Comparison

Roundtail vs JustURLs

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

Head to head
About

Roundtail

This app helps you keep your personal affirmations and important thoughts visible on your device's home and lock screens. Customize their appearance and receive gentle, customizable notifications to reinforce your chosen principles.

Highlights
  • Create custom quote widgets
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen integration
  • StandBy mode display
  • Customizable notifications
  • Categorization and search
  • Private journal with Face ID protection
  • On-device data storage
Features
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There's an old Indian saying: a dog's tail can never be straightened. No matter how long you hold it down, it curls right back. We're a little like that too. The lessons we most want to live by — be patient, speak slowly, assume good intent — are exactly the ones that keep slipping back into old shape. Roundtail is built for that patient, stubborn work of straightening the tail anyway: not by handing you someone else's wisdom, but by keeping your own words in front of you, day after day, until they start to hold. WRITE WHAT MATTERS Capture a thought in seconds — "speak slowly," "assume good intent," "call your mom." Style it your way with a rich set of fonts, colors, backgrounds, and layouts, so every reflection looks as distinct as it feels. SEE IT EVERYWHERE Add Roundtail widgets to your Home Screen and Lock Screen, or let your words appear in StandBy while your phone charges. One of your reflections, surfaced at random, right where you'll notice it. NOTIFICATIONS ON YOUR TERMS Choose when and how often your reflections reach you. No streaks, no pressure — just a quiet nudge toward what you've decided matters. STAY ORGANIZED Group reflections into categories, search everything instantly, and keep an optional private journal protected by Face ID. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything lives on your device and syncs through your own iCloud. No account, no sign-up, no servers — and nothing is ever collected or shared. Your words stay yours. Free. No ads. No subscriptions. The tail may never stay straight. That's not the point. Showing up to straighten it — that's the whole idea.

About

JustURLs

Save links with context to remember why you saved them. Add notes, categorize, and search your saved content. Keep your links private and on-device.

Highlights
  • Save URLs with notes, categories, and topics
  • Share Extension for saving from other apps
  • Duplicate link detection
  • Searchable saved links and notes
  • On-device topic suggestions
  • Favorite and archive links
  • Export saved links
Features
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JustURLs is a simple place to save links with the context that makes them useful later. You know the moment: you find an article, video, tool, recipe, or idea worth keeping—but by the time you return to it, you cannot remember why you saved it. JustURLs helps you keep the URL and the reason together. Save links from Safari and other apps using the iOS Share Sheet. Add a quick note, choose a category and optional topic, favorite the important ones, archive the rest, and search when you need to find something again. Features: • Save URLs with notes, categories, and topics • Save links from other apps with the Share Extension • Detect duplicate links before saving • Search saved links, notes, categories, and topics • Get private, on-device topic suggestions • Favorite the links you return to most • Archive links without deleting them • Export your saved links when you need a copy • Keep your saved links and notes stored locally on your iPhone JustURLs is designed to be calm, private, and useful—without turning link saving into another feed to manage. Save up to 10 links free. Lifetime Unlimited is available as a one-time in-app purchase with no subscription.

Screenshots

Roundtail4 screens
JustURLs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Roundtail at none against JustURLs's 1. JustURLs's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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. JustURLs sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Roundtail 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 Roundtail against 5.0 for JustURLs. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Roundtail versus JustURLs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoundtailJustURLs
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVedantha Kartheek Thirumala SreenivasanAmcle IT Solutions Inc

Customer experience

Roundtail

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

JustURLs

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

In-app purchases

None

Roundtail

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

JustURLs

One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlimited$3.99

Questions

Is Roundtail free?
Roundtail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is JustURLs free?
JustURLs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Roundtail or JustURLs?
Roundtail and JustURLs are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Roundtail or JustURLs have ads?
Neither Roundtail nor JustURLs shows ads.

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