Comparison

Calm Cloud vs Komorebi Journal

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

Head to head
About

Calm Cloud

Features
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Calm Cloud invites you to enter into the calming, whimsical world of Zen, the cloud kitty! Ease your mind by caring for Zen daily, completing simple tasks, and growing and harvesting plants in the outdoor garden! Relax with soothing ambient background sounds, charming animations, and easy-to-use features to help manage and reduce your stress. Features include: *Gentle gameplay that is easy and soothing *Cute and whimsically fanciful art *Interactive toys, lights, and more *Surprise deliveries! *Leveling system with special level-specific unlocks *Lights off mode for tranquil relaxation *Outdoor garden; water, harvest, and watch plants grow! *Various seedlings - customize your garden *New fireplace items! *Honor stand for selling garden goodies *Store for purchasing more seedlings and currency *Photo collection for your favorite things *Daily thankfulness journal for mindfulness *Reminders, delivered via notification, both daily and one-time *Soothing activities that can be completed each day *Two fun mini-games: Garden Match and Find the Snail! *Fun sounds and calming music in the Garden Match game *Different day and night visuals and atmospheres *Daily task sheet with achievable, fulfilling goals *Fun seasonal and weather changes!

About

Komorebi Journal

This app provides a private space for caregivers to process their experiences. It offers guided prompts and a unique visual representation of your journaling journey. Entries are stored solely on your device for maximum privacy.

Highlights
  • Guided journaling prompts
  • Visual tree growth mechanic
  • Private, on-device storage
  • Customizable tags for entries
  • Always accessible support numbers
  • No streaks or pressure to write daily
Features
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Healthcare burnout is all too common, and by looking back onto positive interactions with peers and patients we may be reminded of our motivations for choosing these careers. Komorebi (木漏れ日), the word for sunlight coming through leaves, is somewhere to put it down. The bad to process, and the good to reflect back on. Pick how the day went. If it was a mixed emotions day, select two. Take a prompt if a blank page is too much. These were written for this work, not adapted from a general journaling app: "What did you have to let go of today because there wasn't enough time?" "What's the gap between the care you wanted to give and the care you could give?" "What are you leaving at the hospital door before you go home?" "What do you wish someone had asked you today?" "Who on your team do you want to thank, and for what?" WHAT THE TREE IS FOR Each set of entries creates leaves. Write more and the tree fills in. That's the entire mechanic. There are no streaks. Nothing breaks if you skip a week, or a month, or a whole rotation of nights. The app will not send you a notification asking where you've been. Come back after eight weeks and the tree is where you left it, with everything you wrote still in it. YOUR WRITING DOES NOT LEAVE YOUR PHONE There is nothing to sign up for, no email, no password. There is no analytics, nor tracking of any kind. The app makes no network requests. Not for sync, not for backup, not for anything. One thing to know before you start: because entries live only on your device, deleting the app deletes them with it. There is no cloud copy to restore from.

Screenshots

Calm Cloud4 screens
Komorebi Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Komorebi Journal at none against Calm Cloud's 10. Calm Cloud's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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. Calm Cloud sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Komorebi Journal asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calm Cloud ships an update every 3 weeks, Komorebi Journal fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Calm Cloud versus Komorebi Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalm CloudKomorebi Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB3 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperKatherine Duncan-WelkeRemy Djavaherian

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Calm Cloud

One-time10
  • Dribble of 20 Coins$1.99
  • Puddle of 30 Coins$2.99
  • Refill Clouds$2.99
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  • Sprinkle of 40 Coins$3.99
  • Shower of 50 Coins$4.99
  • Drizzle of 70 Coins$6.99
  • Cloudburst of 100 Coins$9.99
  • Downpour of 200 Coins$19.99
  • Deluge of 250 Coins$24.99
  • Torrent of 500 Coins$49.99
None

Komorebi Journal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Calm Cloud free?
Calm Cloud is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Komorebi Journal free?
Komorebi Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Calm Cloud or Komorebi Journal have ads?
Neither Calm Cloud nor Komorebi Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Calm Cloud or Komorebi Journal?
Calm Cloud ships an update every 3 weeks, and Komorebi Journal fortnightly. Most recently, Calm Cloud was updated on October 25, 2026 and Komorebi Journal on October 17, 2026.

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