One Year vs Nuro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
One Year
This app allows you to record your daily experiences through writing, photos, voice notes, or doodles. Each entry grows into a unique plant in a personalized memory garden, making journaling engaging and visual. It offers powerful search and cross-device syncing for a seamless experience.
- Daily journaling with text, photos, voice, and doodles
- Memories grow into a personalized digital garden
- Search memories by content, not just date
- Cross-device syncing (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro)
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Privacy-focused with on-device encryption
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A daily journal that grows into a garden. Write a few lines, snap a photo, record a voice note, or doodle your day. Every memory becomes a hand-drawn plant, and over the year your entries grow into a memory garden that's all yours. One Year makes journaling feel light, visual, and easy to keep up with. "This is the first time I've actually stuck with journaling every day." Why One Year • Truly remember each day of your year • Write as much or as little as you want • No pressure, no streaks • Built for consistency, not perfection Journal your way • Write: a few words or a whole page • Talk: record a voice note and your day is saved • Snap: take photos with digicam, film and black & white looks • Doodle: draw your own flower, then hear it play • Feel: color each flower to remember your mood Find any memory, just ask • Search your whole year by what happened, not just by date • Look up a feeling, a place, or a moment, like "happy summer days" • Results bring back your words, photos and voice notes together • Revisit any day, any moment Your garden • Every day you add a memory, a new plant grows • 365 hand-drawn plants and animals, one for each day (no AI) • Watch the year grow day by day, and scroll through the whole thing • Option to show plants only on days you wrote Share your day • Turn any day into a little story • Share it as a video or a still, with your words, drawing, photos and music Widgets & sync • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Quick camera access from the Lock Screen • Full garden view or simple progress dots • Works across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro, including your garden and today side by side on iPhone Duo • Everything stays in sync Your privacy comes first • Private by default • Stored on your device and encrypted in the cloud • No feeds • No ads Use One Year for free • Write about any day • Some of the widgets • The Doodle Clock in landscape mode • Multiple devices and syncing Get One Year Full Access • Add up to 5 photos to every day • Voice notes • The Doodle Camera for in-app photos • Daily mood tracking • All the widgets • Available as a subscription or lifetime purchase Every day counts. Support & feedback: hi@wndn.studio Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Nuro
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You pick up your phone for a minute. Twenty minutes later, you're still scrolling. Nuro gives you a small pause before the next scroll: a quick game, a little challenge, and a break you've chosen on purpose. Choose the apps that pull you in. Play short brain games to earn coins. Spend those coins on timed access to your selected apps. When your break ends, the blocks return. A LITTLE PLAY BEFORE YOU SCROLL Match patterns, test your reactions, remember what you saw, or untangle a word. With nine quick games, there's more than one way to earn your next break. BREAKS WITH A BEGINNING AND AN END Keep your favourite apps in your life with a little more intention. Choose what to block, earn time through play, and enjoy a timed break before returning to what you were doing. SMALL WINS WORTH COMING BACK FOR Follow your Journey, build a streak, and collect outfits and achievements along the way. A few moments of play become part of a routine you can see taking shape. MAKE IT FIT YOUR DAY Set a focus schedule for the hours you want to protect. Check your progress and make room for the things you meant to do before you reached for your phone. YOUR PHONE. YOUR CHOICES. You choose which apps to block through Apple's Screen Time picker. Those selections stay on your device. Account and gameplay progress are stored online, and you can export your account data or request deletion from inside Nuro. Start with one app. One quick game. One intentional break. Screen Time features require permission and a supported Apple device. Internet access is required for account services, purchases, rewards and timed-break authorisation. Nuro is for habit building and entertainment, not medical treatment. Nuro is free to download. A paid Nuro Pro subscription is required to access brain games, world progress and earned timed breaks. An eligible free trial provides access during the trial. Privacy Policy: https://rushabtated.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-3e25f3a9d70f80a5bb5ed3af7f526855 Terms of Use: https://rushabtated.notion.site/Terms-of-Service-3e25f3a9d70f80719768e3a58f5a5a9d Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: https://rushabtated.notion.site/Support-3e25f3a9d70f80f4933ee64f22257104
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: One Year at none against Nuro's shown. Nuro's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. One Year sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Nuro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
One Year ships an update every 3 weeks, Nuro every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | One Year | Nuro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (522 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 61.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 522 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 168 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wind Down Studio, LLC | Rushab Tated |
Bugs and requests
One Year
Reported bugs
2 issues- Cannot download on iOS 16.3.1
- Flower version set as default, no option to choose black dot
Requested features
4 requests- Adapt to Chinese language
- Add dark mode and dark icons
- Smaller widget size option
- Add garden widget or zoom in feature
Nuro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
One Year
- One Year Weekly3 Days trial$0.997 Days
- One Year Monthly$2.991 Month
- One Year Monthly7 Days trial2 variants$2.991 Month
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- One Year Monthly$3.991 Month
- One Year Monthly$5.991 Month
- One Year Annual7 Days trial2 variants$24.991 Year
- One Year Lifetime$49.99
- one year lifetime$69.99
Nuro
- Nuro Pro$24.991 Year
- Nuro3 Days trial$39.991 Year









