Goodly vs MindSteps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Goodly
This AI companion offers daily journaling and guided reflections to help you understand your emotions and life patterns. It provides weekly recaps with personalized advice and offers mindful practices like breathwork and meditation. The app tracks six key dimensions of your life, building a relationship that grows with you.
- AI-powered daily journaling
- Guided check-ins
- Weekly reflection recaps
- Mindful practices (breathwork, meditation)
- Tracks six life dimensions
- Digital or paper journal integration
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Goodly is your daily check-in โ with Love, your AI companion. Write by hand or in the app. Love reads, remembers, and gives you daily feedback. Your two journals, one Love. Take notes by hand in your Goodly paper journal โ then use Snap Guide to photograph the page. Or skip the paper and journal directly in the app, with guided check-ins. Either way, Love reads, remembers, and returns the same daily feedback: what you felt, what you needed, what to watch out for. Sundays with Love. Once a week, Goodly turns your reflections into a weekly recap โ your themes, your emotional rhythm, your week ahead. With named, specific advice for the next seven days. It's the most honest mirror you'll meet this year. Ten minutes for yourself. When journaling alone isn't enough, Goodly's mindful practices help: Breathwork, Meditations, Self-knowledge tests, and Rituals โ short, structured, audio-guided. A friend who remembers everything. Love builds on what you wrote yesterday, last week, last month. Every reflection adds to a relationship that grows with you โ no context lost, no story repeated. What Love understands. Goodly tracks six dimensions of your life: Mental Wellness ยท Relationships ยท Career ยท Vitality ยท Sensemaking ยท Growth. Pairs with the Goodly paper journal โ or stays fully digital. Built for me-time, grounding, and daily reflection โ by hand or in the app. Built on behavioral science. Goodly's daily and weekly insights are designed around how reflection actually changes behavior โ grounded in decades of research on expressive writing and neuroplasticity. Your conversations with Love stay yours. We don't sell what you write to advertisers. Subscription details. Goodly offers a free trial. After that, your subscription auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. If you're in crisis, please call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline). Goodly is not a substitute for professional mental health care. Privacy: thegoodly.com/info/privacy-policy Terms: thegoodly.com/info/terms-of-service Support: support@thegoodly.com โ The Goodly Team
MindSteps
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MindSteps helps you understand what actually shapes your mood - not just how you felt, but why. Each day, start with a quick mood check-in. The app suggests a few small, gentle actions based on how you're feeling. At the end of the day, log your final mood and take a moment to reflect. Tag what influenced your day and write in your journal if you want to. Over time, MindSteps builds a picture of your emotional patterns. It connects your mood to your journal entries, your tags, your Apple Health data, and local weather โ and turns that into readable insights you can actually learn from. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Morning and evening mood check-ins with intensity tracking - Gentle suggested actions based on your current mood - Tag what shaped your day โ sleep, work, relationships, and more - Journal archive accessible any time from the home screen - Insights connecting mood, tags, health data, and weather - Daily reminders and insight notifications MINDSTEPS PREMIUM Unlock health and weather insights. See how your sleep, activity, and local weather connect to your emotional patterns. Try Premium free for one month. MindSteps is not a therapy app, a diagnosis tool, or a crisis resource. If you are in crisis, please contact a mental health professional or emergency services. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: MindSteps at none against Goodly's shown. Goodly's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (18.5 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Goodly sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and MindSteps sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Goodly ships an update every 4 days, MindSteps monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Goodly | MindSteps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | โ |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days โ better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | โ |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 โ better | 26.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 123 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dramotal Limited | Viktor Bayliss Larsen-Ledet |
In-app purchases
Goodly
- Monthly$7.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription$12.991 Month
- Quarterly$19.993 Months
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- Quarterly 2$24.993 Months
- Quarterly Subscription$29.993 Months
- Annual with 3-day Trial3 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Annual with 3-day Trial3 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Annual Subscription without Trial$59.991 Year
- Annual with 3-day Trial3 Days trial$89.991 Year
- Annual Subscription with Trial7 Days trial$89.991 Year
MindSteps
- MindSteps Premium3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- MindSteps Premium7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- MindSteps Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year









