Comparison

Matters vs Life Sunset

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

Head to head
About

Matters

This app offers a weekly life check-in to help you reflect on key areas and set intentions for the week ahead. It aims to keep you aligned with what truly matters, fitting seamlessly into your life without becoming a chore.

Highlights
  • Weekly life area ratings
  • Set weekly intentions
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Optional reminders
  • Offline functionality
  • Cross-device sync
  • History tracking
Features
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Most reflection apps want something from you every day. Matters works the other way around. Once a week is enough: you rate how each area of your life is going, from health and work to family and money, and set one intention for the week ahead. Check back in whenever you like, or don't. Matters fits around your life instead of becoming one more app that slowly turns into work. The effect is hard to overstate. You stop losing track of what matters. You start the week knowing where you want your attention to go. Over time, your life starts to look more like the one you actually want. And it works. Regular self-reflection is one of the best-studied principles in behavioral psychology. The people who do it consistently make better decisions and live closer to what they care about. That's what Matters is for. HOW A WEEK WITH MATTERS WORKS At the end of the week, you rate how each of your life areas went. You see in one view where your attention actually landed. Then you set an intention for the week ahead, in your own words or from a list of suggestions. During the week, you can open Matters whenever you want to remind yourself of what you set out to do. With the Home Screen widget, your life areas and their latest trends stay visible at a glance. Optional reminders can do that for you, if you'd rather not have to think about it. BUILT TO FIT INTO YOUR LIFE Reflection works when it fits into your week, not when it adds work to it. Matters is built around that idea: • A weekly rhythm. Once a week is short enough to stay honest, long enough that real life happens in between. • Intentions are easy to set. Browse suggestions written for each area of your life, or reuse ones you've set before. You never start from a blank page. • Reminders that work for you. Turn them on if you want them, off if you don't. When they show up, they bring you back to what you set out to do. WHAT'S INSIDE • Weekly check-in across the areas of your life that matter • Intention suggestions for every area • A clear view of where things stand right now • Home Screen widgets in three sizes, with current trends and direct access to every life area • A history so you can see how things evolve • Reminders that bring you back to your intentions • Works offline and syncs across your devices Your entries are yours. We don't read them, analyze them, or use them for anything. Matters is an independent app with one purpose: helping you stay close to what matters, without turning your life into a project. Start your first check-in today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.thisappmatters.com/privacy

About

Life Sunset

Features
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Our days are finite. In the rush of life, we forget that. Sunset puts your remaining days on your home screen - a quiet reminder to live with intention. HOW IT WORKS • Set your expected life's final sunset. • Choose how you want to see your remaining time - days, sunsets, or percentage of life lived etc. • Add the widget to your home screen • Live with that number in view No accounts. No notifications. No tracking. Just a number that changes every day. Built on the idea that awareness of mortality isn't morbid, it's clarifying. When you see your number, the trivial falls away and what matters comes into focus. "That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet." — Emily Dickinson

Screenshots

Matters4 screens
Life Sunset4 screens

Verdict

The call

Matters and Life Sunset are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Matters sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Life Sunset sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Matters ships an update every 4 days, Life Sunset weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Matters versus Life Sunset: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMattersLife Sunset
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB8 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperManuel RaimundMohit Mehta

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Matters

Subscriptions2
  • Matters Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Matters Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$14.991 Year
2 purchases

Life Sunset

One-time2
  • Espresso Tip$1.99
  • Cappuccino Tip$4.99

Questions

Is Matters free?
Matters is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Life Sunset free?
Life Sunset is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Matters or Life Sunset have ads?
Neither Matters nor Life Sunset shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Matters or Life Sunset?
Matters ships an update every 4 days, and Life Sunset weekly. Most recently, Matters was updated on October 30, 2026 and Life Sunset on October 31, 2026.

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