Comparison

Worrydolls vs Emoke

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

Emoke

This app offers a gentle way to track your daily emotions through a unique journaling ritual. It allows you to log feelings with stickers and short notes, then visualize them as a fading mood roll with a mindful breathing exercise. Gain insights into your emotional patterns over time without pressure.

Highlights
  • Mood journaling ritual
  • Mood sticker selection
  • Short note entries
  • Visual mood roll
  • Mindful breathing cues
  • Emotional pattern tracking
  • Mood statistics
Features
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Use Emoke to gently check in with your feelings. Emoke is a calm little mood journal built around a simple paper-roll ritual. Instead of facing a blank page, you tap, pick a mood sticker, write a few words, let your feelings settle into a tiny “mood roll”, and then gently light it on screen with a short mindful breathing cue to help ease your emotions. How it works Tap the mood roll to start today’s entry Choose a mood sticker that matches how you feel Add a short note on a small paper tile Watch your tile slide into the roll — like putting today’s feelings somewhere safe What Emoke helps you do Capture small moments Log your emotions in just a few taps, whenever something moves you. See patterns over time Open Mood Review to look back on past entries, and notice how your feelings change day by day. Understand your emotional rhythm In Mood Stats, see how often different moods appear in a week or a month, so you can better understand your own patterns. Designed to feel gentle, not overwhelming Emoke focuses on small, manageable steps: one sticker, one line, one tiny ritual at a time. It’s made for people who want to keep track of their inner world without pressure, rules, or long paragraphs. Following the simple on-screen “hold to inhale, release to exhale” cue, use a tiny virtual match to light the mood roll and watch it slowly fade, giving your thoughts and emotions a gentle way out with each breath. Privacy & purpose Your mood entries are stored on your device. Emoke is for self-observation and emotional journaling only. It does not provide medical or therapeutic advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Worrydolls4 screens
Emoke4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Worrydolls at 15K against Emoke's 5. Emoke's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Worrydolls sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Emoke sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Emoke holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Worrydolls has 15K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Worrydolls's written reviews are positive against 98% of Emoke's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Worrydolls ships an update every 3 weeks, Emoke every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Worrydolls versus Emoke: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorrydollsEmoke
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (15K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.8% of reviews98.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size241 MB145 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPeter WiebenWenxiu Huang

Customer experience

Worrydolls

All ratings15,347 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral2.2%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews344 reviews
Positive87.8%
Neutral7.0%
Negative5.2%

Emoke

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive98.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Emoke

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
2 purchases

Emoke

Subscriptions1
  • emoke Pro (Monthly)$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • emoke Pro (Lifetime)$9.99

Questions

Is Worrydolls free?
Worrydolls is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Emoke free?
Emoke is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Worrydolls or Emoke?
Emoke is rated higher. Worrydolls averages 4.8 out of 5 from 15K ratings, while Emoke averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Worrydolls or Emoke have ads?
Neither Worrydolls nor Emoke shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Worrydolls or Emoke?
Worrydolls ships an update every 3 weeks, and Emoke every 6 days. Most recently, Worrydolls was updated on September 30, 2026 and Emoke on September 29, 2026.

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