How we review
Ecuato publishes comparison guides about apps in categories where Ecuato also sells a planner. That is a conflict of interest, so this page sets out exactly what the guides are based on and what they are not.
What the comparisons are built from
Each guide compares apps on what their makers publish: the app's own website, its current pricing page, its listing in the App Store or Google Play, and its stated privacy policy. Where a guide says what something costs, what it collects or what it requires an account for, that came from those published sources at the time shown as "last checked".
What we do not claim
- No claim of hands-on testing. The guides do not say we used every app for weeks, because we have not, and a review that invents that is worthless.
- No clinical review. Nothing on this site is written or checked by a doctor, midwife, dietitian or pharmacist. Health guides are background reading, not medical advice.
- No invented reviews or testimonials. There are no fabricated user quotes, star ratings or made-up reviewer personas anywhere on this site.
- No paid placement. No app has ever paid to be included, excluded, or ranked higher, and there is no arrangement under which one could.
Our own conflict, stated plainly
Ecuato sells offline planners. In most guides, one of the options compared is ours, and it is labelled as ours every time it appears. Read the guides knowing that. If a guide would only make sense if you ignored who wrote it, it should not have been published.
Affiliate links
Some guides contain affiliate links, which pay Ecuato a commission if you buy through them, at no extra cost to you. When a guide contains any, a disclosure appears at the top of that guide, before any recommendation. Commission does not change the order of the list, and the commission-paying option is not automatically the recommended one.
Dates and staleness
Prices, free tiers and features change constantly, and a comparison written six months ago can be wrong today. Every health and money guide carries a "last checked" date near the top. If that date is old, treat the specifics as a starting point and confirm with the app's own pricing page.
Corrections
If a guide states something inaccurate about an app, tell us which page and what is wrong and it gets corrected. Contact Ecuato. Corrections are made to the page itself and the "last checked" date is moved to the date of the correction.
More about the site on the about page, or read the guides themselves.