Jest Chat vs ThoughtX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jest Chat
This app enhances text conversations with animated gestures and dynamic word styling. Express emotions and tone of voice through real-time visual cues, making your messages more engaging and expressive.
- Animate words with gestures
- Modulate tone of voice
- Style words with color, font, and size
- Position words anywhere on screen
- Real-time animated conversations
- Create personal expressions with effects
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Jest is texting with emotion. Convey feelings, tone of voice, and meaning through timing and animated gestures. With friends, your conversation comes alive as you see each other’s words expressed in real time. Write with emotion Add emotion and voice to your text using time. Modulate tone of voice by changing a word’s visual form, varying the time a word is displayed, or by simply pausing for effect. Style with meaning You can position words anywhere on the screen, change its color, font, size, and orientation to add meaning to your words. Gesture with expression Directly animate words with expressive gestures using your fingers. Let them spin, bounce, grow, catch on fire, or collide with others. Combine various effects to create your own personal expressions. Jest Chat ™ Have fun texting messages back and forth, or join a channel together at the same time and see each other’s words animate as they are being expressed. Visit our support page for help and to connect to the community at https://www.glw808.com/support or click on App Support below.
ThoughtX
This app transforms passive podcast listening into an active learning experience. Engage with content through reflection questions, AI-powered deeper dives, and a personal journal to capture key insights. It's designed for those seeking intentional growth and meaningful connections over ideas.
- Episode reflection questions
- AI chatbot for deeper insights
- Personal journal for takeaways
- Episode tagging and recommendations
- Minimalist interface
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ThoughtX is a podcast app for people who want to think deeper, grow intentionally, and connect over ideas that matter. Move beyond passive listening. With ThoughtX, you can reflect on what you hear through interactive features like reflection questions, deeper dives with our in-app chatbot, and a personal journal of saved insights. Whether you're into personal development, wellness, business, or niche intellectual rabbit holes, ThoughtX helps you engage more mindfully with ideas that matter. Key Features: – Episode reflection questions – Chatbot for deeper episode insights – Personal journal to save and revisit takeaways – Episode tagging and recommendation scores – Clean, minimalist interface focused on clarity Ready to stop passively consuming content and start listening to podcasts with purpose? Join the intentional listening movement with ThoughtX. #PodcastsWithPurpose
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Jest Chat at none against ThoughtX's shown. Jest Chat also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). ThoughtX's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Jest Chat against 5.0 for ThoughtX. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ThoughtX has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Jest Chat ships an update every 3 months, ThoughtX every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on June 6, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jest Chat | ThoughtX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Gestural Language Workshop Inc | Ashley Olson |
Customer experience
Jest Chat
ThoughtX
In-app purchases
Jest Chat
No in-app purchases
ThoughtX
No in-app purchases









