Element Habit vs Burn Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Element Habit
This app helps you build and maintain habits using proven techniques like Cue, Routine, and Reward. It offers a flexible system adaptable to your personal tracking needs.
- Habit tracking
- Habit loop techniques
- Cue, Routine, Reward system
- Customizable habit system
- Personal development
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ElementHabit is a Habit Tracking app that can adjust to any system you follow. Use advanced Habit building techniques like Cue, Routine and Reward to keep you in the Habit Loop.
Burn Journal
This app provides a private, offline space for therapeutic journaling. Express your thoughts freely and then watch them permanently disappear through a unique "burning" process, offering emotional release and closure.
- Distraction-free writing interface
- Entries permanently "burn" away
- 100% offline functionality
- No cloud storage or data collection
- Daily and monthly journaling modes
- Dark mode support
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Burn Journal: Your Safe Space to Release & Let Go Sometimes you need to write it out—without judgment, without keeping it forever. Burn Journal is a therapeutic journaling app designed to help you express your thoughts freely, then let them go completely. HOW IT WORKS • Write daily or monthly entries in a simple, distraction-free interface • Each entry is limited to help you focus on what truly matters • At the end of each week or month, watch your words scramble and "burn" away • 100% offline—your thoughts never leave your device WHY BURN JOURNAL? Release Without Attachment: Express difficult emotions knowing they won't be stored forever Completely Private: No cloud storage, no accounts, no data collection Therapeutic Ritual: The "burning" process provides closure and emotional release Daily & Monthly Modes: Choose weekly check-ins or deeper monthly reflections Dark Mode Support: Write comfortably any time of day PERFECT FOR • Processing difficult emotions • Daily gratitude or reflection practices • Working through temporary challenges • Anyone who wants to journal without the pressure of permanence YOUR PRIVACY MATTERS Burn Journal operates 100% offline. Your entries are stored locally on your device and are never uploaded to any server. When entries "burn," they're permanently deleted—no backups, no recovery, no trace. Write it. Release it. Burn it. Move forward.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Element Habit at 3 against Burn Journal's 1. Element Habit also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). 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
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 Element Habit against 5.0 for Burn Journal. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Element Habit | Burn Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Paul Reid | Allwater Marine Group, LLC |
Customer experience
Element Habit
Burn Journal
In-app purchases
Element Habit
No in-app purchases
Burn Journal
No in-app purchases









