Comparison

Recall vs nora

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

Head to head
About

Recall

Enhance your iOS Contacts with personal CRM features. Add birthdays, anniversaries, notes, and reminders to your contacts to keep track of important details and nurture relationships. All data stays private on your device.

Highlights
  • Personal CRM for contacts
  • Track birthdays and anniversaries
  • Add custom notes and gift ideas
  • Sync reminders with iOS Reminders
  • Organize contacts with tags
  • Dashboard with upcoming events
  • Private and on-device storage
Features
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Recall is the personal CRM hiding inside your iOS Contacts. You already have hundreds of people in your phone. Recall adds the human context around them — birthdays, anniversaries, kids' names, gift ideas, notes from your last conversation — so you never blank on something that matters. It sits on top of the Contacts app you already use. Standard fields (name, phone, email) stay synced with iOS Contacts. The rest — the stuff that makes a relationship a relationship — lives only in Recall, on your device. WHAT YOU CAN TRACK • Birthdays and anniversaries, with a freeform label (Wedding / Met / Sober since / whatever) • Kids' names and birthdays — never forget a niece's birthday again • Per-contact notes for the little things (coffee order, dietary preferences, gift ideas) • Reminders that sync two-way to a dedicated "Recall" list in iOS Reminders — so Siri, Apple Watch, and Mac all see them • Social profile links with one-tap launch • Tags to organize your people (Family, Friend, Business, or whatever you make) • Call logs to track the cadence of your relationships WHAT YOU GET ON THE DASHBOARD • Today's birthdays and anniversaries with a celebratory hero • Reminders due for the day • "Upcoming in 30 days" — never get caught off guard • Smart Lists to slice your people (Birthdays this month, Kids' birthdays this quarter, etc.) • A gentle "maybe reach out?" card when contacts go quiet • Home screen widget showing what's next PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No ads • No in-app purchases • No tracking • No accounts to create • No servers — everything stays on your device Recall is for the people you orbit.

About

nora

Features
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Keep meaningful links and passing thoughts in nora. Add a note when you save, then record your own review separately after exploring the content. - Save links and text by sharing or entering them. - Add purposes and notes as clues for remembering later. - Write a separate review with your own assessment and ideas. - Search saved items and revisit them with reminders. - Share titles, descriptions and original links. Your personal note is included only when you choose it. - Choose saved materials and a focus to explore ideas and questions. - Use AI to organize thoughts or create an outline, and save results with available source information. Check AI suggestions against the original material. Sign in with Google or Apple to manage your saved items. Try AI ideas, thought organization and outlines five times in total for free. You choose whether to send selected content to AI. After the trial, you can request a notification about the upcoming paid service. Joining the list does not start a payment.

Screenshots

Recall4 screens
nora4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: nora at every 5 days against Recall's every 3 weeks. nora also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Recall ships an update every 3 weeks, nora every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Recall versus nora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecallnora
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.215.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArha Ventures LLCWonbae Son

In-app purchases

None

Recall

No in-app purchases

None

nora

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Recall free?
Recall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is nora free?
nora is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Recall or nora have ads?
Neither Recall nor nora shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Recall or nora?
Recall ships an update every 3 weeks, and nora every 5 days. Most recently, Recall was updated on October 31, 2026 and nora on November 10, 2026.

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