Comparison

Control vs MegaMessenger

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

Head to head
About

Control

Consolidate your daily trackers, planners, and reminders into a single, elegant app. Monitor habits, budgets, fitness, and more directly from your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or Live Activities. Enjoy a private experience with all data stored locally and synced via iCloud.

Highlights
  • 20+ customizable iOS widgets
  • Track habits, budget, fitness, and more
  • Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Live Activities support
  • Private data storage on device
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • No sign-ups or dark patterns
Features
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Your Home Screen, redesigned. Control is a library of 20+ beautifully crafted iOS widgets - every tracker, planner, and reminder you actually use, gathered in one app. Habits, budget, fitness, medication, birthdays, travel, and much more, all glanceable from your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Live Activities. No more juggling ten single-purpose apps. No sign-ups, no dark patterns. - TRACK EVERYTHING - • Habits - daily routines, streaks, goals • Budget - spending, savings, monthly limits • Subscriptions - see exactly what's recurring and when • Portfolio - track your investments • Debt - loans and credit cards, payoff progress • Currency - live exchange rates between any two currencies • Fitness - steps, workouts, calories burned via Apple Health • Calories - daily intake, weight goals • Period - cycle tracking with predictions • Medication - dose reminders for every prescription • Birthdays - pulled from Contacts, never forget another one • Books - what you're reading, with auto-fetched covers • Movies - your watchlist with poster art • Pets - feeding, walks, vet visits • Vehicle - mileage, services, fuel logs • Hotel & Travel - live check-out countdowns and trip dashboards • Past Trips - a souvenir of where you've been • Food Expiration - what's in your fridge and when it spoils • Game Tracker - leaderboards plus a multi-touch player picker • Speedometer - live drive sessions • Clipboard - quick-paste from history • To-do - checklists that sync across devices • Quit Tracker - sober days, money saved, life regained - PRIVATE BY DEFAULT - Everything is stored on your device and synced privately through your own iCloud account. No external servers. No tracking. No analytics SDKs. Your habits, finances, and reminders are yours. Control is built for people who want their Home Screen to do something useful. - Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

MegaMessenger

Easily send the same message to multiple contacts individually without using group chats. Organize recipients into named groups for quick selection and attach photos. Sync data across devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Send individual messages to many contacts
  • Attach photos to messages
  • Create and manage named contact groups
  • Assign keyboard shortcuts to groups (macOS)
  • Search and favorite contacts
  • Review send history
  • Works with iMessage and SMS
Features
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If you need to send the same message to a bunch of people separately but don’t want to copy and paste it every time, and you don’t want to use group chats, MegaMessenger is for you. Whether you’re coordinating with your team, reaching out to clients, or keeping family and friends in the loop, MegaMessenger handles the heavy lifting. Select your recipients, write your message once, and send — each person gets their own individual message, never a group chat. What you can do: Send to dozens (hundreds!) of contacts with just a few clicks — each receives a personal, individual message. No group chats are needed to send everyone the same message! Attach photos to your messages Build named Groups (Family, Work, Book Club) for one-tap recipient selection Assign keyboard shortcuts (⌘1–⌘9) to your groups for instant access. (macOS and iOS are both included in your purchase) Search and favorite your most-used contacts Review your full send history to easily re-send a past message if you missed someone. Works with iMessage and SMS — automatically falls back to SMS when iMessage isn’t available How it works: MegaMessenger uses the Messages app or Google Voice app on your device to send each message. No third-party servers. No account required. Your messages route through Apple’s or Google’s infrastructure, just like sending manually — only faster. Log in with iCloud: Sync your Groups and Message History across all of your devices. Login with Google and the Google Voice app are required for Google Voice to work (iOS only) Privacy first: Your contacts and messages never leave your device. MegaMessenger reads your Contacts and controls the Messages app locally — that’s it. By using MegaMessenger, you agree to Apple’s Standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement (EULA). For more information, please visit https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Control4 screens
MegaMessenger4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Control at Free against MegaMessenger's $2.99. MegaMessenger's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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

Control is free to download; MegaMessenger costs $2.99 up front. Control sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MegaMessenger asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MegaMessenger holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Control ships an update every 6 days, MegaMessenger weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Control versus MegaMessenger: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterControlMegaMessenger
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.226.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlex Patrick PalaceanMichael Jandreau

Customer experience

Control

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MegaMessenger

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Control

One-time1
  • Control Lifetime$9.99
None

MegaMessenger

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Control free?
Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MegaMessenger free?
MegaMessenger costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Control or MegaMessenger?
MegaMessenger is rated higher. Control averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while MegaMessenger averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Control or MegaMessenger have ads?
Neither Control nor MegaMessenger shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Control or MegaMessenger?
Control ships an update every 6 days, and MegaMessenger weekly. Most recently, Control was updated on October 16, 2026 and MegaMessenger on October 15, 2026.

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