Comparison

Astronaut's Journal vs Cloud Snippets

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

Head to head
About

Astronaut's Journal

This app offers guided journaling prompts and structured journals to explore your inner self and outer life. It includes sections for clearing your mind, practicing gratitude, interpreting dreams, capturing ideas, tracking goals, and celebrating achievements.

Highlights
  • Guided journaling prompts
  • Inner self exploration
  • Outer life investigation
  • Gratitude journaling
  • Dream interpretation
  • Goal setting and tracking
  • Idea capture
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Astronaut's Journal consists of two categories of journals, and an additional "Discover" section where you can find various stimulating questions to inspire you to write. The first three journals are for investigating your life as it relates to you. The last three journals are for investigating your life as it relates to the outside world. _________________________________________________ INNER SELF: FREE FLOW JOURNAL: designed to help you clear your mind by writing two pages without pausing everyday. You will be alerted when you complete two pages. GOOD THINGS JOURNAL: with Good Things Journal, take a note of the good things in your life that you're grateful for. DREAM JOURNAL: dive into the symbols of your unconscious mind that leak in your sleep. Notice the recurring themes. _________________________________________________ OUTER SELF: IDEAS JOURNAL: note down your spontaneous ideas about work, or snippets for your creative projects. Daily, weekly, or monthly. GOALS JOURNAL: keep your short and long term goals here. Plan them out, and strategize on how to get results in multiple ways. When you accomplish a goal, you can move it to Achievements Journal by swiping left. ACHIEVEMENTS JOURNAL: keep these to remind you in the future what you're capable of. Note down what worked and what didn't, together with crucial steps that resulted in success. _________________________________________________

About

Cloud Snippets

This app acts as an iCloud-backed manager for text snippets and clipboard history, allowing you to quickly paste frequently used text into any application directly from your keyboard. It syncs seamlessly across your Mac, iPhone, and iPad, ensuring your information is always accessible and securely stored in your private iCloud account.

Highlights
  • iCloud-backed snippet management
  • Keyboard text pasting
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Clipboard history
  • Secure private storage
  • Share menu integration
  • Keyboard search
Features
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Cloud Snippets is a modern iCloud-backed Snippets and Clipboard Manager for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. - No subscriptions, no ads, no registrations or logins, no in-app purchases. - Quickly paste your frequently-used snippets of text into almost any app directly from the keyboard. - Use our FREE Mac app to automatically save your Mac's Clipboard History and easily paste from any of your iCloud devices. - Sync your snippets across all your iCloud devices including Macs, iPhones, and iPads. - All your snippets are securely stored in your private iCloud account. We never have any kind of access to any of your information. - Copy and paste multiple items without having to go back and forth between apps or devices. - Copy something now to paste later. It will be waiting for you in your Clipboard History even if you need to copy something else in the meantime. - You can quickly add new Snippets or save to your Clipboard History via the Share menu. - You can search through your snippets and clipboard history directly from the keyboard.

Screenshots

Astronaut's Journal4 screens
Cloud Snippets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Astronaut's Journal at 4.9 against Cloud Snippets's 4.0. Astronaut's Journal also leads on ratings volume (35 vs 1). Cloud Snippets's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $9.99) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 7 months). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Astronaut's Journal costs $9.99 and Cloud Snippets $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Astronaut's Journal holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Astronaut's Journal has 35 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Astronaut's Journal ships an update every 7 months, Cloud Snippets every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Astronaut's Journal versus Cloud Snippets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAstronaut's JournalCloud Snippets
Price$9.99$2.99 — better
Rating4.9 (35 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings35 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDeniz DulatSageScope Tech

Customer experience

Astronaut's Journal

All ratings35 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Cloud Snippets

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Astronaut's Journal

No in-app purchases

None

Cloud Snippets

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Astronaut's Journal free?
Astronaut's Journal costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cloud Snippets free?
Cloud Snippets costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Astronaut's Journal or Cloud Snippets?
Astronaut's Journal is rated higher. Astronaut's Journal averages 4.9 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Cloud Snippets averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Astronaut's Journal or Cloud Snippets have ads?
Neither Astronaut's Journal nor Cloud Snippets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Astronaut's Journal or Cloud Snippets?
Astronaut's Journal ships an update every 7 months, and Cloud Snippets every 4 weeks. Most recently, Astronaut's Journal was updated on June 10, 2026 and Cloud Snippets on September 16, 2026.

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