Holo vs 观己 · Becoming
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Holo
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A lot happens every day: what you spent, what you finished, whether your habits held up, how you slept, and the ideas that crossed your mind. Holo puts those scattered records into one clear life dashboard — your life database. Use Holo to track expenses, manage to-dos, build habits, and capture notes and ideas. With Apple Health permission, view steps, sleep, stand hours and workouts. Holo's calendar and Memory Gallery help you review each day instead of losing records across different apps. If you enable AI data processing, HoloAI can organize your records, categorize entries, summarize recent status, and surface clues worth revisiting. AI-generated content is for reference only and is not medical, financial, legal or investment advice. What you can do with Holo: - Expense tracking: log spending, income, categories and accounts, with billing cycles and project budgets. - Screenshot billing: send a bill screenshot to HoloAI and it extracts the amount, category and account (requires AI consent). - To-dos & lists: organize tasks, plans and errands. - Habit tracking: record completions and see your streaks. - Notes & ideas: save thoughts, tags and references; HoloAI automatically groups related notes into topics. - Calendar reviews: look back with weekly and monthly views. - Memory Gallery: long-term change, organized into easy reads. - Health stats: read-only steps, sleep, stand and workout data from Apple Health, plus a new sleep-stage timeline, 24-hour activity distribution and vitals trends. - Home Screen widgets: tasks, habits and spending at a glance — check off habits right from the widget. - AI organization: with your permission, assist categorizing, summarizing and connecting records. - iCloud sync: your records sync across devices via your own iCloud private database. - Data controls: privacy policy, terms, and account/data deletion in-app. Privacy & data: - Holo uses no third-party ad tracking. - Holo does not proactively store the raw text, voice audio or full context you send to AI as user profiles. - For security, rate limiting and troubleshooting, the Holo backend keeps minimized technical logs or summaries, purged on schedule. - Raw health data from Apple HealthKit is never written to or synced with Holo's iCloud database; when AI features need health context, a minimal health summary is sent to the Holo backend and third-party AI services only after you consent to AI data processing.
观己 · Becoming
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"We spend our whole lives on the journey to becoming ourselves." 《Becoming · 观己》 is a personal exploration and cognitive evolution tracker designed just for you. It doesn’t track your efficiency or demand productivity. It is simply a quiet companion, guiding you to observe your current emotions, reflect on past insights, and witness your step-by-step journey of "becoming yourself" through the flow of time. In this noisy digital era, 《Becoming》 carves out a warm, minimalist sanctuary for your mind. With a warm paper-texture UI and a ritualistic layout, every note feels like brushstrokes on fine Washi paper—calm, intentional, and grounded. 【Core Features & Design】 - Cognitive Evolution Tracker: Unlike traditional journals that just log daily events, 《Becoming》 focuses on capturing your mental shifts, cognitive breakthroughs, and psychological growth across different life stages. - Third-Party Emotion Observer: Adopt an outside-in perspective. Treat your emotions with gentle detachment—like watching an inner child with unconditional kindness—to foster a stable, lasting inner peace. - Washi Paper Aesthetics: A soothing, low-consumption, warm rice-white textured layout. No stressful KPIs, no reminders to hustle—just long-term, meditative companionship. - Complete Privacy & Freedom: Supported by independent iCloud sync. Your data belongs exclusively to you; your evolution is yours alone to unfold. 【Who is this for?】 - Deep thinkers, independent creators, and practitioners who value their inner world and introspection. - Anyone seeking a quiet, healing space away from high-pressure daily trackers and data anxiety. - People navigating life transitions who want to clearly see their mental evolution and emotional journey. No matter how fast the world changes, in 《Becoming》, you can slow down—to observe, to record, and to become.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: 观己 · Becoming at daily against Holo's every 4 days. On price, 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
Both are free to download. Holo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and 观己 · Becoming sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Holo ships an update every 4 days, 观己 · Becoming daily. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Holo | 观己 · Becoming |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 予轩 唐 | 世明 梁 |
In-app purchases
Holo
- Holo Plus 月度会员$1.991 Month
- Holo Plus 年度会员$14.991 Year
观己 · Becoming
- 早鸟支持$3.99
- 终身归处$12.99









