Daily Journal vs MXM Challenge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daily Journal
This app guides users through emotional exploration and self-reflection with a focus on creative writing. It offers scheduled notifications to encourage consistent journaling and a simple interface for exploring past, present, and future thoughts.
- Emotional exploration
- Self-reflection prompts
- Creative writing exercises
- Scheduled journaling notifications
- Intuitive interface
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The Zafa Journal app is the only journaling app you will ever need. It was designed to help you connect with your heart and explore your emotions. Whether reflecting on yourself from past to future, exploring your relationships, and exercising your creative writing skills. Simple and intuitive, just hit the Zafa button and we'll let you do what you do best, journal! Consistency is everything, make sure to schedule notifications when signing up. EULA: https://www.therapyjournal.app/end-user-agreement Privacy Policy: https://www.therapyjournal.app/privacy-policy
MXM Challenge
This daily fitness app helps you build consistent exercise habits by progressively increasing reps and sets each month. Track your progress, maintain streaks, and complete random challenges to achieve significant fitness milestones by year-end. It's designed to be a simple, distraction-free accountability partner for all fitness levels.
- Daily challenge auto-updates
- Workout progress tracking
- Visual calendar of progress
- Streak and day counter
- Simple, distraction-free interface
- Progressive monthly challenges
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The MXM Challenge (Month by Month Challenge) is a daily fitness habit builder that starts simple and scales with your dedication. Each day, complete pushups, sit-ups, pullups, and bodyweight squats—repping the current month. In January, it's 1 rep × 1 set. By December, you'll tackle 12 reps × 12 sets. Track your progress, build streaks, complete random challenges, and crush nearly 20,000 reps per exercise by the end of the year. Whether you're just getting started or rebuilding consistency, MXM is your accountability partner. Features: Daily challenge auto-updates based on the calendar Track checkboxes for each workout component Visual calendar shows completed, partial, and missed days Streak tracker and day-of-year counter Simple, distraction-free interface No subscriptions. No nonsense. Are you ready to crush the year?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MXM Challenge at none against Daily Journal's 2. Daily Journal's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). 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. Daily Journal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. MXM Challenge asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Daily Journal against 5.0 for MXM Challenge. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Daily Journal | MXM Challenge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Birdbath LLC | Michael Nicolos |
Customer experience
Daily Journal
MXM Challenge
In-app purchases
Daily Journal
- Zafa Monthly$2.991 Month
- Zafa Annual$19.991 Year
MXM Challenge
No in-app purchases
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