Comparison

Tiny vs Ember

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

Head to head
About

Tiny

Features
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Tiny Wins helps you build life-changing habits through small, consistent daily actions. THE PHILOSOPHY Greatness isn't built overnight. It's the result of being 1% better every day for years. Tiny Wins makes tracking that progress simple, beautiful, and motivating. FEATURES • Simple Habit Tracking Add your habits, tap to complete, and watch your progress grow. No complicated setup, no overwhelming features—just you and your habits. • Streaks That Motivate Build momentum with streaks for every habit. See your current streak, best streak, and total completions. Don't break the chain. • Flexible Frequencies Daily, weekly, monthly, or multiple times per day—track habits the way that works for you. • Smart Reminders Get gentle nudges at the right time. Never forget a habit again. • Progress Calendar Visualize your consistency with a beautiful monthly calendar view. Spot patterns, celebrate wins, and stay accountable. • Profile & Stats Track your total days, completions, and active habits. See the bigger picture of your journey. • Social Features Follow friends, share progress, and stay motivated together. Accountability made easy. WHY TINY WINS? Most habit apps overwhelm you with features. Tiny Wins focuses on what actually works: simplicity, consistency, and celebrating small victories. Whether you want to read more, exercise daily, drink water, meditate, or build any routine—Tiny Wins helps you show up every day. Start small. Stay consistent. Watch your life transform. Download Tiny Wins and start building better habits today.

About

Ember

A fast and organized workspace for writing Markdown notes, storing PDFs, diagrams, and voice memos. It offers a vault for reusable prompts and syncs across Apple devices. Start for free with full editor access.

Highlights
  • Rich Markdown editor
  • Inline PDF and image support
  • Reusable prompt vault
  • Daily notes, folders, and tags
  • Instant search functionality
  • Private iCloud sync
  • Share Extension
Features
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Your notes should feel like home. Ember is a warm, fast place to think — Markdown notes, PDFs, diagrams, voice memos, and a vault of reusable prompts, all in one calm workspace that syncs across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. WRITE IN RICH MARKDOWN A live editor with real formatting: headings, tables, task lists, links, highlights, footnotes, and code — rendered as you type, never in your way. Bullets, numbers, and checkboxes feel native and effortless. MORE THAN TEXT Drop PDFs, images, diagrams, and voice notes right inline. Your references live beside your writing, so everything about a thought stays in one place. A VAULT FOR YOUR PROMPTS Keep the prompts you reuse for writing, research, and planning in a dedicated Prompt Vault — organized, searchable, and a tap away when you need them. STAY ORGANIZED, STAY FAST Daily notes, folders, tags, smart filters, and pinned notes keep things tidy, and instant search finds anything the moment you look for it. YOURS EVERYWHERE Ember runs natively on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with optional private iCloud sync, widgets, and a Share Extension for capturing from anywhere. FREE TO START Capture notes, PDFs, prompts, and attachments with the full editor — free, no account required. EMBER PRO Unlock advanced themes and alternate icons, premium writing and organization workflows, and deeper Prompt Vault tools, as a subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No ads. No selling your words. Your notes stay on your device and your own iCloud. Make a home for your thinking. Download Ember Notes. TERMS & PRIVACY Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://embernotes.app/privacy

Screenshots

Tiny4 screens
Ember4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tiny at none against Ember's 3. Tiny also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Ember sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Tiny asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tiny ships an update every 4 days, Ember every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Tiny versus Ember: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTinyEmber
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeyed Daniel Daneshi PourRene DeAnda

In-app purchases

None

Tiny

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Ember

Subscriptions2
  • Ember Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Ember Pro Annual$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Ember Pro Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is Tiny free?
Tiny is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ember free?
Ember is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tiny or Ember have ads?
Neither Tiny nor Ember shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tiny or Ember?
Tiny ships an update every 4 days, and Ember every 10 days. Most recently, Tiny was updated on September 30, 2026 and Ember on September 23, 2026.

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