Comparison

Happy Things vs Move Before Coffee

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

Head to head
About

Happy Things

Cultivate happiness with daily, science-backed activities designed to reduce stress, improve mood, and enhance sleep. This app offers over 100 bite-sized practices to make happiness a habit, with progress tracking and reminders.

Highlights
  • 100+ science-backed happiness activities
  • Short, easy-to-follow daily practices
  • Daily activity reminders
  • Progress tracking with weekly check-ins
  • Holistic approach to wellbeing
Features
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Turn happiness into a habit with Happy Things. The Happy Things app offers 100+ simple, scientifically-proven daily activities to help you reduce stress, boost your mood, and get better sleep. At Happy Things, we believe that happiness is a skill that can be learned. That’s why we’ve taken decades of research on happiness and turned them into bite-size practices that you can do every day. Here are just a few of the benefits of Happy Things: * Over 100 activities scientifically-proven to increase happiness and wellbeing * Short, easy-to-follow practices that only take a few minutes to complete * Reminders to help you stay on track with your daily practices * Progress tracking with weekly check-ins So how does the app work? Every day you’ll get an activity out of a variety of happy things for you to do. We recommend doing at least one every day for maximum effect! You can switch activities to find the ones that are just right for you, and set reminders so you don’t forget to do them :) With our holistic approach, Happy Things can help you improve your mental and physical wellbeing, strengthen your relationships, achieve personal growth, and more. Plus, with daily practice reminders and progress tracking, you can stay on track and monitor your progress towards a happier, healthier life. To get started, simply download Happy Things today and start practicing happiness with a 7-day free trial! SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS Happy Things offers two auto-renewing subscription options: * $7.99 per month * $59.99 per year (less than $4.99 a month!) These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. The subscription will automatically renew unless turned off in your iTunes Account Settings at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can go to your iTunes Account settings to manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Your iTunes Account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. See the app's terms of use here: https://www.happythings.app/terms

About

Move Before Coffee

This gentle movement app helps you wake up your body with short, easy exercises. Perform them at home or in bed without any equipment or pressure. Ideal for slow mornings or recovery days.

Highlights
  • Short, easy exercises
  • No equipment needed
  • Perform in bed or at home
  • Gentle wake-up routine
  • Suitable for slow mornings
Features
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Move Before Coffee is a simple, gentle movement app designed to help you wake up your body before starting the day. It offers short, easy exercises you can do at home or from bed—no equipment, no intensity, no pressure. Perfect for slow mornings, recovery days, or anyone who wants to ease into movement at their own pace before that first cup of coffee.

Screenshots

Happy Things4 screens
Move Before Coffee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Move Before Coffee at 100% against Happy Things's 35%. Move Before Coffee also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Happy Things's advantage is ratings volume (151 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.1 vs 15.1). On price, ads and device support 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. Happy Things sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Move Before Coffee asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Move Before Coffee holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Happy Things has 151 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Happy Things's written reviews are positive against 100% of Move Before Coffee's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Happy Things versus Move Before Coffee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHappy ThingsMove Before Coffee
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (151 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings151 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.1 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB48 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHappy Things, Inc.Ann Cadigan

Customer experience

Happy Things

All ratings151 ratings
Positive80.8%
Neutral5.3%
Negative13.9%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive35.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative45.0%

Move Before Coffee

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Happy Things

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Special Offer (OLD)1 Month trial$59.991 Year
None

Move Before Coffee

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Happy Things free?
Happy Things is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Move Before Coffee free?
Move Before Coffee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Happy Things or Move Before Coffee?
Move Before Coffee is rated higher. Happy Things averages 4.3 out of 5 from 151 ratings, while Move Before Coffee averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Happy Things or Move Before Coffee have ads?
Neither Happy Things nor Move Before Coffee shows ads.

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