Logline vs LIFE/CTRL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Logline
This app allows you to record your thoughts, actions, and future plans in a simple, chronological timeline. It offers unlimited free recording, offline access, and powerful search capabilities. Export your data in various formats and sync across devices with an optional subscription.
- Chronological timeline recording
- Unlimited free note-taking
- Offline access
- Full-text search and filtering
- Markdown, JSON, CSV export
- Optional Mac sync
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No folders. No hierarchy. What you thought, what you did, what comes next. Nothing to sort, no deciding where things go β everything simply lines up in the order you wrote it. Logline is a log app that keeps your day as a single line. β Writing stays free Creating, editing, and deleting records β and reading your past logs β has no limits. No "you can't read anything older than 30 days." β It stays on your device Records are stored in a database on your device. Unless you turn on sync, nothing you write leaves it. No signal? Keep writing. β Notes and tasks, side by side A record with a checkbox is a task. Logline isn't a planner, so there are no repeats and no reminders. Write it, check it off, read it back later. That's all. β Start from anywhere Widgets on your Home Screen and Lock Screen, a long-press on the app icon, or the share button in Photos and Safari β start a log in a second. β Find it later Full-text search, plus filters by type (note/task) and tag. The week and month calendar takes you straight to any day. β Take it with you Export as Markdown, JSON, or CSV. What you write is always yours to take out. β Works with your Mac With Logline Sync, what you write on your iPhone shows up on your Mac's timeline too. Anything written offline merges the next time you connect, and if the same record is edited on both, the newer edit wins. β Plans β Logline (free) Unlimited records. Full-text search, up to 5 tags, Light mode and the Default palette. Logline Plus (one-time purchase) Unlimited tags, dark mode and extra palettes, app icons and fonts, photos in your logs, and export. Logline Sync (subscription) Everything in Plus, plus automatic sync between your Mac and iPhone. β About the subscription β Logline Sync is an auto-renewing subscription, billed monthly or annually. Prices for your region are shown in the app and on the App Store. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically at the same price unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it anytime in your App Store account settings. Cancelling never deletes the records you've written. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Logline Terms: https://loglineweb.netlify.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://loglineweb.netlify.app/privacy.html
LIFE/CTRL
This app helps you build and manage daily routines using customizable templates. It allows you to create reusable activity blocks, arrange them into daily schedules, and assign these schedules to specific dates. Widgets provide at-a-glance progress and task completion without needing to open the app.
- AI-powered day creation
- Reusable activity parts
- Customizable LIFE templates
- Calendar assignment
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- TODO items and alarms
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Most days follow a familiar flow. In LIFE/CTRL you build that flow first as a pattern, a LIFE, then add each day's plans on top of it. Make as many LIFEs as you like: weekdays, days off, days out and more. Put a LIFE on a calendar date and it becomes that day's plan. Add plans or changes for just that day, and the pattern stays as it is. Inside a LIFE, the day is divided into blocks by time and task, and you add parts, your actions, to each block. Your Home Screen widget keeps showing the tasks you need right now. γHow it worksγ β Create with CTRL Answer a few questions and CTRL builds a day from wake-up to sleep. You can also type a request to adjust an existing LIFE, create a part, or add TODO items and alarms. β Build reusable parts Turn brushing your teeth, meals, work, shopping and other activities into timed parts. Choose an icon and colour, then reuse each part across multiple LIFE templates. β Arrange your day Place parts inside blocks such as WAKE, WORK, HOME and SLEEP. Since wake-up starts the day and sleep ends it, schedules that cross midnight, including night shifts, work naturally. β Assign LIFE templates to dates Assign a LIFE to a calendar date to create that day. Keep settings that apply every time separate from changes for one specific date. β Run the day from widgets Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show the current block and its parts. Mark actions complete without opening the app. β TODO items and alarms Store belongings or steps inside a part as TODO items. Alarms support sound, snooze and vibration-only options. Available in Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Korean and Spanish. Free, with no ads or in-app purchases. Your routine data is stored on your device. Only if you allow CTRL's input interpretation is the text you type sent through our server to Google Gemini. Alarm features require iOS 26 or later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LIFE/CTRL at none against Logline's 3. LIFE/CTRL also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). Logline's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Logline sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. LIFE/CTRL asks for nothing beyond the download.
Logline ships an update every 5 days, LIFE/CTRL every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Logline | LIFE/CTRL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 2 days β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free β better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 β better | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jun Hayashi | YUKIYA SHIMODA |
Customer experience
Logline
LIFE/CTRL
In-app purchases
Logline
- Logline Sync$1.991 Month
- Logline Sync$19.991 Year
- Logline Plus$6.99
LIFE/CTRL
No in-app purchases









