Grateful vs My Downshift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grateful
Cultivate daily gratitude with a collection of handcrafted affirmations. Set reminders, track your progress with streaks, and journal your thoughts. Personalize your experience to focus on your specific goals and mood.
- Daily affirmations
- Gratitude journal
- Home & lock screen widgets
- Streaks and daily goals
- Personalized affirmations
- Gentle daily reminders
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Grateful is the fun and easy way to practice gratitude every day. Start your morning with powerful affirmations, build a daily gratitude habit, and transform your mindset one moment at a time. DAILY GRATITUDE AFFIRMATIONS Discover hundreds of handcrafted affirmations across categories like Self-Love, Mindfulness, Positivity, Inner Peace, Relationships, and Personal Growth. New content added regularly. HOME SCREEN & LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS See your daily gratitude affirmation right on your home screen or lock screen. A beautiful reminder to pause and be grateful throughout the day. STREAKS & DAILY GOALS Build a gratitude streak and stay motivated. Set your daily practice time and watch your streak grow. GRATITUDE JOURNAL Reflect on what you are grateful for with guided journal prompts. Track your gratitude journey over time. PERSONALIZED EXPERIENCE Tell us your goals, mood, and focus areas and we will tailor your affirmations to exactly what you need right now. GENTLE DAILY REMINDERS Set a daily reminder for morning, afternoon, or evening. Never miss your gratitude moment. WHY GRATITUDE WORKS Research shows that practicing gratitude for just 5 minutes a day can reduce stress, improve sleep, boost happiness, and strengthen relationships. Grateful makes it easy to start and stick with it. PERFECT FOR - Morning routines and mindfulness practice - Stress relief and anxiety management - Building self-love and confidence - Improving sleep and mental wellness - Personal growth and positive thinking - Daily affirmations and positive mindset Download Grateful today and start your gratitude journey.
My Downshift
This app helps regulate your nervous system to reduce stress and overwhelm. It offers guided audio practices, breathwork, and restorative experiences for burnout recovery and daily presence.
- Daily Downshift practices
- Guided breathwork
- Nervous system support
- Evening Exhale audio sessions
- Burnout recovery tools
- Gentle regulation
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Downshift is a gentle nervous system regulation app designed to help you slow down, reconnect to your body, and move through daily life with more presence and less overwhelm. Built for modern stress, burnout recovery, and high-performing lifestyles, Downshift offers calming audio practices, guided breathwork, nervous system support, and restorative experiences designed to help you regulate without adding more pressure to your routine. Inside the app: • Daily Downshift practices • Guided breath work + nervous system support • Evening Exhale audio sessions • Burnout recovery tools • Gentle regulation for everyday life Less performance. More presence.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: My Downshift at 5.0 against Grateful's 4.0. My Downshift also leads on device support and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
My Downshift holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Grateful | My Downshift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 months |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 141 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sixty Seven LLC | hey meet maddy llc |
Customer experience
Grateful
My Downshift
In-app purchases
Grateful
No in-app purchases
My Downshift
No in-app purchases









