It's Simple vs Ori
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
It's Simple
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A daily threshold practice that helps you stop, look inward, and choose how you want to enter what's coming. It's Simple is built around two homes. The first home is where you arrive — and where you pause. Mokusō (黙想), in Japanese, means silent contemplation — the threshold practice a student sits in before training, the breath before the bow. A breathing meditator at the center. Three pills — Rise, Calm, Rest — for the energy you need right now. A warm anchor for your morning routine and your night routine, each one timed to reach your brain in theta, the open window just after waking and before sleep when the subconscious lets new patterns in. The second home is where you look inward. A constellation of feelings circles the meditator. On the warm side: what you're reaching for — Growth, Purpose, Freedom, Connection, Confidence. Tap the meditator and the constellation shifts to the harder side: what you're moving through — Fear, Sadness, Shame, Anger, Loneliness. Twelve paths, each one a complete practice: a short scientific insight, a morning meditation, an affirmation built around the chakra ascent, and a night reflection. Built around how the nervous system actually moves, not how it should. Inside the Library — seven surfaces, one shelf. — Paths — Walk one slowly when something specific is asking to be moved. — Affirmations spoken back to you in a steady voice. Pause-repeat-pause until belief lands in the body. — Meditations that calm the nervous system, release fear, build confidence, and help you sleep. — Insights — short audio lessons on the neuroscience behind every practice. Understand why it works and the resistance disappears. — Voices — record messages from the people who love you, or from a future version of yourself. Lock them and receive them days or weeks later, when the surprise hits harder than any text ever could. — Sounds — ambient layers for focus, calm, and deep sleep. — Vision — your goals and your achievements, side by side. Record what you're reaching for. Hear it every morning. Tap the trophy when you make it real and the goal becomes an achievement, ready to replay when doubt creeps back in. Inside every now-playing screen — save what you're listening to into Rise, Calm, Rest, or your morning or night routine. One tap. Builds your own quiet curriculum without ever opening Settings. Why it works. Your brain forms beliefs through repetition, emotion, and familiar voices. It doesn't distinguish between a vividly imagined experience and a real one. It treats your own voice as the highest authority. And it's most open to change in the minutes after waking and before sleep. It's Simple was designed around these principles. Start simple. Download. Record one message. Take one breath. The rest builds itself.
Ori
This private journal responds to your daily entries with a gentle, honest letter based on what you've shared. It offers reflection without clinical claims or gamification, focusing solely on your words. Designed for privacy, it stores your journal entries on your device.
- Journal entries written back as letters
- Integrates with Oura and Apple Health
- Focuses on reflection, not treatment
- Private by design, stored on device
- No account required
- No advertisements
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Ori Journal is a private journal that writes back. Talk or write a few lines about your day. Each evening, Ori reads them back to you as a short, honest letter — gently, and only from what you shared. No blank page, no streaks, no scores. • Writes the entry for you — a letter, not an empty page • Works with just your words, or with Oura and Apple Health • Reflection, not treatment — never a clinical claim, every number shown • Free, with no account and no ads • Private by design — your journal is stored on your device For anyone who's never had a journal, a quiet hour, or someone to tell it to.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ori at every 3 days against It's Simple's every 6 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
It's Simple ships an update every 6 days, Ori every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | It's Simple | Ori |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.9 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ivette Suarez Munoz | Vineet Sriram |
In-app purchases
It's Simple
No in-app purchases
Ori
No in-app purchases








