Comparison

Lately vs Tilth

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

Head to head
About

Lately

This app helps you stay in touch with the people who matter by tracking when you last connected. Set custom contact cadences and receive reminders for who to reach out to next. It offers a private, offline experience with optional iCloud syncing.

Highlights
  • Custom contact cadences
  • Overdue contact reminders
  • Private contact notes and timeline
  • Offline-first design
  • iCloud syncing
  • Rolodex-style interface
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Lately is an address book that tracks who you're overdue to reach out to. Set a cadence for each person (ex: weekly, monthly, yearly) and Lately tells you who's next. The whole app is one screen: your people, sorted by who you've been out of touch with the longest. Each person has a timer based on the cadence you set. Tap their name when you've reached out and they drop to the bottom. Cadences are flexible. Weekly for your mom, quarterly for your college roommate, yearly for the mentor you still owe a thank-you. When you log a catch-up, you can add a one-line note ("texted about her new job"). Those notes build into a private timeline for each person you can scroll back through years later. Notifications Push notifications are off by default. The list sits there with your overdue people at the top whenever you open it. Turn push on in settings only if you want them. Privacy This isn't a social app. Nobody follows anyone, there's no feed to scroll, and your data never leaves your phone except to sync to your other devices through your own iCloud. We don't run a server, so there's nothing on our end to leak or monetize. Pricing Free for up to three people. $4.99 unlocks unlimited people and birthday reminders, paid once. That's the only purchase in the app. Design Laid out like a physical address book: Instrument Serif for names, Inter for the small type, one ink color. Drag the alphabet rail on the side and the home screen flips into a rolodex. Who it's for If you've thought "I should really text them back" three months running, this is for you. Lately is an address book that stays on your phone, not rented from a company that makes its money by knowing who you know. It works for any kind of friendship or family tie worth maintaining.

About

Tilth

This garden journal helps you track plant health and diagnose issues with detailed logs and automatic weather data. Get personalized insights based on your garden's specific conditions and history.

Highlights
  • Garden bed logging
  • Plant profiling
  • Timestamped check-ins
  • Automated weather data
  • Personalized plant diagnoses
  • Data export
Features
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Tilth is a garden journal that remembers everything. When something isn't growing, you have real answers instead of guesses. Log your whole garden Add beds by type: raised beds, in-ground plots, containers, grow bags, seed trays. Add plants by name or build a profile from scratch. Every check-in, soil reading, and amendment is timestamped and kept on your device. Why isn't this growing? When something goes wrong, Tilth assembles everything it knows: soil composition, pH, recent weather, watering history, your plant's profile, and your specific concern. It sends all of it for analysis. The result is a diagnosis grounded in your actual garden's data, not a generic checklist. Automatic weather, zero effort Daily temperature, rainfall, humidity, and frost events are logged automatically for your location via WeatherKit. Every diagnosis includes 30 days of weather history without you lifting a finger. Built for every garden Vegetables, flowers, shrubs, grasses, herbs, natives. Tilth tracks them all. One pot on a balcony or twenty beds in a backyard. Every plant gets its own profile and history. Your data stays yours Nothing is deleted on downgrade. Everything lives on your device. Export any time. Free to start. Tilth Premium unlocks unlimited beds, unlimited diagnoses, and advanced pattern analysis. Tilth Premium: • Monthly: $4.99/mo • Annual: $29.99/yr Payment will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple Account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions in iOS Settings → Apple Account → Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://gettilth.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://gettilth.com/privacy

Screenshots

Lately4 screens
Tilth4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Tilth at 6 against Lately's 1. On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Lately sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tilth sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lately holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tilth has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lately ships an update fortnightly, Tilth every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and July 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Lately versus Tilth: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLatelyTilth
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJacob WeecesMichael Spearman

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Lately

One-time1
  • Unlock everything$4.99
2 purchases

Tilth

Subscriptions2
  • Tilth Premium (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Tilth Premium (Annual)$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Lately free?
Lately is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tilth free?
Tilth is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lately or Tilth?
Lately is rated higher. Lately averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Tilth averages 4.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Lately or Tilth have ads?
Neither Lately nor Tilth shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lately or Tilth?
Lately ships an update fortnightly, and Tilth every 2 weeks. Most recently, Lately was updated on September 11, 2026 and Tilth on July 9, 2026.

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