Huggers vs Evolya
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Huggers
This app offers tools and lessons to manage anxiety and panic attacks. It features guided exercises, mindful journaling, and an AI companion for support. Collect adorable characters and track your progress towards emotional well-being.
- 20 anxiety lessons
- Panic attack management tools
- Guided breathing and visualization
- AI companion support
- Mindful journaling
- Calming activities and character collection
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Huggers helps you calm anxiety and ease panic attacks right when they hit, and with tools to build lasting calm over time. Learn what drives your anxiety through 20+ expert-designed lessons, find instant relief with guided breathing and grounding tools, and unlock adorable Huggers that celebrate every step of your progress. I didn't build Huggers for myself. I built it for someone I love, who fought anxiety and panic attacks for years. Nothing we found truly helped her day to day, so I made it myself: a gentle place holding everything that helped her feel safe again. If it brings you even a little of that calm, it's doing exactly what I hoped. You're not alone in this. Etienne, founder INSTANT CALM: YOUR PANIC BUTTON When panic strikes, one tap starts a guided exercise to bring your heart rate down and your feet back on the ground. Relief in the moment, when you need it most. 20+ ANXIETY LESSONS Understand where anxiety comes from, why panic attacks happen, and the practical techniques that reduce them over time. BREATHE & VISUALIZE Expert-designed breathing exercises and calming visualizations to lower stress daily, not just in emergencies. JOURNAL Track your moods, spot your triggers, and reflect with guided prompts built for self-discovery. COLLECT YOUR HUGGERS Healing shouldn't feel like homework. Complete calming activities to earn new Huggers and watch your world grow — a little joy on the hard days. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS See how far you've come, week by week. HUGGERS PREMIUM Upgrade to unlock all 20+ lessons, the full exercise and tools library, unlimited journaling, and every Hugger in the collection. Download Huggers and take the first step toward calmer days. Subscription Pricing and Terms Huggers Premium is available as an auto-renewing subscription: $9.99 per month, or $59.99 per year with a 7-day free trial. Pricing may vary by country. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account Settings. Any unused portion of the free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://aged-mass-bcf.notion.site/Privacy-policy-Huggers-167c888602028036a9fac7990725b994?pvs=4
Evolya
This app generates personalized positive affirmations tailored to your personality, goals, and current mood. Choose from four distinct styles to receive daily mindset boosts directly on your device.
- 100% personalized affirmations
- Mood-based content
- Four affirmation styles
- Daily mindset boosts
- Explore by category
- Create custom affirmations
- iOS home screen widget
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Evolya is a breakup recovery app. Whether they ended it, you did, or you're stuck in a toxic relationship, Evolya walks you through a 30-step program to get over your ex and come back to yourself, one small step a day. YOUR 30-STEP RECOVERY PROGRAM • One short step a day, at your own pace, with no guilt if you miss a day • Watch your flower bloom as you move forward • 10 guided audio sessions to calm the urge, sleep and let go MEET YOUR EX'S REAL PROFILE • Import your WhatsApp chat, or answer a short quiz, and get a full breakup report • Find out which of the 12 ex profiles they match, with red flags, green flags and fun stats (who replied faster, who carried the conversation…) • The export file stays on your iPhone: only an anonymized excerpt is analyzed by AI, and only with your permission LÉA, YOUR AI COACH • Talk to Léa any time, day or night • She knows your journey (your answers, journal, no contact streak and report), so you never start from scratch • Léa is an AI, not a therapist. If you're in crisis, the app shows emergency numbers right away NO CONTACT, TO THE SECOND • See how long you've held on, live to the second • Feel the urge to text them? Tap SOS instead and take a breath DAILY JOURNAL & RECOVERY SCORE • One question a day, your mood, a few words • Your recovery score grows with you AFFIRMATIONS THAT GET YOU • A feed of affirmations written for heartbreak, picked from your journal • Reminders at the times you choose, and home screen widgets SUBSCRIPTION Evolya is free to download. The program, the AI coach, the breakup report and all features require an Evolya Premium subscription (monthly or yearly). Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://evolya-recovery.vercel.app/privacy Evolya supports you after a breakup but does not replace a doctor or a mental health professional.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Huggers at 100% against Evolya's 18%. Huggers also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.7) and ads (none vs shown). Evolya's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 4). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Huggers sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Evolya sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Huggers holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Huggers's written reviews are positive against 18% of Evolya's.
Huggers ships an update every 3 days, Evolya every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Huggers | Evolya |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better | 3.7 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 18.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Etienne Dupuis | DRF GROUP LLC |
Customer experience
Huggers
Evolya
In-app purchases
Huggers
- Huggers Premium3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$59.991 Year
Evolya
- Hebdomadaire Pro$8.997 Days
- Annual Plan$29.991 Year
- Abonnement Annuel Evolya3 Days trial$34.991 Year









