Appreciation Jar vs ReCat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Appreciation Jar
A private digital journal for couples to share uplifting messages and express appreciation daily. Strengthen your bond by sending encouraging notes to your partner, fostering mindfulness and connection.
- Private messaging for couples
- Daily appreciation notes
- Relationship strengthening
- Mindfulness tool
- Encouraging messages
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Capture the moment. Stay mindful. Strengthen your relationship. Appreciation Jar is a private space where you can send encouraging and appreciative messages to your partner. It's a simple way to tell the person that matters most for you that you care for them, every day!
ReCat
Express gratitude and build stronger relationships by sending appreciation letters. Collect and care for virtual cats, using tokens earned from expressing affection. Receive reminders to show appreciation and track your relationship's positive moments.
- Send appreciation letters
- Categorize appreciation notes
- Reveal partner's messages
- Collect appreciation log
- Appreciation reminders
- Collect and care for cats
- Grow cat family together
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SEND APPRECIATION LETTERS Categorize Your Appreciation - Organize your notes of appreciation into categories [and gain insights with detailed relationship stats.] Reveal Partner's Notes - Reveals messages from your partner with beautifully designed, interactive letters. Collect an Appreciation Log - Grow a log of all your appreciations to look back on the good times. Appreciation Reminders - Get reminders to express your gratitude, so you both feel valued COLLECT AND TAKE CARE OF CATS - Use appreciation tokens to grow your cat collection - Work together to raise your cat family - *Cat may sometimes die* ReCat is where appreciation thrives and cats can grow. Product Updates Coming Soon :)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Appreciation Jar at every 2 weeks against ReCat's every 5 months. ReCat's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.
ReCat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 17 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Appreciation Jar ships an update every 2 weeks, ReCat every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Appreciation Jar | ReCat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.5 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stanislav Khromov | RELATIONTIP, LLC |
Customer experience
Appreciation Jar
ReCat
In-app purchases
Appreciation Jar
No in-app purchases
ReCat
No in-app purchases
