Comparison

Wisp vs eff.today

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

Head to head
About

Wisp

This app uses AI to help you understand yourself better through journaling, habit tracking, and goal setting. It offers personalized insights and ensures your reflections remain private on your device. Core features are free, with a subscription unlocking advanced AI capabilities.

Highlights
  • AI-powered journaling with insightful prompts
  • Intelligent habit tracking with reminders
  • Clear goal setting and progress monitoring
  • Personalized insights based on user data
  • Privacy-focused AI processing on-device
  • Unlimited habit and goal creation (free)
Features
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YOUR PRIVATE JOURNAL, BEAUTIFULLY KEPT Wisp is a calm, private journaling app for daily reflection, gratitude, and remembering the days that matter. Write freely, capture how you feel, and look back on your story — all in a space that feels like a real notebook, not another feed to scroll. How you feel each day matters. Journaling is one of the simplest, most proven ways to lower stress, ease anxiety, understand your moods, and be a little kinder to yourself. Wisp makes the habit genuinely easy to start — and, more importantly, easy to keep. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your journal is yours alone. Every entry is encrypted on your device, and you can lock the whole app behind Face ID, Touch ID, or a private PIN. Wisp works fully offline and doesn't require an account, so your most personal words never have to leave your phone. Privacy isn't a setting here — it's the foundation. A JOURNAL FOR THE WHOLE DAY Some days you'll write a page; some days a single honest line. Wisp fits both. • Write as much or as little as you like, or tap a quick daily check-in when words are hard to find. • Capture the moment with photos, voice memos, your mood, tags, and the place you were. • Relive the past with "On This Day" and a beautiful full-screen photo viewer with pinch-to-zoom. GENTLE INSIGHTS, NEVER IN YOUR FACE Wisp quietly helps you notice patterns you'd otherwise miss. • See how your mood trends over time and which themes keep coming up. • Receive a soft weekly reflection and a warm look back at your year. • Keep a gentle streak alive with optional, never-nagging reminders. Wisp uses AI only in the background — to surface a thoughtful reflection or spot a pattern — never to write your journal for you. Your voice always stays your own. NEVER LOSE A WORD "I lost years of entries" is every journaler's nightmare, so Wisp answers it head on: export everything, anytime, as Markdown or JSON — completely free — and import your backups just as easily. No lock-in and no exceptions. Your journal is yours to keep, forever. HOW WISP WORKS • Open Wisp and write, speak, or add a photo — whatever the moment calls for. • Set your mood and a tag or two so entries are easy to find later. • Glance at your mood chart and weekly reflection to see how you're really doing. • Turn on a gentle reminder to protect your streak and keep the habit going. • Lock it all behind Face ID and rest easy. WHY PEOPLE CHOOSE WISP • A premium, distraction-free writing experience that feels like paper. • Real privacy: on-device encryption plus a biometric lock. • Mood tracking, memories, photos, and voice — together in one calm place. • Yours to keep and export, forever. Start today. Write one honest line, and let it grow from there. Available in English, Spanish, and French.

About

eff.today

Features
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Everything feels… funny. Or fine. Or a little too much. eff.today is your private, anonymous space to build emotional resilience without pressure, performance, or surveillance. No accounts. No prompts that judge. No streaks to keep. Just a structured journaling flow, a “burn or save” decision, and an optional AI reflection layer (unlocked only after emotional breadth is shown). FEATURES • 3-Gate Flow: Start with how you feel (funny or fine), then add context (social vs. responsibility) and focus (me vs. them). This helps name what’s hard to name. • Burn or Save Rituals - After journaling, choose: burn it forever or save it for pattern insight. No back-end copy. Burn means gone. For real. • Crisis-Safe by Design - Local keyword detection offers support if needed, without ever storing or sending your words. Privacy is structural, not promised. • AI Reflection (AIme) - Unlock emotionally intelligent conversations once you complete all 8 mood-context-focus paths. AIme is trained in real frameworks (CBT, DBT, and more) but never diagnoses or solves. It listens, mirrors, and reflects without tracking you. • Anonymous Analytics - See your own emotional patterns. All fully anonymous. No identity. No history. Just meaningful movement. • Expanded Mood Vocabulary - Unlock the “10 F’s” mood system (fine, funny, feral, frustrated, and more) through session depth, not tricks or streaks. PRIVACY THAT’S PATENTED eff.today is built on a patent-pending architecture of symbolic journaling, user-controlled data permanence, and anonymous macro-level insights. It’s the first digital resilience platform where your thoughts are yours - technically, legally, and ethically. WHO IT’S FOR • People who don’t trust traditional wellness apps • Adults, Teens and anyone who just need to process • Schools, healthcare systems, and organizations looking to support without surveilling WHAT MAKES EFF.TODAY DIFFERENT • No identity required • No tracking or user profiles • Burn-based deletion architecture • Crisis support without override • Emotional intelligence without performance pressure • Infrastructure: built for utility, not virality Want to go deeper? Visit eff.today/howto to explore the story, the science, and the SDK powering privacy-first emotional resilience infrastructure

Screenshots

Wisp4 screens
eff.today4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Wisp at 15.1 against eff.today's 17.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Wisp sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and eff.today sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Wisp versus eff.today: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWispeff.today
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB2 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperGXG MedTechKenneth Howe

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Wisp

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Membership7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Annual Membership7 Days trial$76.991 Year
4 purchases

eff.today

One-time4
  • AIme Access - 1 Month$9.99
  • AIme Access - 6 Months$49.99
  • AIme Access - 12 Months$99.99
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  • AIme Access - Lifetime$169.99

Questions

Is Wisp free?
Wisp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is eff.today free?
eff.today is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Wisp or eff.today have ads?
Neither Wisp nor eff.today shows ads.

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