Comparison

grug vs Vesper

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

Head to head
About

grug

Receive a daily dose of simple, profound wisdom to help you navigate life's challenges. This app offers straightforward truths and accompanying artwork to inspire personal growth and contentment. It focuses on mindfulness and taking small steps each day.

Highlights
  • Daily wisdom sharing
  • Accompanying artwork
  • Home screen widget
  • Customizable themes
  • Light and dark modes
  • No login or tracking
Features
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grug know: big scary just many small rock wearing fur coat. every sunrise grug share one wisdom. help you break today rock into small piece. no fancy word. no complicated. just simple truth that work. **what grug do:** - share daily wisdom when sun rise - draw grug dream on wisdom - share with other grug - widget show wisdom on cave - grug work in light and dark cave or give grug shiny color grug not guru. grug just know: small step every day make mountain move. perfect never come. better start with broken stick today than wait for perfect stick tomorrow. wisdom come from real life. fear work love pain growth. grug speak simple but truth hit deep. like "fear just smoke. real but not solid.” and "wanting make poor. grateful make rich." each day different wisdom. truth waiting. grug help see: you already enough. just need pick up one small rock today. app simple like grug brain. open. read wisdom. maybe draw feeling. that all. no login. no cloud. no follow. just you and today truth. remember. tomorrow not here. only today real. grug help make today count. Terms of Service: https://ocho.so/terms Privacy Policy: https://ocho.so/privacy

About

Vesper

Features
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Vesper is a quiet clock, set in type. Time, date, and city sit in the same serif. Press and hold the face to switch: flip, hands, a quadrant of cities, or a line of words. • Faces: flip, analog, numerals, quadrants, and prose • World clock: keep the cities you return to, and see their hour • Timer: a stretch of time with nothing else on it • Widgets: the hour on your Lock Screen and Home Screen • No account: your name, cities, and face stay on your device Every face is open for the first 7 days. After that, one purchase keeps it for life. On a desk, a nightstand, or a table, it simply goes on.

Screenshots

grug4 screens
Vesper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: grug at Free against Vesper's $0.99. grug also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On 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

grug is free to download; Vesper costs $0.99 up front. Vesper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. grug asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

grug ships an update weekly, Vesper every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
grug versus Vesper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametergrugVesper
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.8 (3.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.4K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB579 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOcho云 吴

In-app purchases

None

grug

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Vesper

One-time1
  • Timepiece Pro$0.99

Questions

Is grug free?
grug is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vesper free?
Vesper costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do grug or Vesper have ads?
Neither grug nor Vesper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, grug or Vesper?
grug ships an update weekly, and Vesper every 3 months. Most recently, grug was updated on November 6, 2026 and Vesper on November 5, 2026.

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