Hounder vs JournalWrite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hounder
This app sends timely notifications to help you remember tasks and build habits. It operates entirely on your device, ensuring your privacy and not requiring an internet connection.
- Timely notifications
- Task reminders
- Habit building
- On-device operation
- No internet required
- Privacy focused
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Hounder will send you notifications to remind you to do things at specific times. It's perfect for remembering daily tasks or building new habits. Hounder is incredibly simple to use and runs entirely on your device, it collects no information about you and doesn't even use an internet connection.
JournalWrite
This app offers a private and distraction-free space for writing journal entries. It helps users build consistent habits by tracking streaks and visualizing progress with clear insights, all while remaining fully offline and ad-free.
- Distraction-free writing experience
- Offline journaling
- No ads or accounts required
- Track journaling streaks
- Visualize progress with insights
- Explore entry trends
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JournalWrite provides a clean, distraction-free journaling experience designed to help you stay consistent, reflect privately, and visualize your progress over time. Track streaks, view meaningful insights, and build a stronger journaling habit - all without ads, accounts, or clutter. SIMPLE BY DESIGN - Clean, distraction-free writing experience - No ads, no clutter, no paywalls - Focused journaling for capturing your thoughts and reflecting clearly POWERFUL STATS - Track your journaling streaks and records - Visualize your progress with clean insights - Explore trends across all journal entries - Stay motivated with clear progress over time PRIVATE & OFFLINE - Your entries stay on your device - Fully offline journaling - No account required - No personal data collected If you enjoy journaling, tracking your growth, and keeping your thoughts private, JournalWrite is built for you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: JournalWrite at every 2 months against Hounder's every 33 months. Hounder's advantage is iOS requirement (13.2 vs 18.0). 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 Hounder against 5.0 for JournalWrite. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
Hounder ships an update every 33 months, JournalWrite every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hounder | JournalWrite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 33 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jummp.com App Development | Jacob Kappler |
Customer experience
Hounder
JournalWrite
In-app purchases
Hounder
No in-app purchases
JournalWrite
No in-app purchases
