Comparison

Reflection vs With Gratitude

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

Reflection4 screens
With Gratitude4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Reflection versus With Gratitude: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReflectionWith Gratitude
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.1K ratings)4.8 (417 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.1% of reviews90.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K — better417
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size121 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJournal Better Inc.With Gratitude Ltd

Customer experience

Reflection

All ratings1,118 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews585 reviews
Positive90.1%
Neutral5.3%
Negative4.6%

With Gratitude

All ratings159 ratings
Positive98.7%
Neutral0.6%
Negative0.6%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative0.0%

User reviews

Reflection

From 1.1K App Store ratings

What 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 ratings

What 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

8 purchases

Reflection

Subscriptions6
  • 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
One-time2
  • Lifetime Premium Special$124.99
  • Premium (Lifetime)$249.99
None

With Gratitude

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Reflection free?
Reflection is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is With Gratitude free?
With Gratitude is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Reflection or With Gratitude?
With Gratitude is rated higher. Reflection averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while With Gratitude averages 4.8 from 417 ratings.
Do Reflection or With Gratitude have ads?
With Gratitude shows ads; Reflection does not.
Which is updated more often, Reflection or With Gratitude?
Reflection ships an update every 3 weeks, and With Gratitude every 6 days. Most recently, Reflection was updated on November 6, 2026 and With Gratitude on October 30, 2026.

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