Comparison

Fleeting vs Fromly

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

Head to head
About

Fleeting

Features
Read full description

Most thoughts don't survive long enough to make it into a note app. Fleeting is built for the ones that almost got away. Tap once. Capture anything โ€” a passing thought, a voice memo, a photo, a location, a link. Fleeting gets out of your way and lets you think, not type. Every capture is timestamped and kept exactly as it was, a genuine record of the moment. Then comes the part that makes it worth keeping: rediscovery. Fleeting surfaces your thoughts on their anniversaries, nudges you back to ideas you haven't revisited, and quietly builds a picture of your inner life over time. It's not a productivity tool โ€” it's closer to a personal archive with a memory of its own. Capture fast. Text, photos, video, audio, location and links โ€” all in one tap. Look back. On This Day, revisit old thoughts, and rediscover what mattered. Stay private. Everything lives on your device. Your thoughts are yours. Fleeting is a one-time purchase. No subscription required for everything that matters.

About

Fromly

Read full description

Fromly is your second brain with chat: write notes and tasks, and talk to an AI that actually knows them โ€” because it can read and edit them for you. โ€ข Chat with memory: every note, task or document has its own AI conversation. It remembers the context and picks up right where you left off. โ€ข AI that really edits: ask it to add a paragraph, summarize a document, or pull tasks out of a note โ€” and it does it directly, not just tells you about it. โ€ข Agenda & tasks: plan your day, week and month, with recurring tasks and reminders. โ€ข Contexts: group notes and tasks by project or area of your life, each with its own memory. โ€ข Agents: automate the processes you repeat. โ€ข Real-time sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac and web. Free to start. Pro unlocks unlimited AI. Your notes are yours: private and exportable any time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Fleeting4 screens
Fromly3 screens

Verdict

The call

Fleeting and Fromly are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Fleeting sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Fromly sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Fleeting versus Fromly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFleetingFromly
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWilliam HawkenAlberto Lezaun

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Fleeting

One-time1
  • Fleeting Forever$4.99
4 purchases

Fromly

Subscriptions2
  • Fromly Pro Monthly$6.001 Month
  • Fromly Pro Yearly$45.001 Year
One-time2
  • 5M AI tokens$4.00
  • Fromly Lifetime$129.00

Questions

Is Fleeting free?
Fleeting is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fromly free?
Fromly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fleeting or Fromly have ads?
Neither Fleeting nor Fromly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fleeting or Fromly?
Fleeting ships an update every 3 days, and Fromly every 3 days. Most recently, Fleeting was updated on October 9, 2026 and Fromly on October 8, 2026.

Other comparisons