Comparison

IdentityOS vs Softly

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

Head to head
About

IdentityOS

This app helps you build the life you envision by focusing on identity and daily actions rather than just task completion. It measures the gap between your aspirations and current behavior, guiding you to align your daily routines with the person you want to become.

Highlights
  • Identity Gap Score
  • Dream Life Blueprint
  • Daily Protocols
  • Avoidance Breaker
  • Alignment Score
  • AI Future-Self Avatar
Features
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Stop tracking habits. Start tracking who you’re becoming. Most productivity apps track tasks. IdentityOS tracks identity. It measures the gap between the life you want and the life you’re actually living — and helps you close that gap every day. Instead of chasing endless goals, you build a system that aligns your daily actions with the person you’re becoming. HOW IT WORKS Identity Gap Score Discover the difference between your ambitions and your daily behavior. Your Identity Gap Score reveals how closely your actions match the life you say you want. Dream Life Blueprint Design the life you’re building across key pillars like career, health, lifestyle, travel, and relationships. Your Blueprint becomes a living scorecard that shows whether you’re actually moving toward your dream life. Daily Code Define three non-negotiable daily protocols tied to your identity. Not goals like: “Lose weight” But identity statements like: “I train every morning.” Check them off daily and watch your alignment grow. Avoidance Breaker Every day, face the one task you’ve been avoiding. The app tracks how long you’ve been running from it — so you stop dodging the work that matters most. Alignment Score A daily score from 0–100 showing whether your actions match the person you’re becoming. Rolling 7-day and 30-day averages reveal if you’re improving or falling off. One number that answers the question: “Am I living like the person I said I want to be?” AI Future-Self Avatar Visualize your future self. Generate a personalized AI avatar that represents the life you’re building — and watch it evolve as you level up. Built for people who are done planning and ready to start building. • Track identity, not tasks • Protocols over goals • Daily proof over good intentions • Architecture over motivation Your dream life has a blueprint. Start building it today.

About

Softly

A private journaling app focused on reflection and emotional well-being. It offers multiple writing styles, a visual emotional calendar, and word pattern analysis. All data is stored locally for complete privacy.

Highlights
  • Multiple writing styles
  • Visual emotional calendar
  • Word constellation analysis
  • Time capsule feature
  • On-device data storage
  • Face ID protection
Features
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Softly is a private journal for your days. No achievements. No streaks. No productivity metrics. Just you, a word when you want one, and a space that comes back every night to receive you the way you arrived. WRITE HOWEVER FEELS RIGHT Free diary, gratitude in three lines, a mood with a tap of a moon, or an affirmation when you need to hear it. Four ways to leave the day without losing it. YOUR MONTH IN WATERCOLOR Each day lights up with the color of how you felt. A hand-painted emotional calendar — not a bar chart. YOUR CONSTELLATION OF WORDS The words that return most to your writing appear as a constellation that shifts with you. You see patterns without anyone interpreting them for you. TIME CAPSULES Seal a piece of writing today (AES-GCM encrypted). Open it in a month, a year — whenever you're ready to listen to yourself again. TOTAL PRIVACY Everything lives on your device. On-device speech recognition. Face ID for your space. No tracking, no accounts, no server watching. WATERCOLORS THAT BREATHE Each time you return, a new variant of a sprig, flower, or lavender greets you. The notebook changes with you. Softly is for the days you want to write — and for the days you only wanted to open the app. Here, both count.

Screenshots

IdentityOS3 screens
Softly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Softly at every 3 days against IdentityOS's every 3 weeks. Softly also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for IdentityOS against 5.0 for Softly. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IdentityOS ships an update every 3 weeks, Softly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
IdentityOS versus Softly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdentityOSSoftly
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerkyle krenikJean Millan

In-app purchases

None

IdentityOS

No in-app purchases

None

Softly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IdentityOS free?
IdentityOS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Softly free?
Softly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, IdentityOS or Softly?
IdentityOS and Softly are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do IdentityOS or Softly have ads?
Neither IdentityOS nor Softly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IdentityOS or Softly?
IdentityOS ships an update every 3 weeks, and Softly every 3 days. Most recently, IdentityOS was updated on October 28, 2026 and Softly on November 5, 2026.

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