Comparison

Everlog vs Chelf

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

Head to head
About

Everlog

This app provides a private space to record your thoughts, photos, locations, moods, and activities. It offers a distraction-free writing experience with formatting options, prompts, and the ability to capture various media types. Look back on past entries with daily, monthly, and yearly recaps.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free editor with Markdown
  • Writing prompts and templates
  • Capture photos, audio, video, and sketches
  • Location and weather tracking
  • On This Day and monthly/yearly recaps
  • Passcode and biometric lock
  • iCloud sync and multiple journals
Features
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Everlog is a calm, private journal for everything worth remembering: your thoughts, photos, places, moods and workouts, together in one place on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Open it and start writing. Everlog stays out of your way while you write, then helps you look back. Write Without Friction • A fast, distraction-free editor with Markdown formatting, checklists and highlights • Templates with fill-in fields for routines like gratitude lists or morning pages • Writing prompts, plus personal prompt ideas based on your recent entries • Tags, bookmarks, comments and full search keep everything easy to find Capture the Whole Day • Photos, Live Photos and GIFs, inline with your words or in a panel beside them • Location and weather for every entry • Songs, podcasts, workouts with their routes, places and moods from Journaling Suggestions • Voice recordings with automatic transcription, videos, PDFs and sketches Look Back • On This Day shows what you wrote on this date in past years • Recaps sum up every month and year with your photos, stats and a summary written by Apple Intelligence • Widgets for streaks, writing stats and On This Day help you keep the habit Private by Design • Lock Everlog with a passcode, Face ID or Touch ID • Your entries live on your devices and in your own iCloud, never on our servers • Encrypt your backups with a key only your devices hold • Back up to iCloud Drive or a folder of your choice, and export to JSON, PDF, text or CSV at any time At Home on Every Device • A full Mac app with multiple windows, menus and keyboard shortcuts • Designed for iPad, and for iPhone Duo both folded and unfolded • Shortcuts actions, Lock Screen widgets, Control Center controls and Spotlight search Bring Your Journal With You Import from nine other journaling apps, or from Markdown and text files. Your entries keep their dates, and photos and tags come along wherever the other app exports them. Everlog Premium Everlog is free to use, with no limit on entries. Premium adds iCloud sync across all your devices, unlimited journals, automatic backups, video, audio, PDFs, sketches, weather, extra fonts and alternate app icons. Privacy Policy: https://everlog.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://everlog.app/terms

About

Chelf

Features
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Chelf is your personal media log and goal tracker in one app. Log movies, TV shows, books, manga, webtoons, and video games—then track progress toward goals like “Read 12 books” or “Watch 24 films this year.” **Log what you love** • Add entries in seconds: title, type, rating (1–10), and when you finished • Optional details: where you watched or read it, who recommended it, author, summary, and favorite parts • Tag entries with moods and goals so you can browse and filter later **Goals that actually move** • Create goals with a target count and link them to tags • Goals Review shows progress bars and completed vs. target for each goal • See how close you are at a glance and stay motivated **One place for all media** • Browse by type: Books, Movies, TV Shows, Manga & Webtoons, Video Games • View all entries in one list or jump straight to a category • Episodes and chapters for TV, books, and manga so you can track season or reading progress **Your data, your way** • Sign in to sync entries and goals across devices • Add custom mood and goal tags; manage tags in one place • Optional in-app analytics to see your habits over time **Designed to stay out of your way** • Clean, focused layout so logging stays quick • Dark and light themes • Built for readers and watchers who like to remember what they’ve finished and hit their goals Whether you’re catching up on a reading list, finishing a watchlist, or just want a single place to log and rate what you watch and read, Chelf keeps it simple and goal-oriented. End User License Agreement (EULA): Apple Standard EULA — https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nexus-app-folio.lovable.app/chelf/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Everlog4 screens
Chelf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Everlog at none against Chelf's shown. Everlog also leads on device support (5 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Everlog sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Chelf sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Everlog ships an update weekly, Chelf every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Everlog versus Chelf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEverlogChelf
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (309 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews79.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings309 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size219 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWessley RocheNathan Ross

Bugs and requests

Everlog

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when using Apple Intelligence
  • Invisible text when entry exceeds limit
  • Syncing issues leading to data loss

Requested features

5 requests
  • Voice recording/dictation
  • More advanced formatting options
  • Calendar/timeline view
  • Shared/collaborative journals
  • Habit/mood tracking

Chelf

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Everlog

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Everlog Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$59.99
2 purchases

Chelf

Subscriptions2
  • Chelf Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Chelf Pro Yearly7 Days trial$18.001 Year

Questions

Is Everlog free?
Everlog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chelf free?
Chelf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Everlog or Chelf have ads?
Chelf shows ads; Everlog does not.
Which is updated more often, Everlog or Chelf?
Everlog ships an update weekly, and Chelf every 8 days. Most recently, Everlog was updated on November 10, 2026 and Chelf on October 30, 2026.

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