Comparison

Monotter vs Gratitude Journal

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

Head to head
About

Monotter

This private life-logging app allows you to record brief, diary-like texts that are never shared online. Your entries form a personal timeline, with features like search, location tracking, and status prefixes to organize your thoughts and activities.

Highlights
  • Private life-logging
  • Timeline view of entries
  • Powerful search by hashtag, place, rating
  • Automatic location tracking
  • Status prefixes for tasks
  • Calendar export for events
  • Todo management with checkboxes
Features
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Monotter is a private life-logging app that lets you jot down and store brief, diary-like texts—never shared online. Your accumulated notes form a Timeline, and each individual note is called an Entry. Keep your thoughts and activities securely recorded for personal reflection. • Powerful Search: Filter entries by hashtag, place, or rating • Location Tracking: Automatically record where you make an entry and name places to auto-label future entries at the same location • Status Prefixes: Prepend /start, /end, /todo, or /done to mark “start”, “end”, “todo”, or “done” states • Calendar Export: Export paired /start–end entries as events to iOS Calendar • Todo Management: Display a checkbox on to-do entries—tap to mark as done • Rating System: Tap to rate entries and sort your timeline by date or rating Features: • Apple Watch Support: Add entries from your watch and launch via a complication • Siri Shortcuts: Automate entries with voice, NFC tags, or time-based triggers • Widget: Show your latest or highest-rated entry on the home screen Unlock the 1,000-entry limit with an in-app purchase.

About

Gratitude Journal

This app helps you understand and improve your mental well-being by tracking your daily mood and journaling your thoughts. It provides visual reports and reminders to encourage consistent use. Your privacy is prioritized with on-device data storage.

Highlights
  • Daily mood tracking and rating
  • Personal journaling for thoughts and feelings
  • Visual mood trend reports
  • Customizable daily reminders
  • On-device data privacy
  • Dark and Light mode options
Features
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Obim is the perfect mood tracking and diary app for anyone looking to better understand and improve their mental health. With Obim, you can easily document, track and rate your daily mood and any relevant factors that may have influenced it. You can also use Obim as a personal diary to jot down your thoughts and feelings, and reflect on them over time. With Obim, you can get a clear picture of your overall mood trends and identify any patterns or triggers. Whether you're struggling with anxiety, depression, or just looking for a better way to manage your mental health, Obim is here to help. Try it out today and start feeling better, one day at a time. Your privacy and personal is respected. All your data is stored on your device, and we do not collect, share, or sell your data to any third parties. Add New Entries: Rate your day on a scale of Awesome to Awful — 5 is Awesome, 4 is Good, 3 is Meh, 2 Bad, and 1 is Awful. You can set the date and time of your entry, jot down your thought and feelings of the day into your diary. Timeline: All your mood ratings and diaries for the current month are displayed in a timeline formate for you to review, edit or delete. To open any entry simply touch on the item and a modal will popup. You can also go back to previous months by click on the month at the top left corner and then select a month you would like to go back to. Activities: All your monthly entries are display in a calendar, and summarised in a color coded list. Here you can see how many time you had Awesome, Good, Bad, Meh, Bad, or Awful days. You can go back to previous months by clicking on the month at the top left corner. Report: Your entire mood for the year is display in a grid of 372 cells. With each cell representing 1 day of the year and the extras cells from shorter months are used as fillers. Reminder: Never miss a day to document and rate your day. You’ll be notified every evening by 8:00 pm to rate your day. Appearance: Chose between Dark Mode, Light Mode, Or Default to your phones preferred settings. Privacy Focused: All your data is stored on your device. Cloud data storage is only available when you subscribe to Obim Pro —-

https://obim.lunabase.xyz Subscription pricing and terms: Obim offers an auto-renewing monthly subscription at $4.99/month and an auto-renewing yearly subscription at $8.99/year to provide you with additional premium features. Payment will be charged to the credit card connected to your iTunes Account when you confirm the initial subscription purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and the cost of the renewal will be identified. You may manage your subscription and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after the purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. Read more about our terms and conditions here: Terms of service: https://obim.lunabase.xyz/terms Privacy policy: https://obim.lunabase.xyz/privacy

Screenshots

Monotter4 screens
Gratitude Journal3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Gratitude Journal at Free against Monotter's $1.99. Gratitude Journal also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.3) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Gratitude Journal is free to download; Monotter costs $1.99 up front. Monotter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Gratitude Journal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gratitude Journal holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gratitude Journal has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Monotter's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gratitude Journal's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Monotter ships an update every 2 months, Gratitude Journal weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Monotter versus Gratitude Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonotterGratitude Journal
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.3 (3 ratings)4.8 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings315 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSmallmakeAustine Amah

Customer experience

Monotter

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Gratitude Journal

All ratings15 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Monotter

One-time1
  • Monotter Unlock$1.99
2 purchases

Gratitude Journal

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Monotter free?
Monotter costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Gratitude Journal free?
Gratitude Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Monotter or Gratitude Journal?
Gratitude Journal is rated higher. Monotter averages 3.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Gratitude Journal averages 4.8 from 15 ratings.
Do Monotter or Gratitude Journal have ads?
Neither Monotter nor Gratitude Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Monotter or Gratitude Journal?
Monotter ships an update every 2 months, and Gratitude Journal weekly. Most recently, Monotter was updated on October 24, 2026 and Gratitude Journal on October 24, 2026.

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