Comparison

FutureMe vs Cry Tracker

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

Head to head
About

FutureMe

Write and send letters to yourself or others, scheduled for delivery years in the future. Track personal goals, send motivational messages, or reflect on your past. Enrich your messages with photos and videos for a more personal touch.

Highlights
  • Write letters to future self
  • Schedule future delivery dates
  • Send letters to friends and family
  • Enrich letters with photos and videos
  • Delivery day notifications
  • Edit letters after sending
  • Follow public letters
Features
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Dear FutureMe... Ever wished you could write a letter to your future self? Now you can! Check in on your progress toward those big life goals a year from now. Send yourself an awesome pep talk … in 1, 5 or 10 years’ time. Or remind yourself where you’ve come from, and how much those roots matter, at your next birthday. The FutureMe app lets you write, schedule and send letters to yourself, friends, and family members in the future — and be sure they’re delivered on time, too! It takes the futureme.org experience already loved by 8 million+ people and amps it up: • Quick Google, Apple or email sign-in. • Choose a delivery date or occasion or let us surprise you! • Never miss a letter with delivery-day notifications. • Set reminders to write future letters to family, friends, or yourself. • Edit letters for up to 2 days after you send them. • Follow public letters, so you can catch their epilogues. • Get great ideas for writing letters worth reading. • Enrich your letters with photos and videos. • Relive the love: look back over delivered letters whenever you need a boost. • Send unlimited letters with a Premium upgrade. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Cry Tracker

This app provides a private space to record moments of emotional release and reflect on your feelings. Visualize your moods with charts and insights to understand your emotional journey and promote healing.

Highlights
  • Log tears and emotions
  • Emotional analytics and insights
  • Calendar view of tear history
  • Private and secure logging
  • Mood visualization
Features
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Tear Log – Your Cry Tracker & Emotional Journal Everyone has moments when emotions overflow. Tear Log gives you a gentle space to record your tears, reflect on your feelings, and better understand your emotional journey. * Why Tear Log? - Because every tear tells a story. - Because awareness is the first step toward healing. - Because your emotions deserve to be seen, not ignored. * Key Features Simple Logging – Quickly add a tear log whenever emotions strike. Emotional Analytics – Visualize your moods with charts and insights. Tear History – Revisit your emotional journey in a calendar view. Safe & Private – Your logs are yours alone, kept secure and personal. Whether you’re on a healing path, tracking mental well-being, or simply curious about your emotional patterns, Tear Log helps you see growth where once there was pain. Start today. Track. Reflect. Heal.

Screenshots

FutureMe4 screens
Cry Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cry Tracker at 5.0 against FutureMe's 2.8. FutureMe's advantage is ratings volume (134 vs 13) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. FutureMe sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $9.00 per year and Cry Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cry Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FutureMe has 134 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FutureMe ships an update every 9 days, Cry Tracker every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
FutureMe versus Cry Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFutureMeCry Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (134 ratings)5.0 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews27.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings134 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB44 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMemories Group Pty LtdNabraj Khadka

Customer experience

FutureMe

All ratings134 ratings
Positive41.8%
Neutral4.5%
Negative53.7%
Written reviews184 reviews
Positive27.7%
Neutral12.0%
Negative60.3%

Cry Tracker

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

FutureMe

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • Cannot exit paywall screen
  • App crashes when changing delivery date
  • App freezes/crashes frequently
  • Login issues between web and app
  • Letters not sending/delivering
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  • App functions as a web browser
  • Ads are overwhelming/unremovable
  • Cannot go back to letter after sending
  • No draft saving
  • App is slow/unresponsive
  • Notifications not working
  • Date selection glitches
  • Typing too much makes text unreadable
  • Deleted lengthy letters
  • App crashes when trying to send letters

Requested features

10 requests
  • Revert to old UI/app design
  • Allow voluntary contributions
  • Add a drafts section
  • Improve date selection for delivery
  • Allow changing delivery date of existing letters
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  • Implement push notifications without email
  • Fix date display for started letters
  • Allow replies on letters
  • Make subscription pricing consistent
  • Offer a one-time donation option

Cry Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

FutureMe

Subscriptions2
  • Premium$9.001 Year
  • Basic$12.001 Year
One-time9
  • A La Carte$1.00
  • 1 Year Premium Membership$2.99
  • 1 Year Premium Membership$4.99
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  • 1 Year Premium Membership$9.99
  • 1 Year Premium Membership$24.99
  • 5 Year Premium Membership$24.99
  • 10 Year Premium Membership$49.99
  • Lifetime Premium Membership$99.99
  • Lifetime Membership$119.00
1 purchases

Cry Tracker

One-time1
  • Tear Log – Ad-Free$6.99

Questions

Is FutureMe free?
FutureMe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cry Tracker free?
Cry Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FutureMe or Cry Tracker?
Cry Tracker is rated higher. FutureMe averages 2.8 out of 5 from 134 ratings, while Cry Tracker averages 5.0 from 13 ratings.
Do FutureMe or Cry Tracker have ads?
Neither FutureMe nor Cry Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FutureMe or Cry Tracker?
FutureMe ships an update every 9 days, and Cry Tracker every 2 weeks. Most recently, FutureMe was updated on October 13, 2026 and Cry Tracker on October 6, 2026.

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