Easlo Journal vs Hydrate Gate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Easlo Journal
This app offers a simple and intuitive journaling experience to help users reflect and organize their thoughts. It provides unlimited entries, customizable templates, and iCloud synchronization for seamless use across devices.
- Unlimited journal entries
- Customizable templates
- iCloud synchronization
- Distraction-free writing
- Prompts to guide journaling
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A journal app focused on simplicity and intuitiveness. Writing down your thoughts can help you think more clearly and reflect. But getting started isn’t always easy, especially if you’re new to journaling or your notes app feels too cluttered. With Easlo Journal, the experience is seamless and distraction-free, and you can save templates and prompts to guide your future journaling sessions. Key Features: ・Unlimited entries: Journal as much as you want ・Templates: Save and reuse your favorite journaling prompts ・iCloud Sync: Keep your journal updated across iPhone and iPad
Hydrate Gate
This app encourages healthier hydration habits by linking water intake to app access. Set daily goals and temporarily restrict apps, earning back usage by logging water. It promotes mindful device use and improved well-being.
- Set daily water intake goals
- Temporarily restrict app access
- Log water intake to earn app access
- Promotes mindful device usage
- Improves self-discipline and well-being
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Hydrate Gate is an app designed to help humans build healthier hydration habits while reducing screen time. The app allows you to set daily water intake goals and temporarily restrict access to selected apps. You earn access to selected apps by logging water intake, encouraging mindful device usage and improved physical health. What gets tracked, gets improved! All restrictions are user-initiated, transparent, and can be modified or removed at any time within the app. Hydrate Gate is intended for increasing self-discipline and in turn improving mental+physical well-being.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hydrate Gate at none against Easlo Journal's 1. Hydrate Gate also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Easlo Journal's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Easlo Journal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hydrate Gate asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hydrate Gate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Easlo Journal has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Easlo Journal | Hydrate Gate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Easlo Pte. Ltd. | Brendan Pinder |
Customer experience
Easlo Journal
Hydrate Gate
In-app purchases
Easlo Journal
- Pro Lifetime$9.99
Hydrate Gate
No in-app purchases
