Everlog vs PointJar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Everlog
Capture your thoughts, photos, locations, and moods in a private, distraction-free journal. Organize entries with templates, prompts, and tags, and look back on memories with daily recaps and 'On This Day' features. Syncs across devices and offers robust privacy controls.
- Distraction-free editor with Markdown
- Customizable templates and writing prompts
- Capture photos, location, weather, and moods
- Voice recordings with transcription
- On This Day and monthly recaps
- Passcode, Face ID, and Touch ID lock
- iCloud sync and local backups
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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
PointJar
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PointJar is a family points game: your child earns points for completed chores and good behaviour and trades them for rewards you agreed on. No nagging, no fridge charts — everything runs in the app and parents always have the final say. The app is free, with no ads, no tracking and no subscription; the only in-app purchase is a voluntary contribution towards running it. Tasks and rewards are inspired by research on child motivation. Try the demo without signing in. HOW IT WORKS • Your child taps a finished task — you get a notification • You approve with OK or decline with X — points are added automatically • Kids request rewards from the shop — approved by you as well • The child's level only ever grows — motivation stays high FOR PARENTS • Your own catalogue of tasks and rewards (a starter list is included) • Deductions with a daily cap — the balance never drops below zero • Undo mistakes within 24 hours, a full history of every point • A second parent has the same rights as you, grandparents watch; everyone joins with a code or by e-mail • Several children in one family, each with their own points and goal FOR KIDS • Their own screen with a wallet, a goal and a shop • Kids take back a task or reward request tapped by mistake • The goal reward fills up with every point saved • Celebration animations for reached goals and new levels FAMILY-SAFE • Every family sees only its own data • Nobody can enter a family without a code from a parent • Apple or Google sign-in, no extra passwords Available in English, German, Czech and Slovak — every family member picks their own language. Try the demo right from the welcome screen, no account needed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PointJar at every 2 days against Everlog's every 9 days. Everlog's advantage is device support (5 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. Everlog sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and PointJar sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Everlog ships an update every 9 days, PointJar every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Everlog | PointJar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (308 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 79.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 308 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 218 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wessley Roche | marcel s.r.o. |
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
PointJar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Everlog
- Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
- Everlog Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$59.99
PointJar
- Contribution to running costs$3.00
- Contribution to running costs$4.00
- Contribution to running costs$9.00
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- Contribution to running costs$22.00









