Comparison

Embrace vs Begets

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

Head to head
About

Embrace

This app facilitates shared journaling for couples in a BDSM dynamic. It allows private or shared entries, offers daily prompts, and includes features like partner assignment, reminders, and in-app chat to foster connection and communication.

Highlights
  • Private or shared journaling
  • Daily journaling prompts
  • Assign prompts to partner
  • Journaling reminders
  • Partner entry notifications
  • In-app chat
  • Passcode protection
Features
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Embrace is a journalling app for couples in a BDSM dynamic. Embrace allows you to keep a diary together with your partner. You can choose to write entries that are private (just for you), or entries that you want to share with your partner(s). Whether you've been practicing kink for a long time, or you're new to the scene, Embrace will help you and your partner(s) feel more connected! Main features: - Journal privately or together with your partner - Get unique journaling prompts and questions every day to inspire you to write - Assign prompts for your partner to write about - Set reminders to help you keep on track - Get notified when your partner writes an entry - Chat with your partner - Protect your app with a passcode - Customize your app with different color themes - Connect with Obedience to get rewards for journalling ----------------------------------------- This app contains auto-renewable subscriptions. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. Privacy policy: https://theembraceapp.com/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://theembraceapp.com/terms-of-service

About

Begets

This app helps you cultivate positive daily habits by focusing on your beliefs, goals, and dreams. It offers tools for tracking your feelings, actions, and wins, along with a space for mental clarity and a calendar log of your progress. Designed for mindful self-improvement without pressure.

Highlights
  • Daily affirmations for beliefs, goals, and dreams
  • Feelings and actions tracking
  • Log personal wins
  • Mind-clearing brain dump
  • Calendar view of daily logs
  • Simple daily check-ins
Features
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How you spend your days, is how you spend your life. What do you want for your life? Begets is a simple daily practice for becoming who you want to be. Write down the beliefs, goals, and dreams you want to make real — then return to them every day. Because repetition builds belief, and belief is what brings your affirmations to life. Alongside your affirmations, a simple daily log helps you check in with yourself in just a few taps. Affirmations — Write down 1–6 beliefs, goals, or dreams and practice them every day. Feelings — Track how you feel, one day at a time. Actions — Note the daily actions that keep you aligned with yourself. People — Keep track of who you spend your time with. Wins — Celebrate your wins, big and small. Brain Dump — Take the mic, don't edit, just talk. Clear your mind of clutter. Calendar — Every daily log is saved into your calendar. No streaks to stress over. No pressure to perform. Just a daily moment for you. Start today. Live YOUR dream life.

Screenshots

Embrace4 screens
Begets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Begets at none against Embrace's 7. Embrace's advantage is ratings volume (476 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. Embrace sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Begets asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Begets holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Embrace has 476 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Embrace versus Begets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmbraceBegets
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (476 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings476 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB32 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperObedience B.V.Emily Heggie

Customer experience

Embrace

All ratings456 ratings
Positive98.0%
Neutral1.3%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews72 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral2.8%
Negative5.6%

Begets

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Embrace

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inconsistent syncing between Obedience and Embrace apps
  • Notifications of incomplete assignments despite completing them

Requested features

5 requests
  • Save/favorite prompts for later use
  • Personalize relationship types for better questions
  • Ability to see when partner has read an entry
  • Folders to organize different types of journal entries
  • Visualization of mood tracking over time

Begets

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Embrace

Subscriptions6
  • Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Quarterly$14.993 Months
  • Yearly$14.991 Year
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  • Yearly1 Year trial2 variants$29.991 Year
  • Yearly$29.991 Year
  • Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

Begets

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Embrace free?
Embrace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Begets free?
Begets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Embrace or Begets?
Begets is rated higher. Embrace averages 4.8 out of 5 from 476 ratings, while Begets averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Embrace or Begets have ads?
Neither Embrace nor Begets shows ads.

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