glad journal vs Methodica
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Daily gratitude entries
- Record learnings
- Appreciation prompts
- Delightful moments capture
- Keyword search
- Date-based recall
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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.
Methodica
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Methodica: Organize Your Life, Focus on What Matters Methodica is your personal productivity companion, designed to help you stay organized, motivated, and in control of your time. With an intuitive interface and a complete set of tools, you can easily manage your schedule, plan your tasks, and keep your life priorities in balance, all in one place. No login, no tracking, complete privacy: All data is stored entirely on your device. Nothing is sent online. Methodica was originally created to meet the developer's personal need for a simple, powerful productivity system, and later released hoping it could help others as well. What you can do with Methodica: Plan your day with ease: Create and manage events with daily, weekly, and monthly calendar views. Stay on top of your tasks: Use a clean, visual Kanban board to track progress and organize your workflow. Focus on what truly matters: Define the key areas of your life (Work, Health, Family, and more) and balance your time through a simple, visual Priority Square. Maximize your focus and productivity: Use the built-in Focus Timer with Pomodoro technique to stay concentrated on your work. Track your focus sessions, take strategic breaks, and automatically log your productive time to the calendar. Track your finances with clarity: Manage your income and expenses with a dedicated financial overview. Monitor your spending, create recurring transactions, visualize your budget, and keep your financial life under control, all privately and directly on your device. See your day at a glance: A smart dashboard shows your schedule, active tasks, and progress in real time. Whether you want to improve your organization, find balance in your daily routine, maintain focus on important work, or keep your finances in check, Methodica gives you the clarity and structure you need. Made for people who want a simple, powerful, and meaningful way to manage their time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: glad journal at 12.0 against Methodica's 15.1. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | glad journal | Methodica |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Ulmer-Goodrich | Giacomo Cavallini |
In-app purchases
glad journal
No in-app purchases
Methodica
No in-app purchases









