Comparison

My Lighthouse vs Intake & Burn

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

Head to head
About

My Lighthouse

This app offers a calm, one-minute daily check-in to track your life's key areas. It provides weekly and monthly reports, personalized insights, and a companion to review your progress. Focus on personal growth and wellbeing with gentle guidance and private journaling.

Highlights
  • One-minute daily check-ins
  • Customizable life pillars
  • Weekly and monthly reports
  • AI-powered companion for insights
  • Guided breathing exercises
  • Private and encrypted journaling
  • Customizable themes
Features
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How is your life really going? Not today โ€” overall, across the things that matter to you. My Lighthouse is a calm, one-minute journal. Pick three to five parts of your life to look after โ€” family, health, work, sleep, anything you like. Each evening, check in: how was the day, how did each part fare โ€” bright, dim or unlit โ€” and a note when something's worth keeping. On a rough day, one word is enough. Or nothing at all. Day by day, a picture forms that you can't see any other way. THE DAILY RITUAL โ€ข A one-minute evening check-in, built around your own pillars โ€ข A morning page for thoughts that won't wait โ€” your sentences are sorted into the pillars they touch, kept in your own words โ€ข Busy night? Press and hold the reminder and log the day without opening the app โ€ข Missed a day? Fill it in later โ€” honest gaps, no guilt โ€ข Widgets and gentle reminders that already know when you've logged WHAT THE APP GIVES BACK โ€ข A weekly report every Sunday: what rose, what dipped, and two honest sentences about your week โ€ข A letter at the end of each month from the Keeper, who read your notes and quotes you back to yourself โ€ข Trends, patterns and an annual report โ€” watch the picture form โ€ข "A year ago today": your own words, returned when they matter โ€ข One photo a week becomes your year in light THE KEEPER A companion who remembers your year. Ask it anything โ€” it answers plainly, with your actual days and notes to hand: "Work was bright four of the last seven days โ€” and Family went unlit on three of them." No lectures, no guilt. YOUR WEEK, POINTED SOMEWHERE Choose one focus each week and say what would make it a win. The app keeps it in view โ€” and asks how it went, in your words. KIND BY DESIGN โ€ข A heavy day never becomes homework: mark it and rest โ€ข Take a moment: a minute of slow, guided breathing โ€ข Rest days and holidays for any pillar โ€” life bends, and the app bends with it โ€ข Day and night themes that follow the sky PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your notes are encrypted and your journal locks with Face ID. Nothing you write is sold, shared or used for ads. If you choose, share a single light with one trusted person โ€” they see how you're doing, never what you wrote. My Lighthouse is free to use every day: check-ins, weekly reports, trends, and a weekly conversation with the Keeper. One simple yearly subscription unlocks the monthly and annual letters and the Keeper every day. Start tonight. Three lanterns, one minute โ€” and the picture begins. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Intake & Burn

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Intake & Burn gives you a clear view of your energy balance. The app connects to Apple Health and visualizes your calorie data in beautiful charts. YOUR ENERGY BALANCE AT A GLANCE โ€ข Balance: See instantly if you're consuming more calories than you burn โ€ข Intake: Track your daily calorie consumption โ€ข Basal: Your resting energy expenditure โ€ข Activity: Calories burned through movement โ€ข Total Burned: Basal + Activity combined FLEXIBLE TIME PERIODS Analyze your data over 7, 30, or 90 days. Spot trends and track your progress over time. MULTIPLE CHART STYLES Choose between smooth lines, precise lines, or bar charts. Invert the Y-axis to match your preferences. STATISTICS Average, maximum, and minimum values at a glance. The data table shows you all the details. PRIVACY FIRST All data stays on your device. The app only reads from Apple Health and never sends anything to the internet. Requirement: The app needs data in Apple Health (e.g., from an Apple Watch or manual entries).

Screenshots

My Lighthouse4 screens
Intake & Burn4 screens

Verdict

The call

My Lighthouse and Intake & Burn are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. My Lighthouse sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Intake & Burn sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Lighthouse ships an update every 5 days, Intake & Burn every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
My Lighthouse versus Intake & Burn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy LighthouseIntake & Burn
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesโ€”
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size10 MB2 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSynquire LtdJurgen Hollfelder

In-app purchases

2 purchases

My Lighthouse

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Annual1 Month trial$19.991 Year
4 purchases

Intake & Burn

One-time4
  • Small Tip$1.00
  • Medium Tip$2.00
  • Large Tip$5.00
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  • Generous Tip$10.00

Questions

Is My Lighthouse free?
My Lighthouse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Intake & Burn free?
Intake & Burn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do My Lighthouse or Intake & Burn have ads?
Neither My Lighthouse nor Intake & Burn shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Lighthouse or Intake & Burn?
My Lighthouse ships an update every 5 days, and Intake & Burn every 4 days. Most recently, My Lighthouse was updated on November 3, 2026 and Intake & Burn on November 5, 2026.

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