Comparison

NVC Check vs Reflexy

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

Head to head
About

NVC Check

This app guides users through self-reflection and connection with others using the principles of Nonviolent Communication. It helps identify observations, feelings, needs, and requests to transform stress into harmony and inner peace.

Highlights
  • Identify observations, feelings, and needs
  • Formulate requests for self or others
  • Utilize guided lists of common OFNR terms
  • Enter custom observations, feelings, needs, and requests
  • Save and share reflections as tweets or status updates
  • Visual aids from NVC Dance Floors and Giraffentraum Project
Features
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The NVC (TM) Check-In app helps you at the moments when you wish to connect with yourself or another. Using the model of Nonviolent Communication (NVC), you gradually become aware of what you observe, what you feel, what you need and what you could do (or ask others to do) to take steps towards meeting your need. Connecting with yourself is the key to effectively dealing with all the triggers that you encounter in everyday life -whether these triggers occur at work or at home, whether you experience them as being pleasant or unpleasant. Maybe your employer gives you so much work to do that you begin to feel stressed and unhappy; or someone says to you, - That is the way I am and you better get used to it... - or a car pulls out in front of you unexpectedly and you brake suddenly. In all these situations you can choose to connect with yourself in order to transform struggle and stress into harmony and inner peace. A Check-In is standing/sitting still in the moment, getting in touch with what is alive in you now and connecting with yourself. The creators of the NVC Check-In app would love to contribute to your connection at times when you want to: - step out of a vicious circle of recurring thoughts - clarify why a particular occurrence has such impact on you and what you can do about it - translate judgements you have about yourself and others into feelings and needs - and experience how liberating this is! Using the colours of the NVC Dance Floors and pictures from the Giraffentraum (Giraffe Dream) Project, the NVC Check-In app gradually increases your awareness of what you observe, what feelings you experience, what needs (fulfilled or not fulfilled) are underlying those feelings and what you could do to move on and create something new. The following buttons guide you. Press (repeatedly) on: - O for your Observation - F for your Feelings - N for your Needs - R for a Request to oneself or another At every step you are supported by a list of common observations, feelings, needs and requests. From this list you can choose from some common Observations, Feelings, Needs and Requests (OFNR, listed in uppercase) by (repeatedly) pressing the buttons, or you can choose from a more expanded list by clicking the selection and scrolling through the small menus. You can also enter your own words in the empty fields below the OFNR suggestions, using your keyboard. The sentence you make is updated continually and will be shown on the display. For example, it might look like this: - O: When I see in my diary that my interview is tomorrow, - F: I feel nervous, - N: because I need trust and acceptance. - R (to oneself): Would you be willing, when you notice this feeling in the interview, to reflect on the experience you have accumulated in recent years? Press Save to save the sentence. Here you can also use the phrase as a (nonviolent) tweet on Twitter or as a (connecting) status update / shared message on LinkedIn. How to use the buttons at the bottom of your screen: - Press (repeatedly) NVC in order to address the sentence to yourself or another person. - Press Mail to email the sentence you have constructed to yourself or somebody else. An email screen will open in which you can customize and send the text. You might put a copy in your agenda app to have it sent to yourself every day at a specific time. - Press Log to scroll through your history so that you can see what you needed before and what has helped you in the past. Here you can also delete entries in the log and email the entire log in comma separated (csv, can be imported in Excel) format to yourself. - Press Apps for more supporting apps based on Nonviolent Communication. - Press ? for information about how to use the app, for info about its creators and to redisplay the initial supporting question for an OFNR button.

About

Reflexy

This app helps you understand your emotions and personal growth by journaling about life events. It guides you to separate facts from feelings, explore underlying needs, and set goals for a more mindful life. Monitor stress, anxiety, and other symptoms as you progress.

Highlights
  • Daily journaling of life events
  • Separating facts from feelings
  • Exploring underlying emotional needs
  • Setting personal goals
  • Monitoring stress and anxiety levels
  • Inspired by Nonviolent Communication
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Reflexy is a private journal for self-reflection on iPhone and iPad. No account, no ads, and your journal is stored on your device. Capture a moment, put your feelings into words, and consider the needs behind them. Connect what you discover with personal goals and the activities that support them. Free to download. Start 14 days of full access when you choose; it never turns into a charge. Keep everything with one purchase. No subscription. Whether you want to reflect after a difficult conversation, remember a good moment, or look back on your week, start with what feels useful to you. Capture what happened Create journal entries called Stories. Add text, a photo, activities, feelings, needs, and tags. Keep an entry brief or take time to explore it. Choose which steps appear when you create a story, then find past moments with search and tags. Explore feelings and needs Choose several feelings and rate each one's intensity from 1 to 10. Select the needs that matter in that situation. You make the connections; Reflexy gives you a place to record and revisit them. Connect reflection with action Create personal goals called Aims, connect them to needs, and link the activities that support them. Record those activities in your stories. Use the built-in activities or create your own, with categories that make sense to you. Notice patterns over time Insights shows emotional balance and distributions across your feelings, activities, goals, needs, and tags. Explore different periods and look for patterns in what you have recorded. Charts reflect your selections, not an analysis of your writing. Make the journal your own Choose a light, dark, or system theme, select your feeling stickers, customize the story flow, and decide whether photos start expanded or collapsed. Privacy, with clear choices No Reflexy account, no ads, and no advertising tracking. Reflexy does not record behavioral analytics about how you use your journal. Your entries, photos, and backups are not sent to the developer or RevenueCat. Your journal is stored on your device. App lock is on by default; you can skip setup or switch it off. When enabled, use a 6-digit passcode and optionally Face ID or Touch ID on supported devices. Create encrypted .reflexy backups, export them, or choose optional iCloud backups. Automatic iCloud backups are off by default. Backups let you restore a journal; they do not keep devices continuously in sync. A recovery key can sync through iCloud Keychain, and Reflexy provides a recovery code for another device. Apple's device backup settings apply separately. Apple and RevenueCat process purchase metadata to verify and restore access and provide purchase analytics. They do not receive journal content through Reflexy's purchase services. Try it at your own pace Download for free and choose when to start 14 days of full access. The trial never turns into an automatic charge. Afterwards, unlock all features forever with one purchase. No subscription. Without full access, you can still read, import, export, and delete your data. Creating and editing require an active trial or lifetime access. Verified users of earlier Reflexy versions keep full access without another purchase. Reflexy is a journal for personal reflection. It is not a medical device and does not provide diagnosis, treatment, therapy, or emergency assistance. Requires iOS 17 or later. Available in English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Ukrainian, and Simplified Chinese. Privacy policy: https://reflexy.app/privacy Terms of use: https://reflexy.app/terms Support: support@reflexy.app

Screenshots

NVC Check4 screens
Reflexy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Reflexy at Free against NVC Check's $1.99. Reflexy also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 21 months). NVC Check's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#193 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, 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

Reflexy is free to download; NVC Check costs $1.99 up front. Reflexy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. NVC Check asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for NVC Check against 5.0 for Reflexy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NVC Check ships an update every 21 months, Reflexy every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
NVC Check versus Reflexy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNVC CheckReflexy
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 21 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
Best chart rank#193 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiConsultancyOleg Svetlichnyi

Customer experience

NVC Check

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

Reflexy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

NVC Check

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Reflexy

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium access7 Days trial$2.491 Month
  • Yearly Premium access7 Days trial$18.991 Year

Questions

Is NVC Check free?
NVC Check costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Reflexy free?
Reflexy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NVC Check or Reflexy?
NVC Check and Reflexy are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do NVC Check or Reflexy have ads?
Neither NVC Check nor Reflexy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NVC Check or Reflexy?
NVC Check ships an update every 21 months, and Reflexy every 5 days. Most recently, NVC Check was updated on November 6, 2026 and Reflexy on November 3, 2026.

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