Comparison

Dingly vs Thought Relay

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

Head to head
About

Dingly

Features
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Dingly reads the calendars you choose and rings a real alarm before each meeting, so you're never caught off guard. - Real alarms: Dingly uses the same system alarms as the Clock app, so they ring even when your iPhone is on silent or in a Focus, and even if Dingly isn't open. - Two alerts per meeting: 15 minutes and 1 minute before by default. Change either one. - Meetings that start at the same time share one alarm. - Snooze or stop right from the alarm. - Skip a single meeting with a swipe; it won't ring on any of your devices. - Join Zoom, Google Meet, Teams or Webex calls right from the list or the countdown. - A countdown to your next meeting in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen, in your calendar's color. It appears with the first alarm, keeps counting down to the last one, and goes away when you stop it. Only ever one per meeting. - Choose from a set of pleasant alarm sounds. - Ignore meetings by keyword (like "lunch"), skip weekends, and pick which calendars to watch. - See your meetings for the days ahead, and keep up with your calendar automatically. A Shortcuts action can sync it any time. - Pause for a vacation, get a morning summary, ask Siri or use the widget to join or skip a meeting, and get a warning if a meeting's video link changes. - Add a short note to any meeting; it shows highlighted on its alarm and countdown. - Ring earlier for the meetings that need it: choose a first alert for one meeting, a whole series, or every meeting with a keyword like "kid pickup". - Works on iPhone, iPhone Duo and iPad, in English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Requires iOS 26.

About

Thought Relay

Features
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Catch the thought before it disappears. Thought Relay is a fast, focused notebook for ideas that arrive in the middle of everything else. FREE CORE, UNCHANGED โ€ข Capture, edit, search, pin, share, and delete notes โ€ข Organize with Inbox, Next, Ideas, Words, and Life channels โ€ข See live word count โ€ข Work without an account OPTIONAL iPHONE FEATURES A separate one-time purchase adds voice capture, the original audio kept with the note, on-device transcription when the device supports it, per-note locking with Face ID, Touch ID, or passcode, and live character count. If on-device transcription is unavailable, Thought Relay still saves the recording and note. OPTIONAL APPLE WATCH FEATURES A separate one-time purchase adds spoken capture from your wrist, Quick Checklists that stay in step with the paired iPhone, recent-note glance, and a Speak a thought complication. Buy the Watch features from Thought Relay on the paired iPhone, then open the Watch app. A Watch recording stays queued until the iPhone confirms the note was saved. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Thought Relay has no account, ads, analytics, or tracking. Notes, recordings, transcripts, checklists, and the local purchase-funnel event log are not uploaded to Myworkingmemory. Watch content travels only between the paired Apple devices using WatchConnectivity. Locked note contents never go to Watch. Thought Relay is a general-purpose notes app. It is not a medical product and does not diagnose, treat, or manage ADHD or any other condition. Terms | https://www.myworkingmemory.ai/thought-relay-terms.html Privacy | https://www.myworkingmemory.ai/thought-relay-privacy.html

Screenshots

Dingly4 screens
Thought Relay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Dingly at every 6 days against Thought Relay's monthly. Thought Relay's advantage is device support (5 vs 2) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dingly ships an update every 6 days, Thought Relay monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Dingly versus Thought Relay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDinglyThought Relay
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 days โ€” betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro โ€” better
Requires iOS26.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size13 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJiro FeingoldMyworkingmemory LLC

In-app purchases

None

Dingly

No in-app purchases

None

Thought Relay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dingly free?
Dingly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Thought Relay free?
Thought Relay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dingly or Thought Relay have ads?
Neither Dingly nor Thought Relay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dingly or Thought Relay?
Dingly ships an update every 6 days, and Thought Relay monthly. Most recently, Dingly was updated on October 28, 2026 and Thought Relay on October 22, 2026.

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