Mellowments vs 先别买
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mellowments
This app helps you remember and engage in relaxing activities by providing a simple way to record and review them. It features a warm art style with over 50 healing illustrations and a minimalist recording process.
- Record relaxing events with illustrations
- Minimalist 1-second recording
- Weekly/Monthly/All event statistics
- Customizable events and sorting
- Desktop widget for quick recording
- Healing comics and regular updates
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There are always some cosy events that allow us to catch our breath in our busy lives: like go flower shopping, pet a cat, visit exhibition, catch a flick like cycling, painting, cut a rug, CityWalk or daydream, cloud gazing, get a nature fix... We are pushed by schedules to complete one "important task" after another yet easily forget these cosy events In fact, as long as we take a little time to record, review, and pay attention to these cosy events you will find: it's not that hard to have a sense of relaxation it's possible to heal ourselves bit by bit What this App wants to do is to accompany you in remembering more, doing more cosy events bringing you some gentle, relaxed, and healing "Mellowments" Warm and lovely art style: More than 50 healing little things, all turned into gentle and fresh illustrations, to help you relax together. 1-second minimalist recording: Select the event illustration, click "+1", and you can complete the record. You can also do it on the desktop widget without opening the App~ Statistics review: Weekly/Monthly/All event statistics, accompany you to review the moments of relaxation, and see the changes in the number of times you do these cosy events~ More details and surprises: Support for custom events, event sorting, detailed records, and regularly updated healing comics~ Privacy Policy: https://www.xinghezuoyong.com/blog/xiaotingdunyinsizhengce User Agreement: https://www.xinghezuoyong.com/blog/xiaotingdunyonghuxieyi
先别买
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You know the feeling. You scroll past something late at night, want it more the longer you look, and order it. Three days later you open the box and pause: why did I want this? XianBieMai does one simple thing: it stops the purchase, waits a few days, and asks you again. - Three steps, ten seconds 1 Copy the link to whatever you want, open the app 2 Write one line: why do I want this? — this step is the whole product 3 Wait. When the timer runs out, the app comes back and asks - That one line is usually enough On the day it expires you don't see a product photo. You see what you wrote a few days earlier: "Saw someone shoot breakfast with it" "It was on sale, felt like a waste not to" "The old one broke — well, it still works actually" Most impulses don't survive a week. You don't need to be talked out of it. You just need to read yourself again. - The more it costs, the longer you wait Under ¥100 3 days ¥100 – 500 7 days ¥500 – 2,000 14 days Over ¥2,000 21 days Sorted automatically by price. All four tiers are editable in Settings. Edits apply to new items only — things already waiting keep the deadline they were given, so changing 21 days to 3 won't make a pile of items expire in the same second. Note: amounts are shown in CNY (¥). - It only counts what you didn't buy The home screen says "you held off on ¥12,830 this year" — not "you saved ¥12,830". Saved implies you came out ahead, and that isn't honest; the money might never have been spent. Held off states one fact: you did not buy these things. Things you did buy are counted, but never added up in money. This app is not here to make you feel bad about what you bought. - One extension, and only one The second time an item expires there are two options left: drop it, or buy it. Unlimited snoozing turns this into a wishlist, and a wishlist is how this kind of app dies. - Getting things in · Copy a link, open the app, tap paste at the top · Share to XianBieMai from another app's share sheet · Add it by hand — every field is optional - Also · Home screen widget: see the number without opening the app · Expiry reminders are local notifications, never routed through a server · Turning notifications off costs you nothing — expired items queue up and ask you the next time you open the app · Universal: iPhone and iPad - Privacy No server, no account, no analytics, no ads, no third-party SDKs. Everything stays on your device. Delete the app and it's gone — there is no copy anywhere else. Links are parsed on-device and never uploaded; the app never fetches the product page. The clipboard is checked for one thing only — whether a link is present — and never read. Actually reading it takes a tap on the system paste button. - Pricing v1.0 is completely free. No in-app purchases, no subscription, no paywall, no ads. A future v1.1 plans to add a one-time ¥10 unlock, but if you install now you keep everything free, permanently. That isn't marketing copy: the app records its build number on first launch and decides from that — no sign-in required, and it survives changing phones.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 先别买 at none against Mellowments's 5. 先别买 also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). Mellowments's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Mellowments sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. 先别买 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Mellowments against 5.0 for 先别买. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
Mellowments ships an update every 2 months, 先别买 every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mellowments | 先别买 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | StarWeave Co.,Ltd | 剑锋 易 |
Customer experience
Mellowments
先别买
In-app purchases
Mellowments
- Mellowments PRO$0.991 Month
- Mellowments PRO$6.991 Year
- Special Edition$0.99
- Collaboration$0.99
- Mellowments PRO (Lifetime)$9.99
先别买
No in-app purchases









