Comparison

Embrace vs Tiny Threads

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

Tiny Threads

This app allows family members to collaboratively document a child's life, sharing photos, meals, milestones, and important notes. It provides insights into daily patterns and offers secure storage for sensitive documents. Premium features include unlimited family members and printable memory books.

Highlights
  • Shared family journal
  • Log meals, moments, and milestones
  • Secure document vault
  • Printable memory books
  • Private and ad-free
  • Calendar and insights view
Features
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Tiny Threads is a shared journal for everyone who helps raise your loved ones. Log a meal, share a photo, record a first step. Everything lands in one place your family can see — so nobody has to ask how the day went, and nothing gets lost in a group chat. BUILT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY Parents, grandparents, nannies and anyone else who helps can share the same journal, whether you share one home or two. Everyone sees the same day. Everyone can add to it. WHAT YOU CAN KEEP • Meals — what they ate, when, and which food groups it covered • Moments — the photo, the story, the thing you want to remember • Milestones — first steps, first words, the ones that matter • Notes and reminders — appointments, medication, school changes SEE THE SHAPE OF THE WEEK A calendar marks every day something happened, so patterns show themselves. The insights view turns your own entries into gentle observations — how meals are balancing out, which days are busiest, where a milestone landed. REMINDERS THAT RESPECT YOU Gentle nudges at mealtimes, one small memory a day, a weekly look back. All scheduled on your phone, all easy to switch off. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No advertising. No analytics. No tracking of any kind. Photos are stored privately and are never published to the open internet. Before a photo is saved we strip the hidden metadata your phone puts inside it — including the GPS coordinates of where it was taken, which for family photos is usually your home. Lock the document vault with your own four-digit passcode, or Face ID. Your journal is yours. We do not sell it, share it, or use it to train anything. You can delete your account, and everything in it, from inside the app. TINY THREADS PREMIUM The free plan covers two adults and one loved one. An optional subscription, which covers everyone in your family, unlocks: • More loved ones and adults — add everyone you care for and every caregiver to the family. • Memory books — pick a loved one and any date range, and Tiny Threads builds a printable PDF keepsake of every photo, moment, meal and milestone from that stretch. Save it to Files, mail it, or print it. • The document vault — scan custody orders, medical records, school forms and insurance cards with your camera (edges found and cropped automatically, any number of pages), or add a PDF you already have. Everyone in your family can open and save what is in the vault, with or without a subscription, so the whole family always has a copy. Cancel any time — it is one tap from the Settings screen. Premium is available monthly ($9.99) or yearly ($59.99). Subscriptions are billed through your Apple ID. Payment is taken when you confirm the purchase, and renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple subscription settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tiny-threads-site.vercel.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Embrace4 screens
Tiny Threads4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Tiny Threads at freemium against Embrace's subscription. Tiny Threads also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Embrace's advantage is ratings volume (481 vs 2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Embrace sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Tiny Threads sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tiny Threads holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Embrace has 481 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Embrace ships an update fortnightly, Tiny Threads weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Embrace versus Tiny Threads: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmbraceTiny Threads
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (481 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings481 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperObedience B.V.CHRISTIAN TODDMAN CARTER

Customer experience

Embrace

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

Tiny Threads

All ratings2 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

Tiny Threads

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
2 purchases

Tiny Threads

Subscriptions2
  • Tiny Threads Premium Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Tiny Threads Premium Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Embrace free?
Embrace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tiny Threads free?
Tiny Threads is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Embrace or Tiny Threads?
Tiny Threads is rated higher. Embrace averages 4.8 out of 5 from 481 ratings, while Tiny Threads averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Embrace or Tiny Threads have ads?
Neither Embrace nor Tiny Threads shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Embrace or Tiny Threads?
Embrace ships an update fortnightly, and Tiny Threads weekly. Most recently, Embrace was updated on November 7, 2026 and Tiny Threads on November 6, 2026.

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