Glad Mind vs What?
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Glad Mind
This app serves as a mindful journal and assistant, helping users cultivate gratitude. It offers a space for reflection and personal growth through guided journaling prompts and a supportive interface.
- Mindful journaling
- Gratitude practice
- Personal assistant
- Reflection prompts
- User-friendly interface
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Glad is your mindful journal and assistant.
What?
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What? is an AI writing assistant powered by Claude. Paste any text, pick an action, get a polished result — in seconds, without leaving the app. -------------------------------------- 14 BUILT-IN WRITING ACTIONS -------------------------------------- Fix Grammar · Rephrase · Make Professional · Make Casual · Shorten · Expand · Simplify · Translate (20 languages) · Humanize · Improve Flow · Make Punchy · Remove Hedging · More Assertive · Analyze Tone Humanize strips AI tells — em-dashes, "delve," "leverage," "tapestry," "robust" — and rewrites with contractions, fragments, and varied rhythm so your text reads like a real person wrote it. Pro subscribers get Claude Sonnet. The most capable model for nuanced edits. -------------------------------------- 16 FREE ACTION PACKS — 160 SPECIALTY ACTIONS -------------------------------------- Every pack is free and included. No purchases, no paywalls, no limits. Writer's Pack — vivid imagery, stronger openings, cliché removal, active voice Lawyer's Pack — legal precision, plain English, protective hedging, demand letters Marketer's Pack — headlines, A/B variants, CTAs, SEO, ad copy Email Pack — match reply tone, cold emails, subject lines, TL;DR, follow-ups Student Pack — academic tone, paraphrase, thesis, counterargument, study notes Dating Pack — confident openers, banter, bio glow-up, let them down kindly Recovery Pack — apologies, de-escalation, boundaries, make peace Comedy Pack — stand-up style, dry wit, dark humor, roast, absurdist Funny Pack — universal humor, dad jokes, meme-ready, one-liners, captions International Pack — Japanese business, German direct, French polite, match any culture Social Pack — tweet-ify, LinkedIn, Instagram captions, TikTok hooks, threads Coach's Pack — reflective listening, reframe, SMART goals, hard feedback Customer Support Pack — empathize, calm angry customers, explain policy, close tickets Sales & Negotiation Pack — handle objections, follow up, close, counter-offer Job Hunt Pack — resume bullets, cover letters, STAR answers, salary negotiation Product & UX Writing Pack — microcopy, error messages, push notifications, button labels MATCH ANY CULTURAL CONTEXT Pick a country — Japan, Germany, France, Brazil, India, and 20 more — and the International Pack adapts your text to that culture's communication style without translating a word. -------------------------------------- WORKS EVERYWHERE -------------------------------------- Keyboard Extension — fix or rephrase in any app from your keyboard Share Extension — select text anywhere, tap Share → What? to process it instantly Home-Screen Widget — one tap from your home screen iCloud Sync — history and settings stay in sync across all your devices -------------------------------------- BYOK — BRING YOUR OWN KEY -------------------------------------- Have an Anthropic API key? Use it directly. All Claude models, custom prompts, no monthly caps from us — you pay Anthropic per request. Your key lives in the iOS Keychain and never leaves your device. -------------------------------------- SUBSCRIPTION -------------------------------------- · 3-day free trial — no credit card upfront · Pro — Claude Sonnet, Writing Coach mode, Before/After diff view, tone meter · BYOK — your own Anthropic key, unlimited requests, custom-built actions Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Subscription renews automatically. Cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://sylvainlafrance.com/what/privacy Terms of Use: https://sylvainlafrance.com/what/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Glad Mind at 16.0 against What?'s 18.6. 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. Glad Mind sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and What? sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Glad Mind ships an update monthly, What? every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Glad Mind | What? |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adegboyega Olusunmade | Sylvain Lafrance |
In-app purchases
Glad Mind
- Monthly$3.991 Month
- Yearly$39.991 Year
- Music Augment$2.99
- Emotion Journal$3.99
- Focus Journal$3.99
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- Streak Journal$3.99
- Log Journal$3.99
What?
- What - BYOK Subscription Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- What - Subscription Monthly3 Days trial$7.991 Month
- What - BYOK Subscription Yearly3 Days trial$14.991 Year
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- What - Subscription Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year









