Reflection vs With Gratitude
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reflection
This AI-powered journal provides personalized coaching and insights based on your daily entries. It allows you to write, speak, or scan your thoughts, and then ask your journal questions to gain deeper self-understanding. Track your growth with mood insights and reviews.
- AI Coach replies to entries
- Ask your journal questions
- Voice journaling with transcription
- Scan handwritten pages
- Mood and emotion insights
- 100+ guided journals and prompts
- Private and encrypted entries
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Reflection is a journal that writes back. Write or speak about your day, and Reflection's AI Coach replies right inside your entry with a question that helps you go a layer deeper. Over time your journal becomes something you can ask: what has been weighing on you, what brings you joy, how your mood has shifted since spring. NEW IN REFLECTION 7 A complete redesign. The journal is calmer and more spacious, with nine color themes, a rebuilt Coach, one + button for everything you add to an entry, and Focus Mode for longer sessions. It's faster, too. A COACH IN EVERY ENTRY • Instant Chat: press Enter and the Coach replies on the next line. • Go Deeper, Get Perspective, Coach Me and Action Items when you want more. • Voice Call (Premium): talk it through out loud. When you hang up, the conversation is written into your entry. ASK YOUR JOURNAL ANYTHING Search by meaning, not only by keyword. Ask "What have I been grateful for lately?" and get an answer drawn from your own entries, with the dates you wrote them. WRITE, SPEAK OR SCAN • Voice journaling with accurate transcription • Scan a handwritten page into text • Add photos, and catch up on missed days from your camera roll • Templates and daily prompts for when you don't know where to start SEE HOW YOU'RE GROWING Mood and emotion insights, writing streaks, and weekly, monthly and annual reviews that show where your head has been. 100+ GUIDED JOURNALS AND PROMPTS Gratitude, anxiety, self-care, shadow work, relationships, work and more, including multi-day programs like the 14-day Reflect & Reset. A fresh prompt is waiting on your Today page each morning. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your entries are encrypted • Lock the app with Face ID or a PIN, and keep single entries private • Your entries are never used to train AI models • Turn AI off entirely, or exclude any entry from it • Export your journal as PDF, CSV or JSON whenever you like EVERYWHERE YOU WRITE iPhone, iPad, Mac and the web, all in sync. "This app manages to do what many others in this category don't: make AI features that actually feel useful." (App Store review, July 2026) FREE TO START Journal for free, with AI Coach replies each day and insights after every entry. Reflection Premium adds unlimited AI and voice, Voice Call, all 100+ guides, all nine themes, App Lock, export and unlimited sync. Reflection is a tool for self-reflection. It is not a substitute for professional mental health care. Questions or feedback: hello@reflection.app Terms: https://www.reflection.app/tos Privacy: https://www.reflection.app/pp
With Gratitude
Cultivate a daily gratitude practice with this app. Share your positive reflections with friends and family in private groups to deepen relationships and boost well-being. It's a simple, social way to focus on the good.
- Daily gratitude practice
- Private sharing 'bubbles'
- Share lists with friends and family
- Improves health and sleep
- Builds resilience
- Deepens relationships
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For thousands of years, people have been practising gratitude. This daily ritual of looking for the good things is proven to improve health, sleep, resilience and friendships. This app makes gratitude fun and social. Create private “bubbles” to share your lists with close friends and family. Gratitude with loved ones keeps you motivated and deepens relationships. It’s simple, free and feels amazing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: With Gratitude at none against Reflection's 9. With Gratitude also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). Reflection's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Reflection sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. With Gratitude asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Reflection against 4.8 for With Gratitude. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.1K and 417 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 90% and 91% positive.
Reflection ships an update every 3 weeks, With Gratitude every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reflection | With Gratitude |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.1K ratings) | 4.8 (417 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.1% of reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 417 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Journal Better Inc. | With Gratitude Ltd |
Customer experience
Reflection
With Gratitude
User reviews
Reflection
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Smooth user experience
- 💡 Helpful AI-powered prompts and insights
- 🌟 Beautiful and clean interface
- 📚 Useful journaling guides and categories
Room to improve
- 💰 Some features locked behind paywall
- 🐛 Occasional technical issues (e.g. login, syncing)
- 📱 Limited functionality on mobile devices
With Gratitude
From 417 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 💖 Fosters gratitude and positivity
- 🤝 Enhances connection with friends/family
- ✨ Beautiful and delightful design
- 💡 Encourages daily habit formation
Room to improve
- 📱 iPhone only limitation
- 🐛 Text field loses input
- 🐛 Tiny text size
- 🐛 No dark mode
- 🐛 Crashing issues reported
Bugs and requests
Reflection
Reported bugs
2 issues- Keyboard covering screen on smaller devices
- Inability to delete or edit entries
Requested features
3 requests- More customization options (fonts, themes, etc.)
- Handwriting/Apple Pencil support
- Improved web/desktop app experience
With Gratitude
Reported bugs
3 issues- Text field loses input when switching apps
- App crashes frequently
- Magnifier interaction closes text field
Requested features
4 requests- Export lists to text file
- Dark mode
- Increased text size options
- Improved text field memory
In-app purchases
Reflection
- Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Premium (Monthly)$8.001 Month
- Launch Special (Annual)7 Days trial$35.991 Year
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- Premium (Annual)7 Days trial2 variants$47.991 Year
- Premium (Annual)1 Month trial$47.991 Year
- Premium (Annual)7 Days trial$69.001 Year
- Lifetime Premium Special$124.99
- Premium (Lifetime)$249.99
With Gratitude
No in-app purchases
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