Sky Thoughts vs Backspace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sky Thoughts
A private journaling app for reflection and emotional release. Secure your entries with Face ID or PIN and organize them with custom tags. Optional AI analysis helps you understand your thoughts.
- Private journaling
- No sign-up or tracking
- Device-based data storage
- Face ID/PIN protection
- AI thought analysis
- Emotion tagging and organization
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Sky Thoughts is your private space to write freely, reflect, and release what’s on your mind. No sign-up. No tracking. All your data stays on your device unless you use AI analysis - in that case, the thought to analyze is anonymously sent momentarily to AI servers. Protect sensitive thoughts with Face ID or PIN. Analyze your thoughts with AI analysis. Tag and organize your emotions your way. Feel lighter — one thought at a time.
Backspace
This private journaling app allows you to write down your unfiltered thoughts and set a timer for them to be automatically deleted. It's designed for emotional release, ensuring your thoughts remain private and temporary.
- Write unfiltered thoughts
- Set automatic deletion timers
- Temporary thought storage
- No accounts required
- No cloud storage
- No tracking or analytics
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Backspace is a private journaling and mental wellness app for writing thoughts and letting them go. Use Backspace to: Write unfiltered thoughts Choose a release time (minutes or hours) Automatically delete thoughts when time expires No accounts. No cloud storage. No tracking or analytics. Backspace is designed for emotional release, not long-term storage. Your thoughts stay private, local, and temporary — just like they should.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Backspace at 5.0 against Sky Thoughts's 1.0. Sky Thoughts's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.2). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Backspace holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
| Parameter | Sky Thoughts | Backspace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | RAPHAEL LEGER | Ruth Edouard |
Customer experience
Sky Thoughts
Backspace
In-app purchases
Sky Thoughts
No in-app purchases
Backspace
No in-app purchases
