Comparison

BlahBlah vs Stay On Track

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

Head to head
About

BlahBlah

This app provides a private chat interface for users to send messages, notes, and media to themselves. It offers features like voice memos, rich link previews, and a unique dialogue mode for internal reflection. Capture thoughts from anywhere and revisit past messages with advanced search and organization tools.

Highlights
  • Self-messaging chat interface
  • Send text, images, voice memos, links, locations
  • On-device voice memo transcription
  • Share from other apps
  • Dialogue mode for internal reflection
  • Backdate messages
  • On This Day and Daily Reflection features
  • Customizable chat themes
Features
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BlahBlah - Message Your Future Self Because some things are only worth saying to yourself. # Sound Familiar? You send links to yourself on WhatsApp. You text an idea to your own number before it disappears. Millions of people do this every day — in apps never quite designed for it. BlahBlah is what that habit always deserved. # What is BlahBlah? BlahBlah is a self-messaging app for iOS, built around the familiar comfort of a chat interface — except every message is from you, to you. Not a journal. Not a note-taking app. Not a to-do list. A chat. With yourself. # What You Can Send A thought doesn't always arrive as words — so send text, images, voice memos (with on-device transcription), links with rich previews, locations, and Apple Music cards. # Capture From Anywhere See something worth keeping in another app? Tap Share to send text, links or photos straight into BlahBlah. BlahBlah controls live in Control Centre, the Lock Screen and the Action Button — one tap to a note, voice, photo, link, music or location. A Quick Capture widget and Siri & Shortcuts capture without even opening the app. # Two Voices, One You Sometimes the clearest thinking isn't a monologue. It's an argument. Dialogue mode splits the conversation into two sides — rational and emotional, question and answer. Set names and avatars for each role, then start talking. # Write to a Past Moment Backdate records a message to an earlier date and time — yesterday's forgotten note — then drops it where it belongs in your timeline. A Premium feature, from the "+" menu or Control Centre. # Start From a Template Save what you write again and again — a daily rant, a morning check-in — as a template with its tags, and start from it in one tap. With Premium, reminders open the right template at the right time. # Look Back BlahBlah helps you return to yourself: • On This Day — what you wrote a week, a month, even a year ago. A banner surfaces it, or a daily reminder brings it to you. • Daily Reflection — a gentle question to look inward, fresh each day. Open it from a widget, reminder or Control Centre; your answer keeps the question with it. • Streak — a Home and Lock Screen widget counting your days in a row, current at a glance. # Find Your Past Self Search and browse your whole history: Search by keyword, browse by type — every photo, location and link — or filter by date range, tag (Starred, Idea or your own, AND/OR), template and dialogue role. Tap any result to jump back to that moment. # Keep It Just Right Long-press any message to edit it in place. Edited messages are automatically tagged so you can find them again. # Make It Yours This conversation is personal — so make it look right: • Five bubble themes, from Classic Blue to Sakura Blossom • Plus message alignment, timestamp frequency, corner style and bubble tail # Free vs Premium Free covers the everyday — text, photo, link, location and music messages, editing, resending, a template, On This Day, iCloud sync, and a 20-message taste of Dialogue mode. Premium unlocks voice memos with transcription, up to 9 photos a message, unlimited Dialogue mode, 10 custom tags, 20 templates with reminders, place and music search, full search history, batch actions, and every personalisation option. # Private & Everywhere BlahBlah syncs across all your Apple devices via iCloud — no account, no server, no analytics, no third parties. Everything stays between you and your devices. Your inner monologue is yours alone. BlahBlah — Say it. Save it. Come back to it. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Stay On Track

This app uses a gamified approach to focus, where completing timed sessions builds a virtual railway. Earn rewards and discover new stations as you progress through your chosen focus journeys.

Highlights
  • Gamified focus timer
  • Build a virtual railway
  • Earn rewards and discover stations
  • Customizable focus durations
  • App blocking for distractions
  • Local-first data storage
Features
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Stay On Track is a calm focus timer where each completed session moves your train through a railway you build one station at a time. Choose how long you have, depart the station, and focus while the scenery rolls by. When you arrive, collect Fare, discover new stations, unlock new lines, and grow a railway that gives your next session somewhere to go. HOW IT WORKS • Choose a 15, 30, 45, 60, or 90-minute focus journey—or browse for a destination. • Preview your ticket, route, duration, and rewards before departure. Optionally, set your focus type and apps to block. • Focus while your train travels through the line. • Arrive to collect rewards, discover stations, and keep exploring. • Return whenever you are ready. Your progress is saved on your device. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE • Pause and resume when life interrupts. • Interruptions never erase earlier progress. • Short hops count, so even a small block of time can move you forward. • The timer keeps its place when you lock your phone or switch apps. • Optional arrival alerts and daily reminders. • Optional iPhone app blocking during a focus trip. EXPLORE YOUR RAILWAY Start on the Copper Hollow Line and work toward new routes, train engines, achievements, conductor levels, and more stations to discover. Every completed journey leaves the railway a little more yours. FOR STUDY, WORK, AND QUIET FOCUS Use Stay On Track for reading, writing, coding, studying, planning, or any task that deserves one clear block of attention. App blocking allows you to end distractions. LOCAL-FIRST BY DESIGN No account is required to start. Your railway progress, settings, and trip log stay on your device. No ads. No guilt trip—just one calm journey at a time. Board your next focus journey. Stay on track.

Screenshots

BlahBlah4 screens
Stay On Track4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stay On Track at none against BlahBlah's 3. Stay On Track also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. BlahBlah sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Stay On Track asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BlahBlah against 5.0 for Stay On Track. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BlahBlah versus Stay On Track: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlahBlahStay On Track
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.115.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer晓晖 王Cole Hanson

Customer experience

BlahBlah

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Stay On Track

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

BlahBlah

Subscriptions2
  • BlahBlah Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • BlahBlah Premium Yearly$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • BlahBlah Premium Lifetime$12.99
None

Stay On Track

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BlahBlah free?
BlahBlah is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stay On Track free?
Stay On Track is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BlahBlah or Stay On Track?
BlahBlah and Stay On Track are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do BlahBlah or Stay On Track have ads?
Neither BlahBlah nor Stay On Track shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BlahBlah or Stay On Track?
BlahBlah ships an update weekly, and Stay On Track weekly. Most recently, BlahBlah was updated on October 31, 2026 and Stay On Track on October 31, 2026.

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