Catchup: Friendship Tracker

This is a nice app to keep track of connections that might otherwise slip away or for times when you’re forgetful. I wish there were a “remind me on x date” or “snooze next reminder” option. Also would be nice if you could dismiss or record a connection from the notification.

Keeping in touch with people is something we’re all trying to do (right?) so why aren’t there more apps supporting this. The first one I came across was Garden - but that seems to now be abandoned, and is unstable. This is a pretty good substitute. Add names (shame you can’t categorize them eg home and work) and the set a frequency to stay in touch at some predetermined interval (shame you can’t customize that, you get the choice of once a week or every two weeks etc). And then you get to click and update when you speak to folks (this app does a nice job of capturing a journal entry - but sadly doesn’t seem to back up to iCloud - so I don’t feel confident about relying on this repository of conversation). It seems stable and the price seems fair. Although it was last updated 11 months ago as of this writing - so hopefully will be maintained? A great idea, a good (but not great) implementation. Still recommended - but wished it did a little more.

I really like how elegantly this app solves a very specific problem which many of us have -- to get us out of our own bubble and stay in touch with the people we value. All the important things like how often to send a reminder to how to display the contact list are configurable, and it exists only on one device so it is secure as well. If I had a wishlist I would like to somehow touch and slide on the "check-in" button to select a range of days prior, but that's just because I am lazy. Also, I'd love to be able to keep the iPhone and iPad version sync'd, even if it was a manual step. Great app!