Comparison

Worrydolls vs Bears Gratitude

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

Head to head
About

Worrydolls

This app provides a digital worry doll to help you manage anxiety and stress. Share your worries with the doll, track them over time, and find a sense of calm by revisiting past concerns.

Highlights
  • Digital worry doll companion
  • Share worries with the doll
  • Track worries over time
  • Journaling for anxiety
  • Review past worries
  • Sense of calm
Features
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Worrydolls gives you a small doll who is ready to listen to what is worrying you. Tell your worry to the doll, then track it over time. You can use Worrydolls like a journal to help you overcome anxiety and stress. The idea of worrydolls started with the indigenous people of Guatemala. The first worrydoll was given to the princess Ixucane as a special gift from the sun god, with the promise that the worrydoll could handle any worry a person could have. Ever since, tiny worrydolls made leftover cloth have been given to worried people. Whisper a single worry to the worrydoll, and hide it under their pillow. As soon as the worrydoll is told the worry, sorrow, or fear, it takes the burden and carries it from then on. The app works the same way! Just tell a single worry to the Worrydoll, and the Worrydoll will carry it for you. In this way, you can have worrydolls on your phone. When your worry is finished, you can tell the worrydoll that he/she does not need to worry anymore. You can always look back at your old worries to feel a sense of calm. My grandmother gave me tiny worrydolls because I was always worrying as a child. Now, you can have Worrydolls on your phone. I hope that the worrydolls can help you just like they helped me. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Bears Gratitude

This app offers a beautiful and simple way to record daily gratitude entries. It incorporates hand-drawn bear art, reward stickers for accomplishments, and encouraging messages to promote happiness and self-care.

Highlights
  • Daily gratitude journaling
  • Hand-drawn bear artworks
  • Reward stickers for accomplishments
  • Words of encouragement
  • Inspirational articles
Features
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Bears Gratitude is the most beautiful way to write your daily gratitude entry, to build happiness one day at a time, and to practice self-care when life gets tough. …HAND-DRAWN ARTWORKS… 100+ beautifully drawn bear artworks with a gorgeous pastel color palette to celebrate each day of your life. …SELF REWARDS… Reward yourself with cute stickers that represent your accomplishments of the day. Each win - big or small - is so important. …WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT… Each card has a few words of encouragement as a gentle reminder to keep being awesome. …INSPIRATIONAL ARTICLES… Bite-sized mini articles to give a little perspective on everything that happens in our lives.

Screenshots

Worrydolls4 screens
Bears Gratitude4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Worrydolls at 15K against Bears Gratitude's 851. Bears Gratitude's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Worrydolls sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Bears Gratitude sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Worrydolls against 4.8 for Bears Gratitude. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Worrydolls has 15K ratings behind it against 851, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Worrydolls's written reviews are positive against 86% of Bears Gratitude's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Worrydolls ships an update every 3 weeks, Bears Gratitude monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Worrydolls versus Bears Gratitude: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorrydollsBears Gratitude
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (15K ratings)4.8 (851 ratings)
Positive reviews88.7% of reviews — better85.6% of reviews
Number of ratings15K — better851
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size241 MB108 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter WiebenIsuru Wanasinghe

Customer experience

Worrydolls

All ratings15,347 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral2.2%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews690 reviews
Positive88.7%
Neutral6.4%
Negative4.9%

Bears Gratitude

All ratings851 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral2.0%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews180 reviews
Positive85.6%
Neutral5.0%
Negative9.4%

User reviews

Worrydolls

From 15K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Helpful for anxiety and stress relief
  • 🔒 Secure with password/biometric lock
  • 💡 Unique concept of 'worry dolls'
  • 👍 Provides a space to vent and get thoughts out
  • 👍 Allows reflecting on past worries

Room to improve

  • 🔇 Limited character count for expressing worries
  • 🐛 App freezes when reaching character limit
  • 🐛 Inability to edit or delete past worries
  • 🐛 Inconsistent behavior when locking/unlocking the app
  • 🔇 Lack of customization options for worry dolls

Bears Gratitude

From 851 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🧸 Cute and fun app
  • 💻 Easy to use
  • 📝 Helps with journaling and gratitude
  • 🌟 Motivating and inspiring
  • 🎨 Aesthetically pleasing

Room to improve

  • 💰 Paywall after limited free entries
  • 🔒 Requires payment for full access
  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches

Bugs and requests

Worrydolls

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App freezing when reaching character limit
  • Inconsistent behavior with locking/unlocking the app

Requested features

5 requests
  • Remove character limit for writing worries
  • Add ability to edit, delete, or organize past worries
  • Implement more customization options for worry dolls
  • Incorporate AI-powered responses or advice from dolls
  • Add sorting/filtering options for past worries

Bears Gratitude

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Entry data not saving properly
  • Inconsistent navigation between screens

Requested features

4 requests
  • More daily prompts and sayings
  • Ability to add photos and customize entries
  • Widgets for home screen
  • Undo/edit functionality

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Worrydolls

Subscriptions2
  • Magic Mode7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Magic Mode - Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Magic Mode One Time Unlock$69.99
1 purchases

Bears Gratitude

One-time1
  • Bears Unlimited$2.99

Questions

Is Worrydolls free?
Worrydolls is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bears Gratitude free?
Bears Gratitude is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Worrydolls or Bears Gratitude?
Worrydolls and Bears Gratitude are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 15K and 851 ratings respectively.
Do Worrydolls or Bears Gratitude have ads?
Neither Worrydolls nor Bears Gratitude shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Worrydolls or Bears Gratitude?
Worrydolls ships an update every 3 weeks, and Bears Gratitude monthly. Most recently, Worrydolls was updated on October 18, 2026 and Bears Gratitude on October 16, 2026.

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