Honest alternatives to popular apps
Each comparison is built from the App Store listings and ends with a 20-second quiz. If the big app is the better fit for you, the quiz says so. Every alternative here is made by our small studio.
Alternative toAdVenture CapitalistCash Empire Clicker: Love idle tycoon games? Cash Empire Clicker starts with one broken money printer, no forced ads, no launch pay…
Alternative toBalanceMy Midlife Story: Balance is a popular menopause app with lots of content. Want private symptom tracking, no account and a one-p…
Alternative toCalendlyBookingSolved: Calendly works when clients use your link. If yours just text "can I come Tuesday at 2?", compare it with Book…
Alternative toComplete AnatomyBody Unpacked: Complete Anatomy is the pro 3D anatomy app for clinicians. Body Unpacked follows food into your body to show w…
Alternative toDwellWayfold: Dwell is a beautiful audio Bible. If you want to study a chapter, answer questions and see the verse behind ea…
Alternative toFEMAFamily Ready: The FEMA app gives official alerts and disaster info. Family Ready helps you build your own family plan and of…
Alternative toFitbodSturdy: Fitbod builds great general strength plans. If you are on a GLP-1 medicine and want short sessions plus protei…
Alternative toFlow FreeSumthread: Love Flow Free's fill-the-board puzzles? Sumthread is a calm number-path puzzle where one thread covers every …
Alternative toFutureMeDear You: FutureMe delivers letters to your future self by email. If you want letters that stay private on your iPhone, …
Alternative toGeometry DashFluxo: Geometry Dash is a brilliant rhythm platformer for $3.99. Fluxo is a free one-tap gravity runner: flip gravity…
Alternative toGlorifyLampstep: Glorify offers devotionals, prayer and worship content. Want help applying the Bible to real moments, privatel…
Alternative toHoursTrackerEarnCheck: HoursTracker is a great time tracker. EarnCheck is built for hourly workers who want to check pay stubs agains…
Alternative toJoistScopeBid: Joist is a well-known estimate and invoice app for contractors. If you quote on job sites with no signal and w…
Alternative toLastingUnFight: Lasting offers guided marriage-health sessions for couples. If you need help in the middle of an argument, pri…
Alternative toLumosityCognilo: Lumosity is the best-known brain training app. If you want a calmer, untimed daily puzzle session with no acco…
Alternative toMedisafeDoseBeacon: Medisafe is a big medication app. Setting up reminders for an aging parent? Compare it with the big-text Senio…
Alternative toone secTime Debt: one sec adds a pause before you open distracting apps. If you want a daily screen time budget you can borrow f…
Alternative toOpalFocusPass: Opal is a popular screen time app. If you want a calmer blocker with timed Passes, no account and no ads, comp…
Alternative toPeakSkillArena: Peak offers 45+ brain games with a Pro plan. SkillArena is four minutes of fast daily skill challenges with no…
Alternative toPhotoPillsAsterfold: PhotoPills is the pro photographer's planner. Just want to know when tonight's sunset will look best from your…
Alternative toProdigyBrainy Bucks: Prodigy is a hugely popular math game. If you want short daily math and reading practice with no ads and no ac…
Alternative toRiseSleepward: RISE tracks sleep debt and your energy curve. If you mostly need help winding down at night, with no account a…
Alternative toRocket MoneyMoneyShield: Want to catch forgotten subscriptions without handing over your bank login? Compare Rocket Money and MoneyShie…
Alternative toSmoke FreeCraveBreaker: Smoke Free is a top-rated quit smoking app. Quitting a vape and want help the minute a craving hits, with no a…
Alternative toTiimoNow: Tiimo is an award-winning visual planner. If planning the day is not your problem but starting is, compare it …
Alternative toWaterMinderDropkin: WaterMinder is a popular water tracker. If you want one built around your own bottle, with no account, no ads …
Alternative toYouVersionFORGED: YouVersion is the world's biggest Bible app. If you want one focused 90-day plan for men, ten minutes a day wi…