Comparison

Elo Therapy vs Open Ink

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

Head to head
About

Elo Therapy

This app helps users manage their Elo device by controlling light patterns, monitoring heating, and installing firmware updates. It provides access to device settings and ensures optimal performance. Currently in beta, it aims to enhance the user experience with their connected hardware.

Highlights
  • Control light patterns
  • View heating status
  • Install firmware updates
  • Manage device settings
  • Beta access
Features
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Please note the Elo app is currently in Beta. The Elo app is designed to help you get the most out of your Elo device. Control light patterns, view heating, install firmware updates and manage device settings

About

Open Ink

This AI-powered journal offers daily reflection prompts to encourage self-discovery. It provides a calm writing space with features like voice-to-text, mood tracking, and personalized prompts based on your personality. You can also import existing journals and export your archive.

Highlights
  • Daily AI-generated reflection prompts
  • Clean writing space with mood and tags
  • Voice-to-text functionality
  • Import and export journal entries
  • Personalized prompts based on personality
  • Calendar view and search functionality
Features
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Open Ink is a quiet AI-powered journal for the small, daily practice of writing your thoughts down. Every morning, you open the app to one short question — a fresh prompt written by an AI editor whose only job is to invite you to notice something. Some days it lands on a small joy. Other days, on the thing you've been carrying. You write a sentence or a page, in your own words, with mood and tags if you want them. — A SHORT, CALM PRACTICE — • One new reflection prompt every day, never the same twice • A clean writing space with mood and tags • Voice-to-text on demand — speak when words come easier spoken • Templates if you want a place to start (gratitude, morning pages, goal reflection, more) • Auto-save, so nothing is lost • Yesterday-anchored streaks (you have the full current day to write before today's streak counts as broken) • Search any entry by mood, tag, or word • A calendar view of every day you've written — WHAT OPEN INK NOTICES — • "On this day" — entries from a month, six months, or a year ago surface gently on the home screen • Weekly threads — every Sunday, Open Ink reads back through your week and surfaces the themes that ran through it • Next-step nudges — small invitations to add another layer to your personality model so prompts land more sharply — PERSONALIZED TO YOUR VOICE — Daily prompts are reworded to fit you. A short Big Five baseline at sign-up tunes the tone. Optional Enneagram and Attachment lenses (Pro) deepen the personalization further. If you add a few birth details (optional, anytime), reflections quietly weave in personality patterns drawn from your birth chart — same question, phrased so it lands for you. We never name a sign or use astrology jargon in the prompts. The personalization is quiet and opt-in. — BRING YOUR EXISTING WRITING IN — If you already journal somewhere else, paste from Apple Notes or pick a .txt / .md file — Open Ink parses it into entries and dates them. Export your full archive as Markdown any time, also from inside the app. — A NOTE ON PRICING — Open Ink is free to install. A small Pro subscription unlocks unlimited AI insights on entries, deeper personality lenses, templates, unlimited 30-day reflections, and richer cross-entry memory. Manage or cancel from your iPhone Settings → Subscriptions any time. — PRIVACY — Your entries are encrypted in transit and at rest, tied to your account. Delete your account from inside the app and every entry goes with it. We never sell your data, never share it with third parties, and never train models on it. Open Ink is built by an independent developer. If something feels off — write us at support@openink.app and you'll hear back from a human.

Screenshots

Elo Therapy3 screens
Open Ink4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Open Ink at 5.0 against Elo Therapy's 2.5. Elo Therapy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (10 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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. Open Ink sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Elo Therapy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Open Ink holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Elo Therapy has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Elo Therapy ships an update every 4 days, Open Ink every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Elo Therapy versus Open Ink: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElo TherapyOpen Ink
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (10 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB16 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperDyna Innovations IncAndre Henderson

In-app purchases

None

Elo Therapy

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Open Ink

Subscriptions2
  • English$4.991 Month
  • English$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Elo Therapy free?
Elo Therapy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Open Ink free?
Open Ink is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Elo Therapy or Open Ink?
Open Ink is rated higher. Elo Therapy averages 2.5 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Open Ink averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Elo Therapy or Open Ink have ads?
Neither Elo Therapy nor Open Ink shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Elo Therapy or Open Ink?
Elo Therapy ships an update every 4 days, and Open Ink every 5 days. Most recently, Elo Therapy was updated on November 3, 2026 and Open Ink on October 31, 2026.

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