Calm Urge vs DayNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calm Urge
This app provides tools and activities to help users resist self-harm urges. Track emotions, identify patterns, and utilize calming exercises like breathing techniques and music to manage feelings and stay in control. Secure your data with a password and access emergency contacts for support.
- Emotion and worry tracking
- Identify emotional patterns
- Develop coping mechanisms
- Calming activities (breathing, music, drawing)
- Password protection for privacy
- Communication card for expressing feelings
- Emergency contact integration
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Calm Urge is the perfect app to help you resist the urge to self-harm. With a range of activities and tools, you can keep track of your emotions and worries, and develop new coping mechanisms to help you stay calm and in control. With a daily record of your feelings, you can easily identify patterns and trends in your emotions and concerns, helping you to build a better understanding of your triggers and responses. And with a range of calming activities, including breathing exercises, Tibetan bowls, musical instruments, and drawing tools, you can find the perfect way to soothe and distract yourself when the urge to self-harm strikes. You can also create a private password to keep your information completely secure, and use a communication card to let others know how you're feeling when you're not able to talk about it. Plus, with the ability to add emergency contacts, you can always have someone to call when you need help the most. So if you're looking for a powerful new tool to help you manage your emotions and resist the urge to self-harm, download Calm Urge today and start taking control of your life. Terms of Use: https://wisefoxapps.wordpress.com/terms-of-service/
DayNote
This guided journaling app prompts users with four daily questions to encourage reflection on learning, achievements, positive experiences, and areas for improvement. It helps users build a personal knowledge base for growth by recording thoughts and memories over time.
- Four daily reflection questions
- Guided journaling prompts
- Personal growth tracking
- Memory collection
- Learning and achievement logging
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Welcome to DayNote. Our goal with DayNote is to help you discover something lost during the day - the moment to pause and answer some of life's most important questions. As a guided journal, DayNote becomes a place where thoughts are recorded and collected as answers to four significant questions. These questions are: What did you learn? What did you achieve? What were your good experiences? What can I improve? And that's all you have to do. Preferably daily, but if not, as often as you can, answer these questions to the best of your ability. Over time, as you create journal entries, a wealth of knowledge tailored to your experiences will grow and become increasingly valuable to your personal growth. With DayNote, remember what you learnt, be proud of your achievements and reminisce positive memories. You may read more about our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy here: Terms of Service: https://goo.gl/qKXvYk Privacy Policy: https://www.zaminiti.com/daynote-privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: DayNote at none against Calm Urge's shown. DayNote also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Calm Urge's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 50%) and ratings volume (2.1K vs 10). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Calm Urge sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and DayNote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Calm Urge holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Calm Urge has 2.1K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Calm Urge's written reviews are positive against 50% of DayNote's.
| Parameter | Calm Urge | DayNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.1K ratings) — better | 4.4 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.9% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.1K — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 142 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shining Muffin LLC | Zaminiti Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Calm Urge
DayNote
Bugs and requests
Calm Urge
Reported bugs
2 issues- Forgot password feature not working
- Inconsistent app performance issues
Requested features
4 requests- Add milestones/achievements tracking
- Improve sound/audio functionality
- Allow customizing mood/emotion options
- Provide more free access to analytics
DayNote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Calm Urge
- Premium7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Premium$39.991 Year
DayNote
- DayNote Premium (1 Month)$1.491 Month
- DayNote Premium (1 Year)$8.991 Year









