Comparison

Waffle vs AyaGuide

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

Head to head
About

Waffle

This app facilitates shared journaling for couples, families, and friends to deepen connections. Users can share daily updates, photos, and videos, and answer prompts to get to know each other better. It offers a private space to document memories and strengthen relationships.

Highlights
  • Shared journaling for groups
  • Photo and video sharing
  • Daily prompts to foster connection
  • Customizable journal covers
  • Private and secure entries
  • Relationship strengthening tool
Features
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Waffle is the #1 shared journal app for staying connected and getting to know your partner, family, friends, or anyone you care about better. By journaling together on Waffle, you and your journal members will feel seen, heard, and loved. THE BEST SHARED JOURNAL APP Waffle lets you practice self-care together with your favorite people. Journaling consistently can be hard on your own, but it's easier and more fun together, like sharing a warm, fluffy waffle. Share photos and videos to tell them about your day, record memories, and capture the little things that might otherwise be forgotten—all in one journal. STAY UPDATED LIFE UPDATES "Documenting our married life together -- the highs, lows, and little things in between" - Amber "I love when I get notifications" - Karla No matter how far apart you are or how busy your day is, Waffle lets you take intentional moments to connect. Open the Waffle app at the end of the day, unwind, and share your story. If you thought about them during the day, let them know in your journal entry! WAFFLE TIME "When my friend says "Waffle time, people!" at the end of the day, my face lights up" - Lucy "Especially helped my girlfriend to recenter at the end of the day and see the many good parts of life that are easily drowned out." - Herman WAFFLE OF THE DAY QUESTIONS "Get to know each other better even though we've been married for 20 years" - Faith "It's a form of therapy. Brought me and my sister closer than ever." - Rita Waffle of the Day questions are designed to strengthen your relationships. By answering them each day, you and your journal members will get to know each other better. It helps you understand what's on their mind and lets them know what's on yours. Waffle makes sharing easy, with no pressure, in a relaxed and non-confrontational way. AESTHETIC JOURNAL COVERS "Allowed me and my mom to connect on a deeper level" - Cecilia "Allows me to vent in a constructive way" - Isabella Your everyday tool should be pretty and aesthetically pleasing. Choose the cover that lifts your spirits the most. Waffle can help you if you are: • A long-distance couple • A military family staying connected during deployment • Looking to make therapy sessions more effective by sharing your day-to-day events and feelings with your therapist • A mother and daughter communicating better in a non-confrontational way • Reuniting and staying connected with your childhood friends • Trying to stay off social media and focus on the relationships that matter most • Strengthening your faith through a prayer journal • Reconnecting after a long marriage • An engaged couple getting ready for married life • Offering emotional support to your best friend • Making parenting or co-parenting easier • Sharing your baby photos with context • Practicing gratitude in a group • Dealing with an eating disorder • Increasing sexual intimacy in your relationship • In a long-distance relationship, struggling with time differences • Looking to improve couple therapy • Looking to connect with your children A NEW FORM OF THERAPY "It's a therapy for us" - Mariah "Extra helpful for my therapy sessions" - Isabella "Honestly this app is helping us more than our marriage counseling did" - Holly We believe that shared journaling is a new form of therapy that can restore meaningful human connections—connections that are essential to our emotional health and well-being but are rapidly disappearing in our society. With Waffle Plus, you’ll be able to: • Add photos and videos to any entry • Record and attach voice memos • Unlock unlimited premium daily question decks • Choose from our entire collection of premium covers • Export your journal as a printable PDF Say hi at support@journal.com or visit wafflejournal.com. Terms: https://www.wafflejournal.com/terms Privacy policy: https://www.wafflejournal.com/privacy-policy

About

AyaGuide

This app helps you understand your inner world and transform your life from reactive to intentional. It offers personalized guidance from real experts, covering emotional well-being, self-knowledge, and life direction. Designed for personal growth and deeper self-understanding.

Highlights
  • Personalized inner world mapping
  • Expert-built programs
  • AI-driven personalization
  • 150+ coaching modalities
  • Emotional & psychological well-being
  • Self-knowledge and mindfulness
  • Life direction and purpose guidance
Features
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Aya is your personal consciousness OS. AyaGuide helps you map your unique inner world, rewriting your identity from reaction to creation, so you can finally stop living life on autopilot and start live your life by design. Aya is built on real human wisdom, personalized to exactly where you are, and designed to transform the one thing that drives everything else: your consciousness. **Real human expertise at the core** Every program, practice, and piece of guidance inside AyaGuide is built by real coaches, psychologists, mindfulness teachers, and personal development experts. We use AI to personalize your experience, learning your patterns, your pace, and what resonates with you but the wisdom guiding you is always human. Tested, lived, and proven. Behind the app sits a library of over 150 tried and tested coaching modalities and tools, from somatic practices and cognitive frameworks to mindfulness traditions and emotional healing techniques, drawn from decades of real coaching work. You don't get a one-size-fits-all approach. You get the right tools for where you actually are. Think of it as having a world-class coaching team in your pocket, one that actually knows you. **Programs that cover every area of life** Growth rarely stays in one lane, and neither does AyaGuide. Our expert-built programs span every dimension of what it means to live well: Emotional & Psychological Well-Being Self-Knowledge Mindfulness Mind/Body Wellness Empowerment Relationships & Family Communication Purpose & Life Direction Structure & Focus Creativity & Flow Wherever you are and whatever you're working through, you don't have to go searching for the right resource endlessly. AyaGuide connects you to the guidance that fits your life, right now. **Who AyaGuide is for** AyaGuide is for anyone who feels called to understand themselves and their life more deeply. It's for those going through a breakup, a loss, or a major life change who want to do more than just survive it, they want to grow through it. For those in the middle of a spiritual awakening who are trying to make sense of what's shifting inside them. For those who have felt stuck for a while and know their breakthrough is close but can't quite find the door. It's also for those with just a genuine desire to know themselves better, live more intentionally, and build a life that actually feels like their own. Those who are done with surface-level wellness and ready for real transformation. Whether you're just beginning to look inward or you've been on this path for years and want to go deeper, AyaGuide is your personal guide, growing and evolving with you every step of the way. **Our belief** You don't need to be fixed. You never did. Everything you need is already within you, sometimes you just need the right guide to help you find it. That's what AyaGuide is here for. If you are ready to stop living on auto pilot and finally feel the freedom and live your own life by design. Download AyaGuide now. Terms of Service (EULA) - https://ayaguide.ai/termsofservice

Screenshots

Waffle4 screens
AyaGuide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: AyaGuide at 100% against Waffle's 46%. Waffle's advantage is ratings volume (11K vs 6) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Waffle sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and AyaGuide sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Waffle holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Waffle has 11K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 46% of Waffle's written reviews are positive against 100% of AyaGuide's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Waffle ships an update weekly, AyaGuide every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Waffle versus AyaGuide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWaffleAyaGuide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (11K ratings) — better4.3 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews46.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11K — better6
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#139 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size143 MB97 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPoppy AI, Inc.Integrated AI Labs Inc.

Customer experience

Waffle

All ratings10,583 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral6.1%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews312 reviews
Positive46.2%
Neutral11.5%
Negative42.3%

AyaGuide

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Waffle

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when trying to open old journal entries
  • Issues with uploading and viewing photos/videos
  • Inability to create new journals or add collaborators

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to comment on journal entries
  • Implement a more flexible pricing structure (e.g., monthly option)
  • Allow customization of journal covers and layouts
  • Improve stability and fix reported bugs
  • Add time zone support for shared journals

AyaGuide

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

17 purchases

Waffle

Subscriptions16
  • Waffle Weekly$9.997 Days
  • Waffle Monthly Plus$14.991 Month
  • Waffle Monthly Plus$19.991 Month
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  • Waffle Unlimited$39.991 Year
  • 1 Plus Journal7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Waffle Unlimited7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Waffle Unlimited Plus7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • 1 Plus Journal7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Waffle Unlimited7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • 1 Plus Journal7 Days trial$74.991 Year
  • Waffle Unlimited$74.991 Year
  • Waffle Unlimited7 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • 2 Plus Journals7 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • Unlimited Plus Journals7 Days trial$129.001 Year
  • 2 Plus Journals7 Days trial$129.991 Year
  • Unlimited Plus7 Days trial$199.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlimited$199.99
5 purchases

AyaGuide

Subscriptions3
  • AyaGuide7 Days trial$8.997 Days
  • Aya Essential (Monthly)7 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • Aya Essential (Annual)7 Days trial$299.001 Year
One-time2
  • Finding Happiness in 21 Days$59.99
  • 28-day Self Love Program$79.99

Questions

Is Waffle free?
Waffle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AyaGuide free?
AyaGuide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Waffle or AyaGuide?
Waffle is rated higher. Waffle averages 4.6 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while AyaGuide averages 4.3 from 6 ratings.
Do Waffle or AyaGuide have ads?
Neither Waffle nor AyaGuide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Waffle or AyaGuide?
Waffle ships an update weekly, and AyaGuide every 2 weeks. Most recently, Waffle was updated on October 25, 2026 and AyaGuide on October 24, 2026.

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