Hey Puzzlers vs Journalous
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hey Puzzlers
Digitally catalog your jigsaw puzzle collection, track your progress with detailed statistics, and connect with a global community of enthusiasts. Buy, sell, or trade puzzles with other collectors. Features a daily memory challenge game.
- Digital puzzle cataloging
- Session tracking with timer
- Social feed and streaks
- Detailed performance statistics
- Puzzle marketplace for trading
- Daily memory challenge game
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Scan the barcode on the box. That is the whole setup. Hey Puzzlers finds your puzzle among 70,978 in the catalogue and files it with the piece count, the brand, the artist and the box art. No typing, no spreadsheet, no photographing every box yourself. KNOW WHAT YOU OWN Your shelf, searchable. What you have finished, what is still sealed, what you want next. Never buy the same puzzle twice because you could not remember. TIME YOUR SESSIONS Start the timer when you sit down, pause when life happens. Every session is logged against the right puzzle, so you find out how long a 1000-piece really takes you — not how long you think it takes. STATS THAT MEAN SOMETHING Pieces per hour over time, your longest streak, your best session, your favourite brands and artists. All of it worked out on your phone from your own history. RACE THE CLOCK, IF YOU WANT Time a run on purpose and it goes on the leaderboard for its piece count, solo or in pairs or as a team — the same three formats the World Championship uses. Or just ignore all of it and catalogue in peace. A PROFILE WORTH SHARING Your finished puzzles get a page at heypuzzlers.com/u/yourname. Put the link wherever you like, or switch it off in one tap. 112 ACHIEVEMENTS From your first puzzle to your thousandth hour. A COMMUNITY THAT GETS IT Post what you finish, see what other people are building, and read how long a puzzle took someone else before you start it. FREE TO START Catalogue 20 puzzles and time three sessions on the free plan. Elite removes the limits. Hey Puzzlers Elite is an auto-renewing subscription. Elite Monthly — $3.99 per month Elite Quarterly — $9.99 every 3 months Elite Annual — $29.99 per year Elite removes the limits of the free account: unlimited puzzles in your collection, unlimited timed sessions, unlimited photos per puzzle, full statistics and history, speed puzzling leaderboards and the Elite badge. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period, at the price listed above. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew in your Account Settings after purchase. If a free trial is offered, any unused portion is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.heypuzzlers.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.heypuzzlers.com/privacy-policy
Journalous
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Journalous is a journal without the social part. A private place to write about your day. No feeds, no followers, no likes, nothing recommending you anything. Your words are encrypted and only you can read them. Journaling drifted onto social media at some point. Journalous pulls it back. It keeps what makes daily writing easy (a clean page, a routine, a streak you don't want to break) and drops the audience. Write every day The editor stays out of the way. Bold, italics, headings, lists, and quotes are there if you want them, but you can also just start typing. Entries save themselves as you go. Private by default Every entry is encrypted with AES-256. Each account gets its own key, stored in a vault separate from the database, so entries are protected the moment they're saved. Your email is stored only as a one-way hash. No ads, no feed, and your journal is never sold or used to train AI. More than words Attach photos to any day. Add quick notes, a quote, a passing idea, alongside your main entry when you don't feel like writing a full paragraph. Look back Browse a clean timeline, jump to any day on the calendar, or search everything you've written. Statistics show your current streak, total words, days journaled, and your longest run so far. Share on purpose Nothing is public unless you make it public. Generate a link for a single entry and that's all anyone sees. Keep your data Export the whole journal any time as plain, readable JSON. Back it up, move it, build something with it. No lock-in. Works everywhere Journalous is on your phone, your tablet, and in any browser, and it keeps working even when you're offline — your entries sync automatically once you're back online. Free to start The basics are free. Paid plans add unlimited journals, more sharing, and collaborative journals are coming soon. If you've been wanting somewhere to write that isn't performing for anyone, this is it. Start writing today. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.journalo.us/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.journalo.us/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Journalous at every 5 days against Hey Puzzlers's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Hey Puzzlers sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Journalous sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hey Puzzlers ships an update monthly, Journalous every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hey Puzzlers | Journalous |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hey Puzzlers | Retrosquare LLC |
In-app purchases
Hey Puzzlers
- Elite Monthly$3.991 Month
- Elite 3 Months$9.993 Months
- Elite Lifetime$99.99
Journalous
- Journalous Plus - Extended Plan$14.991 Year
- Journalous Plus - Ultimate Plan$39.991 Year









