Comparison

Conviction vs writhentic

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

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Conviction

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When feelings flood everything, the rest of the day goes with them. A tightness in the chest becomes the whole room. You already know this cycle. You have language for it. You may already be in therapy, mapping overwhelm back to older material. What you still need is a place that holds what the world around you is not ready to hear. Conviction is a shadow work journal and encrypted diary for that moment. It does not replace professional care. It sits beside the work you are already doing. It holds the thought you cannot say out loud, then shows the pattern so the feeling is not the whole story. You decide how deep you go. WHEN FEELINGS TAKE OVER Talk or type. Voice transcription runs on your iPhone. Name the mood while it is happening, not hours later when the story has already hardened. Sit with the mood instead of getting swept by it. Grief, anger, sadness, the loop you cannot shut off. The journal holds them without asking you to perform okay. Your entries live in an encrypted diary on the device. Private. Yours. THE OLDER FEELING UNDERNEATH A blank page is a trap when you are flooded. Guided shadow work prompts give you a place to start. Questions that meet today's trigger on the surface and the older feeling underneath. You open them when you want them. Nobody pushes you further than you chose. This is not a counter you have to protect. This is a room you can enter and leave. SEE THE CYCLE Journal mood analytics, word clouds, and charts show emotional patterns over time. Recurring loops stop looking like who you are and start looking like a cycle you can step out of. Magic Mirror can surface patterns you miss when you are inside the wave. Detected shadow patterns can become goals you actually track. Ruminating becomes something you can see, not something that runs the day. TOOLS FOR THE WAVE When writing is not enough, self-guided tools are one tap away: - The Mirror: CBT thought reframe and cognitive defusion - Safe Harbor: somatic grounding, breathing, body scans - Pattern Lab: trigger mapping and chain analysis - The Council: assertiveness and validation practice These are tools, not treatment. Use them the way you use a notebook between sessions. Momentum cools when you step away. It never snaps to zero. Miss a week. Come back. Nothing resets. A PRIVATE SPACE AES-256 encryption on your iPhone. Unlock with Face ID. On supported iPhones, Apple Intelligence can surface patterns from your entries on the device. Optional encrypted iCloud backup is a Pro feature and uses a key only you hold. We cannot read your journal. A private space for what the world will not hold. WHO THIS IS FOR People who overthink until living shrinks to rumination. People who need backing when emotion takes over the whole day. People who want a journal that holds space, then helps them sit with what showed up. Not a therapist. Not a crisis line. A private journal with tools, on your iPhone. Start free. Unlimited entries, voice, check-ins, and the core tools are included. Mood detection, Magic Mirror, and insight cards have free limits. Unlock Conviction Pro once if you want those limits removed, plus Shadow Work analysis, Cosmic Rhythms, Apple Health correlation, and optional encrypted iCloud backup. Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. No account required to begin. Export anytime. Delete anytime.

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writhentic

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With writhentic, you can reflect on situations and thoughts and record how you would like to act in similar moments in the future. These can be positive or negative experiences: Perhaps your personal boundaries were crossed, or you held yourself back and felt blocked in a situation. You can also record positive situations in which your thoughts, words, and actions were aligned and you acted authentically. ------------------- What you can expect: • Reflect on and record situations • Categorize your behavior: Blocked, authentic, or boundaries crossed • Develop new responses for similar future situations • Rate stress and authenticity • Manage all your entries securely and privately ------------------- Reflection creates clarity for future actions. Through regular self-reflection, you can recognize recurring patterns, become more intentional about how you want to act in the future, and develop a better sense of what feels authentic to you. ------------------- Free version: • Create up to 15 entries • Reflect on and record situations • View and edit entries • Manage places • View personal statistics ------------------- Premium: • Create unlimited entries • Discreetly hide entries (Blur) • Automatically save drafts • Use without limitations ------------------- You can switch between Premium and the free version at any time. Premium subscription options: • Annual subscription • Monthly subscription The subscription renews automatically unless canceled in the Apple App Store at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. This applies to both monthly and annual subscriptions. ------------------- Privacy Policy: https://writhentic.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://writhentic.app/terms

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Verdict

The call

Conviction and writhentic are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Conviction sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 per month and writhentic sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Conviction ships an update weekly, writhentic every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Conviction versus writhentic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConvictionwrithentic
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size330 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPhillip PaulAndreas Stein

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Conviction

Subscriptions2
  • Conviction Monthly Subscription$5.001 Month
  • Conviction Annual Subscription$50.001 Year
One-time1
  • Conviction Pro$3.99
2 purchases

writhentic

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plan – cancel anytime$4.991 Month
  • Premium – 1 Year writhentic7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Conviction free?
Conviction is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is writhentic free?
writhentic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Conviction or writhentic have ads?
Neither Conviction nor writhentic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Conviction or writhentic?
Conviction ships an update weekly, and writhentic every 5 days. Most recently, Conviction was updated on October 24, 2026 and writhentic on October 25, 2026.

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