Glimpse vs Samvar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Glimpse
Effortlessly capture your thoughts by speaking them aloud and have them transcribed into journal entries. Utilize AI for summaries, personalized insights, and conversational interactions with your journal. Enhance entries with images and prompts, all while ensuring complete privacy and security.
- Effortless voice journaling
- AI-powered summaries
- Personalized insights
- Chat with your journal
- Inspiring prompts
- Visual journaling
- Organized and searchable entries
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Glimpse is the easiest way to journal. Speak your thoughts and it can write back to you with AI. It's a conversation with yourself and a way to remember your life. EFFORTLESS VOICE JOURNALING Speak your thoughts and watch them transform into beautifully transcribed journal entries. No typing needed—just talk naturally and Glimpse captures everything. AI-POWERED SUMMARIES (Requires purchase of Glimpse AI Tokens*) Quickly review what matters with automatic summaries of your daily, weekly, or monthly reflections, making it easy to track your journey. PERSONALIZED INSIGHTS (Requires purchase of Glimpse AI Tokens*) Discover patterns in your thinking you might have missed. Glimpse's AI analyzes your entries to offer objective, personalized insights about your thoughts and feelings. CHAT WITH YOUR JOURNAL (Requires purchase of Glimpse AI Tokens*) Have meaningful conversations about your entries with Glimpse's AI companion. Ask questions, explore perspectives, and gain deeper understanding through dialogue. INSPIRING PROMPTS Never face a blank page again. Choose from diverse journaling prompts across different themes to spark reflection when you need inspiration. VISUAL JOURNALING Enhance your entries with images that capture moments. CUSTOMIZABLE EXPERIENCE Make Glimpse your own with customizable themes and writing styles that match your personality and preferences. ORGANIZED & SEARCHABLE Easily find past entries by date or keywords, so your insights are always at your fingertips when you need them. JOURNALING THAT FITS YOUR LIFE Set gentle reminders that work with your schedule, helping you build a consistent journaling practice without feeling pressured. COMPLETELY PRIVATE & SECURE Your thoughts remain yours alone. All entries are protected with optional password/biometric security and encrypted cloud backup for peace of mind. TAKE YOUR JOURNAL ANYWHERE Seamlessly sync and export entries in various formats whenever you need them. We believe intentionality is the foundation of a fulfilling life. In a world where journaling hasn't evolved in years, we're pioneering a more meaningful approach—transforming personal reflection from a chore into a journey of discovery. What begins as a glimpse into your thoughts gradually reveals a complete picture of who you are, and how you can live a better life. *Glimpse Tokens power AI features. Each AI interaction uses 1-3 tokens. Subscribers automatically receive 200 tokens per month. Additional tokens can be purchased within the app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Samvar
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Nobody drifts apart on purpose. A busy month becomes a busy year, and the people you love most go quiet — not because you stopped caring, but because nothing reminded you to show up. Samvar helps you be your friends' best friend: the one who keeps in touch, remembers the details of their lives, and asks about them at just the right time. JUST SAY WHAT HAPPENED After a coffee, a call or a long walk, tap the microphone and talk, the way you'd tell a friend. Samvar picks out what's worth remembering: their daughter starting school, the marathon they're training for, the new job, the move. REMINDED AT THE RIGHT MOMENT Dates in your notes become reminders. A good-luck message the night before the trip or the big interview. "Ask Sam how the race went" the morning after. Birthdays before they sneak up on you. THE FIRST LINE, WRITTEN FOR YOU Every day Samvar names someone worth reaching out to and drafts the opening line from what they actually told you: "How was Hamilton — worth the wait?", "Did the knee hold up in the half?", "Settled into the new office yet?" Edit it or send it as is. One tap opens Messages or WhatsApp. A CARD FROM EVERYONE For a birthday, start a group card and share the link in your group chat. Friends add photos, voice notes and messages from any phone — no app needed — and on the day you send them all at once. WORK RELATIONSHIPS, BUILT LIKE FRIENDSHIPS The colleagues, clients and mentors who help you most are the ones you stay in touch with between meetings. Switch to Work and Samvar does for them what it does for friends: remembers the new role, the conference talk, the move to Zurich, and nudges you before a good relationship goes cold. Work has its own circles (Core, Regular, Network) and weekday-only reminders, kept completely separate from your personal life. RETURN THE INVITE Friends had you round, or treated you to a show? Just say so. Samvar notes who and when, and reminds you to return the invite before too long. SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO, TOGETHER Tap Find ideas and Samvar suggests real things to do nearby, picked for a close friend: a Sunday swim, a film night, a market wander. Then it helps you suggest it. A CONTACTS APP THE WAY IT SHOULD BE Your people, in the order you should reach out, with the things that matter to them a tap away. Add them straight from Contacts — your address book never leaves your iPhone. A RHYTHM FOR EVERY FRIENDSHIP Some friends you want to see every couple of weeks, others every few months. Set the rhythm for each circle and Samvar keeps time. Three gentle rings show how you're doing — and yes, closing them feels good. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your people, notes and memories stay on your iPhone, with a private backup in your own iCloud. No accounts, no copy on our servers, and nothing about your friends is ever shared or sold. Samvar AI is optional and asks your permission first. Group cards are the one exception: they live on our server so friends can add to them, and are deleted automatically 60 days after they're sent. Start with a few friends and see how it feels. Try everything free for a month, then choose a monthly or yearly plan — for less than one coffee with a friend each month. — Samvar Pro is an auto-renewing subscription with a 1-month free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Privacy policy: https://samvar.app/privacy · Terms of use: https://samvar.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Samvar at every 3 days against Glimpse's every 2 weeks. 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. Glimpse sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Samvar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Glimpse ships an update every 2 weeks, Samvar every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Glimpse | Samvar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (380 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 96.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 380 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Get a Glimpse, LLC | Gerald Fowler |
In-app purchases
Glimpse
- Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$39.991 Year
- 100 Tokens$1.99
- 500 Tokens$9.99
- 1000 Tokens$19.99
Samvar
- Samvar Pro Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Samvar Pro Yearly1 Month trial$24.991 Year









