
  • Collaborative entries with photos
  • Location mapping of memories
  • On This Day memory recall
  • Shared wishlists (Somedays)
  • Exportable diary and photobooks
Features
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Some moments are too good to keep to yourself, but you don't want to share them with the world, either. avec. is a private diary for couples, close friends, and families. Write entries together, relive memories on the day they happened, and build a living record of your relationship — one day at a time. A diary that belongs to both of you — Every diary is private and shared only between its members. Write about your day, add photos, react to each other's memories, and watch your story grow entry by entry. avec. feels like a journal and works like a conversation. Everywhere you've been, together — Tap the globe icon to see a map of every place you've visited as a dot on the map. Tap any pin to relive the memory — photos, notes, and all. The longer you use avec., the richer your map becomes. On This Day — Every morning, avec. surfaces what happened on this date in previous years. Tap to see the full entry, photos included. A quiet, beautiful way to remember how far you've come. Trips, beautifully captured — Planning a trip or just got back? Add it to your diary and let avec. do the rest. Import your photos and avec. automatically organizes them by day and place using GPS — so every stop is mapped, every moment is where it belongs. Somedays — a wishlist you share — Keep a running list of things you want to do together. Restaurants to try, places to visit, experiences to have. Filter by category or travel, and convert a someday into a trip when you're ready to make it happen. Export your story — on screen and in print — Turn your diary into a beautiful keepsake — or hold it in your hands. Export any entries or a full trip as a print-ready PDF, or order a real photobook delivered to your door. Choose your entries, pick a cover photo, and avec. does the rest: your photos, your words, your story — bound and shipped. Bulk photo import — Select photos from your library and avec. automatically groups them into entries by date. A year of memories, organized in seconds. Built for the way you actually live - Long press any entry to react with an emoji and leave a note for your partner - Location tagging with place search and automatic photo GPS detection - Dark and light mode, because moods change - Push notifications so you never miss a new entry - Fast search across everything you've written - Private by design — your diary is for you and who you share it with avec. For the moments worth keeping Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/.

About

Otti

This app serves as a private digital scrapbook for couples to preserve shared memories. It allows users to save photos, stories, places, and voice notes, creating a timeline of their relationship. Designed for two, it offers a quiet alternative to social media for documenting everyday moments and significant events.

Highlights
  • Shared journal for two
  • Save photos and stories
  • Record voice notes
  • Track places visited
  • Relationship timeline
  • PDF export option
Features
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Otti is the app for two. Play games that show how well you know each other, make your partner a song made just for them, and keep your photos and stories in a private book only you two can see. PLAY TOGETHER Guess Me and This or That turn your relationship into a playful round. Play together across a room or across the world. MAKE THEM A SONG Tell Otti what you want to say. We write the lyrics, sing it, and wrap it as a gift they can open. Every song lives in your book. KEEP YOUR STORY Save photos, words, voice notes, places, and special days in one shared journal. Revisit every photo full screen, follow the days you remember together, and see your places on a map. MADE FOR TWO One book. Two people. No followers, no feed, no audience. Otti is private by design. FREE • Your shared book, memories, voice notes, and places • Two game packs for each game, to replay anytime • Your first song OTTI PLUS • 5 new songs every month • Every game pack and unlimited rounds • Up to 9 photos in a memory • Your book as a designed PDF keepsake Need more songs? Buy extra songs anytime. They never expire. For couples who are dating, engaged, married, or long-distance. Questions: hello@meetotti.com Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://meetotti.com/privacy

Screenshots

avec.4 screens
Otti4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: avec. at free against Otti's freemium. avec. also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. avec. sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Otti sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 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 avec. against 5.0 for Otti. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: avec. has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

avec. ships an update every 3 days, Otti every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
avec. versus Otti: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameteravec.Otti
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAvec Labs LLCKOLADE VICTOR ABOBARIN

Customer experience

avec.

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Otti

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

avec.

Subscriptions6
  • Personal$4.991 Month
  • Group$9.991 Month
  • Organization$14.991 Month
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  • Personal$29.991 Year
  • Group$59.991 Year
  • Organization$99.991 Year
2 purchases

Otti

Subscriptions2
  • Otti Plus Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Otti Plus Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is avec. free?
avec. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Otti free?
Otti is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, avec. or Otti?
avec. and Otti are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 9 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do avec. or Otti have ads?
Neither avec. nor Otti shows ads.
Which is updated more often, avec. or Otti?
avec. ships an update every 3 days, and Otti every 4 days. Most recently, avec. was updated on October 24, 2026 and Otti on October 24, 2026.

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