Comparison

Re vs JournalNow

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

Head to head
About

Re

This app offers a simple journaling experience with AI-powered analysis to help you rediscover forgotten moments and insights. Its minimal interface makes it easy to capture daily thoughts, organizing them by date for reflection and self-discovery.

Highlights
  • Quick one-line journaling
  • Life log with calendar view
  • AI-powered reflections
  • Rediscover forgotten insights
  • Minimal, stress-free interface
Features
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A simple journaling experience you’ll actually want to keep. From writing to self-discovery. Whether it’s something that happened today, a passing thought, or just a quick note — all it takes is one line. But this journaling app doesn’t end with writing. AI analyzes your entries and automatically picks out moments you may have forgotten, helping you revisit your past from a fresh perspective. ● Key Features: Quick one-line journaling — a minimal, stress-free interface that makes writing effortless Life log with calendar view — see your thoughts organized by date AI-powered reflections — past entries are picked and surfaced just when you need them Rediscovery at a tap — revisit forgotten insights and feelings anytime ● Perfect for: - People who want to start journaling but struggle to stick with it - Those who want to reflect on and make use of their past thoughts - Anyone looking to better understand how they’ve grown or changed

About

JournalNow

This app offers a private space for daily journaling, mood tracking, and memory archiving. It supports rich media entries, guided prompts, and AI-powered writing assistance. Organize your thoughts with customizable journals and explore your past through various search and reflection tools.

Highlights
  • Rich media entries (text, voice, photos, video, sketches)
  • Mood, tag, location, and weather tracking
  • Guided prompts and reusable templates
  • On-device AI for titles, summaries, and search
  • Calendar, On This Day, and Journal Map views
  • Multiple customizable journals
  • Data export and backup options
Features
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JournalNow is a private daily journal, diary, mood tracker, and memory archive designed to make reflection feel natural. WRITE AND CAPTURE - Create rich entries with text, voice notes, photos, video, audio, and sketches. - Add mood, tags, location, weather, favorites, and pins. - Use Quick Capture, widgets, Live Activities, and Shortcuts when inspiration arrives. - Protect individual entries with a PIN. REFLECT WITH PURPOSE - Start with guided prompts and reusable templates for gratitude, work, travel, wellbeing, and deeper thinking. - Use optional on-device Apple Intelligence for titles, tags, summaries, semantic search, and weekly reflection when supported by your device and language. REVISIT WHAT MATTERS - Explore entries in Calendar, On This Day, resurfaced memories, and Journal Map. - Find anything with fast search, OCR, and filters for journal, mood, tag, date, theme, and importance. - See insights for writing cadence, word count, moods, themes, and reflection habits. ORGANIZE YOUR WAY - Create multiple journals with distinct themes and visibility controls. - Customize templates and reminders, and request writing suggestions when you need them. - Enjoy a spacious iPad experience alongside iPhone capture. OWN YOUR DATA - Export readable entries as separate PDF files. - Create a complete .journalnow backup for transfer or restoration in JournalNow. - Restore a complete backup or import Markdown and text files. - Journal entries are stored locally. Optional Apple Speech online transcription, place lookup, and link previews can contact Apple or the relevant website to deliver those features. Vanguard Studios does not receive your journal entries. Explore Premium during a 7-day app trial without starting a subscription. After the trial, core journaling remains available for free. A monthly or annual subscription starts only when you confirm a purchase with Apple; subscriptions renew automatically until canceled in your Apple account settings. Prices are shown before purchase. Customers who purchased JournalNow before version 2.1 keep complete access. Previous lifetime purchases remain restorable through Apple. Apple Intelligence features require a compatible device, supported language, and system availability. Privacy Policy: https://vanguardstudio.vercel.app/privacidade Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: https://vanguardstudio.vercel.app/contato

Screenshots

Re3 screens
JournalNow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Re at none against JournalNow's 1. Re also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). JournalNow's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 weeks). On price 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. JournalNow sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Re asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Re ships an update every 6 weeks, JournalNow every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Re versus JournalNow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReJournalNow
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTrivial VenturesGustavo Venzon

Customer experience

Re

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

JournalNow

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Re

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

JournalNow

One-time1
  • JournalNow Lifetime$1.99

Questions

Is Re free?
Re is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is JournalNow free?
JournalNow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Re or JournalNow have ads?
Re shows ads; JournalNow does not.
Which is updated more often, Re or JournalNow?
Re ships an update every 6 weeks, and JournalNow every 10 days. Most recently, Re was updated on October 30, 2026 and JournalNow on November 9, 2026.

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