Comparison

Doolin vs Tanako

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

Head to head
About

Doolin

A private digital space for couples to permanently store and share intimate memories. Capture photos, voice notes, and special moments with enhanced security and control over your shared history.

Highlights
  • Private photo sharing
  • Voice message recording
  • Secure note-taking
  • Timed private messages (Whispers)
  • Date tracking
  • Content filtering by event type
  • Partner access control
Features
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Doolin is where your relationship's story lives — private, permanent, and yours. Unlike gamified relationship apps built for engagement, Doolin is built for intimacy. Each partner owns their own content — full stop. Tiered authentication keeps your content safe, and Blindfold adds another layer of security for your most private moments. And your data isn't the product: it's architecture, with easy export anytime, a promise few relationship apps make. Change your mind? Pause your partners access to your content instead of deleting it outright. A pause holds for 60 days — or until you cancel it — so nothing's ever lost in the heat of the moment. Your content. Your control. Capture your story together: Photos — the ones that matter most Voice Threads — moments captured in your voices Notes — a simple note can mean the world Pulse — a quiet way to let them know they're on your mind Whisper — a private note, sealed until a specific day & time Dates — save all those firsts and all the favorites One touch filters your Thread by event type (ie see all your Dates or Whispers in their own timeline). Two lives. One thread. I'm not a big app company churning out products. I'm a husband to someone I'm deeply in love with, a father to children I'd do anything for, and a hospitality professional who always dreamed of building something to capture a relationship's most special moments. We want Doolin to be the app for your relationship, forever — and we're just getting started. Your feedback shapes where we go next; we're here to serve and keep improving. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://doolin.app/privacy

About

Tanako

Features
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Turn the lights off. Your collection is the only thing glowing. Take a photo. The background comes off on your phone, and the piece steps onto a shelf. Pure black around it, so the only color in the room is the one your collection brought with it. Merch, figures, cards, clothes: it all fits. Each shelf keeps count of how many you have and what you spent. 【Snap it, shelve it】 • The + button sits in the middle: take a photo or pick from your library, the cutout runs on your phone, straight onto the shelf • Multi-select from your library and bring in up to 30 photos at once • Crop it square or round, tilt it a little; not happy with the cutout? Switch back to the original photo anytime • The name is optional. Shelve it first, label it later 【Cabinets, shelves, items】 • A cabinet is a theme: one for your bias, one for your closet, one for your standees • A shelf is a category: cards, badges, standees, gacha, clothes. Pick from 30 templates or name your own • Own more than one of something? An xN badge appears by itself • Long-press to drag things into order, or move them to another shelf 【See the detail, or see it all】 • One tap in the top right switches 2x and 3x: zoom in for detail, zoom out to count the whole cabinet • Two views, In Cabinet and By Item: By Item lines up the cards from every cabinet, all in one place • Tap any piece and it fills the top of the screen, glowing in the color pulled from its own photo 【Count and spend, tallied per shelf】 • Quantity, price, purchase date and notes, all optional, log them only if you want to • Each shelf header shows "N items · total"; anything without a price is never guessed, the total just gets a + after it • The item page works out the subtotal for you, quantity times unit price • Standing in a store wondering "wait, did I already buy this?" One scroll and you know 【Free is plenty】 • No sign-up, works offline, your collection is stored on your phone; AI features are optional and only send data after you agree • Cutout, crop, 2x/3x, By Item and every logging field are free • The free plan holds 2 cabinets and 30 items with unlimited categories. VIP simply makes cabinets and items unlimited 【Subscription details】 • Tanako VIP removes the free plan's limit of 2 cabinets and 30 items: unlimited cabinets, unlimited items • Auto-renewable plans: Monthly / Yearly. Yearly includes a 7-day free trial; cancel any time during the trial and you will not be charged • Subscriptions renew automatically and your Apple Account is charged within 24 hours before the current period ends, unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before that • Manage or cancel in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions • Privacy Policy: https://poyu9090.github.io/keepshelf-site/privacy.html • Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ The lights are off. Bring in your first piece.

Screenshots

Doolin4 screens
Tanako4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Doolin at 15.1 against Tanako's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Doolin sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $99.00 per year and Tanako sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Doolin ships an update every 4 days, Tanako every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Doolin versus Tanako: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoolinTanako
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB8 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJason PerlmutterPoyu Chiang

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Doolin

Subscriptions1
  • Doolin Premium$99.001 Year
3 purchases

Tanako

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Doolin free?
Doolin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tanako free?
Tanako is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Doolin or Tanako have ads?
Neither Doolin nor Tanako shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Doolin or Tanako?
Doolin ships an update every 4 days, and Tanako every 5 days. Most recently, Doolin was updated on October 31, 2026 and Tanako on October 31, 2026.

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