Comparison

HISMITH vs First Thought Best Thought

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

Head to head
About

HISMITH

This app connects to branded sex toys via Bluetooth for diverse control features. It also allows authorized friends to remotely control devices for shared experiences.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth device control
  • Remote control for friends
  • Connect to HISMITH toys
  • Diverse control features
  • Double happiness
Features
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HISMITH is a smart device control and social app for HISMITH connected devices. We are committed to providing a convenient and engaging connected-device experience. Main Features Device Control Connect compatible HISMITH devices via Bluetooth and enjoy convenient and customizable control features. Remote Control Connect with friends and authorize remote access to compatible devices for an interactive experience. Smart Connectivity Enjoy seamless connectivity and personalized device control through the HISMITH app.

About

First Thought Best Thought

Features
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First Thought Best Thought is a practice tool for spontaneous writing. "You're a Genius all the time." This is Jack Kerouac's twenty-ninth essential for modern prose, and the animating conviction behind FTBT. The premise is not that creativity must be learned, but that it must be released; that the ordinary mind, caught in the act of noticing, is already doing something extraordinary. This is not a journaling app or a writing workshop. It is a practice tool closer in spirit to a meditation timer, or a musical improvisation. HOW IT WORKS Set your daily frequency and your waking window. Prompts arrive at irregular intervals; you can neither predict them nor rehearse for them. Whatever state of mind you are in when the prompt arrives is your Genius of the moment. Every prompt is timed, and the backspace key is disabled. You move forward through language rather than circling back to manage appearances. When the timer expires, the piece is finished — you can keep it, share it, or discard it, but you cannot edit it. Kept pieces accumulate in a private archive on your device. The prompts are drawn from eight creative traditions: Beat sketching, Fluxus instruction pieces, Oulipo language constraints, Dada chance operations, Surrealist inquiry, Oblique reframings, memory and dream exercises, and Boal de-mechanization. SHARING If you choose, you can share a finished piece through your device's share sheet as a formatted card. The app never pressures you to share, never rewards sharing with streaks or badges, and never shows metrics about how a piece performed. NOTHING ELSE No social feed. No accounts. No AI assistance. No analytics. No gamification. Your writing stays on your device. The assumption is that you already possess what Kerouac called "the song of yourself." "This app does not teach technique; it creates the conditions under which technique becomes unnecessary." Created by Daniel Pinchbeck & collaborators at The Creationship, East Village, NYC.

Screenshots

HISMITH4 screens
First Thought Best Thought3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: HISMITH at 13.0 against First Thought Best Thought's 16.4. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
HISMITH versus First Thought Best Thought: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHISMITHFirst Thought Best Thought
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (51 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews10.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings51 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB39 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developer俊豪 胡Hannah Levinson

In-app purchases

None

HISMITH

No in-app purchases

None

First Thought Best Thought

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HISMITH free?
HISMITH is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is First Thought Best Thought free?
First Thought Best Thought is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HISMITH or First Thought Best Thought have ads?
Neither HISMITH nor First Thought Best Thought shows ads.

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