Comparison

AEC Daily vs Pocket Stoa

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

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AEC Daily

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AEC Daily mobile app β€” Continuing Education on the Go AEC Daily mobile app extends the functionality of your AEC Daily account, putting professional education within reach wherever you are. Use the app to browse the full catalogue of AEC Daily courses and events, read course descriptions, and register for upcoming live sessions and webinars with just a few taps. Keep your continuing education records at your fingertips: log in with your existing credentials to view and download your transcripts and certificates, see which courses you’ve completed, and track your progress across all devices. With AEC Daily Mobile you can stay current on new learning opportunities, register for events, and manage your professional development all in one place. AECΒ Daily provides continuing education for architects, engineers and other design and construction professionals. Our content is developed and maintained by a range of experienced, accredited experts and organized within industry-recognized categories. Finding tailored continuing education is simple and convenient.

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Pocket Stoa

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Feel calmer in 1 to 3 minutes, and get to know yourself. Pocket Stoa gives you guided breathing and short exercises for stressful moments, quick quizzes that show how your mind works, and an AI chat to talk things through. For heavy days and good days. Every calming exercise is free. HELP ON A HEAVY DAY (1–3 MINUTES) Tap how today feels: good, okay or heavy. On a heavy day, pick what's weighing on you: worried, drained, stuck, on edge, low, or can't switch off. You get one short exercise for that feeling, with nothing to read first: slow breathing, sorting what you can control, shrinking a big task, or setting tomorrow's worries aside until morning. Every exercise is free, every time. BREATHING, ANY TIME Five guided breathing exercises: calm down fast, steady and focus, fall asleep, a longer calm, and cool down. Each says why it works. Breathe in one of six painted places. SLOW DOWN Nothing to read, nothing to get right. Paint a place with a tap, watch a slow window, or read one of 18 short picture stories. GOOD DAYS TOO Keep a good moment so it stays with you. Send good news to someone who'll be glad. KNOW YOURSELF Three quick everyday moments a day, like "After a party, you replay a chat with someone new." Pick what you'd do, and see the habit of mind behind it, like the spotlight effect. 54 patterns, each from published research. Your profile fills in as you go: your patterns, values, and what helps you. After about 5 days of answers, see which of 8 schools of thought you lean towards. A new dilemma on Today every day shows a little more. Your day's painting fills in as you go, and your good days light up a little painted world. QUICK GAMES Spot It: spot 5 thinking traps in 60 seconds. Would You?, This or That, Who Said It? (100 quotes), the Trolley (180 hard choices), a values auction, and 25 famous thought experiments. TALK IT THROUGH (AI CHAT) It listens, asks one question at a time, and ends with one line worth keeping. Or practise a hard conversation, or ask a great thinker. Replies come from an AI, Anthropic's Claude, and the app says so. It isn't a therapist. GO DEEPER: PHILOSOPHY 8 short courses, from the Stoics and Aristotle to Plato, Kant and the Buddha, 5 to 8 minutes a lesson. Plus the Meditations, the Enchiridion, 30 of Seneca's letters and 62 classic books. LITTLE THINGS A home-screen widget to check in with one tap. Soft sounds you can turn off. A weekly goal instead of a streak: miss a day and nothing resets. Milestones, and a look back at your month. FREE, AND PRO Free: every exercise, every time; 3 daily moments and their patterns; one "Why?" a day; your profile and your school; the games, with Spot It once a day; one AI talk a week; the first lesson of every course; two lives of The Last Day. Pro: every course, all the way; AI talks every day; every "Why?"; how you're changing, week by week; every Spot It deck; all 180 Trolley choices; all of The Last Day, a guided reflection on what matters to you. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your check-ins and the moments you keep stay on your phone. After a help, you can tell us anonymously if it helped. No ads, no tracking across apps, and we don't sell your data. Start without an account. Sign in to back up and to talk, and delete your account in Settings at any time. FOR EVERYDAY STRESS Pocket Stoa isn't therapy or medical care, and not a substitute for professional help. "I'm not okay" is always one tap away, with support lines for your country. SUBSCRIPTION Pocket Stoa Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly. The App Store shows the price in your currency, and any free trial, before you confirm. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase, or when a free trial ends. It renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://pocketstoa.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://pocketstoa.com/terms

Screenshots

AEC Daily4 screens
Pocket Stoa4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AEC Daily at none against Pocket Stoa's 2. AEC Daily also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Pocket Stoa sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. AEC Daily asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
AEC Daily versus Pocket Stoa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAEC DailyPocket Stoa
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 β€” better16.4
Further details β€” not scored
Size7 MB75 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAEC Daily IncThanh Nguyen

In-app purchases

None

AEC Daily

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Pocket Stoa

Subscriptions2
  • Pocket Stoa Pro (Monthly)$5.991 Month
  • Pocket Stoa Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is AEC Daily free?
AEC Daily is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pocket Stoa free?
Pocket Stoa is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AEC Daily or Pocket Stoa have ads?
Neither AEC Daily nor Pocket Stoa shows ads.

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