Comparison

Jory vs Monu

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Jory

This planner connects your daily tasks directly to your yearly goals, ensuring every to-do item contributes to your long-term ambitions. It offers features to break down goals, manage tasks, track habits, and overcome procrastination with structured support. Your data remains private on your device.

Highlights
  • Goal-Task Bridge: Link to-dos to yearly goals
  • Procrastination Helper: Structured options to overcome task paralysis
  • Why Letter: Personal motivation notes for goals
  • Habit tracking with streaks and heatmap
  • Daily planner with calendar view
  • Yearly Wrapped achievement insights
Features
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You set big goals in January. By February, they've quietly disappeared. Jory fixes this. It's the only planner that connects every daily task to your yearly goals - so each to-do you check off actually moves your real life forward. WHAT MAKES JORY DIFFERENT Most apps track tasks or goals. Jory connects them. Set a yearly goal. Break it into weekly milestones. Turn those into daily tasks. Every layer links to the one above, so you always know why today's work matters. • The Goal-Task Bridge: link any to-do directly to a yearly goal • The Procrastination Helper: Stuck on a task? Jory breaks the paralysis with structured options to move forward • Your "Why" Letter: write a personal motivation note at goal creation, locked until you achieve it. Your future self will thank you. • Your data stays on your device by default. No ads. No tracking. YOUR GOALS, CONNECTED • Set yearly, 6-month, 3-month, or custom-deadline goals • Break goals into weekly milestones and daily tasks • Link daily tasks to any goal in one tap • Year-end transition: roll unfinished goals forward with intention DAILY PLANNER & CALENDAR VIEW • Week calendar strip: swipe between days effortlessly • See your tasks and weekly goals side by side • Create recurring tasks (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly) • Custom categories: Morning, Afternoon, Evening — or build your own HABIT TRACKER • Routine goals that auto-generate daily tasks for you • Track streaks — current run and personal best • Habit heatmap: see your consistency at a glance • Log habits from your home screen widget — no app launch needed THE PROCRASTINATION HELPER Moved the same task three days in a row? Jory notices. Instead of silently judging you, it opens a calm, structured dialog: break the task down, reschedule it with real intention, or let it go. No guilt. Just a clear path forward. ACHIEVEMENT INSIGHTS • Completion rate charts for tasks and goals • Month and quarter progress breakdowns • Progress rings that shift color as you build momentum • Yearly Wrapped — a personal year-in-review every December DEEP iOS INTEGRATION • Home screen and lock screen widgets • Siri: "Add a task in Jory" • Shortcuts for automation • Spotlight Search: find any task or goal from anywhere on iPhone • Full iPad adaptive layout WHO IS JORY FOR? Goal-Getters & High Performers You have big ambitions and need to know exactly what matters today, not just a growing list of things to do. Habit Builders & Self-Improvers You love tracking routines, building streaks, and watching your consistency compound over time. Recovering Procrastinators You know the feeling of putting things off and you want a system that helps you start, without shame or pressure. WHY JORY OVER OTHER APPS? Unlike basic to-do apps: Jory connects vision, goals, and daily action in one place, so your tasks mean something. Unlike complex productivity tools: No steep learning curve, no overwhelming features. Simple to start, powerful as you grow. Unlike habit trackers alone: Your habits link back to yearly goals, so every streak you build is part of a bigger picture. Unlike apps that track your data: Jory is privacy-first. No ads, no behavioral tracking, no algorithms designed to keep you in the app. JORY PRO — UNLOCK EVERYTHING (In-App Purchase) Jory Pro is a separate purchase, available as subscription, or a one-time purchase. Upgrade to unlock: • iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad • Calendar and Reminders sync • Unlimited goals and tasks • Advanced statistics and insights • Custom categories YOUR DATA. YOUR RULES. • All data stays on your device by default • iCloud sync is optional — you control it • No ads. No tracking. No selling your data. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://joryapp.com/privacy

About

Monu

Organize your day, monitor habits, and enhance focus with a simple, private interface. This app integrates daily planning, goal setting, and attention tools into a single, free experience.

Highlights
  • Daily, monthly, and yearly planning views
  • Habit and goal tracking
  • Pomodoro timer for focus sessions
  • Offline functionality
  • Privacy-focused, no tracking
  • Progress visualization dashboard
Features
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MONU is a calm iOS planner built around one idea: your daily habits should connect to the person you're becoming. Most to-do apps are just inboxes for tasks — brilliant at capturing what you need to do, but they forget the point. MONU keeps your dreams at the top. Each dream breaks down into small, keepable habits. Those habits show up on your Today screen. And every time you keep one, the dream you're chasing moves a little closer. FOUR TABS. NOTHING YOU WON'T USE. Today, at a glance Your intention, habits, tasks, and calendar in one view. Switch between Day, Week, and Month — every date is tappable, so you can plan ahead. Vision & Dreams Write who you're becoming, then break each dream into small, keepable habits. View them as a list, or as an Ohtani-style Mandalart grid — a 3×3 goal map with your vision at the center and eight dreams around it. A Real Bucket List Life isn't only work. Sort your somedays into Need, Want, Adventure, and Growth, and tick them off as you live them. Focus Timer A gentle Pomodoro built right in. Pick 15, 25, 45, or 60 minutes, minimize it, and keep working — it resumes right where you left off. Calendar Sync Bring your Apple and Google events into your day, week, and month view, merged and de-duplicated so nothing shows up twice. Home Screen Widget Your progress ring, streak, and top tasks right on your home screen — a quiet nudge toward the day you meant to have. WHY MONU IS DIFFERENT A dream doesn't move forward when you check a box — it moves forward as its habits become consistent. Keep a habit for 21 days and it's built. You watch yourself change, not just clear a list. No feature soup. No dashboard fatigue. We cut everything that didn't earn its place, including features we'd already built. What's left is what matters. As James Clear puts it in Atomic Habits: your results reflect your systems, not just your goals. Free to download. No ads, no tracking. Works offline. Your data stays yours. Requires iPhone with iOS 18 or later.

Screenshots

Jory4 screens
Monu4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Monu at none against Jory's 4. Jory's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Jory sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Monu asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Jory against 5.0 for Monu. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jory ships an update fortnightly, Monu every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Jory versus Monu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJoryMonu
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeven Whys Ltd.Wun Jing Chang

Customer experience

Jory

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Monu

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Jory

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Yearly$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$49.99
None

Monu

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Jory free?
Jory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Monu free?
Monu is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Jory or Monu?
Jory and Monu are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Jory or Monu have ads?
Neither Jory nor Monu shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Jory or Monu?
Jory ships an update fortnightly, and Monu every 6 months. Most recently, Jory was updated on November 10, 2026 and Monu on October 30, 2026.

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