Mindful Jot vs Mend Your Light
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mindful Jot
This free app offers short, guided audio meditations and an in-app journaling feature to help users find calm and focus. Its intuitive interface makes it easy to access quick mindfulness exercises and privately record thoughts and emotions.
- 1-2 minute audio meditations
- Variety of meditation themes
- In-app journaling
- Secure journal storage
- Intuitive user interface
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Mindful Jot is a quiet daily companion for journaling and calm. Write a short reflection, check in with your mood, take a guided breath, or sit with a soft timer. It takes a minute or two. Journal entries stay on this phone. No account. Breathing and the timer work offline. Patterns is optional. If you use it, recent entries are sent once to generate a reflection and then discarded. The app also sends anonymous open and save counts (a random id, never your writing). Features - A fresh reflection prompt each day to help you start writing - A simple mood check in so you can see how you have been feeling over time - Private journal entries you can edit, delete, or export anytime - Guided breathing with a calm visual to help you slow down - A quiet meditation timer from one to ten minutes - Patterns: one free reflection a week, unlimited with Mindful Jot Plus Mindful Jot Plus is an auto renewing subscription: - Mindful Jot Plus Monthly: $3.99 per month - Mindful Jot Plus Yearly: $29.99 per year Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically at the same price unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it any time in Settings, your name, Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mindful-jot-proxy.willalston.workers.dev/privacy
Mend Your Light
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Identify your emotions with groundbreaking voice-frequency technology. Track your emotional state over time to measure your progress and struggles. Know what’s helping you and what’s not. This app requires a subscription that gives you access to this technology and Mended Light content that help you work on your emotional intelligence Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Mindful Jot at every 3 weeks against Mend Your Light's every 2 months. 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. Mindful Jot sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Mend Your Light sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mindful Jot ships an update every 3 weeks, Mend Your Light every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mindful Jot | Mend Your Light |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | William Alston | TalkApps |
In-app purchases
Mindful Jot
- Mindful Jot Plus Monthly$3.991 Month
- Mindful Jot Plus Yearly$29.991 Year
Mend Your Light
- Monthly Membership$9.991 Month
