Comparison

Aloe Bud vs Worrydolls

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Aloe Bud

This app provides gentle reminders for daily self-care activities, helping you stay hydrated, reconnect with loved ones, and reflect on yourself. It encourages positive habits without guilt and allows you to track your progress.

Highlights
  • Encouraging push notifications
  • Hydration reminders
  • Reconnect with loved ones prompts
  • Self-reflection check-ins
  • Personal activity log
  • Customizable reminder schedules
Features
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Aloe Bud is self-care for the highly connected human. It is not meant to and should not replace mental health care or the support of loved ones, but it is a valuable—and free—tool to help bridge gaps in making self-care as accessible and personal as possible. Aloe Bud gently brings awareness to activities of daily life, using encouraging push notifications, rather than guilt or shame. ↪ Discord: discord.gg/QRKpwGz ↪ Twitch: twitch.tv/aloebudgarden ↪ X: x.com/aloebud ↪ Privacy: https://www.aloebud.app/privacy ↪ Terms of Use: https://www.aloebud.app/terms-of-use Whether you're trying to stay hydrated or need reminders to reconnect with loved ones, check in, and reflect on yourself in real-time or whenever you need. Aloe Bud should feel casual, yet play an important role in your life. Celebrate tiny victories in your personal activity log, which can be accessed when you touch the icon at the top. Scroll through recently completed check-ins and reflections and look back on your progress day by day. Aloe Bud sends reminders ONLY when you add them, and can be set at specific times from daily to weekdays, weekends, or any other arrangement you can think of. If you would like to enhance your experience and help support our growth, we offer in-app purchases. They allow you to add as many self-care activities, check-ins, journal, and activity log entries as well as unlimited customization of reminder schedules. Membership options: 1 month - $4.99 1 year - $49.99 Designed out of the pure necessity of their own mental health journey, Aloe Bud creator Serenity Discko searched the App Store for something, anything to help with their basic self-care. After trying and ignoring countless self-care apps and feeling guilty for doing so, finding one that met her needs and lifestyle became frustrating. They believed there was no better time to start designing a gentle, all-in-one self-care app, using their own experiences, affinity for pixel art, and the needs of their community to bring this simple idea to life. All data remains on your device and is kept there until the app has been deleted from your device. We collect non-personal, or identifiable analytical data to improve your experiences.

About

Worrydolls

This app provides a digital worry doll to help you manage anxiety and stress. Share your worries with the doll, track them over time, and find a sense of calm by revisiting past concerns.

Highlights
  • Digital worry doll companion
  • Share worries with the doll
  • Track worries over time
  • Journaling for anxiety
  • Review past worries
  • Sense of calm
Features
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Worrydolls gives you a small doll who is ready to listen to what is worrying you. Tell your worry to the doll, then track it over time. You can use Worrydolls like a journal to help you overcome anxiety and stress. The idea of worrydolls started with the indigenous people of Guatemala. The first worrydoll was given to the princess Ixucane as a special gift from the sun god, with the promise that the worrydoll could handle any worry a person could have. Ever since, tiny worrydolls made leftover cloth have been given to worried people. Whisper a single worry to the worrydoll, and hide it under their pillow. As soon as the worrydoll is told the worry, sorrow, or fear, it takes the burden and carries it from then on. The app works the same way! Just tell a single worry to the Worrydoll, and the Worrydoll will carry it for you. In this way, you can have worrydolls on your phone. When your worry is finished, you can tell the worrydoll that he/she does not need to worry anymore. You can always look back at your old worries to feel a sense of calm. My grandmother gave me tiny worrydolls because I was always worrying as a child. Now, you can have Worrydolls on your phone. I hope that the worrydolls can help you just like they helped me. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Aloe Bud4 screens
Worrydolls4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Worrydolls at every 3 weeks against Aloe Bud's every 3 months. Aloe Bud's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Aloe Bud sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Worrydolls sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Aloe Bud against 4.8 for Worrydolls. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6.9K and 15K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Aloe Bud's written reviews are positive against 89% of Worrydolls's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aloe Bud ships an update every 3 months, Worrydolls every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Aloe Bud versus Worrydolls: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAloe BudWorrydolls
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6.9K ratings)4.8 (15K ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.6% of reviews88.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6.9K15K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB241 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAloebud LLCPeter Wieben

Customer experience

Aloe Bud

All ratings6,881 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral3.3%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews286 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%

Worrydolls

All ratings15,347 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral2.2%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews690 reviews
Positive88.7%
Neutral6.4%
Negative4.9%

User reviews

Aloe Bud

From 6.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💕 Helpful for mental health
  • 🌱 Motivating and inspiring
  • 🎨 Cute and aesthetically pleasing design
  • 🔓 Non-intrusive free version
  • 🕰️ Useful reminders and check-ins

Room to improve

  • 💰 Subscription is too expensive
  • 🔔 Excessive pop-ups for premium
  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches (e.g. blank log, activities not saving)
  • 🔍 Limited customization options
  • 🔔 Notifications not working for some users

Worrydolls

From 15K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Helpful for anxiety and stress relief
  • 🔒 Secure with password/biometric lock
  • 💡 Unique concept of 'worry dolls'
  • 👍 Provides a space to vent and get thoughts out
  • 👍 Allows reflecting on past worries

Room to improve

  • 🔇 Limited character count for expressing worries
  • 🐛 App freezes when reaching character limit
  • 🐛 Inability to edit or delete past worries
  • 🐛 Inconsistent behavior when locking/unlocking the app
  • 🔇 Lack of customization options for worry dolls

Bugs and requests

Aloe Bud

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Unable to restore previous purchases
  • Progress and history data getting deleted
  • Inconsistent behavior when checking in/completing activities

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add widgets for quick access
  • Allow editing/deleting of completed activities
  • Provide calendar view to track progress
  • Ability to create custom activities and reminders
  • Integrate with Apple Health app

Worrydolls

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App freezing when reaching character limit
  • Inconsistent behavior with locking/unlocking the app

Requested features

5 requests
  • Remove character limit for writing worries
  • Add ability to edit, delete, or organize past worries
  • Implement more customization options for worry dolls
  • Incorporate AI-powered responses or advice from dolls
  • Add sorting/filtering options for past worries

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Aloe Bud

Subscriptions2
  • Billed Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Billed Yearly$49.991 Year
One-time7
  • Premium Reminders$1.99
  • Custom Reminders$3.99
  • Reminders Bundle$4.99
Show 4 more
  • Donate $5$5.00
  • Donate $20$20.00
  • Donate $50$50.00
  • Donate $100$100.00
3 purchases

Worrydolls

Subscriptions2
  • Magic Mode7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Magic Mode - Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Magic Mode One Time Unlock$69.99

Questions

Is Aloe Bud free?
Aloe Bud is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Worrydolls free?
Worrydolls is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Aloe Bud or Worrydolls?
Worrydolls is rated higher. Aloe Bud averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6.9K ratings, while Worrydolls averages 4.8 from 15K ratings.
Do Aloe Bud or Worrydolls have ads?
Neither Aloe Bud nor Worrydolls shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aloe Bud or Worrydolls?
Aloe Bud ships an update every 3 months, and Worrydolls every 3 weeks. Most recently, Aloe Bud was updated on October 20, 2026 and Worrydolls on October 21, 2026.

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