Comparison

How We Feel vs PinchBox

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

Head to head
About

How We Feel

Capture life's simple moments with a beautifully designed journal. Easily record thoughts, emotions, and gratitude with text and photos. Organize your memories and enjoy a private, ad-free experience.

Highlights
  • Visual journaling with text and photos
  • Daily prompts and custom prompt creation
  • Photo Journey Board
  • Passcode lock for privacy
  • iCloud sync and backup
  • Ad-free experience
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Use Brighter to create a visual collection of the simple moments in your life. Capture those fleeting moments of the day: something beautiful you see, a simple revelation, an unexpected emotion, a moment of gratitude. Brighter is for the moments in between. It’s a simple, no frills journal, beautifully designed. Create an entry in seconds. Answer a prompt. Or make your own. Add some words and/or a photo. That’s it. Brighter is a simple, flexible tool to help you appreciate the little (and big) things in your life. ENTRY IDEAS: • Thoughts • Emotions • Reflections • Revelations • Gratitude • Moods • Anything FEATURES: - Simple, beautiful design with an array of soothing colors to choose from - Quickly create entries with text and photo - Daily prompts from an expanding library of prompts - Create your own custom prompts (premium feature) - Filter journal entries by prompt or by day, week, month, or year - A Photo Journey Board is automatically created from all the photos you add to your entries - Motivating quotes within the app - Daily reminders - Passcode lock for enhanced privacy - Access your boards from both iPhone and iPad via iCloud sync - Automatic iCloud backup - Unlimited journal entries (premium feature) - Unlimited quotes (premium feature) - No login or registration required - No ads of any kind - No data of any kind stored on our own servers. All data resides on your device and in your iCloud account. FREE TRIAL: Brighter is free to download and the trial version allows you: • 10 entries • 2 custom prompts • 1 daily reminder • 7 favorites (entries, photos and quotes) • 50 motivational quotes PREMIUM UPGRADE INCLUDES: • Unlimited entries • Unlimited custom prompts • Unlimited daily reminders • Unlimited favorites • Unlimited motivational quotes • iCloud Backup • iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

PinchBox

Features
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Pinchbox.co is a unique platform that removes the middlemen and 3rd parties from the supply chain of everyday items, resulting in lower costs for the end consumer. By connecting directly with suppliers, manufacturers, and producers, Pinchbox.co eliminates unnecessary markups, commissions, and fees, and passes those savings directly to you. Whether you're looking for groceries, household essentials, or personal care products, Pinchbox.co offers a wide range of high-quality items at affordable prices. With Pinchbox.co, you can enjoy the benefits of a more streamlined and cost-effective shopping experience, without sacrificing quality or convenience.

Screenshots

How We Feel4 screens
PinchBox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PinchBox at none against How We Feel's 5. PinchBox also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). How We Feel's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, 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

Both are free to download. How We Feel sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. PinchBox asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

How We Feel ships an update every 3 weeks, PinchBox every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
How We Feel versus PinchBox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHow We FeelPinchBox
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (25 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings25 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB92 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developertreebetty LLCDhameliya Infotech private limited

In-app purchases

5 purchases

How We Feel

Subscriptions4
  • Best-Self Bundle: Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$11.991 Year
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  • Best-Self Bundle: Yearly$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Best-Self Bundle: Lifetime$19.99
None

PinchBox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is How We Feel free?
How We Feel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PinchBox free?
PinchBox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do How We Feel or PinchBox have ads?
Neither How We Feel nor PinchBox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, How We Feel or PinchBox?
How We Feel ships an update every 3 weeks, and PinchBox every 4 months. Most recently, How We Feel was updated on November 3, 2026 and PinchBox on November 7, 2026.

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