Comparison

Ethel Ready vs Clearwei

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

Head to head
About

Ethel Ready

Discover and track your progress climbing hills over 400m in the Peak District. Features an interactive map and a personal log to record your ascents. Offers a bonus challenge upon completing the main Ethels.

Highlights
  • Explore Peak District hills over 400m
  • Track progress with a dated log
  • Interactive OpenStreetMap
  • Bonus Peak 75 challenge
  • Featured on BBC TV and Radio 4
Features
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Named after Ethel Haythornthwaite (the pioneer behind the Peak District National Park), the Ethels are all of the Peak District hills over 400m above sea level and significant lower prominent hills. Fewer, lower, easier and (for most of the UK's population) closer than the Munros of Scotland and the Wainwrights of the Lake District. Explore the highest hills of the Peak District. Track your progress through your own dated log and by using the interactive map from OpenStreetMap. Bonus level of the Peak 75 hills, on completion of the Ethels. Featured on BBC TV and Radio 4 The app is supported by the Peak District and South Yorkshire Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (Registered Charity Number 1094975). The app provides links to the charity's website if you want to make a donation or pay for membership. Base map and data from OpenStreetMap and OpenStreetMap Foundation © OpenStreetMap contributors © OpenTopoMap All images are subject to copyright © 2021 Doug Colton (or are used through Creative Commons Licence).

About

Clearwei

Features
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Most quote apps give everybody the same words on the same morning. Clearwei asks how you are first. TELL CLEARWEI HOW YOU FEEL. IT FINDS THE WORDS. You check in with what you are actually carrying, and how heavily you are carrying it. Anxious at a three is not anxious at a five, and Clearwei knows the difference. The same feeling at a different weight brings you different words, because the line that steadies you on an awkward Tuesday is not the line you need when you are barely holding on. Then the day's feed is yours. Not infinite, not built to keep you scrolling. A small set of quotes chosen for the feeling you named. EVERY QUOTE COMES UNPACKED A quote on its own is just a poster. Clearwei tells you what it means, why it speaks to the feeling you are in right now, and one small thing to try today. That is the part that turns a nice sentence into something you can actually use. IT LEARNS WHAT HELPS YOU Mark a quote "lifted me" or "didn't land" and the feed listens. Keep the lines that reach you and they are yours to return to. Write a reflection beside any quote and it stays in a private journal, so you can look back and see what you were carrying, and what got you through it. Write your own lines too. Anything you add is woven in beside the rest. A STORE FOR THE SEASON YOU ARE IN Some weeks need something specific. The quote store is stocked by moment rather than by category: grief, courage, starting over, letting go of control, the Sunday dread before a hard week, the early uncertain part of something new, the crossroads where the work stopped fitting. Browse by what you are carrying and take only the packs you need. Each one is written for a single moment rather than scraped together from the internet. KEEP THE WORDS WHERE YOU WILL SEE THEM Put a line on your Lock Screen or Home Screen, so the right words meet you before the noise does. MAKE IT YOURS, THEN SHARE IT Restyle any quote in your own colours, fonts and sizes, then send it to someone who needs it. Set the whole app in warm beige, deep navy, forest green or soft pink while you are there. SEE YOUR OWN PATTERNS Over time Clearwei shows you what you have been feeling, when the harder days tend to land, and which words kept coming back. Written in plain English, never a chart you have to decode. YOURS ALONE No account. No sign up. No advertising. Nothing you write ever leaves your phone. Clearwei works fully offline, because the days you need it most are not always the days you have signal. CLEARWEI PLUS Free gives you a few feelings a day and a handful of quotes for each. Plus opens every pack, lets you switch feelings whenever they change, brings fresh sets whenever you want them, and adds a watercolour calendar of your emotional year. Words have carried people through difficult things for a very long time. Clearwei makes sure the right ones find you on the right day. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Ethel Ready4 screens
Clearwei4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ethel Ready at none against Clearwei's 10. Ethel Ready also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). Clearwei's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). 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. Clearwei sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Ethel Ready asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ethel Ready ships an update every 2 months, Clearwei every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ethel Ready versus Clearwei: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEthel ReadyClearwei
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDoug ColtonCLEARWEI LTD

In-app purchases

None

Ethel Ready

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Clearwei

One-time10
  • Quiet Confidence$1.99
  • Build on the Momentum$1.99
  • Appreciation Mode$1.99
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  • Big Decisions$1.99
  • Stay the Course$1.99
  • Soft Power$1.99
  • Setting Boundaries$1.99
  • Leadership$1.99
  • Choosing Yourself$1.99
  • Difficult Conversations$1.99

Questions

Is Ethel Ready free?
Ethel Ready is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clearwei free?
Clearwei is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ethel Ready or Clearwei have ads?
Neither Ethel Ready nor Clearwei shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ethel Ready or Clearwei?
Ethel Ready ships an update every 2 months, and Clearwei every 2 weeks. Most recently, Ethel Ready was updated on October 6, 2026 and Clearwei on October 4, 2026.

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