Comparison

Currently vs Taozi

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

Head to head
About

Currently

Features
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Everything you're currently into; in one beautiful home. Currently is a media tracker for real life: your current movies and TV, the books you're reading, the music and podcasts you're into. One tidy place for all of it — no account, no login, no tracking. Just your stuff, on your device. WHY YOU'LL LIKE IT • A live list of what you're currently reading, watching & listening to • Your whole watchlist - add as many movies, shows, books, albums or podcasts per category as you want • Beautiful Home Screen & Lock Screen widgets - pick the categories you want to see • Coming Soon - track upcoming releases and get a reminder the day they drop • Share what you're into with a single tap - friends need no account to see it • Private by design - everything stays on your device MADE TO BE SIMPLE No feeds. No follower counts. No noise. Currently is just you and the things you love right now - the anti-social media tracker. CURRENTLY PRO Go Pro to unlock every widget theme, custom accent colors, a finished log with year-in-review stats, and extra categories like Gaming & Podcasts. Subscriptions are monthly or yearly. Pro keeps this indie app alive, no ads, no accounts, ever. Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://web-flax-sigma-68.vercel.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://web-flax-sigma-68.vercel.app/privacy

About

Taozi

Personalize your iPhone's Home Screen with a variety of HD wallpapers and minimalist, retro-inspired widgets. Display clocks, calendars, weather, step counts, and battery information with a clean, ad-free experience.

Highlights
  • HD wallpapers
  • Minimalist widgets
  • Clock, calendar, weather widgets
  • Step count & battery widgets
  • Retro and cute styles
  • Ad-free experience
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Peach is now Taozi. Discover HD wallpapers and minimal, retro-inspired widgets. Personalize your Home Screen with clocks, calendars, weather, step counts, and battery widgets. Want a better-looking iPhone Home Screen without the ads? Taozi is a clean, ad-free widget app with plenty of free widgets and new designs added over time. Instead of filling the app with endless repeated templates, we focus on carefully designing every widget. Discover: • Clock, calendar and weather widgets • Steps, battery, date and time • Minimal, retro, cute and expressive styles • Plenty of free widgets you can use right away • A simple, natural iPhone experience Choose a widget you like and add it to your Home Screen in just a few steps. Keep useful information at a glance while making your iPhone feel more like your own. Taozi is now optimized for iOS 27, with clear, reliable widgets.

Screenshots

Currently4 screens
Taozi3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Currently at daily against Taozi'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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Currently sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Taozi sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Currently ships an update daily, Taozi every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Currently versus Taozi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCurrentlyTaozi
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRakela Roshi玉杰 张

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Currently

Subscriptions2
  • Currently Pro monthly$2.991 Month
  • Currently Pro Annually$17.991 Year
6 purchases

Taozi

One-time6
  • Peach Membership — 30 Days$0.99
  • Peach Membership — 7 Days$0.99
  • Monthly Membership$2.99
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  • Lifetime Upgrade$5.00
  • Peach Premium — 1 Year$9.99
  • Peach Lifetime Membership$14.99

Questions

Is Currently free?
Currently is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Taozi free?
Taozi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Currently or Taozi have ads?
Neither Currently nor Taozi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Currently or Taozi?
Currently ships an update daily, and Taozi every 4 days. Most recently, Currently was updated on October 25, 2026 and Taozi on November 6, 2026.

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