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Ciao! vs Tinyblu
Tinyblu: Be a Better Friend, by Constantin Berzan
A web app where each friend gets a "lifeline" with how often you want to meet, and a weekly email tells you who is due.
Not in the App Store; it runs in a phone browser and you can add it to your home screen. Sign-up still works, but its What’s New page has no entry after July 2016.
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| What it costs | One payment $9.99 |
Free. No paid plan on its site |
| Free tier | 3 friends | No limit stated |
| Account needed | None | Yes |
| Where it runs | iPhone | Any browser, on a phone or a computer |
| Where your notes live | Your phone and your own iCloud | Tinyblu’s servers |
| A creature for each friend | 15 animals, 6 moods | No. Each friend turns green, yellow or red |
| A weekly swipe deck | Yes | No. A weekly summary email |
Every row comes from Tinyblu’s own App Store listing or website, read on 2 October 2026. Nothing here is taken from another app’s reviews.
Sources: Tinyblu on AlternativeTo · Tinyblu’s website
T Where Tinyblu wins
- •It costs nothing, and its site shows no limit on how many friends you add.
- •It works in any browser, so on Android and on a computer too. Ciao! is iPhone only.
- •Each friend gets a grace period as well as a rhythm, so you choose how much slack there is before they show as out of touch.
Where Ciao! wins
- •The weekly list is a deck inside the app, and you swipe right when you’ve talked. Tinyblu sends you an email and you update each friend on its site.
- •No account. Tinyblu keeps your list on its own servers and you sign up with an email.
- •A real iPhone app, with a widget, birthdays, and WhatsApp, Message and Call buttons on each friend.
Which one should you actually get?
Tinyblu had the same idea years early: a rhythm for each friend and one summary a week. If you want it free, in a browser or on Android, it still lets you sign up. Its last listed update is from 2016, so if you are on an iPhone and want an app that is still being worked on, with no account, Ciao! is the safer choice.
