Comparison

Kwanzaa vs Dumpli

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

Head to head
About

Kwanzaa

This app offers daily poetic affirmations based on the seven principles of Kwanzaa. It serves as a tool for self-improvement and emotional stimulus, encouraging positive thinking year-round, regardless of cultural background.

Highlights
  • Daily poetic affirmations
  • Seven principles of Kwanzaa
  • Year-round use
  • Self-improvement tool
  • Emotional stimulus
Features
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Kwanzaa: 7 Days, 7 Principles — Daily Affirmations & Mantras for Year-Round Inspiration FREE • iPhone, iPad, and Macs on Apple Silicon Featured by Apple in "Holiday Cheer" for two years running! As thousands have discovered, these powerful principles and affirmations work beautifully year-round, not just during Kwanzaa. WHAT YOU'LL FIND Daily poetic affirmations and mantras by Venus Jones, celebrating the seven principles of Kwanzaa: • Umoja (Unity) • Kujichagulia (Self-Determination) • Ujima (Collective Work & Responsibility) • Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics) • Nia (Purpose) • Kuumba (Creativity) • Imani (Faith) KEY FEATURES * Beautiful animated Kinara * Audio pronunciation guides for each principle * Home screen & Lock Screen widgets showing today's principle * Direct links to Venus Jones's "Kwanzaa: 7 Days, 7 Principles" album on Apple Music * Helpful guide to celebrating Kwanzaa * Share your favorite mantras with friends and family FOR EVERYONE No matter your cultural background, this app offers a meaningful tool for self-improvement and daily inspiration. Each principle provides timeless wisdom for living with purpose, creativity, and unity. THE COMPANION TO VENUS JONES'S ACCLAIMED ALBUM Deepen your experience of the poetry and music that has touched thousands. Download free today and start your journey toward positive thinking and purposeful living.

About

Dumpli

Features
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Your head is not a filing system. Stop using it as one. Dumpli is a planner for people who don't want to plan. You empty everything on your mind into it — typed or spoken, in any order, half-finished — and AI turns the pile into a plan for today. No projects to set up. No priorities to assign. No tags, no folders, no empty inbox staring back at you. HOW IT WORKS 1. Dump. Open the app and say what's in your head. "Call the dentist, mum's birthday sometime, finish the deck by Friday, learn Spanish one day." Don't sort it. Don't decide anything. 2. Let it sort itself. Dumpli reads what you wrote and builds the plan: what belongs to today, what can wait, what's only an idea for someday. Dates come out of your own words — "by Friday" becomes a deadline, "at 3" becomes a reminder. 3. Do one thing. Today shows you the next action, alone and in large type. Everything else waits its turn. Tick it off and the next one steps forward. WAKE UP TO A PLAN, NOT A BLANK PAGE Morning Brief opens the day with the plan already made — today's tasks in order, one focus to aim at, and a spark from your someday list when there's room for it. Confirm it in a tap, or dump again if the day changed overnight. WHEN SOMETHING STOPS MOVING Tasks rarely fail loudly. They just quietly stay. Stuck notices when something has been pushed to tomorrow again and again, names it out loud, and helps you find a way back in — break it down, shrink it, or let it go honestly instead of carrying it for another month. A DAY YOU CAN ACTUALLY FINISH Today never holds more than five things, because a day doesn't. Later keeps Soon and Someday apart, and asks you every few weeks whether a someday is still worth keeping. Reflect counts what you finished this week — never what you missed. ALSO IN THE BOX • Voice dumps — say it while you walk, transcribed on your iPhone • A widget with your next action, on the Home Screen and Lock Screen • Reminders and deadlines as real notifications, scheduled on your device • Repeating tasks that come back on their own • Dark Mode, Dynamic Type and VoiceOver throughout • English and Russian PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No sign-up. Your tasks, plans and history live on your iPhone and nowhere else. The only thing that ever leaves is the text of a dump, at the moment you tap to organize it — and it is never stored on our server. Dictation is handled by your iPhone. Reminders never touch a server. No ads, no trackers, nothing sold to anyone. FREE AND PRO Three dumps a week, free forever — enough to plan your working days. Dumpli Pro adds unlimited dumps, AI focus and smart ordering in the Morning Brief, and the Stuck diagnosis. Choose weekly, monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Privacy policy: https://dumpli-api.alikhanov.workers.dev/privacy

Screenshots

Kwanzaa4 screens
Dumpli4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kwanzaa at none against Dumpli's 3. Dumpli's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Dumpli sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Kwanzaa asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kwanzaa ships an update every 10 months, Dumpli every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Kwanzaa versus Dumpli: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKwanzaaDumpli
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (87 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings87 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStephen JonesAkobirxuja Alixonov

Bugs and requests

Kwanzaa

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App freezes in affirmation tab
  • App freezes when trying to share

Requested features

2 requests
  • Enhancements to supplement artistic work
  • Familiarization with symbolic representations (kinara, mkeke, etc.)

Dumpli

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Kwanzaa

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Dumpli

Subscriptions3
  • Dumpli Pro Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Dumpli Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Dumply Pro Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Kwanzaa free?
Kwanzaa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dumpli free?
Dumpli is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Kwanzaa or Dumpli have ads?
Neither Kwanzaa nor Dumpli shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kwanzaa or Dumpli?
Kwanzaa ships an update every 10 months, and Dumpli every 3 weeks. Most recently, Kwanzaa was updated on October 24, 2026 and Dumpli on October 31, 2026.

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