Comparison

Bloomstead vs Reflenn

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

Head to head
About

Bloomstead

Cultivate mindfulness with a unique gratitude journal that visually represents your reflections. Each entry adds a leaf to a growing tree, offering a calming, personalized way to track your journey and boost well-being.

Highlights
  • Daily gratitude entries
  • Visual gratitude tree
  • Customizable tree themes
  • Photo attachments
  • Guided journaling prompts
  • Private and secure storage
Features
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Bloomstead: Your Gratitude Journal That Grows With You Every reflection plants a seed. With Bloomstead, every journal entry becomes a new leaf on your personal gratitude tree. Over time, your tree grows lush and full — a living reflection of your mindful journey. How It Works - Each journal entry = one new leaf on your tree. - Watch your tree grow day by day, entry by entry. - Explore different tree themes and see your gratitude flourish in unique styles. Bring Your Memories to Life - Attach photos to your entries for a richer, more personal touch. - Revisit moments of joy with words and images side by side. Features You’ll Love - Daily Gratitude Entries: write freely or follow prompts for inspiration. - Tree of Gratitude: a calming visual where each entry adds a leaf. - Custom Tree Themes: choose designs to match your mood. - Photo Attachments: enrich your journal with memories. - Guided Prompts: gentle questions when you’re unsure where to start. - Private & Secure: your entries are safely stored. Why Gratitude Journaling? Practicing gratitude daily has been shown to: - Boost happiness and well-being - Reduce stress and anxiety - Improve mindfulness and focus - Strengthen positive habits With Bloomstead, your gratitude practice is more than words on a page — it blossoms into something you can see and nurture. Make Gratitude a Habit. Grow Your Bloomstead. Start today, plant your first leaf, and let your gratitude flourish into a thriving tree. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Reflenn

This app helps you identify recurring patterns in your life by analyzing your own descriptions through depth psychology lenses. It offers a free teaser reading and a one-time unlock for a full analysis, workbook, and check-ins. It focuses on uncovering underlying structures rather than assigning labels.

Highlights
  • Pattern identification through personal descriptions
  • Depth psychology analysis (archetypes, myth)
  • Free teaser reading
  • One-time unlock for full analysis
  • Personalized workbook exercises
  • Check-ins for pattern recognition
  • Multilingual support
Features
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There is something you seem to do, and you want to know what it is. Not what is wrong with everyone else. The part that is yours. Reflenn is not a journal and not a quiz. You describe what actually happened, in your own words — a relationship, a conflict at work, a family dynamic — and Reflenn reads it back to you: what you might be doing in it, protecting, avoiding, expecting or recreating. WHAT YOU GET Free: a teaser read. The part where you recognise yourself. Free: Pattern Trainer. Short cases where you read someone else's repetition and check your answer against what the text actually supports. No account needed. One-off payment, no subscription: - The full read — what you seem to be doing, traced through your own words, and where it comes from - A workbook with 2-3 exercises built from the situation you described HOW IT WORKS 1. Describe what happened. In your words, not in clinical terms. 2. Reflenn reads it through a bank of depth-psychology lenses: archetypes, myth and story, the wound, agency, meaning, decision-making. 3. The teaser is free. If it lands, you unlock the full read once. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT It does not flatter you, and it does not type you. Most self-discovery apps hand you a category and a list of traits. Reflenn starts from what you actually wrote, quotes it back to you, and offers what it reads as a hypothesis you can check — including a plain "if this is not you, then more likely this instead". You decide whether it fits. The same thing often turns up in different areas of life. Reflenn shows you what you seem to be doing across them and how to check whether that reading holds up. WHAT IT IS NOT Reflenn is not therapy, not diagnosis and not crisis support. Sensitive and crisis-related inputs are filtered rather than answered. If you are in crisis, contact a local emergency service or a mental health professional. PRIVACY Start anonymously. No email and no account required for your first read. Register later only if you want your reads on more than one device. Available in 11 languages.

Screenshots

Bloomstead3 screens
Reflenn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Reflenn at none against Bloomstead's shown. Reflenn also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks). Bloomstead's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Bloomstead sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Reflenn sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bloomstead against 5.0 for Reflenn. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bloomstead ships an update every 6 weeks, Reflenn every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Bloomstead versus Reflenn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBloomsteadReflenn
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size216 MB6 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperBlastervla EnterprisesOleksandr Chyzh

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Bloomstead

Subscriptions2
  • Premium (1 year)$1.991 Month
  • Premium (1 year)$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Ad-free$9.99
  • Premium (lifetime)$79.99
3 purchases

Reflenn

One-time3
  • Unlock Full Report & Workbook$4.99
  • Full read$9.99
  • Unlock Full Report & Workbook$19.99

Questions

Is Bloomstead free?
Bloomstead is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Reflenn free?
Reflenn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bloomstead or Reflenn?
Bloomstead and Reflenn are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Bloomstead or Reflenn have ads?
Bloomstead shows ads; Reflenn does not.
Which is updated more often, Bloomstead or Reflenn?
Bloomstead ships an update every 6 weeks, and Reflenn every 4 days. Most recently, Bloomstead was updated on October 28, 2026 and Reflenn on October 25, 2026.

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