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Ciao! vs People Work
People Work, by Hedge-Ops Software
A private workspace for your career relationships: what you last talked about, what comes next, and how to follow through.
No ratings in the App Store yet, October 2026. The iPhone app came out in August 2026. Also on Mac, Windows and Linux.
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People Work
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| What it costs | One payment $9.99 |
$19.99 a month or $200 a year in the App Store |
| Free tier | 3 friends | Free on one device |
| Account needed | None | Yes |
| Where it runs | iPhone | iPhone, Mac, Windows and Linux |
| Where your notes live | Your phone and your own iCloud | Your device, with end-to-end encrypted sync on the paid plan |
| A creature for each friend | 15 animals, 6 moods | No |
| A weekly swipe deck | Yes | No |
Every row comes from People Work’s own App Store listing or website, read on 2 October 2026. Nothing here is taken from another app’s reviews.
Sources: People Work on the App Store · People Work on AlternativeTo · People Work’s website
Where People Work wins
- •The free plan has everything you need on one device, with no subscription.
- •It comes in more than 40 languages, and it runs on Mac, Windows and Linux as well as iPhone.
- •Each person shows your last conversation and what is up next, and AI tools can connect to it through a local MCP server.
Where Ciao! wins
- •$9.99, once. People Work’s plan for every device is $200 a year.
- •Ciao! is made for friends and family. People Work is about career relationships: clients, managers, people who might recommend you.
- •An animal for each friend, a deck on Sunday of who is due, and WhatsApp, Message and Call buttons.
Which one should you actually get?
These two do different jobs. Pick People Work if the relationships you want to look after are about work, like a job search, a team or a business. Pick Ciao! for the friends and family you want to stay close to, with a weekly deck and one payment.
