Comparison

Soundiary vs Hoomu

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

Head to head
About

Soundiary

This app transforms your daily sounds and body signals into a private journal entry. It analyzes ambient noise, voice, and physiological data to create a summary of your day, focusing on meaning rather than raw audio storage.

Highlights
  • Voice and sound journaling
  • Body signal analysis
  • On-device processing
  • Speaker identification
  • Optional audio saving
  • Voice sensitivity levels
  • Power-saving mode
Features
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Your day deserves to be remembered properly. Soundiary turns a day of sound, heartbeat and body signals into a journal entry written in the quiet of the evening — nothing invented, nothing sentimental. What matters more: unless you ask for it, your voice is never stored. By default, Apple Watch samples the sounds around you, turns them into text, speaker labels and emotional features right on the device, then discards the raw audio. No recording files. No playback. Only meaning is kept. Want to keep some of it? Turn on Save audio and each captured segment is also saved to your iPhone — ready to play, export or delete. The switch ships off, and it stays in your hands. Through the day it listens quietly: sampled sensing, with silence and noise skipped automatically. It hears you from across the room, too — five levels of voice sensitivity, tuned to wherever you are. Worried about battery? Power-saving mode samples just 6 seconds every 10 minutes, while body signals keep coming every 5. A whole night won't disturb your sleep. In the morning, a story that's yours: what you did, who you met, how you felt, and what's still unfinished. Who was speaking is your call: voices are grouped automatically, and you confirm or correct. Everything stays on your device: no account, no cloud sync, no third-party SDK. Not even crash logs. Paid download, complete on arrival: no in-app purchases, no subscriptions, no auto-renewal. Requires iOS 18+ and Apple Watch Series 6 or later (including SE 2nd gen and Ultra).

About

Hoomu

Effortlessly organize your belongings and find them instantly. This app helps you catalog items, track their locations, and manage household details like subscriptions and item costs. Share your organized space with family and enjoy a clutter-free home.

Highlights
  • Organize spaces with homes, rooms, and cabinets
  • Capture items with photos and notes
  • AI-powered item recognition
  • Instant search for belongings
  • NFC tag integration for quick access
  • Share organizing with family
  • Track item costs and subscriptions
Features
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Where did I put that? The spare charger. Your winter clothes. That little thing you know you kept somewhere. With Hoomu, finding your belongings doesn't have to mean searching every drawer. Hoomu is a thoughtfully designed home inventory app that helps you organize what you own, remember where you put it, and keep track of the little things that make a house a home. 【Everything in Its Place】 • Organize Your Space Create homes, rooms, cabinets, and storage boxes to keep everything organized. • Capture with a Photo Save an item's photo, name, location, and notes in seconds. • AI-Powered Recognition Let AI help identify your items and make adding them easier. • Find Things Instantly Search your belongings and know exactly where to look. • Tap with NFC Use NFC tags to quickly open the storage locations you've organized. 【A Home You Manage Together】 Share the organizing experience with family members, manage multiple homes, and keep your records backed up with iCloud. 【More Than Just Storage】 • Track Item Costs Record purchases, additional expenses, and income to understand what your belongings really cost. • Understand Everyday Value Log how often you use an item and calculate its cost per use. • Manage Subscriptions Keep track of memberships, recurring payments, renewals, and expiration reminders. • Tell Your Item Stories Turn everyday moments and memories into beautiful, shareable cards. 【One Purchase. Lasting Value.】 Hoomu is a paid app with no subscription required for its core organizing, inventory, and search features. Your launch purchase includes 66 complimentary AI recognition credits. Additional AI credits are available as optional in-app purchases. Organize your space. Find what matters. Feel more at home.

Screenshots

Soundiary4 screens
Hoomu4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Soundiary at none against Hoomu's 3. Hoomu's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 days) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and monetization model 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

Soundiary costs $0.99 and Hoomu $0.99 up front. Hoomu sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Soundiary asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Soundiary ships an update every 3 days, Hoomu daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Soundiary versus Hoomu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoundiaryHoomu
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer磊 辛星宇 刘

Customer experience

Soundiary

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Hoomu

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Soundiary

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Hoomu

One-time3
  • 官方识别 50 次$1.99
  • 官方识别 150 次$3.99
  • 官方识别 500 次$7.99

Questions

Is Soundiary free?
Soundiary costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hoomu free?
Hoomu costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Soundiary or Hoomu have ads?
Neither Soundiary nor Hoomu shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Soundiary or Hoomu?
Soundiary ships an update every 3 days, and Hoomu daily. Most recently, Soundiary was updated on October 31, 2026 and Hoomu on November 1, 2026.

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