Arcave vs Bugles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Arcave
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Arcave is your personal intelligence layer. The more you journal, the more Arcave understands your unique perspective, your experiences, and your life over time. Arcave builds a comprehensive memory of your life — the people you meet, the places you go, and your daily experiences — intelligently connecting your past and present. See how your ideas evolve over the months. Arcave naturally surfaces your recurring topics, your interests, and the concepts you keep returning to. Your entries are yours. Always. Speak or type, attach photos and locations, and let Arcave organize your thoughts. The app that knows you. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Bugles
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Bugle puts every news site and blog you follow in one timeline. When several newsrooms cover the same story, Bugle shows one row with all of them. Coverage shows how the left, center and right reported it, with the headlines side by side and a note when only one side covered it. The day's biggest stories, the ones the most newsrooms are carrying, lead Home. Features: - Follow any RSS or Atom feed, sixteen suggested newsrooms, and local news for ten cities - Stories grouped across outlets, with Coverage and blindspots - Today: the five biggest stories first - Follow topics, mute an outlet or a word - Save stories whole, pictures included, to read offline - Your Reading: the lean of what you actually open - Search, text size, light and dark mode, Apple Watch - Optional account that syncs feeds, saved stories, topics and mutes; reading never needs one - No tracking, no ads
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Arcave at Free against Bugles's $0.99. Arcave also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On 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
Arcave is free to download; Bugles costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Arcave | Bugles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ya Shiuan Lin | Joshua Trommel |
In-app purchases
Arcave
No in-app purchases
Bugles
No in-app purchases









