Comparison

MindHappy vs sunsidely

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

Head to head
About

MindHappy

This app helps you cultivate gratitude and improve well-being through daily self-reflection. Record three positive moments each day to foster thankfulness and contentment. It offers personalized notifications and a summary of your entries.

Highlights
  • Daily gratitude journaling
  • Record three joyful moments
  • Add date and location to entries
  • View entry summaries
  • Personalized daily notifications
  • Lifetime and yearly premium options
Features
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Build a happier life — one moment at a time. MindHappy is a gratitude journal built around one small daily habit: write down three good things that happened today. It takes a minute, and it compounds. THREE GOOD THINGS, EVERY DAY Each entry holds three moments, tagged with the date and, if you want it, the place they happened. Months later you can look back and see exactly where you were when something went right. KEEP THE STREAK MindHappy tracks your current and longest streak, so the habit has something to hold onto on the days you don't feel like writing. A GENTLE NUDGE, NOT A NAG Set one reminder for the time of day that actually suits you — the evening wind-down, morning coffee, the walk home. One notification. That's it. ON YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch companion lets you capture a moment the second it happens, without reaching for your phone. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your entries are yours. They sync to your account, can be stored encrypted, and are never sold, shared, or mined to advertise to you. A LOOK BACK, WRITTEN FOR YOU Ask MindHappy to read your recent entries and reflect them back — the patterns you have been writing about without noticing. Once a month for free, unlimited with Premium. IN YOUR LANGUAGE Fully translated into more than 30 languages. WHY GRATITUDE Keeping a regular gratitude journal is one of the most studied habits in positive psychology, and the research consistently links it to higher well-being and less negative rumination. MindHappy exists to make that habit small enough to actually keep. Free to use, forever. Premium unlocks unlimited reflections and removes ads. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

sunsidely

Receive daily affirmations directly on your phone to reprogram your thoughts and cultivate a positive mindset. This app helps boost self-confidence and inner strength through short, positive sentences, encouraging a happier life. Choose affirmations from various themes and set custom reminders.

Highlights
  • Daily affirmation delivery
  • Thought reprogramming
  • Boost self-confidence
  • Choose from different themes
  • Set custom reminder times
  • Widget support
Features
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With Sunsidely you get daily affirmations directly to your cell phone! It's time to finally reprogram your thoughts and make them a nice place to be, according to the motto "Happy mind, happy life".  Our daily affirmations will help you to do so. Affirmations are short, positively formulated sentences that promote your self-confidence and inner strength. By repeating the affirmations you can change your old thought streams into new, purposeful and positive thoughts. This not only changes your thoughts, but also your actions. Every day we have about 50,000 thoughts, most of which come from your subconscious and determine your actions. That's why it's so important to train your thoughts and subconscious mind so that these actions and thoughts bring you closer to your goal and make you a little bit better every day. In our app you can choose your affirmations from different themes, set your desired reminder time and add widgets.  It's simple, no frills.

Screenshots

MindHappy4 screens
sunsidely4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MindHappy at Free against sunsidely's $4.99. MindHappy also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks) and ratings volume (35 vs 7). sunsidely's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On device support and iOS requirement 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

MindHappy is free to download; sunsidely costs $4.99 up front. MindHappy sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. sunsidely asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

sunsidely holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MindHappy has 35 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MindHappy ships an update weekly, sunsidely every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
MindHappy versus sunsidely: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindHappysunsidely
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.8 (35 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings35 — better7
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerstartlean UG (haftungsbeschränkt)Jan Michael Legleitner

Customer experience

MindHappy

All ratings35 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral2.9%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive46.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative40.0%

sunsidely

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

MindHappy

Subscriptions5
  • Premium Monthly$8.991 Month
  • MindHappy Premium Yearly$17.991 Year
  • MindHappy Yearly Premium3 Days trial$26.991 Year
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  • Premium Yearly Discount$36.991 Year
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$56.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$129.99
None

sunsidely

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MindHappy free?
MindHappy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is sunsidely free?
sunsidely costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MindHappy or sunsidely?
sunsidely is rated higher. MindHappy averages 4.8 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while sunsidely averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do MindHappy or sunsidely have ads?
MindHappy shows ads; sunsidely does not.
Which is updated more often, MindHappy or sunsidely?
MindHappy ships an update weekly, and sunsidely every 4 weeks. Most recently, MindHappy was updated on October 21, 2026 and sunsidely on October 18, 2026.

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