Comparison

Love Yourself First vs Gently

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

Head to head
About

Love Yourself First

This app guides you on a journey to a calmer, healthier, and happier life through mindful breathing and self-love practices. It offers a 30-day sleep challenge, focus modes to enhance productivity, and tools to manage your day effectively.

Highlights
  • Focus Mode to block apps
  • 30-Day Sleep Early challenge
  • Daily sleep logging and tips
  • Goal management
  • Backup memories to Google Drive
  • Save bookmarks and meditation content
Features
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Happiness starts from within.  Self-love begins with a single breath. Start your journey toward a calmer, healthier, and happier life. Love Yourself First is not simply a breathing app, we offer a self-love journey: HEAL THE PAST ▪ Emotional Journal: Set a feeling down in a few words, add a photo, and let it rest. ▪ Backup your memories to Google Drive with images and videos fetched by specific range, empowered by Face Detection for fetched images. LIVE IN THE PRESENT • New feature — Activity: Move your body. Lift your mood. • Dopamine Detox: Take a break from distractions, reset your focus, and make room for what truly matters. Build healthier habits, be more mindful, and reconnect with yourself. • Pomodoro: Work in gentle stretches, with breaks you actually take. ▪ Focus on yourself and your own breath in the present moment — don't feel sad about the past and don't worry about the future. ▪ Offering individuals the ability to improve focus and productivity through a Focus Mode in Settings that blocks selected apps. ▪ Manage your 24 hours effectively. Everything — your goals, your journey — begins today, starting from this very moment. BUILD YOUR FUTURE ▪ Goals: One goal is enough to start. Tick it off, day by day. ▪ 30-Day Sleep Early challenge: Set your bedtime goal, log your sleep daily, keep your streak alive, and get gentle tips to improve your sleep. Small steps every night lead to better habit, energy, and well-being. SEE HOW FAR YOU HAVE COME • Progress: Your week and your month added up: breathing sessions, early nights with streak, focus time, journal entries. ▪ You can also feel free to save bookmarks, meditation content, home workout exercises, or yoga videos from Youtube. · Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ · Subscription Required: This app requires an active subscription to access all content and features. A 7-day free trial is included with yearly subscription. Cancel anytime. No additional purchases are required beyond the subscription. · Localisations are available for 46 languages, including English and Vietnamese.

About

Gently

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Every other habit app punishes you for missing a day. Gently is different. Instead of a broken streak, Gently shows you your Recovery Rate — how often you bounce back after a missed day. Because that's what actually predicts long-term success. Every habit has a Gentle Version — a smaller, easier alternative for hard days. Miss your 30-minute run? Gently suggests "Just 5 minutes of stretching." The chain stays alive. You keep going. FREE: Track up to 3 habits PRO ($4.99/month, 7-day free trial): Unlimited habits + AI coach messages + full progress history By downloading this app, you agree to Apple's standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Love Yourself First4 screens

Verdict

The call

Love Yourself First and Gently are too close to call on the numbers: across 3 compared parameters — price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Love Yourself First sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Gently sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Love Yourself First versus Gently: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLove Yourself FirstGently
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYes—
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone — better—
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size131 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSon DoDylan Turner

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Love Yourself First

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
1 purchases

Gently

Subscriptions1
  • Gently Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Love Yourself First free?
Love Yourself First is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gently free?
Gently is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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