Comparison

Reflekt vs Tessera

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

Head to head
About

Reflekt

Features
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Talk it through. Reflekt is a calm AI journal for self-reflection: you write what's on your mind, and it answers with the questions that help you hear yourself. No advice, no lectures, no pep talk. REFLECTION Write a few words about your day, a worry or a feeling. Reflekt replies like a thoughtful listener โ€” only gentle questions that help you notice what's really going on. Every conversation is saved, so you can come back and continue it. DIARY Sometimes you just need to write things down. The Diary tab is a quiet place for notes: open it, write, leave. It saves as you type. MY DIARY & FAVORITES All your reflections and notes in one timeline, tagged with the emotions you felt. Bookmark the entries that matter, edit your notes, delete what you no longer need. NAME WHAT YOU FEEL A dictionary of 152 feelings and emotions with clear explanations, to help you find the right word. STATISTICS See your average mood by week, month or year, and the emotions that keep coming back. ALWAYS AT HAND - Calendar and a home screen widget with a dot for every day you reflected - Mindful Minutes in Apple Health - Gentle daily reminders, off by default - Face ID lock to keep your diary private - Export to PDF, text or JSON - Available in 13 languages PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your entries are stored on your device, not in a cloud account. In English, conversations can run entirely on device with Apple Intelligence; in other languages they go through our server and are never used to train models. Free to start with 3 reflections a day. Reflekt Premium removes the limit โ€” monthly or yearly, no free trial, cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation and the subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Reflekt is not therapy and doesn't replace professional help. It's a mirror that helps you think more clearly about how you feel. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://meowgicaltarot.com/reflect/privacy

About

Tessera

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Every day you can record how you feel, mark your habits, track your sleep and write notes. The app builds clear reports for the week, the month and the year - with charts, tables and prompts. See how your emotional state changes over time, which emotions prevail, which habits support you and which coincide with harder days. Find out how the length of your sleep affects how you feel, and discover connections between different parts of everyday life. The app needs no registration and no account: your diary lives on your device, not in someone else's cloud. Nothing leaves the phone - a backup appears only if you turn it on yourself, and it is encrypted on the device before it is sent. Tessera is a space for an honest conversation with yourself.

Screenshots

Reflekt4 screens
Tessera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tessera at none against Reflekt's 2. Tessera also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Reflekt sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Tessera asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reflekt ships an update every 2 months, Tessera every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 2 level
Reflekt versus Tessera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReflektTessera
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.613.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB44 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRuslan SabirovEst.Epil

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Reflekt

Subscriptions2
  • Reflekt Premium$4.991 Month
  • Reflekt Premium$29.991 Year
None

Tessera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Reflekt free?
Reflekt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tessera free?
Tessera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Reflekt or Tessera have ads?
Neither Reflekt nor Tessera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reflekt or Tessera?
Reflekt ships an update every 2 months, and Tessera every 5 days. Most recently, Reflekt was updated on October 28, 2026 and Tessera on October 31, 2026.

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