Comparison

GrowX vs Yinian

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

Head to head
About

GrowX

This app helps parents meticulously track their child's growth milestones, from feeding and sleep to physical development and academic achievements. It allows for collaborative management by family members and provides a digital archive of a child's developmental journey.

Highlights
  • Milk intake tracking
  • Height, weight, and BMI monitoring
  • Fever and medication logging
  • Daily milestone documentation
  • Baby teeth development tracking
  • Vision health monitoring
  • Digital certificate storage
Features
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[GrowX] is an app dedicated to recording a child's growth journey. It supports data entry for multiple children and allows other family members to be invited to participate in managing together. After the child grows up, they can also view the growth data managed by their parents through authorized accounts, allowing them to revisit their developmental process. Milk Intake Record: Tracks daily, monthly, and yearly milk intake from birth, helping new parents monitor their infant’s appetite and adjust feeding schedules as needed. Height and Weight: Longitudinally records and tracks a child’s height, weight, and BMI, enabling early detection and prevention of premature or delayed development issues. Temperature Record: Monitors temperature changes during illness, logs times when fever-reducing medication is administered, and assists in tracking the progression of sickness. Additionally, it allows for the storage of medical test results and medication lists for easy reference during follow-up visits. Growth Record: Documents daily milestones in a child’s life, including feeding, sleeping, learning, and playing, capturing every small moment of growth. Baby Teeth Record: Tracks the emergence of baby teeth, their shedding, and the eruption of permanent teeth, providing detailed dental development data. Vision Record: Generates eye axis growth curves, stores examination reports, tracks outdoor activity, estimates refractive power, and provides real-time monitoring of vision health to help prevent myopia. Honors: Records and preserves the shining moments of a child’s academic life, digitizing paper certificates into permanent electronic versions, ensuring that every achievement is kept safe and accessible.

About

Yinian

Features
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Yinian Zen is a simple and quiet daily meditation app. It helps you create a small moment of calm through one long press, one mindful breath, and one piece of wisdom. Open Yinian Zen each day and complete a mindful check-in to receive a daily Chinese scripture with a clear English reflection. You can read the original text, listen to spoken guidance, play calming music, review your practice history, and share a meaningful passage with friends. Key features: - Daily wisdom and scripture recommendations - Long-press mindful check-in - Original Chinese text with reflections and audio guidance - Meditation music and ambient sound effects - Practice history and daily streaks - Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and English interface options - Light, dark, and system appearance modes - Shareable scripture cards Yinian Zen is not designed to overwhelm you with complicated courses or social features. It offers a quiet place to return to the present moment, whenever you need it. The original Chinese scripture is preserved. English users are shown an English reflection explaining the meaning, rather than an unofficial literal translation of the original text.

Screenshots

GrowX4 screens
Yinian4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Yinian at none against GrowX's 5. Yinian also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). GrowX's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18). 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. GrowX sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Yinian asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GrowX ships an update every 3 weeks, Yinian weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
GrowX versus Yinian: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrowXYinian
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18
Further details — not scored
Size241 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer凤磊 李Nanchang Diyao Information Technology Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

GrowX

One-time5
  • 月度会员$0.99
  • 终身会员(限时折扣)$2.99
  • 年度会员$4.99
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  • 终身会员(限时活动价)$9.99
  • 终身会员$24.99
None

Yinian

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GrowX free?
GrowX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Yinian free?
Yinian is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GrowX or Yinian have ads?
Neither GrowX nor Yinian shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GrowX or Yinian?
GrowX ships an update every 3 weeks, and Yinian weekly. Most recently, GrowX was updated on November 3, 2026 and Yinian on October 31, 2026.

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