Comparison

Gratitude Plus vs Waveflow

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

Head to head
About

Gratitude Plus

Build a consistent gratitude habit with science-based tools and community support. Reflect on your day, deepen connections, and track your mood for a healthier, happier life. Offers private journaling, shared circles, and daily inspiration.

Highlights
  • Private gratitude journal
  • Gratitude Circles for sharing
  • Daily prompts and affirmations
  • Public feed for global support
  • Mood tracking and trend analysis
  • Mindful Minutes tracking via Apple Health
  • Personalized insights
Features
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Gratitude Plus is the best way to build and maintain a consistent habit of gratitude for a healthier and happier life. Combining science-based mental health tools and community support, Gratitude Plus makes it easy to reflect on your day while deepening connections with the people you care about most. With Gratitude Plus, you can… - Keep a private, personal Gratitude Journal - Create or join Gratitude Circles with your partner, family, and/or friends - See “memories” of gratitudes you’ve shared in the past - Push yourself creatively with a variety of prompts - Browse the public feed of gratitude and support others around the world with heartwarming messages of encouragement - Get daily inspiration with positive affirmations and thoughtful quotes - Set up push notifications to remind yourself to check in - Track your mood each day to easily understand trends - View personalized insights, including most frequent words, entries and moods - Track your Mindful Minutes spent in the app by connecting to Apple Health Kit "The app is perfect! I love the clean look and it’s simplicity. This was just what I needed to add to my daily routine." "It’s so nice to see the things other people are grateful for and it makes me remember to be grateful for those things too. It makes me smile" "I love Gratitude Plus because unlike other gratitude apps I've used, it isn't clogged with unnecessary features or annoying alerts. It does exactly what I want a gratitude app to do all and has a clean, soothing design" If you have any questions or feedback, send us a note at: feedback@gratitudeplusapp.com Subscription pricing and terms: Gratitude Plus is free to use, with an option to unlock additional features by upgrading to an auto-renewing subscription: $10.99/month and $39.99/year. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Service: https://gratitudeplusapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://gratitudeplusapp.com/privacy

About

Waveflow

Amplify your gratitude practice with daily prompts and a supportive community. Share your journey visually with friends and family, and discover the science-backed benefits of consistent gratitude for improved well-being and connection.

Highlights
  • Daily journaling prompts
  • Gratitude community
  • Visual sharing with friends/family
  • Accountability buddies
  • Follow friends' journeys
  • Themed gratitude rotations
Features
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Amplify your gratitude practice with Waveflow’s gratitude community. Waveflow offers creative daily journaling prompts and an opportunity to celebrate and visually share your gratitude journey with your family and friends too. We apply the latest science to our gratitude framework. Expressing gratitude consistently with a community is a superpower, improving everything from our feelings of social connection to presence-based awareness. To maximize the effects of the practice, we guide our community through a thoughtful rotation of gratitude themes including: gratitude for the environment, gratitude for other people, and gratitude for ourselves. Sharing gratitude can cause synchronized activation in different parts of our brains, illuminating reward pathways and the hypothalamus. Gratitude can boost serotonin and trigger our brain stems to produce dopamine, our ‘pleasure’ neurotransmitter. In short, the more consistently we practice gratitude, the better we feel. Waveflow helps users to deepen their gratitude practice by offering features including accountability buddies and the chance to ‘follow’ friends and family along their gratitude journey. Accountability keeps us true to the practice, because consistency in a gratitude practice (finding something good, even when it’s hard) is necessary to enrich our lives in the most helpful way possible. This way, we garner inspiration and joy from our family and friends’ reflections too. Consistently celebrating and sharing the light in our lives has the power to change the way we see the world. Download Waveflow today and encourage a friend or family member to join you on your daily gratitude journey. Visit our website at waveflowapp.com to learn more about Waveflow and our community offerings.

Screenshots

Gratitude Plus4 screens
Waveflow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Waveflow at none against Gratitude Plus's 10. Waveflow also leads on ads (none vs shown). Gratitude Plus's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (21K vs 24). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Gratitude Plus sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Waveflow asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Gratitude Plus against 5.0 for Waveflow. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gratitude Plus has 21K ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Gratitude Plus's written reviews are positive against 100% of Waveflow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gratitude Plus ships an update every 10 days, Waveflow every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Gratitude Plus versus Waveflow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGratitude PlusWaveflow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (21K ratings)5.0 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings21K — better24
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#144 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB39 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRedwheel AppsWeaveLines

Customer experience

Gratitude Plus

All ratings20,385 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.8%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews1,758 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral3.1%
Negative3.5%

Waveflow

All ratings24 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Gratitude Plus

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatibility with older devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Allow multiple entries per day
  • Add dark mode option
  • Improve data backup and restore functionality

Waveflow

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Gratitude Plus

Subscriptions9
  • Gratitude Plus Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Monthly Plan$10.991 Month
  • Gratitude Plus Premium$14.991 Year
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  • Gratitude Plus Premium$17.991 Year
  • Gratitude Plus Premium$19.991 Year
  • Gratitude Plus Premium Annual7 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Gratitude Plus Premium Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Gratitude Plus Premium Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Gratitude Plus Family Plan7 Days trial$89.991 Year
One-time1
  • One-time Streak Restore$0.99
None

Waveflow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gratitude Plus free?
Gratitude Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Waveflow free?
Waveflow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gratitude Plus or Waveflow?
Waveflow is rated higher. Gratitude Plus averages 4.9 out of 5 from 21K ratings, while Waveflow averages 5.0 from 24 ratings.
Do Gratitude Plus or Waveflow have ads?
Gratitude Plus shows ads; Waveflow does not.
Which is updated more often, Gratitude Plus or Waveflow?
Gratitude Plus ships an update every 10 days, and Waveflow every 4 months. Most recently, Gratitude Plus was updated on November 8, 2026 and Waveflow on November 3, 2026.

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