Reflection vs Leptin
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
Leptin
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Leptin turns a health programme into a plan you can follow every day: when to eat, what to eat and how to move. Choose a programme designed by experts, enrol in a few taps, and each day's plan appears on your Home screen. Your programme fits around your sleep and your schedule. It suggests changes but never forces them, and everything goes back to how it was when the programme ends. Leptin is not a calorie counter. What matters is the pattern you build over weeks, not a single meal. Together, those patterns shape your metabolic health: the foundation of your weight, your energy and how you feel through the day. PROGRAMMES Structured plans for eating, fasting and movement, with reminders at the right moment and progress you can see. FAST A timer built around metabolic phases rather than a plain countdown, so you always know where you are in your fast and when your eating window opens. A Live Activity keeps it on your lock screen. EAT Guidance when it counts. Eating out? Scan the menu. At home? Get a suggestion that fits your plan. Log a meal in seconds by photo, voice or search, and Leptin identifies the foods and their nutrients. MOVE Guided workouts with an audio coach that calls out each step and keeps going while your phone is locked, interval walks, and free logging for everything else. Suggestions take into account how long you have been fasting. COACH An AI coach you can ask anything, by voice or text, that knows your programme, your fasting state and your history. INSIGHTS Streaks, history and progress over time. Apple Health sync keeps your workouts and activity in step with the rest of your health data. Leptin works offline. Everything you log is saved on your phone and syncs when you are back online. Leptin is a wellness and lifestyle app. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, and it does not provide medical advice. The in-app AI coach is an assistant, not a clinician, and its guidance should never be relied on for medical decisions. Consult a qualified healthcare professional before starting any fasting, nutrition, or exercise programme, especially if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, under 18, or living with a medical condition such as diabetes, heart disease, low blood pressure, or a history of disordered eating. Stop and seek medical attention if you feel faint, disoriented, unusually short of breath, experience chest pain, or feel unwell in any way. Core fasting tracking, timers and insights are free. SUBSCRIPTIONS Leptin offers optional auto-renewable subscriptions (subscription group "Leptin Plans") that unlock the AI coach with a monthly credit allowance, plus expanded access to guided programmes: - Basic: $9.99/month or $99.99/year - Premium: $19.99/month or $199.99/year - Unlimited: $49.99/month or $499.99/year Prices are in US dollars. Your local price is shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or turn off auto-renew in your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://leptin.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://leptin.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Leptin at every 5 days against Reflection's every 3 weeks. Reflection's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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 and Leptin sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Reflection ships an update every 3 weeks, Leptin every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reflection | Leptin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Journal Better Inc. | GRAYLIN AI (PTY) LTD |
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
Leptin
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Leptin
- Basic Monthly$9.991 Month
- Premium Monthly$19.991 Month
- Unlimited Monthly$49.991 Month
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- Basic Yearly$99.991 Year
- Premium Yearly$199.991 Year
- Unlimited Yearly$499.991 Year
- $10 AI Credits$12.99
- $25 AI Credits$32.99
- $50 AI Credits$64.99
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- $100 AI Credits$129.99









