Comparison

Rivet vs Zelune

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

Head to head
About

Rivet

Features
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Rivet puts your calendars, to-dos, notes, and workouts on one timeline. Plan what’s next and see what you’ve done, in one app. Smart Add Type or say what you want to add, like β€œlunch with Sam on Thursday at 1” or β€œmove standup to 4”. Rivet shows the change first. Nothing changes until you tap Add. Plans Your to-dos and threads, one tap from the timeline. Group to-dos, notes, and meetings in a thread. Drag a to-do onto the timeline to give it a time. Calendars See Apple Calendar and Google Calendar events next to your to-dos, and create events from Rivet. Add a Google Meet link to an event and join from the timeline. Your Apple Reminders show too. Later Save links, text, images, and files from Safari or the share sheet. Keep things to watch, read, cook, visit, and buy. Read supported pages in Rivet, highlight passages, and add comments. Drag anything you saved onto the timeline to plan when you’ll do it. Fitness Build a workout, import routines from Hevy or Strong, or paste a workout as plain text. Add it to the timeline, then start it. Rivet takes you through each set and rest. See your rest timer on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Finished workouts save to Apple Health. Meeting notes Record a meeting and Rivet saves the transcript to Notes. On an iPhone with Apple Intelligence, Rivet also lists the key points and decisions. Rivet records only after you start a recording. Capsules Your workouts, the music you played, and what you watched show on the timeline as Capsules. Connect Apple Health, Apple Music, and Trakt to fill them. Memory See each week, month, and year: what you watched, listened to, read, and cooked, where you went, your meetings, and how you moved and slept. Time Machine Scroll back through past days and tap one to open it on the timeline. Sky The sky and the Earth behind the timeline follow the sun. Open Sky to choose a fixed time of day instead. Search Pull down on the timeline to search to-dos, events, notes, meetings, workouts, music, and what you watched. Built into iOS β€’ Siri: on iOS 27, ask Siri to add, move, or finish to-dos, notes, and events, or say β€œmove this to Friday” about what’s on screen. β€’ Shortcuts: add to Rivet, Notes, or Plans, save a link, mark a to-do done, focus on a to-do, start a workout, or mark an episode watched. β€’ Apple Intelligence: Smart Add, meeting notes, and Later use the on-device model on your iPhone. β€’ Live Activities and the Dynamic Island: follow meetings, events, and rest timers. β€’ Widgets: today, what’s next, the week, and the month on the Home Screen and Lock Screen. β€’ Control Center: a Rivet control to search or add. β€’ Spotlight: find your to-dos, notes, and events. β€’ Share sheet and Safari: save links, text, images, and files to Later. β€’ Apple Health, Apple Music, Apple Calendar, and Apple Reminders. β€’ iCloud sync between iPhone and Mac, Sign in with Apple, and Family Sharing. Privacy Smart Add works on your iPhone. You can let it send a hard sentence to Claude or Gemini for a better result. That’s off unless you turn it on. Fitness asks before it sends a question to Claude. Health data stays on your iPhone. Your timeline syncs through your iCloud account. Try it free, then pay for it once Use all of Rivet free for 14 days. Then pay once to keep everything running. No subscription. Family Sharing includes your family. After the trial, you can still read everything you added. Reminders stop, and Health, Music, and Trakt stop updating. Your local price shows before you buy. If you bought a plan before, it keeps working. Terms: https://rivetcal.app/terms Privacy: https://rivetcal.app/privacy Icons by Icons8: https://icons8.com

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Zelune

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The hardest part isn't the to-do list. It's crossing the line from "I know I need to" to actually beginning. Zelune meets you right at that threshold. Not a task manager. Not another calendar. No streaks to break, no guilt when you miss a day, nothing new to keep up with. WHAT'S INSIDE β€’ Today's Focus β€” one gentle screen, never an overwhelming list β€’ Quick Nudge β€” break any task into tiny, doable steps β€’ SOS β€” when you're frozen or spiraling, open a calm full-screen space and talk it through. Zelune helps you find the smallest possible starting point. β€’ Gentle check-ins β€” soft morning, afternoon, and evening nudges (never nagging) β€’ Evening reflection β€” a kind moment to close the day β€’ Weekly patterns β€” see how you've been showing up, over time WHAT ZELUNE WON'T DO No streaks. Nothing to break, nothing to lose when you disappear for a week. No badges, no points, no progress bars. No guilt copy. Ever. Nobody tells you you're behind. Your SOS conversations and reflections are encrypted. Your writing is never sold and never used to train anything. If you're ever in crisis, Zelune will always point you to real human help. WHO IT'S FOR Adults diagnosed late, or never. People who know exactly what to do and cannot make themselves start. If "just make a list" has never once worked for you β€” that's the thing this was built around. FREE, PERMANENTLY 4 tasks a day, 12 a week 3 SOS sessions a week No card, no expiry ZELUNE PRO β€” $9.99/month Unlimited tasks Unlimited SOS support Weekly Pattern reports Faster help when you need it Starts with 7 days on Pro. No card required. Subscription auto-renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://zelune.app/privacy

Screenshots

Rivet4 screens
Zelune4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Rivet at 3 against Zelune's 1. Zelune's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Rivet sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Zelune sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Rivet versus Zelune: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRivetZelune
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size126 MB18 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperJames Whelan东阳 黎

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Rivet

Subscriptions2
  • Rivet Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Rivet Pro - Annual$44.991 Year
One-time1
  • Rivet Pro - Lifetime$149.99
2 purchases

Zelune

Subscriptions2
  • Zelune Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Zelune Pro7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Rivet free?
Rivet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Zelune free?
Zelune is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Rivet or Zelune have ads?
Neither Rivet nor Zelune shows ads.

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