Comparison

inTouch vs Branchnote

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

Head to head
About

inTouch

This app helps you maintain meaningful connections by reminding you to reach out to people at custom intervals. Log interactions to reset timers and visualize your social network with interactive graphs and custom groupings. It offers private, device-based storage with no tracking or ads.

Highlights
  • Customizable contact reminder intervals
  • Interaction logging (calls, texts, meetups)
  • Interactive social network graph
  • Contact grouping into 'Circles'
  • Rich contact profiles with interaction history
  • Private, device-based data storage
Features
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inTouch helps you stay connected with the people who matter. Set a reminder cadence for each person in your life. Get a nudge when it's time to reach out. Log the interaction, and the timer resets, helping you stay inTouch! REMINDERS THAT FIT THE RELATIONSHIP • Custom intervals per contact • Log calls, texts, meetups, emails, and video chats YOUR NETWORK, VISUALIZED • An interactive graph shows everyone you care about and how they connect • Group people into Circles — a friend group, a work team, a family — and see your social worlds cluster together • Color-coded relationships with custom labels and directionality RICH CONTACT PROFILES • Notes, occupation, interests, and a full interaction timeline • Always know when you last talked and what you talked about PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • Everything lives on your device and syncs via iCloud • No account, no tracking, no ads EVERYTHING ABOVE IS FREE No trial, no paywall, no catch. Import your contacts in one tap and start. IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT ME — $1.99/MONTH keeps a one-person app going and unlocks... • Insights — see who you're drifting from, measured against your own usual pace with each person rather than a fixed schedule • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets — who's due today, plus a quick-add button for someone you just met • History Calendar - quickly see who you've reached out to, and when inTouch isn't social media. It's a quiet place to remember the people you love. This app uses the standard Apple EULA (Terms of Use): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Branchnote

Organize your thoughts and tasks with a hierarchical note-taking system. Create branches for topics, add sub-branches, and write notes using Markdown formatting. Secure your notes with a passcode and biometrics.

Highlights
  • Branch-based organization
  • Nested sub-branches
  • Markdown writing
  • Checkbox lists
  • Full-text search
  • Passcode and biometric lock
  • Local backup and restore
Features
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Branchnote is a notes app organized around branches — named containers, one per topic, with every note living in exactly one of them. Branches can hold sub-branches, as many levels deep as you like. Every branch is its own feed. Type at the top to add a note, and pin one to keep it at the top of the branch. No account needed. Open the app and start writing. ORGANIZE BY TOPIC Make a branch for work, recipes, reading, half-formed ideas — whatever you actually keep notes about. Add sub-branches to any branch, like Recipes/Desserts/Cookies. Move a note, or a whole branch with everything in it, whenever something ends up in the wrong place. WRITE IN MARKDOWN Headings, bold, italics, and links that render as cards. Bullet, numbered, and checkbox lists, nested up to four levels, with checkboxes you can tick right in the note. Formatting renders as you type, and a toolbar above the keyboard applies any of it without having to remember the syntax. FIND ANYTHING Full-text search across every note, ranked by relevance, with matching excerpts pulled out and your search terms highlighted in the results. LOCK IT Set a passcode and Branchnote locks every time you return to it. Unlock with your passcode, or with biometrics if your device supports it. Your notes stay covered in the app switcher. BACK IT UP Copy your notes into a single file and save it wherever you like, then restore it whenever you need to.

Screenshots

inTouch4 screens
Branchnote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Branchnote at none against inTouch's 1. Branchnote also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. inTouch sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Branchnote asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for inTouch against 5.0 for Branchnote. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

inTouch ships an update every 2 months, Branchnote weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
inTouch versus Branchnote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterinTouchBranchnote
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings55
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTHOMAS NIELSEN TSEKERIDESBranchnote LLC

Customer experience

inTouch

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Branchnote

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

inTouch

Subscriptions1
  • Subscription$1.991 Month
None

Branchnote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is inTouch free?
inTouch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Branchnote free?
Branchnote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, inTouch or Branchnote?
inTouch and Branchnote are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do inTouch or Branchnote have ads?
Neither inTouch nor Branchnote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, inTouch or Branchnote?
inTouch ships an update every 2 months, and Branchnote weekly. Most recently, inTouch was updated on November 5, 2026 and Branchnote on November 6, 2026.

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