Comparison

Capsulo vs Ripples

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

Head to head
About

Capsulo

Features
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Time Capsule lets you and someone special write time-locked promises, dreams, or memories — then seal them away until a chosen date. When the countdown ends, both capsules unlock at the same time, revealing your shared words, photos, and feelings. Whether it's a romantic vow, a silly goal with your best friend, or a wish for your future self — Time Capsule makes it meaningful.

About

Ripples

This private journaling app allows you to capture daily moments and send sealed letters to your future self. It offers thoughtful prompts for reflection and provides insights into your personal growth and thought patterns over time.

Highlights
  • Letters to your future self
  • Daily reflection prompts
  • Timeline with filtering
  • Insights into patterns and growth
  • Privacy-focused with local storage
  • Optional iCloud backup
  • Export to JSON
Features
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A few words is enough to make a memory. Ripples is built for the small moments you'd never sit down and write a page about. Then it does the thing no other journal does. It brings them back, and lets you write back. Reply to an entry from last month. Argue with the version of you from three years ago. Add the context you didn't have at the time. Your memories stop being a list and start being a conversation that runs the length of your life. HOW IT WORKS Write something small. One line is a complete entry here. No prompts to answer, no friction. Add one from the Action Button, Shortcuts or Siri without even opening the app. Answer your past self. Once your journal has some age on it, Ripples brings back three old entries a day and invites you to respond. Agree, argue, or just add what you know now. Watch the thread grow. A note about a job you almost took. A reply six months later. Another one two years after that. The story never ended, so neither does the entry. That's the ripple. WHY ENTRIES ARE PERMANENT You can't edit an entry once it's saved. That's deliberate. A journal you can quietly revise is a journal that tells you what you want to hear — and the entries worth hearing again are usually the ones you'd have softened. Replies let you add, correct and disagree without rewriting the past. LETTERS TO YOUR FUTURE SELF Seal any entry until a date you choose. It leaves your timeline and stays gone — until a few days before it opens, when it returns with a countdown you can see but can't read yet. Sealed letters are never searchable, so guessing a word can't open one early. A message in a bottle from who you used to be. WHEN YOU WANT TO LET SOMETHING GO Write it down, then burn it. The words are removed from your journal and don't come back. Only the date stays, so the shape of your history stays honest. Permanent shouldn't mean trapped. ALSO INSIDE Timeline — your story in order, with threads, sealed letters and the ones you marked as mattering Search — across everything you've written, never inside a sealed letter Daily reminders — as many as you want, at the times that suit you Face ID / Touch ID lock iCloud backup across iPhone and iPad Export everything to JSON, anytime PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No sign-up. No analytics, no trackers, no ads. Your entries live on your device and sync only through your own iCloud. We never see them — the App Store privacy label says "Data Not Collected" because that's literally true. FREE, AND RIPPLES+ Writing, sealing letters up to a year out, replying, burning, search, reminders, iCloud backup and export are free for everyone, forever. Ripples+ is one payment, no subscription, and adds exactly three things: • Letters that travel further — seal one for any date up to fifty years ahead • Letters that keep returning — mark one to come back every year, or every six months, for as long as you keep answering it • Patterns in your writing — the hours and days you actually write, and the words you keep returning to Start with one line today. See what you have to say about it next year.

Screenshots

Capsulo4 screens
Ripples4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Capsulo at none against Ripples's 1. Capsulo also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads 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. Ripples sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Capsulo asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Capsulo versus Ripples: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCapsuloRipples
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAli TasJohn Davenport

In-app purchases

None

Capsulo

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Ripples

One-time1
  • Rppl+ (One-Time)$19.99

Questions

Is Capsulo free?
Capsulo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ripples free?
Ripples is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Capsulo or Ripples have ads?
Neither Capsulo nor Ripples shows ads.

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