Comparison

self vs Things To Write

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

Head to head
About

self

This app helps you monitor and understand your emotions through daily check-ins, guided reflections, and visual representations of your feelings. It provides tools for self-analysis and insights into your emotional patterns to support mental well-being.

Highlights
  • Daily mood check-ins
  • Voice memo and picture logging
  • Emotional wave pattern visualization
  • Guided self-analysis reflections
  • Insights into emotional patterns
  • Track emotions over time
Features
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self is here to help you monitor and understand your emotions. By syncing with your mood’s natural frequencies, we offer a structured approach to emotional well-being, giving you the tools you need to take care of your mental health. With self you can: – Check-in: log your feelings daily and express yourself by writing, adding a picture, or recording a voice memo. Visualize your emotions through intuitive wave patterns that reflect your highs and lows.   – Inner Dialogue: practice self-analysis techniques with guided reflections that help you see the connection between your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. – You: view how your emotions change over time and discover insights of your own emotional patterns. Start your journey to emotional clarity today. self: raised on emotion.

About

Things To Write

Explore yourself and your life through over 600 curated writing prompts. This app helps improve writing skills, practice mindfulness, and release emotions by encouraging reflection from multiple perspectives.

Highlights
  • 600+ curated writing topics
  • Self-exploration and life recording
  • Emotional release and stress reduction
  • Mindfulness practice
  • Improve writing skills
  • Automatic cloud sync
Features
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"ThingsToWrite" is an app that integrates thinking, writing, and self-exploration, featuring over 600 curated topics to help you reflect on yourself, record your life, and release your emotions from different angles. Whether you're looking to improve your writing skills, enhance mindfulness, or simply pass the time and release inner pressure, "ThingsToWrite" offers a unique writing experience. Each question can be your autobiography, can be your story, can reflect your values, can unleash your imagination. Will your answers to the same question be more mature, more refined, or purer a year from now? How would your friends answer the same question? Don’t know what to talk about on a date? Pick a few questions. Can’t sleep at night? Write a few questions. Feeling anxious? Use questions to organize your thoughts. Main Features: Diverse Topics: Covering self-exploration, emotional memories, life records, creative writing, and more, offering endless inspiration. Answer from Different Angles: Each topic can be answered from multiple perspectives, helping you gain a comprehensive understanding of yourself. Improve Writing Skills: Enhance your language expression and creative thinking by practicing writing continuously. Mindfulness Practice: Record your feelings and thoughts to stay focused, reduce anxiety, and improve mental health. Emotional Release: Use writing to release stress, organize your emotions, and find inner peace. Automatic Cloud Sync: Sync across multiple devices seamlessly.

Screenshots

self4 screens
Things To Write4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: self at none against Things To Write's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Things To Write sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. self asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
self versus Things To Write: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterselfThings To Write
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEduardo Menegaz Pretto嘉胜 陈

Customer experience

self

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

Things To Write

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

In-app purchases

None

self

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Things To Write

One-time1
  • Unlock All Topics$8.99

Questions

Is self free?
self is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Things To Write free?
Things To Write is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do self or Things To Write have ads?
Neither self nor Things To Write shows ads.

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