Comparison

ISIC vs Cogitation

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

Head to head
About

ISIC

Access thousands of student offers and services globally with a digital student ID. Instantly prove your official student status and discover discounts worldwide, both at home and while traveling. This app is for students with an International Student Identity Card.

Highlights
  • Search thousands of global student offers
  • Redeem offers instantly
  • Verify student status with digital card
  • Browse and filter discounts by location
  • View nearby discounts on map
  • Save favorite discounts and get notifications
Features
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Get access to thousands of student offers and services available to ISIC cardholders worldwide. Discover what student discounts are available to you and instantly prove your student status with your digital ISIC card! The International Student Identity Card (ISIC) is the only internationally accepted proof of official student status for millions of students in over 100 countries. Features: • Search thousands of ISIC offers worldwide and redeem them instantly • Verify your student status with your digital ISIC card • Browse and filter discounts around the world at the location of your choice • View discounts near you on the map • Store your favourite discounts and get notified about new offers You’re a student and don’t have your ISIC card yet? Visit www.isic.org to get your card now and start saving both at home and when you’re travelling abroad. The ISIC Association is the non-profit organisation behind the International Student Identity Card (ISIC). The application can be also used for the International Youth Travel card (IYTC) and International Teacher Identity Card (ITIC). Tell us what you like, dislike and need for future releases. We value and need your feedback to give you the best mobile experience out there. Email us at mobile@isic.org and we will get back to you.

About

Cogitation

Features
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Capture thoughts, ideas and observations with the context of each moment: place, weather, sleep, activity and how you felt. Over time, Cogitation Pro shows what goes with your best days, using an AI that runs on your own device. It works for you and for what you observe: the daily life of someone you love, a project, even a newly adopted pet. When you want, send a PDF report to someone who supports you, like a therapist or a doctor. WRITE WITHOUT FRICTION • Log your mood on a 1 to 10 scale with one tap. • Attach photos, scan documents or add PDFs. • Organize notes into folders, each with a category: Thought, Idea, Observation or Other. • Search all your notes, move notes between folders and see earlier versions of a note. • Look back at what you wrote on this same day in past years. THE MOMENT COMES ALONG • Place and weather are saved with each note. • With your permission, steps, heart rate, sleep, menstrual cycle and heart rate variability from the Health app. • You choose what to collect and can remove any item before saving. REMINDERS AND WIDGETS • Reminders per folder, on the days and at the times you pick. If you already wrote in that folder today, the reminder stays quiet. • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets with today's notes and your writing streak, each set to the folder you choose. On iOS 18, a "New note" control in Control Center and in the Shortcuts app. REPORTS TO SHARE • Send a PDF report to anyone you choose: a therapist, a doctor, a family member, a teacher or your pet's vet. • They see your notes organized by day, with a mood summary, the context and the photos, so they can follow and review the period with you. • You pick the folder, the dates and which data goes in, and you can protect the file with a password. A single note can also be shared through any app you like. PRIVACY • Notes and attachments are encrypted on your device with AES-256. • Optional Face ID or Touch ID lock. • No ads, no analytics tools and no selling of data. COGITATION PRO • On-device AI: the sentiment and emotion of each note, estimated on your phone. Your text never goes to servers or AI companies, is never used to train models, and the analysis works offline once the model is downloaded. • Insights: your mood trend, what goes with your best days (sleep, activity, places, times of day), emotions and the Energy radar. • Encrypted sync across your devices, with 2 GB for photos and documents. Only you hold the key. • Unlimited folders, reminders and PDF reports. The free plan includes up to 3 active folders, a reminder in 1 folder and 4 PDF reports a month. Cogitation Pro is a monthly or yearly subscription. Insights are estimates: they show what tends to come with your days, not what causes them. Cogitation is not a medical device and does not diagnose anything. For iPhone and iPad. Available in English, Portuguese and Spanish. The subscription renews automatically at the same price and period unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://cogitation.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://cogitation.app/privacy

Screenshots

ISIC4 screens
Cogitation4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ISIC at none against Cogitation's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Cogitation sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. ISIC asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ISIC versus Cogitation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterISICCogitation
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (106 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings106 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB109 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperISIC AssociationVia Ad Lucem Negócios Digitais

In-app purchases

None

ISIC

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Cogitation

Subscriptions2
  • Cogitation Pro (monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Cogitation Pro (yearly)7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is ISIC free?
ISIC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cogitation free?
Cogitation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ISIC or Cogitation have ads?
Neither ISIC nor Cogitation shows ads.

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