Comparison

Icky vs LaterMe

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

Head to head
About

Icky

This app guides users through post-breakup recovery with daily reflections, a no-contact tracker, and journaling tools. It offers coping mechanisms for triggers and helps rebuild confidence and self-love.

Highlights
  • Daily wellness guidance and reflections
  • No-contact streak tracker
  • Guided journaling for emotional release
  • Coping tools for triggers
  • Milestone tracking and progress reviews
  • Confidence and self-love building exercises
Features
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Icky is a breakup recovery app. It helps you stay no contact, understand what you feel each day, and get through the hard hours with something better than your ex's phone number. NO CONTACT STREAK Track every day you go without reaching out. On the home screen a small sprout grows into a full heart flower as the days add up, and the widget keeps your count in view. Milestones are marked, and if the streak breaks you start again without shame. YOUR DAY ON HOME Every day Home gives you three small steps: check in with yourself, one short practice and today's lesson from your recovery path. A weekly recap shows your no-contact days, your practices and how your mood moved. PANIC BUTTON For the 2 a.m. moment when you are about to text. One tap opens a calm screen that walks you through the urge until it passes. A home screen widget puts it one tap away, even when the app is closed. DAILY MOOD CHECK IN Log how you feel on a simple six level scale and answer one short journal prompt written for the stage you are in. The calendar shows the pattern over weeks, which is how most people first notice they are healing. TALK IT OUT A supportive AI companion that listens any time, by text or by voice, and answers with the tone of someone who has read the room. It remembers the conversation so you never start from nothing. GROUNDING EXERCISES Start from what you need right now: I want to text my ex, I feel anxious, my mind is racing, or I need to talk, and Icky opens the tool that fits. Breathe with Icky has four calm rhythms of one to two minutes, next to 5 4 3 2 1 grounding, box breathing, 4 7 8 breathing, sigh and release, and an emotional detox session. THE UNSENT MESSAGE Write the message you will never send. Say all of it, keep it private, and let it sit somewhere other than your chest. WHY IT WORKS Recovery is not one decision. It is a chain of small ones made on bad days. Icky keeps the chain visible, gives you something to do instead of reaching out, and shows you the weeks stacking up behind you. PRIVATE MODE Turn on Private mode and your journal entries, mood check-ins, unsent messages and companion chats are saved only on your phone, never on our server. Switch it on during setup or at any time in Settings. Either way, nothing is shared with your ex, your contacts or anyone else. SUBSCRIPTION Icky offers an optional auto renewable subscription that unlocks the full library of exercises, unlimited companion conversations and the complete mood history. Payment is charged to your Apple account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage the subscription and turn off auto renewal in your account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Terms of use: https://ickyapp.com/terms Privacy policy: https://ickyapp.com/privacy

About

LaterMe

Features
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Later Me is a single-purpose app with a single, powerful idea: write a letter to your future self, seal it, and receive it on the day you choose. Write what you're feeling right now. Where you are. What you hope for. What you're afraid of. Then seal it!. A ceremonial moment with a wax seal animation and haptic feedback that makes the act feel real. Your letter is locked. You can't read it early. You can't edit it. It waits. On the day you chose, weeks, months, or years from now, a notification arrives on your lock screen: A letter from your past self. You open it and read something you forgot you wrote. The gap between who you were and who you are now lands all at once. That's Later Me. Features: — Write a letter to your future self with no character limit — Choose a delivery date — weeks, months, or years away — Seal it with a ceremonial wax seal animation and haptic feedback — Letters are locked after sealing — no peeking, no editing — Receive a notification on delivery day and read your letter in full — Letters stored privately on your device with iCloud backup — No account required. No social features. Just a letter and a date. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Icky4 screens
LaterMe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: LaterMe at none against Icky's shown. Icky's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Icky sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and LaterMe sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Icky versus LaterMe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIckyLaterMe
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB1 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSongtiveELIO GIOVANNI PATANE

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Icky

Subscriptions5
  • Ick Weekly$9.997 Days
  • Ick Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Ick Pro Monthly$19.991 Month
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  • Ick Pro 3 Months3 Days trial$29.993 Months
  • Ick Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
3 purchases

LaterMe

Subscriptions2
  • LaterMe Premium$1.991 Month
  • LaterMe Premium$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • LaterMe Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Icky free?
Icky is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LaterMe free?
LaterMe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Icky or LaterMe have ads?
Icky shows ads; LaterMe does not.

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