It's Just a Phase® vs BloomYou
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
It's Just a Phase®
Explore lunar cycles and zodiac signs with a comprehensive calendar. Track your intentions and practices with an integrated diary. Reflect and plan your life around celestial movements.
- Moon phase calendar
- Zodiac information
- Intention diary
- Practice tracking
- Lunar cycle reflection
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Learn about the moon phases with It’s just a Phase®. Our app features a calendar with moon phases and zodiac information to help you to reflect and plan. Sign up to have access to a diary to keep track of your intentions and your praxis. "[Praxis is] reflection and action directed at the structures to be transformed." - Paulo Freire. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://itsjustaphase.app/privacy/
BloomYou
This app helps you capture mindful moments and foster emotional awareness through mood analysis and personalized self-care suggestions. It provides uplifting prompts for self-reflection in a private, supportive environment without saving or sharing any data.
- Quick mood analysis
- Personalized self-care suggestions
- Uplifting prompts
- Emotional awareness tracking
- Private and secure experience
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BloomYou: Your Personal Self-Reflection Companion BloomYou is a unique social wellness app designed to capture and inspire mindful moments. With its intuitive mood analysis, users can select their current mood and receive personalized, self-care suggestions tailored to their needs. BloomYou encourages mindful self-reflection through uplifting prompts, helping you connect with your inner thoughts while fostering emotional awareness—all without saving or sharing any data. Key Features: Quick mood analysis to guide your self-care journey. Inspiring affirmations to uplift your day. Mood based suggestions to aid in your emotional well-being. BloomYou is a safe, supportive space where you can pause, reflect, and celebrate your emotional wellness. No data is stored or shared, ensuring a fully private experience. Experience mindful moments with BloomYou – where self-care meets simplicity.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BloomYou at 100% against It's Just a Phase®'s 55%. BloomYou also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). It's Just a Phase®'s advantage is ratings volume (64 vs 2) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. It's Just a Phase® sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. BloomYou asks for nothing beyond the download.
BloomYou holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: It's Just a Phase® has 64 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of It's Just a Phase®'s written reviews are positive against 100% of BloomYou's.
It's Just a Phase® ships an update every 4 weeks, BloomYou every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | It's Just a Phase® | BloomYou |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (64 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 64 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | PHASE 333 PTY LTD | DeAndrea Dorsey |
Customer experience
It's Just a Phase®
BloomYou
Bugs and requests
It's Just a Phase®
Reported bugs
10 issues- App stuck on loading screen
- App closes immediately upon opening after update
- App won't open, shows white page
- App disappears after opening
- Connectivity issues reported
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- App says 'something went wrong'
- Journal save button glitchy
- Calendar function shows incorrect day's info
- Password reset banner blocks button
- Misspelled Sagittarius
Requested features
9 requests- Sidereal option
- Widgets for the app
- Dark theme option
- Option to change background color
- Ability to interpret personal chart effects
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- Option to add events/reminders to calendar
- More notification options
- Information on moon phase meanings (spiritual side)
- Vedic astrological reference option
BloomYou
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
It's Just a Phase®
- Premium Membership Monthly$7.991 Month
- IJAP - Premium Membership$4.99
- IJAP - Premium Membership$5.00
- IJAP Premium Membership$8.99
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- IJAP - Premium Membership$9.99
- IJAP - Premium Membership$10.00
- IJAP - Premium Membership$10.49
- IJAP - Premium Membership$13.99
- IJAP - Premium Membership$19.99
- IJAP - Premium Membership$20.00
BloomYou
No in-app purchases
