5minutejournal vs ResKit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
5minutejournal
This app encourages a daily writing habit by requiring users to write for five consecutive minutes. If writing stops, progress is lost. It's designed for those facing writer's block or seeking daily journaling commitment.
- Timed writing sessions
- Writer's block assistance
- Daily journaling commitment
- Progressive writing prompts
- Simple interface
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This app may seem simple. Just write for five minutes - but there's a catch. Stop writing and you'll lose everything! If you struggle with writer's block, can't quite get your thoughts out, or just want to commit to writing every day, this is the app for you.
ResKit
This digital toolkit streamlines tasks for Residence Life staff, centralizing work and saving time. It provides accurate paperwork information and a way for directors to hold staff accountable for their duties.
- Digital toolkit for RAs
- Centralized work management
- Paperwork information
- Staff accountability tracking
- Time-saving features
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ResKit is the official mobile app for Resident Assistants! ResKit is a smartphone digital toolkit customized for the Residence Life Staff at your university. It is easy to use, efficient, and fun. ResKit provides Residence Life Directors with up-to-date, accurate and accountable paperwork information, as well as a method by which they can hold their staff accountable to their job. Additionally, ResKit makes the jobs of RAs much easier by centralizing their work into one place and saving them time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: ResKit at 21 against 5minutejournal's 1. 5minutejournal's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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.
5minutejournal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ResKit has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | 5minutejournal | ResKit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (21 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 21 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 167 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Coding Minds, Inc. | ResKit Labs LLC |
Customer experience
5minutejournal
ResKit
In-app purchases
5minutejournal
No in-app purchases
ResKit
No in-app purchases
