Waffle vs Hearth

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

Pay once. Host everything. Hearth is a party and event planner built around one shared guest list — no subscription, ever. Buy it a single time and the guest list, RSVPs, bring-list, seating chart, budget, and checklist are yours to keep. Your guest data stays on your phone, and your guests never install a thing. Most hosting apps rent you your own party with a monthly subscription, or bury it in ads. Hearth doesn't. One unlock, offline, ad-free. ONE GUEST LIST, EVERYTHING IN SYNC Add guests by hand or from Contacts, track invited / yes / no / maybe, count +1s, and flag dietary needs and allergies. A live headcount updates the moment anyone replies. This is the part other apps get wrong: when a guest drops out, Hearth updates everything at once — the headcount falls, their seat is flagged to re-seat, and the dish they were bringing reopens for someone else. No spreadsheet, no group-chat archaeology. A BRING-LIST WITH NO DUPLICATES Set up slots — "2 mains, 3 sides, 2 desserts" — and let dishes get claimed until each slot is full. Hearth warns you before you end up with five salads, and keeps every open slot at the top so nothing is forgotten. A SEATING CHART WITH AUTO-SEAT Drag guests to round, square, or long tables, or tap to seat without the gesture. Set keep-together and keep-apart rules and a kids' table, then let the on-device auto-seat build an arrangement that honors them — offline, no server. Print a clean seating chart and place cards as a PDF. BUDGET, CHECKLIST, AND THE DAY-OF PLAN Track estimated vs actual costs to the cent, split them evenly or by party size to see who owes what — tracking only, Hearth never moves money. Work an occasion checklist, and lay out a run-of-show for the day. Local reminders nudge non-responders and unfilled slots before it's too late. SHARE WITHOUT MAKING ANYONE SIGN UP Send a read-only summary as text or an image, export the guest list to CSV, or publish a view-only event page at a link anyone can open in a browser — no app, no account. The page shows counts and the plan only; guest names never leave your phone, and it expires on its own after 90 days. MADE FOR THE WAY YOU HOST A birthday party, a Thanksgiving or Friendsgiving dinner, a potluck with friends, a baby or bridal shower, a family reunion — Hearth scales from a small get-together to a full guest list without ever asking you to subscribe. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No sign-up. No ads. No trackers, no analytics. Everything lives on your device. Delete the app and the data is gone with it. FREE VS PRO • Free: one event, up to 15 guests, a 5-slot bring-list, the guest list, RSVPs, live headcount, seating you can build, and checklist templates. • Pro, one time: unlimited events and guests, unlimited bring-list slots, seating constraints and auto-seat, PDF and place-card export, the budget tracker and cost-split, custom checklist tasks, run-of-show, reminders, and watermark-free sharing. There is no subscription anywhere in Hearth. Buy it once, and it's the only hosting app you open.