Comparison

Elephant Journal vs ringa

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

Head to head
About

Elephant Journal

Explore mindful living through articles, videos, and podcasts on topics like meditation, relationships, and environmental tips. Engage with content, support authors, and join discussions to foster a sense of community and personal growth.

Highlights
  • Daily Front Page updates
  • Browse articles by topic
  • Comment and share content
  • Heart articles to boost scores
  • Follow favorite writers
  • Receive notifications
Features
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From Meditation to Relationships, Family to Environmental Tips, Yoga and Meditation to Travel and Recipes—we cover all the issues and topics that matter with a sense of humor and journalistic integrity—cutting through fads and making fun of spiritual materialism. Our app is simple: it’s not here to clutter your life, but to help open it up. Most apps we enjoy fill the gaps in our lives—whether in line or in a waiting room, or at a restaurant waiting for a friend or colleague to return. Elephant offers space and inspiration within this busyness, enabling us to return to our basic goodness with knowledge and empathy. Every day, check our Front Page for uplifted discussions and new articles, videos and podcasts. Then, your reading, hearting, sharing, and commenting directly increase the article's score, helping that author “win,” get paid by our mindful community, and get featured on our Front Page. FRONT PAGE: A clear scrollable display of our community’s favorite articles, timely issues, and editor’s picks. Scroll ’til you find something that inspires you. TOPICS: Browse articles by category (Yoga, Family, Green, Politics, Recipes…), bookmark those you love, and snooze the ones you don’t. NOTIFICATIONS: See if someone replies to your comment, get alerts from writers who you follow, and find our best new articles. SEARCH: Find that article or subject you’re curious about, and see other trending searches HEART: Tap the “heart” icon on your favorite articles to boost their score to help the issue get featured on our Front Page and increase the author’s chances of winning our weekly Ecosystem payout. COMMENT: Join the uplifted discussions happening on each story to increase the article’s score and create mindful community. SHARE: Share your favorite articles with your network, directly from the app. SUBSCRIBE: You can read two articles free, every day—if you want to read unlimited articles, and see fewer ads, you can subscribe for $3/month (billed annually at $36/year). You can cancel your renewal at any time from the Account Settings of your device at least 24 hours before your renewal date. Questions? Feedback? Confused? Contact our Support at: elephantjournal.com/support We respect your Privacy: elephantjournal.com/privacy Elephant’s Terms of Service: elephantjournal.com/terms-of-service/

About

ringa

Easily create and send personalized invitations and greeting cards for any occasion. Customize designs with extensive options and track guest responses. Share via email, SMS, or link.

Highlights
  • Thousands of customizable designs
  • Personalize images, fonts, and layouts
  • Guest response tracking
  • Send via email, SMS, or link
  • Create and manage private groups
  • Download cards as images/GIFs
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Create and send personalized invites and cards with Ringa! With a user-friendly interface and a wide variety of templates, creating stunning invitations and greeting cards has never been easier. Whether you're planning a birthday party, a wedding, or just sending a heartfelt message to a loved one, our app has everything you need to make your invitation or card special. The distinguishing feature is the focus on simplicity and personalizations. The app is intended to be used not just for formal gathering like weddings/ birthday events but also for casual get togethers/activities like shopping, dinners, happy hours, etc. Invite features include - Choose from 1000s of designs for any occasation or create your own - Personalizable designs - Extensive options to customize images, fonts, layouts etc. - The guest does not need the app to be installed to respond to invites. The invites can be sent via email or the link shared via text. - Track the invites. See who has viewed the invite, accepted etc. - Add co-hosts to the invites - Send reminders to RSVP - Send reminders for the event - Share the invites via SMS - Chat with guests - Save invites as drafts Card features include - Easily create greeting cards for any occasation - Customize the cards by adding pages, change colors, images, fonts and more, and personalize by adding your own message - Send cards to your loved ones via email or sms - Share the cards via SMS - Download the cards as images and gifs Do more with the app - Create and manage private Groups - Invite friends to use the app - Send feedback

Screenshots

Elephant Journal4 screens
ringa4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Elephant Journal at 14K against ringa's 2. ringa's advantage is iOS requirement (10.2 vs 26.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Elephant Journal sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and ringa sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. 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 — 4.9 for Elephant Journal against 5.0 for ringa. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Elephant Journal has 14K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Elephant Journal ships an update every 3 weeks, ringa every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Elephant Journal versus ringa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElephant Journalringa
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (14K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings14K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.010.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB67 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperElephant JournalSifrLabs LLC

Customer experience

Elephant Journal

All ratings14,205 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews98 reviews
Positive83.7%
Neutral3.1%
Negative13.3%

ringa

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Elephant Journal

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Subscription cancellation button not working
  • Articles not loading properly
  • Inconsistent reading limits

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add dark mode option
  • Implement a 'read later' feature
  • Improve navigation and article tracking
  • Increase free article limits

ringa

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Elephant Journal

Subscriptions2
  • Elephant Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Elephant Subscription$35.991 Year
One-time2
  • Article Boost$2.99
  • Big Article Boost$9.99
9 purchases

ringa

One-time9
  • Card Plus 5$0.99
  • Plus 15$2.99
  • Plus 25 upgrade$2.99
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  • Card Plus 15$2.99
  • Plus 25$4.99
  • Card Plus 25$4.99
  • Plus 50 upgrade (25)$5.99
  • Plus 50 upgrade (15)$7.99
  • Plus 50$9.99

Questions

Is Elephant Journal free?
Elephant Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ringa free?
ringa is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Elephant Journal or ringa?
ringa is rated higher. Elephant Journal averages 4.9 out of 5 from 14K ratings, while ringa averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Elephant Journal or ringa have ads?
Neither Elephant Journal nor ringa shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Elephant Journal or ringa?
Elephant Journal ships an update every 3 weeks, and ringa every 4 weeks. Most recently, Elephant Journal was updated on October 16, 2026 and ringa on October 6, 2026.

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