Comparison

Lovingly vs Hermes Decode

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

Head to head
About

Lovingly

This app helps you become a more thoughtful partner by providing daily, science-backed suggestions for small acts of love and reminders for important dates. It's a private self-improvement tool designed to help you consistently show appreciation and strengthen your relationship.

Highlights
  • Daily actionable love suggestions
  • Reminders for important dates
  • Relationship research-backed advice
  • Private self-improvement tracker
  • Personalized gesture library (Premium)
  • Habit science for consistency
Features
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You love them. You just forget to show it. Lovingly is a private self-improvement app for anyone who wants to be a more thoughtful partner. It quietly does the remembering, the nudging and the inspiring, so the person you love actually feels loved, day after day. NEVER MISS A DATE THAT MATTERS Add birthdays, your anniversary, the day you met, anything worth remembering. Lovingly reminds you a week ahead, the day before and on the day, so there is always time to plan flowers, a table or the right words. No more day-of panic. ONE SMALL LOVING THING, EVERY DAY Each morning you get one small, doable suggestion: a specific compliment, a love message worth sending, their coffee made right, a date night idea, a question you have never asked. Every suggestion is grounded in published relationship research (the small-things-often principle) and tuned to what your partner appreciates most. BUILT ON REAL SCIENCE, NOT FOLK ADVICE The daily ideas and the built-in lessons draw on decades of published research: studies on turning toward small bids for connection, research on expressed gratitude, habit science on why reminders beat willpower. Short, honest reads, including where popular relationship advice overstates the evidence. WATCH YOURSELF BECOME THAT PARTNER Your Love Score grows with consistency, variety, preparedness and learning. Build a streak, see your week at a glance, and watch the person you mean to be show up in the numbers, without guilt when life happens. Think of it as a relationship tracker for effort, not surveillance. Missing a day barely moves it; coming back is what counts. COMPLETELY PRIVATE This is your project, not a couples app. There is no shared account, your partner is never contacted, and Discreet Mode keeps names and details off your lock screen. Nobody needs to know how you got so thoughtful. WHAT'S FREE - One important date with reminders - A rotating set of daily suggestions LOVINGLY PREMIUM - Unlimited important dates - The full gesture library, personalized to your partner - The full research-backed lesson library - Extra reminder lead times (2 weeks, a month ahead) Small things, often. That is the whole secret, and Lovingly makes sure you never forget it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://lovingly.me/privacy

About

Hermes Decode

Features
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Hermes is a place to meet yourself. It holds four connected spaces — Dreams, Synchronicities, Psyche, and Astrology — and the magic is in how they speak to each other. A dream rhymes with a chance encounter. A pattern in your chart surfaces in a quiet inner dialogue. Nothing stands alone here; every entry becomes a thread in the same unfolding story. DREAMS Capture a dream the moment you wake — by voice or by hand — and watch its images, symbols, and feeling come into focus. Return to it later and follow the threads deeper. SYNCHRONICITIES Log the meaningful coincidences most people let slip past. Hermes helps you read them — the recurring number, the song, the name that keeps arriving — and notices when they echo your dreams. PSYCHE Explore your inner world through guided reflection, word association, archetypal figures, and quiet conversation. A space to sit with what's stirring beneath the surface. ASTROLOGY Your full natal chart and daily transits, read for meaning rather than prediction. See how the sky you were born under threads through your dreams, your patterns, and your reflections. WOVEN TOGETHER The more you record, the more Hermes connects — surfacing the quiet motifs that run through everything you bring to it. AN INNER CIRCLE Share a dream or a synchronicity with someone you trust, exchange interpretations, and explore how your charts meet. MEMBERSHIP Hermes is free to begin. Adept and Magus unlock deeper readings, longer conversations, and the full inner toolkit. • Adept — $7.99/month or $59.99/year • Magus — $19.99/month or $159.99/year, with a 7-day free trial Subscriptions are auto-renewable. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the period's end. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Service: https://www.hermesdecode.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.hermesdecode.com/privacy Hermes is a tool for reflection and self-exploration; it does not provide medical, psychological, or therapeutic advice.

Screenshots

Lovingly4 screens
Hermes Decode4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Hermes Decode at 3 against Lovingly's 1. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lovingly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Hermes Decode sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lovingly ships an update weekly, Hermes Decode every 11 days. Both last shipped on October 6, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Lovingly versus Hermes Decode: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLovinglyHermes Decode
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB69 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperPied Apps ABDiego Petkoff Azcuna

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Lovingly

Subscriptions2
  • Premium$9.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly1 Month trial$59.991 Year
4 purchases

Hermes Decode

Subscriptions4
  • Adept$6.991 Month
  • Magus7 Days trial$17.991 Month
  • Adept (Annual)$49.991 Year
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  • Magus (Annual)7 Days trial$149.991 Year

Questions

Is Lovingly free?
Lovingly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hermes Decode free?
Hermes Decode is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lovingly or Hermes Decode have ads?
Neither Lovingly nor Hermes Decode shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lovingly or Hermes Decode?
Lovingly ships an update weekly, and Hermes Decode every 11 days. Most recently, Lovingly was updated on October 6, 2026 and Hermes Decode on October 6, 2026.

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