Comparison

ThoughtJar vs Gratitude Jar

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

Head to head
About

ThoughtJar

Capture fleeting thoughts and happy memories in a private digital space. Rediscover past moments with daily random selections and gentle nudges to encourage reflection. Keep your reflections organized and accessible, all stored securely on your device.

Highlights
  • Daily random thought rediscovery
  • Quick and distraction-free thought capture
  • Gentle nudges for habit building
  • Customizable peek reminders
  • Smart random shuffling of memories
  • Alphabetical and date sorting
  • 100% private, device-only storage
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Title: Thought Jar Description: Life moves fast, and the small moments that make us smile are often the first to fade. Thought Jar is your private, digital space to capture those fleeting thoughts and rediscover them when you need them most. Unlike a traditional diary where entries are buried in the past, Thought Jar brings them back to life. Drop a thought into the jar—a small win, a funny conversation, or a moment of gratitude—and let the app surprise you later. Why you’ll love Thought Jar: Today’s Random Thought Every day, the app reaches into your jar and pulls out one specific memory for you to revisit. It’s a daily dose of nostalgia and a gentle reminder of how far you’ve come. Capture in Seconds The interface is clean, calm, and distraction-free. Adding a new memory takes just a moment. Whether it's a sentence or a paragraph, just write it down and drop it in. Gentle Nudges We help you build a habit of reflection without the pressure. Inactivity Nudge: If you haven’t added a thought in 7 days, we’ll gently ask, "What made you smile recently?" to get you back on track. Peek Reminders: Set daily or weekly notifications to take a break and read a random memory. Smart Shuffle Our randomizer ensures variety. Organized: Sort your recent thoughts alphabetically or by date to find specific entries. 100% Private: Your thoughts are stored securely on your device. There are no logins, no tracking, and your data never leaves your phone. Start filling your jar today. Future you will thank you.

About

Gratitude Jar

This app helps you cultivate gratitude by journaling your positive experiences. Entries are stored in virtual jars, creating a visual archive of your daily reflections. It offers features like mood tracking, photo attachments, and progress visualization to encourage consistent practice.

Highlights
  • Virtual jar for journal entries
  • Mood and photo attachments
  • Daily streak tracking
  • Progress visualization (heat map, word cloud)
  • Send thank-you cards
  • Offline functionality
  • Multiple language support
Features
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Gratitude Jar is a journal where every entry drops into a jar. Write down what you're grateful for today: a call from your mum, a good cup of coffee, catching the tram just in time. Each entry becomes a note in a glass jar. A jar holds 30 notes. When it's full, you seal it and start a new one, and the old jar stays in your archive. In a year you'll have a whole shelf of them. A couple of minutes a day is enough. What the app does: • Start without signing up. You only need an account for sync and cards. • The jar is alive: notes fall like real ones. Shake your phone and they tumble around. • Notes as smileys or pills, your choice. • Add a mood and photos to any entry. • Your streak counts days in a row, and a freeze saves it if you miss a day. • Progress shows your year ring, a heat map, words of the year and the time of day you write most. • 14 rewards for days in a row, from 1 to 365. • Cards: write someone a thank-you and send it as a link. • Reminders at a time that suits you. • Works offline and syncs on its own. • 11 languages. Jar Plus removes the limits: as many entries a day as you like, up to two photos and twice the text, a place on each entry and a map of them all, the calendar, every Progress block, PDF export and cards without a watermark. If you cancel, everything you've written stays. Only you can see your entries. We never sell them or show them to anyone. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gratitudejar.app/en/privacy.html

Screenshots

Gratitude Jar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ThoughtJar at none against Gratitude Jar's 2. Gratitude Jar's advantage is device support and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, rating and ratings volume 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. Gratitude Jar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. ThoughtJar asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ThoughtJar versus Gratitude Jar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThoughtJarGratitude Jar
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequency—Every 4 days
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
Devices—iPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSuhas VasuMarina Molchanova

In-app purchases

None

ThoughtJar

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Gratitude Jar

Subscriptions2
  • Jar Plus Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Jar Plus Yearly$24.991 Year

Questions

Is ThoughtJar free?
ThoughtJar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gratitude Jar free?
Gratitude Jar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ThoughtJar or Gratitude Jar?
ThoughtJar and Gratitude Jar are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.

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