Comparison

Journey Now vs BloomValues

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

Head to head
About

Journey Now

Features
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Journey Now gives you the structure to complete your creative, learning and personal goals when momentum fades. What you can do with Journey Now: โ€“ Turn a big goal into a clear monthly focus โ€“ Build a daily or weekly routine that fits your schedule โ€“ Stay consistent with guided practices and content โ€“ Track your progress and celebrate showing up for yourself Join early adopters already using Journey Now every day. Subscription Info: Full access to all features requires an active subscription. A free trial is available. Prices vary by region and are shown at the time of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://journey.now/page/terms-of-use

About

BloomValues

Features
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BloomValues โ€” Stories that build who they become. Children don't learn values from lectures. They learn them from choices. BloomValues puts your child inside immersive moral stories where they are always the hero โ€” and every story ends with a decision that is genuinely theirs to make. How it works Your child reads a story set in a familiar world โ€” a school cafeteria, a family home, a swimming pool. At the moment of moral tension, they face 2โ€“3 real choices. No option is cartoonishly right or wrong. The weight of the decision is real. The outcome follows naturally from what they chose. After the story, a Conscience Question asks them to reflect. Then a Real World Quest gives them one concrete action to take this week โ€” in their actual life โ€” to practise the value they just encountered. 12 core values. One story at a time. Every story in BloomValues is anchored to one or two of twelve foundational human values: Courage, Kindness, Honesty, Perseverance, Empathy, Respect, Responsibility, Gratitude, Fairness, Humility, Forgiveness, and Self-Discipline. As your child reads, they build a visible value garden โ€” a growing portrait of their character that changes with every story they complete. Built for ages 5โ€“14 Stories are tagged by depth level so the right story finds the right child: (1 star) Level 1 โ€” Clear choices, direct consequences. Ages 5โ€“10. (2 star) Level 2 โ€” Genuine moral tension. No obviously right answer. Ages 8โ€“13. (3 star) Level 3 โ€” Competing values, real ambiguity. Ages 11โ€“14. For parents โ€” a window into how your child thinks The Parent Dashboard shows you every value your child has explored, every moral choice they made inside a story, and how their character is developing over time. Not as a report card โ€” as a conversation starter. See which values are growing. Notice which choices they tend toward. Use the built-in Conversation Starters to bring what happened in the story into your dinner table. What makes BloomValues different Most apps for children entertain. A few educate. None ask children to make moral decisions and live with the outcome. BloomValues is built around a single belief: that character is formed through repeated experience of moral choice โ€” not through instruction, reward points, or passive consumption. Every story is written with literary care. Every choice is treated with dignity โ€” including the ones a child might regret. Every quest is designed to be doable today, by a real child, in a real life. Features โ€” Branching moral stories written in literary second person โ€” 12 foundational values across all stories โ€” Real World Quest after every story โ€” Value garden that grows with your child โ€” Parent dashboard with choice history and value progress โ€” Stories for ages 5โ€“7, 8โ€“10, 11โ€“13, and 14+ โ€” New stories added regularly without app updates โ€” Available in English. Coming soon in Hindi, Spanish, and Portuguese etc. BloomValues. Teaching kids what the world forgets. Terms of use: https://bloomvalues.github.io/terms Privacy policy: https://bloomvalues.github.io/privacy

Screenshots

Journey Now4 screens
BloomValues4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: BloomValues at 3 against Journey Now's 1. BloomValues also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Journey Now sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and BloomValues sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Journey Now versus BloomValues: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJourney NowBloomValues
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.015.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size84 MB11 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developerjourneynow OUPankaj Mittal

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Journey Now

Subscriptions3
  • All Access7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • All Access$17.993 Months
  • All Access7 Days trial$59.991 Year
3 purchases

BloomValues

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$5.991 Month
  • Yearly$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Journey Now free?
Journey Now is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BloomValues free?
BloomValues is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Journey Now or BloomValues have ads?
Neither Journey Now nor BloomValues shows ads.

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