Twig vs Knewness
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Twig
A private digital journal for couples to document shared memories. Upload photos and add personal notes to create a lasting record of special moments, exclusively for the two of you. It's designed to be an easy and accessible way to preserve your relationship's history.
- Shared digital journal
- Private memory keeping
- Photo uploads
- Personal notes for each memory
- Easy to document moments
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Twig - The shared journal for couples. Social media is too public and scrapbooking is too hard - share your memories with your partner in one place, just for the two of you. Each memory has a place for you to upload photos and each add a note about your special moment. Twig makes it easy to document even the smallest of sweet moments. Plus, it's completely free. The story behind Twig: Both my fiancé Kassidy and I have gifted each other various forms of scrapbooks. While that definitely has its place, we wanted something that could be used any time something special happened. So I set out to make this app. Now we've got a rolling memory of all sorts of special moments we've shared! I hope it's just as useful for you as it has been for us. Enjoy!
Knewness
This app offers a daily Christian devotional experience, transforming scripture into personal affirmations for speaking and prayer. It includes a full Bible with narration, guided readings, and a private journal for spiritual reflection. Crisis resources are always accessible.
- Speak scripture in first person
- Guided daily prayers
- Full Bible with audio narration
- Personalized scripture-based prayer
- Encrypted and synced journal
- Crisis resource access
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Knewness is a Christian companion for the whole day — Scripture to read, Scripture to say, prayer to pray, and a Bible you can listen to. It begins with one shift. Most apps hand you a verse to read. Knewness also hands you a verse to SAY — turned into the first person, so it comes out of your own mouth in your own voice. Not "your life is hidden with Christ in God." "My life is hidden with Christ in God." SPEAK — Scripture turned toward you Open the app and today's words are already there. No browsing, no choosing. You see the verse they come from, then every line drawn out of it, in the first person, waiting to be said. Hold the light while you speak. Release when it's said. Two minutes, and a prayer to close. At the end the whole thing comes back to you in one piece — everything you have just spoken over yourself, together. PRAY — written prayers, and room for your own A prayer written for every hour of the day — morning, afternoon, evening and night. Or bring what you are actually carrying: name it in plain words, and Knewness finds the Scripture that speaks to it, a day at a time, with a quiet way to mark the days you showed up. READ — the whole Bible, and hear it too The Berean Standard Bible, all 66 books, in a reader built to be read rather than searched. Every one of its 1,189 chapters is narrated, so you can listen while you drive, cook, or walk. Keep notes on any verse. Build a reading plan that fits your week. DEVOTIONAL — thirty days, in order One day at a time. A verse set down whole, a short reading on what it means where you actually live, three questions, and a prayer you say out loud. JOURNAL — private, and it survives your next phone Your entries are encrypted and synced to your account, so a lost or replaced phone doesn't lose what you wrote. HELP IS NEVER BEHIND A PAYWALL If you are in crisis, the app puts real resources in front of you immediately — 988 and the Crisis Text Line in the U.S. That works whether or not you have an account, whether or not you subscribe, and whether or not a subscription has lapsed. It always will. Knewness is a devotional tool. It is not a church, not counseling, and not a substitute for professional care. SUBSCRIPTION Free to try for 7 days, then $4.99/month or $49.99/year. Cancel any time in your App Store settings. "Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. They are new every morning." — Lamentations 3:22-23
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Knewness at 5.0 against Twig's 4.6. Knewness also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 weeks). Twig's advantage is ratings volume (539 vs 2). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Twig sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Knewness sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Knewness holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Twig has 539 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Twig's written reviews are positive against 100% of Knewness's.
Twig ships an update every 5 weeks, Knewness every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Twig | Knewness |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (539 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 539 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Trent Guillory | QuaSync Solutions LLC |
Customer experience
Twig
Knewness
Bugs and requests
Twig
Reported bugs
4 issues- Shared journal not syncing
- Subscription not working as expected
- Crashes and data loss
- Unable to add partner
Requested features
5 requests- Add automatic draft saving
- Add calendar view
- Allow video uploads
- Add ability to organize photos
- Add interactive activities
Knewness
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Twig
- Twig Plus 1 Month7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Twig Plus 1 Year7 Days trial$23.991 Year
- Twig Plus Lifetime$34.99
Knewness
- Knewness Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Knewness Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year









