Comparison

Arcave vs Bugles

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

Head to head
About

Arcave

Features
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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/

About

Bugles

Features
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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

Screenshots

Arcave4 screens
Bugles3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Arcave is free to download; Bugles costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Arcave versus Bugles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArcaveBugles
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYa Shiuan LinJoshua Trommel

In-app purchases

None

Arcave

No in-app purchases

None

Bugles

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Arcave free?
Arcave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bugles free?
Bugles costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Arcave or Bugles have ads?
Neither Arcave nor Bugles shows ads.

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