Grateful vs Thankwell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grateful
This app encourages users to recognize and record the joyful moments in their daily lives. Sharing these moments can uplift both the user and others, fostering a global culture of gratitude.
- Discover moments of joy
- Record everyday moments
- Share gratefulness with others
- Enhance personal happiness
- Contribute to a culture of grateful living
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This app inspires you to discover and take note of the beautiful, graceful, surprising, big and small moments of joy in your everyday life. This does not only enhance your own happiness; by sharing your gratefulness with others, you make them happy, too. By uplifting yourself and others, you contribute to a global culture of grateful living.
Thankwell
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Thankwell is a private gratitude journal that helps you build a daily habit of noticing the good things in life. Write what you're grateful for — as many entries per day as you like. Look back through your history grouped by day. Set gentle morning and evening reminders to stay consistent. Features: - Unlimited daily gratitude entries - History timeline grouped by day - Morning and evening reminders with rotating motivational messages - CSV export for your data (GDPR Art. 20 compliant) - 5 Scandinavian color themes with dark mode - Available in English, German, Spanish, and French - iCloud sync across your devices 100% private. No account needed. No tracking. No ads. Your entries stay on your device. Made in Germany.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Thankwell at every 2 weeks against Grateful's every 4 months. Grateful's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Grateful ships an update every 4 months, Thankwell every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grateful | Thankwell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | smoca AG | Andrei Svirida |
In-app purchases
Grateful
No in-app purchases
Thankwell
No in-app purchases
