Common Ground CC vs Softly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Common Ground CC
Stay connected with all the latest updates and information from Common Ground Christian Church. Access event details, watch live services, browse past sermons, and receive important notifications. The app also features a secure and convenient way to donate.
- Event information for all ministries
- Live service streaming
- Sermon archive
- Push notifications for church updates
- In-app donation feature
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All the latest information from Common Ground CC at your fingertips. You will find event info for all our ministries. You can watch our services live or check out past sermons in the sermon archive. Push notifications will keep you up to date with important church information. Our new giving feature will allow you to donate safely, quickly, and easily straight from the app. Mobile app version: 6.22.1
Softly
A private journaling app focused on reflection and emotional well-being. It offers multiple writing styles, a visual emotional calendar, and word pattern analysis. All data is stored locally for complete privacy.
- Multiple writing styles
- Visual emotional calendar
- Word constellation analysis
- Time capsule feature
- On-device data storage
- Face ID protection
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Softly is a private journal for your days. No achievements. No streaks. No productivity metrics. Just you, a word when you want one, and a space that comes back every night to receive you the way you arrived. WRITE HOWEVER FEELS RIGHT Free diary, gratitude in three lines, a mood with a tap of a moon, or an affirmation when you need to hear it. Four ways to leave the day without losing it. YOUR MONTH IN WATERCOLOR Each day lights up with the color of how you felt. A hand-painted emotional calendar — not a bar chart. YOUR CONSTELLATION OF WORDS The words that return most to your writing appear as a constellation that shifts with you. You see patterns without anyone interpreting them for you. TIME CAPSULES Seal a piece of writing today (AES-GCM encrypted). Open it in a month, a year — whenever you're ready to listen to yourself again. TOTAL PRIVACY Everything lives on your device. On-device speech recognition. Face ID for your space. No tracking, no accounts, no server watching. WATERCOLORS THAT BREATHE Each time you return, a new variant of a sprig, flower, or lavender greets you. The notebook changes with you. Softly is for the days you want to write — and for the days you only wanted to open the app. Here, both count.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Softly at every 3 days against Common Ground CC's every 2 months. Common Ground CC's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Common Ground CC against 5.0 for Softly. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively.
Common Ground CC ships an update every 2 months, Softly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Common Ground CC | Softly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Common Ground Christian Church | Jean Millan |
Customer experience
Common Ground CC
Softly
In-app purchases
Common Ground CC
No in-app purchases
Softly
No in-app purchases
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