Loop vs NookShift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Loop
This audio journaling app helps you reflect and grow with quick, timed entries and personalized daily prompts. Understand your moods and patterns by tracking emotions and experiences, and save key moments. It offers a private and secure space for your thoughts.
- Timed audio entries
- Personalized daily prompts
- Mood and pattern tracking
- Automatic saving of key moments
- Daily reflection summaries
- Multiple journal types
- Private and encrypted data
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Loop is an audio journaling app designed to help you reflect, grow, and track your journey, all in just a few minutes a day. Why Loop? Quick & Timed Entries No rambling, no pressure. Each entry is timed so you can capture your thoughts fast and stay focused. Daily Reflections, Tailored to You Every day, you’ll get personalized prompts based on your past entries, helping you uncover patterns and new insights. Understand Your Moods & Patterns Track what topics lift you up or bring you down. Loop helps you connect the dots between your emotions and experiences. Save Wins, Affirmations, & More From small victories to major breakthroughs, loop automaticlly keeps a record of key moments from your responses. Track Your Mood Over Time See how you’re feeling day by day with a schedule designed to help you notice correlations between entries and mood. Summarized Daily Reflections At the end of each daily reflection, get a short and insightful recap of your thoughts and moods. Different Journals for Different Needs Whether it’s through a dream journal or success log, loop is there to fit your personal journaling style. Private & Secure—Always Your data stays yours. Everything is encrypted, and we will NEVER use third-party providers. No one but you can access your entries. Start looping your thoughts today. This app is subject to Apple's standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
NookShift
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A messy room can turn into a whole argument in your head. What do I start with? How much can I actually finish? Is this going to eat the rest of the day? NookShift cuts through that. Pick a room. Choose the kind of reset you need and how much time you have. NookShift builds a short, practical list and walks you through it. NO CHORE SPREADSHEET REQUIRED NookShift is built for getting started, not managing every job in the house. Choose from: • Quick Pickup • Low Energy • Company Coming • Before Bed Free guided resets include 5, 10, and 15-minute plans. CHANGE THE PLAN WHILE YOU WORK Real rooms do not follow perfect checklists. During a reset, you can: • Pause and come back • Skip a step • Replace a step • Add time • Finish early • Pick up where you left off NookShift records what actually happened. Skipped work is not counted as finished, and stopping early does not erase what you finished. YOUR RESET STAYS VISIBLE Follow the timer and current step without keeping the app open. • Lock Screen Live Activities • Dynamic Island support on compatible iPhones • Local room reminders • 15-minute, one-hour, and tomorrow snooze options • Apple Calendar export on iOS 17 or later SEE WHAT GOT DONE The Activity calendar shows completed room resets without streaks, scores, or guilt. MAKE IT FIT YOUR HOME Customize rooms, adjust reset steps, save useful setups, and set reminders for the rooms that keep getting away from you. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account is required. Your rooms, plans, reminders, and reset history stay on your device. NookShift does not read your Calendar. Adding a reset to Calendar uses Apple’s event editor so you stay in control. NOOKSHIFT PLUS NookShift Plus adds more room and step customization, extra reset durations, saved setups, earlier Activity history, and more flexible reminders. It is a one-time purchase. No subscription.
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Verdict
Loop and NookShift 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. Loop sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and NookShift sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Loop | NookShift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (23 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BANW TECHNOLOGIES LLC | SEBASTIAN RAUL RODRIGUEZ |
In-app purchases
Loop
- Loop Premium$3.991 Month
- Loop Premium$24.991 Year
NookShift
- NookShift Plus$9.99








