24me vs EPIM (EssentialPIM)

24me

• People who want events, to-dos and notes on a single mobile calendar
• Families sharing grocery lists, chores and events
• Anyone who wants traffic-based reminders to leave on time

EPIM (EssentialPIM)

• Windows users who want mail, calendar, tasks and notes in one app
• People who prefer a perpetual license to a subscription
• Small teams sharing calendars and tasks from one database

24me

• The store listings cover iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Android and Wear OS. Neither they nor the vendor's site mention a web, Mac or Windows app.
• Email to tasks, location-based reminders, nag alerts, timezone support and printing the schedule all need Premium.
• The App Store's in-app purchase list also shows items named 24me Pro from $9.99 to $99.99 with no billing period, and Google Play gives only a range of $7.99 to $64.99 per item.

EPIM (EssentialPIM)

• The desktop app is Windows only. The iOS app includes only the Tasks and Passwords modules, and the store listings date both mobile apps' latest updates to 2023.
• Cloud sync, automatic backup, tags, templates and Sticky Notes need EPIM Pro. The free EPIM Mail edition leaves them out.
• A perpetual license includes 1 year of updates. Newer versions after that need a paid 12-month update extension.
• License prices are in Indian rupees, as the checkout converts them for a visitor in India; they shift with the exchange rate. US dollar prices could not be read.

24me

One calendar for events, tasks and notes

Events, to-dos and notes are listed together on a calendar with several views, synced with Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, Exchange, Yahoo Calendar and Apple iCal.

To-do list with reminders

Tasks take color labels and multiple reminders and can be added by voice, including through Siri and Amazon Alexa. Turning an email into a task is part of Premium.

Notes and lists

Notes can hold text, photos, videos and voice recordings, cover things like shopping lists, and appear on the calendar next to events and tasks.

Smart alerts

Time-to-leave alerts follow traffic conditions, and there are weather alerts, birthday reminders and a summary of the next day's meetings and to-dos.

Conference call dialing

With a dial-in number and passcode entered in a meeting's location field, the app dials into the call without the codes being typed again.

Shared lists and events

Lists, tasks, events, reminders and notes can be shared with family members or colleagues and stay in sync for everyone taking part.

EPIM (EssentialPIM)

Connected modules with a Today view

Mail, calendar, tasks, notes, contacts and passwords live in one Windows application, and the Today view shows upcoming events and tasks from across them.

Calendar

Day, Week, Week Agenda, Month, Year and Agenda views, with a tasks sidebar beside the schedule, custom categories and reusable event templates.

Tasks

Tasks and subtasks sit in a hierarchy and can be shown in Tree, Plain or Kanban views, with search, filters, custom layouts and templates.

Mail

A unified inbox for several IMAP, POP3 and Microsoft Exchange accounts, with mail rules, tags, advanced search and PGP encryption.

Notes and passwords

Notes are written in Markdown or rich text with images, tables and drawings. Passwords are kept in an encrypted database with a generator and Auto-Type.

Sync and portable mode

EPIM Pro syncs with Google, Microsoft 365, iCloud, Nextcloud, ownCloud and Dropbox. Portable mode runs the app and its data from a USB drive.

24me

• Free$0

  The base calendar, to-do list and notes app. The listing does not spell out limits beyond the features it reserves for Premium.

• 24me Premium (monthly)$7.99

  per month

  Adds email to tasks, location-based reminders, nag alerts, timezone support, custom label colors and sounds, printing and priority support.

• 24me Premium (yearly)$47.99

  per year

  The same Premium features billed once a year, as stated in the US App Store description.

EPIM (EssentialPIM)

• EPIM MailFree

  Email, calendar, tasks, notes, contacts and passwords with the essential features, portable mode and community and email support.

• EPIM Pro (Annual Subscription)₹4,814.95

  per year, as shown to a visitor in India

  Adds sync with major cloud services, automatic backup, tags, templates and Sticky Notes. All updates are included while it renews.

• EPIM Pro (Perpetual License)₹9,635.95

  one-time, with 1 year of updates

  The same Pro features bought once. The last version received keeps working after the update year, and updates can be extended yearly.

• EPIM Pro Business (Annual)₹9,635.95

  per user / year

  Pro features plus access to shared EPIM databases and user access rights through EPIM Server, which is free to install.

• EPIM Pro Business (Perpetual)₹19,276.95

  per user, one-time, with 1 year of updates

  A one-time Business license for 1 user. Every user who connects to a shared database needs a license of their own.

• EPIM Cloud (add-on)$2.99

  per month, or $19.95 per year

  Optional service sold separately: sync across supported devices, automatic backup and browser access to calendars, contacts and tasks.

24me

• Annual discount

  About half price on the yearly subscription

  The US App Store description gives Premium as $7.99 a month or $47.99 a year. Twelve monthly payments come to $95.88, so the yearly option costs about 50% less.

EPIM (EssentialPIM)

• Education

  Educational discount for eligible customers

  The pricing FAQ says educational discounts are available to eligible customers and links to the vendor's discount pages for the terms.

• Other savings

  Competitive and volume discounts

  The same FAQ answer lists competitive discounts, for people switching from another product, and volume discounts on multiple licenses.

• Annual discount

  Save 44% on EPIM Cloud with yearly billing

  EPIM Cloud is listed at $2.99 a month or $19.95 a year, which the pricing page gives as $1.66 a month and a 44% saving.