Rainflower vs Thousands Thoughts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rainflower
This app helps you capture life's moments with a visual journal. Record thoughts, feelings, photos, and videos, and create a unique garden that grows with your emotions and progress over time. Gain insights into your mood patterns with detailed breakdowns.
- Microjournaling for daily moments
- Mood tracking with visual flowers
- Progress tracking through gardens
- Calendar view for mood insights
- Photo and video attachments
- Emotional and mood breakdowns
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Rainflower is a microjournaling app that helps you effortlessly capture the tapestry of your life's small moments. It's a mood diary, journal, scrapbook, and progress tracker, offering a holistic perspective on your personal growth and evolution over time. Download Rainflower now to embark on a journey of reflection and discovery. PLANT A FLOWER FOR EVERY MOMENT - Easily capture moments throughout your day by jotting down your feelings, recording your thoughts, or attaching videos and photos. - Create flowers and change the weather based on your emotions and mood, forming a unique visual representation of each moment. - View a timeline of flowers to see how your emotions evolve throughout the day. CREATE GARDENS TO TRACK PROGRESS - Organize your moments by creating gardens. Witness your personal development by populating your garden with new experiences, and view skill improvements and mood changes over time. GAIN INSIGHTS ON YOUR EMOTIONS AND MOOD - Gain a comprehensive understanding of your mood landscape with a monthly views on the Calendar page. - Dive into a detailed view of moments every day by tapping on specific calendar dates. - Explore weekly, monthly, yearly, or overall breakdowns of your emotions and mood. - Visualize your daily mood variations, providing a nuanced understanding of how you feel throughout the day.
Thousands Thoughts
Capture your internal dialogues and manage your thoughts with this personal brain dump. Easily categorize thoughts as good, bad, or important, and search them by category. The app is always ready for your input, offering a private and secure way to process your mind.
- Instant thought entry via typing or dictation
- Categorize thoughts (good, bad, important)
- Search and archive thoughts
- Record weather at time of entry
- Tagging support
- Customizable app icon and wallpaper
- Offline functionality
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At any given moment, we have three thousand thoughts running through our minds. How can we capture these internal dialogues? Which thoughts should we hold onto and follow through? We need to identify and address the negative thoughts. "Thousand Thoughts" acts as a personal brain dump, always prepared to receive your input as soon as you open the app. Features include: - The app is always ready for your keyboard entries or dictations. No need to search for the "Add" or "+" button or navigate back to the home screen. - These are thought bubbles that are concise and brief. You don't have to write a journal if you prefer not to – Easily categorize thought bubbles as good, bad, or important with a simple swipe. Archive or delete them when you review your thoughts. - View and search thoughts by category. - The current weather at the time of entry is recorded. Weather can influence our mood and thoughts. - Support for tags. - Customize the app icon and wallpaper, even import your own wallpaper. - The app is free for up to 30 thought entries. Unlock unlimited thought entries with a one-time, in-app purchase. - There is not internet connection required (except for weather update if you allow). What this means is that everything is run on-device. Your data is owned by you. Your privacy is assured.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rainflower at none against Thousands Thoughts's 3. Rainflower also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Thousands Thoughts sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Rainflower asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Rainflower against 5.0 for Thousands Thoughts. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Rainflower ships an update every 4 days, Thousands Thoughts every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rainflower | Thousands Thoughts |
|---|---|---|
| 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 4 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Wang | Fong Yee Long |
Customer experience
Rainflower
Thousands Thoughts
In-app purchases
Rainflower
No in-app purchases
Thousands Thoughts
- Unlock Widgets Customization$1.99
- Tip Jar$1.99
- Unlock Thoughts$2.99
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