Comparison

glad journal vs For Focus

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

Head to head
About

glad journal

This app encourages daily reflection on gratitude, learning, appreciation, and joy. By consistently recording positive experiences, users can shift their perspective and focus on the good in their lives. It allows for easy searching of past entries by keyword or date.

Highlights
  • Daily gratitude entries
  • Record learnings
  • Appreciation prompts
  • Delightful moments capture
  • Keyword search
  • Date-based recall
Features
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Find the joy. Remember the positive. Be grateful. Learn something new every day. Appreciate the little things in life. And always find something that delights your soul. glad is an acronym that can change lives. Focusing our energy and memories on positive experiences can change our perspective. Our challenge to you: Start recording in your glad journal every day. Write down something from the day for which you are grateful, something that you learned, one thing that you appreciated, and something that delighted your soul. It’s too often that we can remember our negative experiences. After several days and several weeks of recording in your glad journal, you will notice that your energy is focusing more on the positive things in your life. Look back to a certain date and remember who you were that day. Search for a keyword in your journal and find all your own references to that word or name.

About

For Focus

Features
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Overwhelmed by drifting focus and task piles? ForFocus is the ADHD brain’s routine-and-focus coach. Beat time-blindness, procrastination, and distraction with visual timers, energy-level tasks, and AI task breakdowns. WHY FORFOCUS WORKS FOR ADHD ForFocus is built by and for neurodivergent adults. Every tool is tuned to reduce executive-function friction and turn micro-wins into lasting habits. KEY FEATURES • Focus Sessions – Visual (and tactile) timers • AI Magic Breakdown – Speak or type “do taxes” and get bite-size, ordered steps you can actually start. • 3-Item Task Queue – Shows only the next three doable tasks, auto-sorted by energy, due time, and context. • Cross-Device Sync – iCloud keeps tasks and streaks updated on all your devices. • Privacy First – No ads, no tracking; your data lives in your iCloud account. HOW USERS WIN Start tasks in under 60 seconds—no more endless setup screens. Feel the passage of time with visual & haptic cues to fight time-blindness. Replace overwhelm with clear, bite-size next actions. Build consistent daily rhythms that survive low-dopamine days. For detailed information, please visit our Privacy Policy: noworrieslifestyle.com/privacy-policy and EULA: https://www.noworrieslifestyle.com/eula/

Screenshots

glad journal4 screens
For Focus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: glad journal at none against For Focus's 2. glad journal also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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. For Focus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. glad journal asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
glad journal versus For Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterglad journalFor Focus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael Ulmer-GoodrichNo Worries! Lifestyle, LLC

In-app purchases

None

glad journal

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

For Focus

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is glad journal free?
glad journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is For Focus free?
For Focus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do glad journal or For Focus have ads?
Neither glad journal nor For Focus shows ads.

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