Dark Draft vs Glad Mind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dark Draft
Focus on your writing without distractions or self-doubt. This app helps you generate more content and track your word count to meet deadlines. Easily export your drafts for use anywhere.
- Distraction-free writing environment
- Integrated word counter
- Secure on-device storage
- Easy content export
- Focus on quantity for quality
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Free from Distraction Get back to writing and free yourself from self-doubt or being stuck on a single word. This is one of those times that quantity typically produces better quality content. Who's Counting? Have a deadline and need to make sure you hit the minimum count? - We've integrated a simple word counter to help you know exactly where you're at and how much more you have left to go. Sharing is Caring Whether you use Dark Draft to start your thesis paper or use it for a breakup text, we want it to be easy to take that information with you. All your data, is your content - drafts are securely held on device and we don't want to know anyway. Take control of your writing with Dark Draft and try something new
Glad Mind
This app serves as a mindful journal and assistant, helping users cultivate gratitude. It offers a space for reflection and personal growth through guided journaling prompts and a supportive interface.
- Mindful journaling
- Gratitude practice
- Personal assistant
- Reflection prompts
- User-friendly interface
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Glad is your mindful journal and assistant.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Glad Mind at 100% against Dark Draft's 50%. Glad Mind also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.0). Dark Draft's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On 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
Glad Mind is free to download; Dark Draft costs $0.99 up front. Glad Mind sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Dark Draft asks for nothing beyond the download.
Glad Mind holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dark Draft has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Dark Draft's written reviews are positive against 100% of Glad Mind's.
| Parameter | Dark Draft | Glad Mind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | — | iPhone — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mikey Krieger | Adegboyega Olusunmade |
Customer experience
Dark Draft
Glad Mind
In-app purchases
Dark Draft
No in-app purchases
Glad Mind
- Monthly$3.991 Month
- Yearly$39.991 Year
- Music Augment$2.99
- Emotion Journal$3.99
- Focus Journal$3.99
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- Streak Journal$3.99
- Log Journal$3.99
