Comparison

Coleva vs Intentions

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

Head to head
About

Coleva

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Coleva remembers the people who matter, so you don't have to. Just talk. Write a line about your day - "Had coffee with Priya, her daughter Mel starts school in September" - and Coleva quietly files the people, relationships, places and dates, then weaves them into a living map of your world. WHAT YOU GET โ€ข Journal naturally - type or speak, and the details remember themselves โ€ข A living map of everyone you know, and how they all connect โ€ข Gentle nudges before birthdays, and after someone's gone quiet โ€ข Never walk into a catch-up cold - every little thing, in one place โ€ข How you met, gift ideas and big moments, all kept close PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything stays on your iPhone. No account, no cloud, no selling your relationships. Ever. WORKS BETTER WITH APPLE INTELLIGENCE On supported iPhones, Coleva understands even the trickiest sentences entirely on-device - nothing ever leaves your phone. FREE FOREVER Your closest 20 people, the map, journaling and reminders - always free. Coleva Plus opens your whole world: unlimited people, AI gift ideas drawn from someone's story, calendar nudges, photo avatars, app lock and more. Relationships aren't kept. They're tended. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Intentions

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A day is a finite amount of time. Not an infinite list. Most to-do apps let you keep on adding. With no restrictions. Intentions asks how much of the day is actually yours to allocate to tasks โ€” three hours, five, eight โ€š then shows that time filling up as you add to it. When the bar turns red, it is not a warning. It is arithmetic. HOW IT WORKS Add an intention and give it a rough length: 15 minutes, 30, an hour, or two. No sliders, no minute-by-minute entry โ€” false precision is one of the key things that Intentions argues against. The availability bar keeps the running total so you don't have to. Swipe right when something is finished. Swipe left into the Incubator, where it waits - sorted by how long it has been waiting - until you're reading to bring it back into the day. SOMEONE TO KEEP YOU HONEST Pick a coach. Bea is warm and firm and wants you to finish. Nigel keeps score and raises an eyebrow. Ivy does not do pep talks and what simply tell you when something doesn't fit. They watch how your day is stacking up and say something about it: in the morning check-in, in the evening round-up, and when an intention has been carried for five days and needs a genuine decision rather than another chance to carry over. Rename them, swap them when you need a different personality to guide you, or hide them and go at it without guidance. WHAT ELSE DOES INTENTIONS OFFER 1. A dedicated home screen widget: what is next and how full the day is 2. Siri capture โ€” say "Add to my Intentions" and it lands in your Incubator with the app shut 3. A morning check-in and an evening round-up, at times you choose 4. Midnight rollover โ€” anything unfinished incubates or rolls over. Your choice 5. An options that simply refuses anything taking today past your hours 6. Backup to a single file, kept somewhere of your choosing to restore at a time that suits you NO ACCOUNT. NO CLOUD. NO WATCHING There is nothing to sign up for. Your intentions live on your device in a database only this app can read. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is analysed, and there is no server to lose it from. A backup goes where you send it and nowhere else. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Coleva4 screens
Intentions4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Intentions at every 2 days against Coleva's every 10 days. Intentions also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Coleva sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Intentions sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Coleva ships an update every 10 days, Intentions every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Coleva versus Intentions: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColevaIntentions
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 2 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.018.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size4 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuke JettenPaul Morris

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Coleva

Subscriptions2
  • Coleva Plus$3.991 Month
  • Coleva Plus Yearly$39.001 Year
1 purchases

Intentions

Subscriptions1
  • Intentions Pro (Annual)$2.991 Year

Questions

Is Coleva free?
Coleva is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Intentions free?
Intentions is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Coleva or Intentions have ads?
Neither Coleva nor Intentions shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Coleva or Intentions?
Coleva ships an update every 10 days, and Intentions every 2 days. Most recently, Coleva was updated on October 9, 2026 and Intentions on October 4, 2026.

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