WIZDM vs Essences
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WIZDM
Connect with a community of like-minded individuals dedicated to making a positive impact. Share knowledge and engage in meaningful discussions to foster personal growth and collective change.
- Online community platform
- Meaningful connections
- Knowledge sharing
- Positive impact focus
- User engagement
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WIZDM is an online community of people like you who want to make a meaningful difference.
Essences
Share personal stories and messages within curated topics based on real-life experiences. Connect with others by highlighting resonant parts of their stories, symbolizing shared life experiences.
- Curated topic-based sharing
- Personal story and message submission
- Highlighting resonant story fragments
- Symbolic connection acknowledgment
- Focus on real-life experiences
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Essences curates topics(hives) grounded in real-life experiences, inviting users to share their personal stories and/or messages. When a story resonates with another user—echoing a fragment of their own life's essence—they can acknowledge this connection by highlighting it with a yellow hexagon. This shape, symbolically known as a building block of life, underscores the story's significance as a foundational element in their personal narrative.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Essences at 5.0 against WIZDM's 4.0. WIZDM's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Essences holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.
WIZDM ships an update monthly, Essences every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WIZDM | Essences |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Jewish Heritage Connection Inc | Caridad Rivera |
Customer experience
WIZDM
Essences
In-app purchases
WIZDM
No in-app purchases
Essences
No in-app purchases
