SparkleMemo vs Five Things
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SparkleMemo
Capture and organize your ideas instantly with support for text, images, videos, and links. Effortlessly arrange your thoughts with drag-and-drop functionality and maintain a clutter-free space by swiping to clear old memos.
- Capture text, images, videos, and links
- Drag-and-drop organization
- Swipe to clear memos
- Clutter-free interface
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Key Features: ∙ Capture - Jot down sparkling ideas in a flash. Supports text, images, videos, and links format. ∙ Organize - Prioritize and arrange memos with smooth drag-and-drop. Keep your inspiration shining and structured. ∙ Clean-up - Swipe left to clear out old memos. Maintain a brilliant and clutter-free space.
Five Things
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Five Things is a daily reflection app built around one small promise: write five things today, then come back tomorrow. Start with Gratitude. Notice people, moments, wins, needs, hopes, tiny joys, lessons and let-gos in a simple five-line ritual. It is quick enough for a busy morning, quiet enough for the end of the day, and structured enough to become part of real life. The app is inspired by social science on gratitude, brief mindfulness and social connection: small repeated moments of noticing can help people see patterns, remember what matters and feel less alone. Five Things turns that idea into a gentle daily habit. You can keep everything private, or choose Full Social to add to the anonymous Gratitudes wall and see what other people are appreciating today. It is community without a noisy feed. What you can do: - Write five things in your daily journal - Switch between Gratitudes, Wins, Hopes, Needs and more - Build a streak and revisit your history - See recurring words and themes in a word cloud - Add widgets, reminders and guided resets with THING5 Premium - Share gratitude with the community only when you choose Write five. Notice more. Make reflection part of your day. Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SparkleMemo at none against Five Things's 10. SparkleMemo also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 11 days) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). Five Things's advantage is device support (6 vs 2). On price and ads 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
Both are free to download. Five Things sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. SparkleMemo asks for nothing beyond the download.
SparkleMemo ships an update every 3 days, Five Things every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SparkleMemo | Five Things |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 田丰 何 | Thomas Richardson |
In-app purchases
SparkleMemo
No in-app purchases
Five Things
- THING5 Premium$0.991 Month
- Five Tiny Joys$1.99
- Five Highlights$1.99
- Five Lessons$1.99
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- Five People$1.99
- Five Needs$1.99
- Five Let-Gos$1.99
- Five Hopes$1.99
- Five Kind Acts$1.99
- Premium Lifetime$9.99
