Comparison

Inkwell Journal vs That Counts Today

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

Head to head
About

Inkwell Journal

This app allows users to create detailed journal entries with rich text formatting, media attachments, and drawings. It offers timeline, calendar, and map views for easy navigation and powerful search functionality. Entries can be backed up to iCloud and synchronized across devices.

Highlights
  • Rich text journal editor
  • Add photos, videos, audio, and PDFs
  • Drawing editor with guides
  • Document scanning to PDF
  • Timeline, calendar, and map views
  • Powerful search functionality
  • iCloud backup and sync
  • Multiple journal creation
Features
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WRITE YOUR LIFE Whether you want to put "pen to paper" to enhance your overall sense of wellbeing or you want to capture the memory of a good day, Inkwell helps you write your life in a journal/diary with delightful ease. WHY INKWELL? Your journal is the story of your life. Inkwell is designed to make your story a pleasure to read and write. With Inkwell, it is easier and more rewarding than ever before to write your story one thought, one event or one moment at a time. ● Use Inkwell's journal editor to create entries that capture the important moments of life. Format your entry with fonts for titles and headings, create bulleted and numbered lists, indent paragraphs, choose colors, and more. Take photos and record video with the camera and capture audio with the microphone. Import photos, video, audio recordings and PDFs from your photo library and other apps. Arrange them all together to write your story. ● Add drawings to your journal entries with Inkwell's drawing editor. Choose from a variety of stroke styles and attributes such as opacity, smoothness and color. Use the drawing guides to form perfect lines, circles and rectangles. With Inkwell's drawing feature, capture diagrams, formulate equations, or add a little sparkle to your journal entries with fun artwork. ● Scan documents with your camera and import them as PDF documents info your journal entries. ● Inkwell presents all your journal entries in one seamless timeline for you to remember and explore your life. You can sort the entries from oldest to newest or newest to oldest. As you read your journal, zoom in on photos, play videos and audio recordings, and share your entries with friends and family using email or text messaging. ● Inkwell's media gallery brings all the photos, videos, audio recordings and PDFs together. It is a great place to browse your photos, watch videos and listen to recordings. From the media view, you can jump to the corresponding entry in your journal. ● Inkwell remembers when and where you write your journal entries. With the calendar and map views it is easy to travel through space and time to find what you wrote and see where you have been. ● Inkwell's powerful search lets you find any of the words you wrote in your journal and presents them in the context of your entries. ● Safely and securely back up each entry to iCloud. ● Use iCloud to synchronize your journal on all your devices. Write in your journal from any of your iOS devices and Inkwell will synchronize your entries across all your iOS devices. ● Create multiple journals to organize your entries by subject such as personal, family, work, baby, vacation, etc. You can freely move entries between journals. ● Export your entire journal to PDF or plain text to save it, print it using Air Print, or share it with another app. SUPPORT If you need help, send an email to support@tolaru.com. Privacy Policy http://tolaru.com/inkwell/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use http://tolaru.com/inkwell/terms-of-use/

About

That Counts Today

Features
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That Counts requires a paid subscription to use. Choose a monthly or annual subscription to unlock daily counts, playback, themes, and export. Start with a free trial on either plan. That Counts is a tiny daily app for noticing what mattered. Most apps ask you to track everything. That Counts asks for one thing. Each day, write one thing that counted. That’s it. No complicated systems, no pressure, and no tracking every detail of your life. Over time, those small entries become something meaningful: a quiet record that your days counted. How it works Open the app Write one thing that mattered Come back tomorrow That is the whole experience. Why it’s different Most apps try to optimize you. That Counts is here to support you. No streak pressure No ads No accounts No distractions Just one small proof that your day mattered. Features One count per day Gentle streaks with no pressure Weekly and monthly playback Theme modes Export and sharing Works offline Private by default Playback Look back at your week or month and see what counted. Not everything. Just enough to remember that something did. Privacy What you write stays on your device. We do not collect your entries. We do not track you. We do not sell your data. Subscriptions are handled by Apple. We never see your payment details. Subscription Start with a free trial, then choose the plan that works for you. A subscription unlocks: Unlimited counts Playback Themes Export and sharing Cancel anytime in your App Store settings. One thing is enough. That counts. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://thatcountstoday.com/privacy

Screenshots

Inkwell Journal4 screens
That Counts Today4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Inkwell Journal at none against That Counts Today's 2. Inkwell Journal also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). That Counts Today's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 months). On price, ads and device support 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. That Counts Today sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Inkwell Journal asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Inkwell Journal ships an update every 3 months, That Counts Today daily. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Inkwell Journal versus That Counts Today: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInkwell JournalThat Counts Today
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTolaru LLCTRISTAN ROBERT NOHRER

In-app purchases

None

Inkwell Journal

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

That Counts Today

Subscriptions2
  • That Counts Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • That Counts Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Inkwell Journal free?
Inkwell Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is That Counts Today free?
That Counts Today is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Inkwell Journal or That Counts Today have ads?
Neither Inkwell Journal nor That Counts Today shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Inkwell Journal or That Counts Today?
Inkwell Journal ships an update every 3 months, and That Counts Today daily. Most recently, Inkwell Journal was updated on November 2, 2026 and That Counts Today on October 28, 2026.

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