Comparison

friendcrumbs vs Modexe

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

Head to head
About

friendcrumbs

Features
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Most apps treat people like contacts. friendcrumbs helps you actually remember them - the people you meet, what they love, who they know, and the dates worth showing up for. JUST TALK, AND IT BECOMES A CARD Say or type a quick note - "Met Tom in Munich, loves Bayern Munich and indie rock, kids Anna (7) and Max (4), birthday April 12" - and friendcrumbs turns it into structured fields on his card: likes, dislikes, family, birthdays, and more. No forms to fill in, and it's free for everyone. A CARD FOR EVERY PERSON • Likes and dislikes as colorful chips • Family and "knows" as relationship tiles • Pinned birthday, name day, and anniversary reminders • Free-form notes for everything else REMINDERS THAT ACTUALLY FIRE Birthdays, name days, anniversaries, or your own - with a configurable heads-up, delivered as local notifications. Show up for the moments that matter. LINK PEOPLE TOGETHER Mark who knows whom - cousin, colleague, old roommate - and see the little social graph in your life. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your notes live in your private iCloud database, end-to-end encrypted, with no account to create and no ads. We don't sell your data. The smart structuring runs on your device by default. For a couple of languages Apple's on-device intelligence can't handle (such as Czech and Bulgarian), you can opt in to cloud structuring, which sends that note's text to our service to organize it - it stays off until you turn it on, and you can turn it back off anytime. MAKE IT YOURS - PRO Add your own fields - Hobbies, Places, Favorite gifts, anything - and toggle them per person to keep each card clean. PRICING • Free: up to 5 people, voice and AI capture, reminders, and all the core features • Pro: unlimited people and custom fields - $3.99/month or $29.99/year Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://friendcrumbs.com/privacy notes that keep friends close.

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Modexe

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MODEXE: TWO WAYS TO WRITE, ONE PLACE TO THINK. Modexe bridges note-taking and real relational databases, natively on iPad, iPhone, and Mac. Write freely on one side and let that writing connect to structured, searchable data on the other. No prior database knowledge is required: You describe the things you care about, link them in plain language, and Modexe handles the rest. WRITE THE WAY YOU THINK • A clean, fast editor built on Apple's modern text engine. • Write in Markdown with live formatting, three heading levels, bold, italic, highlight, inline code, links, and per-paragraph alignment. • Type "/" anywhere to drop in something richer MODS: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR YOUR DOCUMENTS • Insert self-contained blocks for text, checklists, lists, tables, images, files, and handwriting. • Collapse, lock, reorder, move, sync, and reuse them across different documents. • Nothing is ever lost: removed blocks go to a drawer you can restore from anytime. A REAL RELATIONAL DATABASE, MADE SIMPLE • Create tables for anything: clients, courses, assignments, guests, invoices, tasks, or job applications. • Type what a column is for, and Modexe picks the right type. • Add columns for text, numbers, dates, currency, and color-coded statuses. • Link tables together by simply answering "How many can connect?" STRUCTURE THAT DOES THE WORK • Lookups and rollups that calculate across your linked records automatically. • Filtered views, kanban boards, and workspaces to see your data any way you need. WORKSPACES, BUILT FROM YOUR OWN STRUCTURE • Modexe assembles a workspace from the tables and links you defined: the relationships you drew are the layout. • Nothing is guessed, and nothing is generated. The same data always produces the same workspace, and it works with no network connection. • Change a link or a column, and the workspace follows. YOUR NOTES, CONNECTED TO YOUR DATA • Drop a relational chip to reference a real record. • Rename the record and the chip updates everywhere. • Every mention becomes a backlink, so from any client or course you can see every note that touches it, with no manual filing. WRITE BY HAND • Full Apple Pencil support on iPad: create handwritten documents with ruled lines, grids, and auto-extending pages. • Drop a sketch directly into a typed document. • On iPhone, draw with your finger. • Handwriting created on iPad or iPhone is viewable on Mac and syncs with the rest of your work. WORK IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE • Open a second document side-by-side in the Companion sidebar. • View a record next to your notes, or drag a Modexe Module from one document to another seamlessly. START FAST • Choose a preset for notes, courses, event planning, or a sales pipeline, and begin with real structure instead of a blank project. • A guided tour walks you through the essentials, and Help is always a tap away. YOUR DATA IS YOURS • Modexe is local-first: it works fully offline, with everything stored on your device. • Signed into iCloud, your work syncs privately across your Apple devices. • Import and Export as CSV anytime. No lock-in, ever. Modexe is a place to think. Write as freely as a notebook, and let it quietly become organized, connected knowledge. Pro is available as a one-time purchase or a monthly subscription. The one-time purchase includes all future Pro updates. The subscription renews automatically until canceled and can be managed in your Apple Account settings. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

friendcrumbs4 screens
Modexe4 screens

Verdict

The call

friendcrumbs and Modexe are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. friendcrumbs sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Modexe sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
friendcrumbs versus Modexe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterfriendcrumbsModexe
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStanislav IvanovNicholas Leitenberger

In-app purchases

2 purchases

friendcrumbs

Subscriptions2
  • friendcrumbs Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • friendcrumbs Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
2 purchases

Modexe

Subscriptions1
  • Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is friendcrumbs free?
friendcrumbs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Modexe free?
Modexe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do friendcrumbs or Modexe have ads?
Neither friendcrumbs nor Modexe shows ads.

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