Journalio vs StarClimber
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Journalio
This app helps you monitor your daily emotions and mental well-being over time with detailed statistics and customizable mood tracking. Securely sync your entries across Apple devices and protect your journal with biometric authentication.
- Daily mood and journal entries
- Customizable mood colors and tags
- Daily reminders
- Apple Watch integration
- iCloud sync across devices
- Monthly and yearly overviews
- Home screen widgets
- Biometric journal security
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Journalio lets you track your daily feelings which can give you a great overview about your mental health over time. The app provides neat statistics so you can see everything at a glance. It will be available on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch & Mac! ##Key Features • Every day you can add as many entries as you feel like • Let Journalio remind you at a specific time each day to add your entries • Add tags, location or text to your entries to remember why you felt a specific way • Create as many moods with associated colors as you want • Don't have your iPhone nearby? Quickly add an entry with your Apple Watch • Your entries are securely synced to your other devices via iCloud • View your data in a beautiful monthly and yearly overview • Add widgets to your Home Screen and see everything at a glance • Secure your Journal with Face ID, Touch ID or alternatively with your device's passcode ##Premium Some features may require a subscription at additional cost. Some functionality may not be available or limited without a subscription. More about subscriptions can be found at https://journalio.pistrol.com/index.php/terms-and-conditions/
StarClimber
This app helps children set and track personal goals, encouraging positive behavior and skill development. It offers visual progress charts, customizable rewards, and a simple interface for tracking achievements and identifying patterns.
- Personalized goal setting
- Visual progress charts
- Behavior logging
- Strategy logging
- Customizable incentives
- Supports multiple children
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Climb Your Own Ridge of Stars, One Goal at a Time StarClimber is a positive behavior app designed to support children in setting goals, tracking progress, and developing essential life skills through empathy and encouragement. • Goal Setting & Rewards: Create personalized progress charts with meaningful goals and motivating milestones. • Behavior Logging: Monitor behaviors to identify patterns, celebrate achievements, and encourage gentle improvement. • Strategy Logging: Save effective strategies to respond with confidence and consistency. • Visual progress tracking that children understand and find engaging. • Customizable incentives that align with your family's values. • A simple, intuitive interface to help you stay organized. • Rooted in positive reinforcement and real skill-building. • Supports multiple children with individualized profiles. Privacy Policy: https://starclimber.fly.dev/privacy Terms of Service: https://starclimber.fly.dev/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: StarClimber at 100% against Journalio's 25%. StarClimber also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.7). Journalio's advantage is device support (5 vs 3) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Journalio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and StarClimber sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
StarClimber holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Journalio's written reviews are positive against 100% of StarClimber's.
Journalio ships an update weekly, StarClimber every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Journalio | StarClimber |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lukas Pistrol | Gray Education Innovations, LLC |
Customer experience
Journalio
StarClimber
In-app purchases
Journalio
- 1 Month – 3 Day trial3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- 1 Year – 1 Month Free1 Month trial$5.991 Year
StarClimber
- StarClimber Monthly$0.991 Month
- StarClimber Small Tip$0.99
- StarClimber Tip$4.99
- StarClimber Big Tip$9.99









