Comparison

Peoplebox vs Trovy

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

Head to head
About

Peoplebox

This app helps you remember the important people in your life by storing private notes and setting follow-up reminders. It offers smart organization, freshness indicators, and privacy features, keeping all your data on your device.

Highlights
  • Private notes timeline for contacts
  • Follow-up reminders
  • Smart tags for organization
  • Stale contact detection
  • Freshness indicators
  • Face ID app lock
  • CSV export
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Your contacts tell you who someone is. Peoplebox helps you remember the relationship — what matters, when to follow up, and who needs a check-in. Keep private notes on the people in your life, set follow-up reminders, and never lose touch with the ones who matter. Your relationship notes are stored locally on your iPhone. No account, cloud sync, or analytics. Calling, messaging, email, and exports use the system services or destinations you choose. KEY FEATURES - Private notes timeline for every contact, with optional interaction type (meeting, call, coffee, email, event) - Read-only access to your iOS Contacts so you can attach notes without changing your address book - Create contacts only in Peoplebox without Contacts permission. Names and optional phone, email, company and job title stay in Peoplebox; system contacts are never added or changed. - Smart tags to organize people by Client, Friend, Family, or any custom category you create - Follow-up reminders with multiple lead-time alerts (3 days, 1 day, day-of) - See each follow-up's contact, task, and due date, then tap to open the related person and follow-up - Start a message from a contact's page using the system message composer; choose a number and confirm sending yourself - Stale contact detection: get a gentle nudge when you haven't talked to someone in a while - Per-tag "haven't talked to" thresholds, so you can treat close family differently from acquaintances - Smart Groups that automatically surface favorites, overdue follow-ups, and contacts you have been neglecting - Freshness indicators at a glance: green for fresh, yellow, orange, red for long-silent - Home screen widgets showing your upcoming follow-ups - Face ID app lock for an extra layer of privacy - Readable CSV contact summaries with notes and follow-up history (not a restorable database backup) - No login, no account, no data collection PEOPLEBOX PRO Manage up to 20 contacts with private relationship records for free, counting Peoplebox-only contacts and system contacts with saved records together. Existing records remain editable if Pro expires. CSV export, Face ID / Touch ID app lock, home screen widgets, and all follow-up reminder intervals are available to everyone. Upgrade to Peoplebox Pro for unlimited contacts, custom tags and Smart Groups. - Annual: USD 14.99 per year (a 1-week free trial may be available to eligible subscribers, as confirmed by Apple) - Lifetime: USD 19.99 one-time purchase Prices may vary by region; the App Store shows your current localized price. Existing monthly subscriptions remain supported and can be managed in Apple Account settings. Payment will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period at the stated price. Manage or cancel in Account Settings. A free trial, if offered, automatically converts to a paid subscription unless canceled at least 24 hours before it ends. Lifetime access is a one-time, non-consumable purchase and does not renew. Privacy Policy: https://app-legal-pages.vercel.app/peoplebox/privacy Terms of Service: https://app-legal-pages.vercel.app/peoplebox/terms

About

Trovy

Easily catalog your belongings with photos and details. Organize items by room and container, quickly find what you need, and generate insurance-ready reports. Offers a free tier for up to 20 items, with Pro options for unlimited use.

Highlights
  • Photo-based item entry with AI suggestions
  • Organize by rooms and containers
  • Quick item search by name
  • Detailed item information (price, serial number, receipts)
  • One-tap insurance-ready report export
  • Private data storage
  • Cross-device backup and restore
Features
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Know what you own. Trovy is the home inventory that's fast to build, easy to search, and ready the day insurance asks. Snap a photo and your item becomes a sticker that lands in its room. Organize by rooms and containers, find anything by name, and export an insurance-ready report of your whole home in one tap. WHY TROVY • Snap it in 5 seconds — take a photo, AI suggests the name and category, done • Rooms and containers — mirror how your home actually works: room, box, item • Find it in 3 seconds — search by name and see exactly where it lives: Bedroom › Closet › Winter box • Know what you paid — brand, model, serial number, purchase date, price and receipt on every item • Whole-home report — items, categories and value by room, at a glance • One-tap export — a ZIP with a CSV inventory plus your photos and receipts, laid out the way insurers ask for it • Inbox — capture now, organize later • Sign in with Apple — back up your inventory and restore it on any device PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your photos and inventory are stored privately and are never sold or shared with advertisers. Subject extraction happens on your device. FREE AND PRO Trovy is free for up to 20 items — every room, container and photo included. Upgrade to Trovy Pro for unlimited items and report export: • Pro Monthly — US$2.99 per month, auto-renewing subscription • Pro Yearly — US$19.99 per year, auto-renewing subscription • Pro Lifetime — US$39.99, one-time purchase Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://shipswift.app/trovy/terms Privacy Policy: https://shipswift.app/trovy/privacy Questions or ideas? Reach us at wei@signerlabs.com

Screenshots

Peoplebox4 screens
Trovy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Peoplebox at none against Trovy's shown. Trovy's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Peoplebox sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Trovy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 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 Peoplebox against 5.0 for Trovy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Peoplebox ships an update every 3 months, Trovy every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Peoplebox versus Trovy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPeopleboxTrovy
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer慧慧 高Signer Labs

Customer experience

Peoplebox

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Trovy

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Peoplebox

Subscriptions2
  • Peoplebox Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Peoplebox Pro Annual7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$19.99
3 purchases

Trovy

Subscriptions2
  • Trovy Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Trovy Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Trovy Pro Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Peoplebox free?
Peoplebox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Trovy free?
Trovy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Peoplebox or Trovy?
Peoplebox and Trovy are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Peoplebox or Trovy have ads?
Trovy shows ads; Peoplebox does not.
Which is updated more often, Peoplebox or Trovy?
Peoplebox ships an update every 3 months, and Trovy every 3 days. Most recently, Peoplebox was updated on October 25, 2026 and Trovy on October 24, 2026.

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