Comparison

Commonplace vs Rest Assured

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

Head to head
About

Commonplace

This app helps you retain information from books and audiobooks by prompting you to write down your thoughts after each chapter. It then asks you questions to reinforce learning and provides a summary of your notes when you finish.

Highlights
  • Chapter-based note-taking
  • Active recall prompts
  • Customizable questions
  • End-of-book summaries
  • Export notes (text/JSON)
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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Commonplace is for people who finish a book and cannot remember what was in it. It is not a highlighter and not a summary service. You write, in your own words, what stayed with you after a chapter. That is the whole ask — a few sentences, typed or dictated, while it is still fresh. It works the same for audiobooks. Listening is where things slip away fastest, because there is no page to flip back to — so pause after a chapter and say what you heard. THE EVENING AFTER Reading a summary changes nothing. Reaching for something you half-remember is what makes it stick. So the next evening, Commonplace asks you three questions about what you wrote — one to bring it back, one to argue with it, one to connect it to your own life. A day is the point: answers you can still see in front of you are not memories yet. QUESTIONS THAT FIT THE BOOK A business book makes claims you can test. A novel does not. Commonplace asks different questions of each — where an idea might break down, or where you did not believe a character's choice. WHEN YOU FINISH Mark a book done and Commonplace reads back through everything you wrote and hands you an account of what you made of it: what you kept returning to, where you contradicted yourself, what you raised once and never mentioned again. Built entirely from your notes, quoting your own sentences. It adds nothing about the book you did not write down yourself. YOUR WORDS STAY YOURS Your recaps are never rewritten. Everything you write can be exported as readable text or as JSON, any time, in two taps — and that keeps working whether or not you subscribe. Delete your account from inside the app and it is really deleted, not hidden. No ads. No analytics SDK. No tracking. Nothing sold to anyone. SUBSCRIPTION Your first book is on us — twenty recaps and one end-of-book account, enough to see the whole thing before deciding. After that Commonplace is a yearly or monthly subscription, priced in the App Store. Reading and exporting what you have already written stays free forever. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Rest Assured

This app helps musicians build consistent, focused, and rewarding practice routines. It allows users to plan sessions, track time, set goals for multiple instruments, and review progress through a calendar and history. Advanced features include a metronome, recording capabilities, and a tuner.

Highlights
  • Practice goal setting for multiple instruments
  • Session tracking with timer
  • Notes and reflections
  • Calendar view of practice history
  • Advanced metronome with tempo trainer
  • Practice recording and playback
  • Chromatic tuner and drone
Features
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Rest Assured — Music Practice Log Build a more consistent, focused, and rewarding music practice routine. Rest Assured helps musicians plan their practice, stay on time, and see their progress. Set goals for multiple instruments, organize practice routines, time each session, add notes and reflections, and review your activity through a calendar and detailed practice history. Whether you’re learning your first instrument or refining an advanced repertoire, Rest Assured gives you the tools to practice with purpose. Included at no cost: • Set practice goals for multiple instruments • Track sessions with a countdown timer or stopwatch • Record practice dates, durations, categories, notes, goals, and reflections • Explore your practice history and search previous sessions • View your consistency and minutes practiced on a visual calendar • Follow weekly statistics, personal bests, and practice trends • Customize the app’s color theme and accessibility settings Rest Assured Pro Unlock additional tools designed to make every practice session more productive. Advanced metronome • Choose a preset tempo, adjust it with a slider, or use tap tempo • Practice with quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, or triplets • Select straight or swung rhythms • Accent the first beat of each measure • Use Tempo Trainer to gradually increase the tempo after a chosen number of measures Practice recordings • Record your practice and listen back for self-evaluation • Automatically associate recordings with the session’s date, time, and instrument • Compare recordings to hear how your playing develops Chromatic tuner and drone • Identify the nearest pitch and see how many cents sharp or flat you are • Customize the Concert A reference pitch • Transpose by up to 12 semitones • Play a sustained reference note with the built-in drone Deliberate practice • Define a passage or skill you want to improve • Set a target number of clean repetitions • Track your progress toward completing the goal Hands-free controls • Start a practice session using Siri • Start and complete sessions from Apple Watch Routines • Add structure to your practices • Sections include: scales, warm up, repertoire, songs, and more PRIVACY POLICY: https://zaquirk.github.io/Rest-Assured/Privacy-Policy/
 SUPPORT: https://zaquirk.github.io/Rest-Assured/Support/
 TERMS OF USE: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Commonplace4 screens
Rest Assured4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Rest Assured at freemium against Commonplace's subscription. Commonplace's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). 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. Commonplace sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Rest Assured sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Commonplace against 5.0 for Rest Assured. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Commonplace versus Rest Assured: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCommonplaceRest Assured
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDK Data ScienceChris Quirk

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Commonplace

Subscriptions2
  • Commonplace Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Commonplace Yearly$29.991 Year
3 purchases

Rest Assured

Subscriptions2
  • Rest Assured Pro - Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Rest Assured Pro - Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Rest Assured Pro - One-time$19.99

Questions

Is Commonplace free?
Commonplace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rest Assured free?
Rest Assured is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Commonplace or Rest Assured?
Commonplace and Rest Assured are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Commonplace or Rest Assured have ads?
Neither Commonplace nor Rest Assured shows ads.

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