Comparison

Control vs Recall

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

Recall

Features
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Ever save a video, article, or product because you'll "look at it later"... and then never do? Recall is the place to keep everything you want to come back to. Save videos, articles, recipes, products, and websites from anywhere, organize them into collections, and set reminders for the things that matter. The best part? Recall doesn't rely only on reminders. It automatically resurfaces older saves, helping you rediscover things you completely forgot about. With Recall you can: Save links from your favorite apps and websites Organize everything into collections Set reminders to revisit important content Rediscover older saves automatically Search your library in seconds Open content directly from its original source We all save things with the intention of coming back to them. Recall helps make sure you actually do.

Screenshots

Control4 screens
Recall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Recall at none against Control's 1. Recall also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.2). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Control sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Recall asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Control versus Recall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterControlRecall
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.215.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlex Patrick PalaceanBRYAN WILLIAM BLITMAN

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Control

One-time1
  • Control Lifetime$9.99
None

Recall

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Control free?
Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Recall free?
Recall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Control or Recall have ads?
Neither Control nor Recall shows ads.

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