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Ciao! vs Conoto
Conoto., by Samuel Hickmann
An offline-first contacts app for iPhone and Mac with notes, to-dos, personal traits and links between people, plus optional iCloud sync.
2 ratings in the US App Store, October 2026. Also on Mac. There has been one version only, released 1 April 2023, and no update since.
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| What it costs | One payment $9.99 |
Free, no in-app purchases listed |
| Free tier | 3 friends | Everything |
| Account needed | None | None |
| Where it runs | iPhone | iPhone and Mac |
| Where your notes live | Your phone and your own iCloud | Your device, with optional sync through your iCloud |
| A creature for each friend | 15 animals, 6 moods | No |
| A weekly swipe deck | Yes | No |
Every row comes from Conoto’s own App Store listing or website, read on 2 October 2026. Nothing here is taken from another app’s reviews.
Sources: Conoto on the App Store · Conoto on AlternativeTo · Conoto’s website
Where Conoto wins
- •It is free, with no in-app purchases listed. Ciao! is free for three friends.
- •It runs on Mac too, and its App Store privacy label says it collects no data.
- •Over 100 fields per person, personality and physical traits, two-way links between people, and searches you can save, like "who do I need to catch up with?".
Where Ciao! wins
- •Ciao! decides when it’s time for you: a rhythm per friend and a timer from the last time you talked. Conoto’s listing describes notes, to-dos and searches, not a rhythm.
- •One deck on Sunday of the friends who are due, with WhatsApp, Message and Call buttons to reach them.
- •It is still being worked on. Conoto has had a single version, from April 2023.
Which one should you actually get?
Conoto is a good free notebook if you want rich details about everyone you know, on iPhone and Mac, with nothing to pay. Its reminders are to-dos you set yourself, with no rhythm per person. Ciao! is for people who want to be told once a week who is due, and mark each friend done with one swipe.
