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If Amato has gone quiet on you
Amato: Friendship Tracker CRM, by Anika Schober
Nothing new has been added since March 2024. If it still works for you, you do not have to move. If it does not, here is the nearest thing.
73 ratings in the US App Store, September 2026. Last updated 25 March 2024.
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Ciao!
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Amato
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| Last update | This month | March 2024 |
| What it costs | One payment $9.99 |
Free, with a subscription $1.99 a month, $14.99 a year, or $34.99 once |
| Free tier | 3 friends | [CHECK] |
| Account needed | None | [CHECK] |
| Notes on each person | Yes | Yes |
| A creature for each friend | 15 animals, 6 moods | No |
The rows about Amato come from its own App Store listing, read in September 2026, and from its update date. Where a cell says [CHECK] I could not confirm it without paying, so it stays blank. Nothing here is taken from another app’s reviews.
Where Amato wins
- •Well liked by the people who use it: 73 ratings and 4.6 stars.
- •It offered a lifetime price, which is rare in this category.
- •It is already on your phone, and moving means typing your people in again.
Where Ciao! wins
- •It is still being made. The last update was this month.
- •Three friends free, then one payment. No subscription can keep running by itself.
- •No account and no server. Your notes stay on your phone and in your own iCloud.
What to do now
Check whether a subscription is still running: Settings, your name at the top, then Subscriptions. Then copy out the notes you want to keep. Ciao! is free for three people, so you can try one Sunday before you delete anything.
