Comparison

Journey vs Star Editor

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

Head to head
About

Journey

Transform real-world habits into an engaging game to reduce screen time. Complete daily quests, verify with photos, and earn rewards while distracting apps remain locked. This app uses game mechanics to motivate you to build positive habits and stay off your phone.

Highlights
  • Daily real-world quests
  • Photo verification for completion
  • App blocking until quests are done
  • Earn crowns for progress
  • Focus mascot for motivation
  • Streak tracking and journal
Features
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Almost every app on your phone is engineered to keep you scrolling. Journey is engineered to get you off it by turning real-world habits into a game you actually want to play. Each morning, you unlock a set of real-world quests like going to the gym, reading, running, or getting outside. Complete them and earn Knight's gold. The apps that waste your time stay locked until you buy more screentime, so you stop instinctively scrolling everytime you pick up your phone. It's the same reward loop that makes games addictive, except now it's working for you instead of against you. - Daily Habits Every morning at 6 AM, your main quest resets. Each one is a real-world habit: exercise, reading, going outside. Earn time on social media by completing it or else you'll stay locked out. - App Blocking Pick the apps that drain your focus and lock them down. Your apps unlock only after you buy more screentime with the gold you earn. - Focus Buddy Your mascot reflects how you're doing. Stay off your phone and it thrives. Pick it up too much and it lets you know. It's a visual reminder that keeps you motivated to do better. *Access to Journey requires a paid subscription* Terms of Service: https://www.brainnourishment.io/_files/ugd/2e1950_ad149e0f2a11466682626871fd073315.pdf

About

Star Editor

Features
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Star Editor builds real websites without code. You write directly on the page, arrange it by dragging, and publish with one button to a web address you own. Pick a starting point — research project, portfolio, blog, club or group, event, travel journal, recipe collection, sports team, link page, or blank — and your site opens already designed, with clear guidance in every empty field. Choose a look, a colour palette and typography, and start writing. BUILDING • Write on the page itself. Tap any text and type; what you see is what visitors see. • Add designed sections: title banner, photo and text, cards, timeline, event, key numbers, FAQ, pull quote, call to action, contact and file downloads. Or plain blocks: text, headings, photos, galleries, video, buttons and quotes. • Arrange mode: press and hold anything on the page and drag it into place, or onto another page. • Drag photos and PDFs straight in from Files, Finder or Photos. • Six looks — Paper, Poster, Notebook, Portfolio, Ledger and Studio — each with curated palettes and typography. There is no way to make a page that looks broken. • Everything can be undone. Photos are resized for the web, and their location and camera data are removed before publishing. PUBLISHING • One button builds the site and puts it online at its own address ending in pages.dev, viewable on any phone or computer. • Your site is hosted on your own Cloudflare account, on Cloudflare's free plan. Account holders must be 18 or over. Star Editor walks you through setup in plain language and never shows a raw error. • Publish as often as you like. YOUR WORK, YOUR FILES • No account with us, no server of ours, no analytics, no tracking. • Export a complete backup of any site — every page and photo in one file — and open it on another device. • The last ten published versions are kept, so you can go back. • Your Cloudflare access key is kept in the keychain, never in a file. DETAILS • Published sites are plain HTML and CSS: fast, readable on a phone, and friendly to search engines and screen readers. • Everything except publishing works offline. • iPhone, iPad and Mac. No subscription, no in-app purchases and no ads. • VoiceOver labels, Dynamic Type, and a full menu bar with keyboard shortcuts on the Mac. Star Editor is not affiliated with or endorsed by Cloudflare, Inc.

Screenshots

Journey4 screens
Star Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Star Editor at none against Journey's 8. Star Editor also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Journey sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Star Editor asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Journey ships an update every 2 weeks, Star Editor daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Journey versus Star Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJourneyStar Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.5K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size174 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrain Nourishment, LLCBenjamin Simon

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Journey

Subscriptions7
  • Full Access To Journey$7.997 Days
  • JourneyKeep$9.997 Days
  • JourneyKeep Pro$14.991 Month
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  • Full Access To Journey$24.991 Year
  • Full Access$34.991 Year
  • Full Access To Journey$49.991 Year
  • Full Access To Journey$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Knight Lifetime$99.99
None

Star Editor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Journey free?
Journey is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Star Editor free?
Star Editor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Journey or Star Editor have ads?
Neither Journey nor Star Editor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Journey or Star Editor?
Journey ships an update every 2 weeks, and Star Editor daily. Most recently, Journey was updated on October 30, 2026 and Star Editor on October 8, 2026.

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