Elephant Journal vs Clever Polls
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Daily Front Page updates
- Browse articles by topic
- Comment and share content
- Heart articles to boost scores
- Follow favorite writers
- Receive notifications
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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/
Clever Polls
Simplify group decisions and event planning with this app. Easily create polls to gather opinions on dates, times, and choices, eliminating the need for lengthy message chains. Ideal for coordinating friends, family, or teams for various activities.
- Create polls for group decisions
- Schedule events and meetings
- Coordinate dates and times
- Facilitate group voting
- Simplify group coordination
- Manage event availability
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Clever Polls– Easy Group Scheduling & Voting Create polls, schedule events, and make group decisions fast. Clever Polls helps friends, families, and teams agree on dates, times, and choices—without endless messages. Perfect for meetings, dinners, trips, events, and any situation where coordinating people gets messy. Keywords baked in: poll app, scheduling app, group poll, date picker, meeting planner, event scheduling, group voting, availability poll, calendar coordination. Subscription Information A monthly subscription is required to unlock premium features. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. The renewal charge will be applied within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in your Account Settings. Terms of Use: https://lovepowerup.com/CleverPolls/terms-of-service.html Privacy Policy: https://lovepowerup.com/CleverPolls/privacy-policy.html For support or feedback, contact: contact@lovepowerup.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Elephant Journal at 84% against Clever Polls's 0%. Elephant Journal also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and rating (4.9 vs 4.5). Clever Polls's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Elephant Journal sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Clever Polls sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Elephant Journal holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Elephant Journal has 14K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Elephant Journal's written reviews are positive against 0% of Clever Polls's.
Elephant Journal ships an update every 3 weeks, Clever Polls every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Elephant Journal | Clever Polls |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (14K ratings) — better | 4.5 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | +17 |
| Developer | Elephant Journal | Love Power Up, LLC |
Customer experience
Elephant Journal
Clever Polls
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
Clever Polls
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Elephant Journal
- Elephant Monthly$6.991 Month
- Elephant Subscription$35.991 Year
- Article Boost$2.99
- Big Article Boost$9.99
Clever Polls
- Pass for access$7.991 Month
- Yearly Pass (Best Deal)$47.991 Year
- Extra credits$1.99
Questions
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