Comparison

Love Nudge vs Waffle

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

Head to head
About

Love Nudge

This app helps users intentionally express love to their partners by focusing on the five love languages. It facilitates learning each other's preferences, sending encouraging messages, setting relationship goals, and tracking emotional connection levels.

Highlights
  • Identify partner's love language
  • Send encouraging 'nudges'
  • Set and track relationship goals
  • Monitor 'love tank' levels
  • Facilitates real-life connection
Features
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Your Personal Assistant for Relationships Between busy schedules and long days, expressing love can sometimes fall by the wayside. We forget to give gifts “just because,” offer compliments, or linger in our embraces. The things that say “I love you” seem to either not get said or not get through. As a result, our relationships can easily erode and the spark can fade. Love Nudge is a fun, habit-forming app that helps you intentionally express love in ways that are most meaningful to your partner. Designed for real-life connection, Love Nudge takes the concepts of Dr. Gary Chapman’s #1 New York Times best-seller The 5 Love Languages® to the next level. You and your loved one can learn each other’s love languages, exchange encouraging and playful nudges, set and track activity goals, and monitor the levels of each other’s love tanks for better communication and intimacy. It’s like having a personal assistant… for your relationship. The 5 Love Languages® by Dr. Gary Chapman has helped millions of couples strengthen their relationships… one language at a time. For almost two decades, The 5 Love Languages® has stood unrivaled as a top resource for love and relationships. NOTE: Love Nudge relies on a consistent internet connection. If you’re not connected when you launch the app, or if you disconnect while you’re using the app, Love Nudge will not perform as it should.

About

Waffle

This app facilitates shared journaling for couples, families, and friends to deepen connections. Users can share daily updates, photos, and videos, and answer prompts to get to know each other better. It offers a private space to document memories and strengthen relationships.

Highlights
  • Shared journaling for groups
  • Photo and video sharing
  • Daily prompts to foster connection
  • Customizable journal covers
  • Private and secure entries
  • Relationship strengthening tool
Features
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Waffle is the #1 shared journal app for staying connected and getting to know your partner, family, friends, or anyone you care about better. By journaling together on Waffle, you and your journal members will feel seen, heard, and loved. THE BEST SHARED JOURNAL APP Waffle lets you practice self-care together with your favorite people. Journaling consistently can be hard on your own, but it's easier and more fun together, like sharing a warm, fluffy waffle. Share photos and videos to tell them about your day, record memories, and capture the little things that might otherwise be forgotten—all in one journal. STAY UPDATED LIFE UPDATES "Documenting our married life together -- the highs, lows, and little things in between" - Amber "I love when I get notifications" - Karla No matter how far apart you are or how busy your day is, Waffle lets you take intentional moments to connect. Open the Waffle app at the end of the day, unwind, and share your story. If you thought about them during the day, let them know in your journal entry! WAFFLE TIME "When my friend says "Waffle time, people!" at the end of the day, my face lights up" - Lucy "Especially helped my girlfriend to recenter at the end of the day and see the many good parts of life that are easily drowned out." - Herman WAFFLE OF THE DAY QUESTIONS "Get to know each other better even though we've been married for 20 years" - Faith "It's a form of therapy. Brought me and my sister closer than ever." - Rita Waffle of the Day questions are designed to strengthen your relationships. By answering them each day, you and your journal members will get to know each other better. It helps you understand what's on their mind and lets them know what's on yours. Waffle makes sharing easy, with no pressure, in a relaxed and non-confrontational way. AESTHETIC JOURNAL COVERS "Allowed me and my mom to connect on a deeper level" - Cecilia "Allows me to vent in a constructive way" - Isabella Your everyday tool should be pretty and aesthetically pleasing. Choose the cover that lifts your spirits the most. Waffle can help you if you are: • A long-distance couple • A military family staying connected during deployment • Looking to make therapy sessions more effective by sharing your day-to-day events and feelings with your therapist • A mother and daughter communicating better in a non-confrontational way • Reuniting and staying connected with your childhood friends • Trying to stay off social media and focus on the relationships that matter most • Strengthening your faith through a prayer journal • Reconnecting after a long marriage • An engaged couple getting ready for married life • Offering emotional support to your best friend • Making parenting or co-parenting easier • Sharing your baby photos with context • Practicing gratitude in a group • Dealing with an eating disorder • Increasing sexual intimacy in your relationship • In a long-distance relationship, struggling with time differences • Looking to improve couple therapy • Looking to connect with your children A NEW FORM OF THERAPY "It's a therapy for us" - Mariah "Extra helpful for my therapy sessions" - Isabella "Honestly this app is helping us more than our marriage counseling did" - Holly We believe that shared journaling is a new form of therapy that can restore meaningful human connections—connections that are essential to our emotional health and well-being but are rapidly disappearing in our society. With Waffle Plus, you’ll be able to: • Add photos and videos to any entry • Record and attach voice memos • Unlock unlimited premium daily question decks • Choose from our entire collection of premium covers • Export your journal as a printable PDF Say hi at support@journal.com or visit wafflejournal.com. Terms: https://www.wafflejournal.com/terms Privacy policy: https://www.wafflejournal.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Love Nudge4 screens
Waffle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Waffle at none against Love Nudge's shown. Waffle also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and chart position (#140 vs unranked). Love Nudge's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Love Nudge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Waffle sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Love Nudge against 4.6 for Waffle. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18K and 11K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 44% of Love Nudge's written reviews are positive against 45% of Waffle's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Love Nudge ships an update every 2 months, Waffle weekly. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Love Nudge versus Waffle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLove NudgeWaffle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (18K ratings)4.6 (11K ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.0% of reviews45.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18K — better11K
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#140 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB140 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperThe Moody Bible Institute of ChicagoPoppy AI, Inc.

Customer experience

Love Nudge

All ratings18,050 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral6.2%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews166 reviews
Positive44.0%
Neutral20.5%
Negative35.5%

Waffle

All ratings10,915 ratings
Positive88.8%
Neutral6.2%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews317 reviews
Positive45.4%
Neutral11.7%
Negative42.9%

User reviews

Love Nudge

From 18K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💕 Great concept
  • 🤝 Helps with communication
  • 🧠 Insightful love language quiz
  • 🔍 Provides relationship insights
  • 🗓️ Helpful reminders

Room to improve

  • 🤔 Confusing interface
  • 🔒 Requires account creation
  • 🤫 Notes not visible to partner
  • 🚫 Limited functionality for singles
  • 📈 Subjective love tank percentages

Waffle

From 11K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤗 Excellent for shared journaling with friends/family
  • 🎨 Beautiful and intuitive user interface
  • 🤝 Helps strengthen long-distance relationships
  • 📝 Convenient way to record daily thoughts and memories
  • 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Great for family/group journaling

Room to improve

  • 💰 Overly expensive subscription model
  • 🔒 Lack of privacy/control over shared journals
  • 🐛 Frequent app crashes and bugs
  • 🗓️ Inability to backdate journal entries
  • 📢 Lack of notification/comment features for shared journals

Bugs and requests

Love Nudge

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login issues
  • Notifications not working
  • App crashes
  • Inconsistent date/time display

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to share goals with partner
  • Option to order love languages
  • Customizable reminders
  • Suggestions based on love languages
  • Family/group version

Waffle

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when trying to open old journal entries
  • Issues with uploading and viewing photos/videos
  • Inability to create new journals or add collaborators

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to comment on journal entries
  • Implement a more flexible pricing structure (e.g., monthly option)
  • Allow customization of journal covers and layouts
  • Improve stability and fix reported bugs
  • Add time zone support for shared journals

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Love Nudge

One-time1
  • Learning the 5 Love Languages$9.99
10 purchases

Waffle

Subscriptions10
  • Waffle Weekly$9.997 Days
  • Waffle Monthly Plus$14.991 Month
  • 1 Plus Journal7 Days trial$39.991 Year
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  • Waffle Unlimited7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Waffle Unlimited Plus7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Waffle Unlimited7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • 1 Plus Journal7 Days trial$74.991 Year
  • Unlimited Plus Journals7 Days trial$129.001 Year
  • 2 Plus Journals7 Days trial$129.991 Year
  • Unlimited Plus7 Days trial$199.991 Year

Questions

Is Love Nudge free?
Love Nudge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Waffle free?
Waffle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Love Nudge or Waffle?
Waffle is rated higher. Love Nudge averages 4.6 out of 5 from 18K ratings, while Waffle averages 4.6 from 11K ratings.
Do Love Nudge or Waffle have ads?
Love Nudge shows ads; Waffle does not.
Which is updated more often, Love Nudge or Waffle?
Love Nudge ships an update every 2 months, and Waffle weekly. Most recently, Love Nudge was updated on November 7, 2026 and Waffle on November 7, 2026.

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