pillowtalk vs Donut
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
pillowtalk
This app offers a private space to journal your thoughts and emotions by talking or typing. AI provides insights to help you understand yourself better, with guided prompts for deeper reflection and dream analysis.
- Voice and text journaling
- AI-driven insights
- Dream analysis
- Guided journal prompts
- Privacy-focused design
- Progress tracking
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Pillowtalk makes journaling easy, fun, and totally private. Just talk or type to vent—Pillowtalk’s AI gets you, replying with insights that help you understand your thoughts and emotions. With guided journal prompts, you’ll dive deeper and figure out what makes you, you. ***** “I love using Pillowtalk in the mornings to record my dreams! Its AI insights are super useful for finding patterns in my thinking and journal entries.” — Amy AI FEEDBACK TO LEVEL UP YOUR SELF-AWARENESS Explore your thoughts with conversational AI designed to help you unpack emotions, relationships, and patterns in your behavior. Whether you’re journaling dreams, managing stress, or creating mindfulness habits, Pillowtalk is your personal journal here to help you live with clarity and purpose. WHY WE CREATED PILLOWTALK Pillowtalk was born from a personal journey. Our co-founder, Belen, struggled with anxiety and sleep disorders in the chaos of modern life. Journaling became her safe space—helping her stress less, organize her thoughts, and spark creativity. We built Pillowtalk to share those benefits with you. It’s a private, easy-to-use journal designed to help you unwind, reflect, grow, and bring back balance to your life. YOUR ALL-IN-ONE JOURNALING COMPANION Record & Transcribe Talk or type your private journal entries—Pillowtalk’s AI supports transcripts in 99+ languages. AI Feedback That Gets You Connect the dots between your feelings, behaviors, and dreams with meaningful journal insights. Dream Analysis Decode your dream journals with AI and uncover the personal meaning behind them. Your Safe Space Journal in a private, judgment-free space that’s all about you. Know Yourself Better Boost your emotional intelligence and reflect on what makes you unique—your strengths, values, and resilience. Track Progress Build positive journaling habits with weekly streaks, guided journal prompts, and AI feedback that helps you grow. Sleep Soundly Wind down with tools designed to reduce stress and improve sleep, including dream journaling, mindfulness, and CBT-based techniques. RESEARCH-BASED GUIDED PROMPTS Personal, conversational journaling questions based on proven techniques like DBT, ACT, and mindfulness make journaling easier: • Discover Purpose: Reflect on what matters to you. • Overcome Challenges: Process emotions and situations with AI guided reflection. • Boost Emotional Intelligence: Understand yourself deeply with AI journal insights • Practice Gratitude: Embrace the warmth around you. • Unlock Creativity: Capture and explore your ideas through journaling • Sleep Better: Let go of worries and unwind before sleep. • Find Peace: Stay grounded in the present. PRIVACY YOU CAN COUNT ON We believe your thoughts are yours and yours alone. That’s why: • Locally Stored: Your private journal entries stay on your device and are never used for AI training. • No Ads, No Data Selling: Ever. • Password and Face ID Protected: Your personal journal stays locked and secure. • Encrypted: Your data is encrypted at rest (AES-256) and in transit (min TLS 1.2). HELLO FROM BROOKLYN Pillowtalk is a journal built by founders Belen and Cherri, who are passionate about design, creativity, mental health, AI, and self-discovery. Our mission is to help you unlock your inner world and bring balance to your life—one journal entry at a time.
Donut
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Donut is a fasting timer that explains itself. Pick a plan (12:12, 16:8, 18:6, 20:4, OMAD, or your own custom window) and start the timer. While you fast, Donut shows your current metabolic stage, glycogen burning, fat burning, ketosis, autophagy, in plain language, plus a running calorie estimate. No jargon, no clinical countdown. Just a clear read on what your body is doing right now. Going long? Donut has a dedicated mode for 24, 36, 48, and 72 hour fasts, with hydration and electrolyte reminders and honest check-ins along the way. Your Fasting Diary keeps a full history of every fast, short or long, so you can see your patterns build over time. Weight tracking works the same way. Log a weigh-in or sync from Apple Health, and Donut smooths out the daily noise with a real trend line, the way a good coach would. Set a goal weight and get an honest, updating estimate of when you will get there. Fasting with a friend keeps you both on track. See who else in your circle is fasting right now, and once a fast ends, Donut prompts you to plan a meal together. Apple Watch support means you can start, check, and end a fast right from your wrist, with milestone haptics and a dashboard for sleep, heart rate, steps, and wrist temperature. Donut requires no account and no sign-up. Your fasting history, weight log, and settings sync through your own private iCloud account, the same way Apple's own apps do. Nothing leaves your device to a company server. Donut is not a medical device and does not replace advice from a doctor. If you have a health condition, take medication, are pregnant or breastfeeding, or have a history of disordered eating, talk to a doctor before starting any fasting plan. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
pillowtalk and Donut are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. pillowtalk sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $12.90 per month and Donut sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | pillowtalk | Donut |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (350 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 350 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 16 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Pillowtalk Labs Inc | Ernesto Pacheco |
Bugs and requests
pillowtalk
Reported bugs
1 issue- Account creation issues with certain login options
Requested features
3 requests- Add ability to transfer data from other journaling apps
- Implement mood tracking and visualization over time
- Offer different voice options in multiple languages
Donut
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
pillowtalk
- Pillowtalk Plus7 Days trial$12.901 Month
- Pillowtalk Plus7 Days trial$89.001 Year
- Pillowtalk Plus Lifetime$111.99
Donut
- donut+ Monthly$3.991 Month
- donut+ Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year









