Comparison

Element Habit vs Burn Journal

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Habit tracking
  • Habit loop techniques
  • Cue, Routine, Reward system
  • Customizable habit system
  • Personal development
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Element Habit versus Burn Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElement HabitBurn Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB30 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPaul ReidAllwater Marine Group, LLC

Customer experience

Element Habit

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Burn Journal

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Element Habit

No in-app purchases

None

Burn Journal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Element Habit free?
Element Habit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Burn Journal free?
Burn Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Element Habit or Burn Journal?
Element Habit and Burn Journal are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Element Habit or Burn Journal have ads?
Neither Element Habit nor Burn Journal shows ads.

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