Bears Affirmations vs StrollMemo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bears Affirmations
Engage with over 70 hand-drawn puzzles designed to inspire happiness and personal growth. Explore themes like love, self-care, healing, and positivity through interactive challenges.
- 70+ hand-drawn puzzles
- Themes of love and self-love
- Puzzles on healing and positivity
- Explores creativity and identity
- Life and work navigation guidance
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Bears Affirmations is a collection of 70+ beautifully hand-drawn puzzles, each with a powerful message about how to build a happy life. The puzzles cover the topics of: …LOVE… Building the courage to love others truly and wholeheartedly …SELF-LOVE… Appreciating the importance of taking care of yourself, so you can take on everything in life …HEALING… How to navigate a broken heart or your broken world, and putting in the work to put it back together again …POSITIVITY… The power of positive thinking to build a life that feels kind to you day in day out …CREATIVITY… How to nurture the ability to express yourself and everything in your imagination …IDENTITY… Understanding that there’s no one else on earth quite like you, and how to protect what makes you unique …LIFE… Exploring what makes life messy and complicated, and how to navigate it safely …WORK… The power of loving the work you do, and how it can empower you to live meaningfully
StrollMemo
This app serves as a personal walking journal, allowing users to capture thoughts and discoveries encountered during walks. It features a calendar view and thematic elements to help users document their experiences away from screens and reconnect with nature.
- Walking diary
- Calendar view for throwbacks
- Picture book design
- Walk-related themes
- Tagging places
- Offline journaling
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A few years back, I fell in love with walking. I love that chill vibe. It sparks cool thoughts and discoveries. Everything I jot down feels beautiful, and walking itself is a gem. So I created this app. Got a calendar view for easy throwbacks. Designed it like a picture book – think of it as your personal walking journal. Added some walk-related themes and places to tag. Hope it helps you jot down moments away from screens. Dive into nature, reconnect with yourself. --------------------------------------------- SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS StrollMemo offers a subscription options: $9.99 per year These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. The subscription will automatically renew unless turned off in your iTunes Account Settings at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can go to your iTunes Account settings to manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Your iTunes Account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. Read the terms and conditions here: https://www.notion.so/aboutkoan/Terms-of-Use-09cbffbf45f24f01843416b6a8cff12f Read the privacy policy here: https://www.notion.so/aboutkoan/Privacy-Policy-502d95850c4a4cbd9288010f77838897
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Bears Affirmations at free with in-app purchases against StrollMemo's subscription. Bears Affirmations also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 60%) and update cadence (daily vs fortnightly). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Bears Affirmations sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and StrollMemo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Bears Affirmations against 5.0 for StrollMemo. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bears Affirmations has 196 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Bears Affirmations's written reviews are positive against 60% of StrollMemo's.
Bears Affirmations ships an update daily, StrollMemo fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bears Affirmations | StrollMemo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (196 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 196 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Isuru Wanasinghe | Shenzhen Poplab Technology Co. Ltd. |
Customer experience
Bears Affirmations
StrollMemo
Bugs and requests
Bears Affirmations
Reported bugs
2 issues- Last puzzle doesn't load
- Developers did not respond to contact
Requested features
6 requests- More affirmations needed
- Ability to turn off affirmations
- Ability to add own affirmations
- More complicated puzzles
- More fine details in art (backgrounds, etc.)
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- Ability to change puzzle difficulty (number of pieces)
StrollMemo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bears Affirmations
- Bears Unlimited$2.99
StrollMemo
- Annual subscription7 Days trial$2.991 Year
- Lifetime$4.99
