Glad Mind vs Vanta
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.
Vanta
Capture ideas and organize tasks with a clean, distraction-free notes app. Features include reminders, checklists, and dark mode for a focused experience. It's completely free and easy to use for all ages.
- Distraction-free interface
- Reminders
- Checklists
- Dark mode
- Simple organization
- Formatting tools
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Capture ideas, organize tasks, and stay focused with Vanta—a clean, distraction-free notes app with reminders, lists, dark mode, and no ads. Includes multiple features such as reminders, checklists, and various other formatting tools. It's easy to use and understand for users of all ages. Has zero micro transactions or ads being run making it a completely distraction free experience that is completely free to use. Has two different tabs for different types of notes being short term and long term. No overcomplex systems just simple minimalism in a dark mode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vanta at none against Glad Mind's 7. Vanta also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). Glad Mind's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Vanta asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Glad Mind against 5.0 for Vanta. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Glad Mind ships an update monthly, Vanta every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Glad Mind | Vanta |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adegboyega Olusunmade | ASTRID MARIE MINONDO WRIGHT-CROWE |
Customer experience
Glad Mind
Vanta
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
Vanta
No in-app purchases
