Comparison

Honestly vs Forget | انسي

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

Head to head
About

Honestly

This app requires you to journal before unlocking your phone, blocking distracting apps until your morning entry is complete. Earn virtual plants that grow with your consistency, encouraging a mindful start to your day.

Highlights
  • Journal before phone unlock
  • Block distracting apps
  • Mood tracking
  • Free writing prompts
  • Gratitude journaling
  • Virtual plant growth
  • Hard app blocking
Features
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Before you open your feed, open a page for yourself. Honestly gives you a quieter start to the day. Put your thoughts into words, notice how you feel, and keep affirmations close that speak to what you need. No perfect routine. No polished writing. Just a few minutes that belong to you. WRITE BEFORE YOU SCROLL Choose apps to stay blocked while you write. Finish your journal entry, then open your feeds. Let your thoughts come first. (Premium) WHEN YOU NEED A PLACE TO START A thoughtful prompt can help you find your first honest line. Browse a library of prompts or write one of your own. (Premium) WORDS THAT MEET YOU WHERE YOU ARE Explore 1,510 affirmations, then choose topics that fit your life. Your choices shape the affirmations you read, see on your Home Screen, and receive in reminders and widgets. Add your own affirmations with Premium. A KINDER VOICE, THROUGHOUT THE DAY Keep chosen affirmations close with daily reminders and widgets. Make your widgets feel like yours with themes, background and text colors, and fonts. (Premium) NOTICE WHAT’S CHANGING Check in with your mood, see your mornings together on a calendar, and look back on the thoughts you want to keep. Add photos, doodles, and more personal touches to your pages. Full searchable history, iCloud backup, and more page customization are available with Premium. START WHERE YOU ARE Begin with journaling, mood check-ins, your calendar, a streak, and the affirmation library. Premium adds app blocking, the prompt library, your own affirmations, reminders and customizable widgets, full searchable journal history, manual iCloud backup and restore, and more ways to make each page your own. Premium options are shown in the app. Lifetime access is a one-time purchase. Monthly subscriptions, when offered, renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before renewal. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. You don’t have to figure everything out this morning. Start with one honest line. Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Forget | انسي

Features
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Some thoughts don't deserve a permanent home in your mind. Ensa — Arabic for forget — is a mindful journaling app built around a single, intentional act: write what weighs on you, then release it. Watch your words blur, scatter, and disappear in a beautiful animation. Just you, your thought, and the act of letting go. How it works Open Ensa. Write anything — a grudge, an anxiety, a bad memory, a name. Tap Forget. Watch it vanish. Feel lighter. Why Ensa is different Most journaling apps want you to hold on — to track, archive, and revisit. Ensa does the opposite. It's the only app designed specifically for the thoughts you don't want to keep. Whether you're practicing mindfulness, managing anxiety, processing emotions, or simply decluttering your mind before sleep — Ensa gives your thoughts a place to exist briefly, and then disappear. Features: - Beautiful disappearing animation with particle effects. - Completely private. - Minimal, distraction-free writing experience. - Dark elegant UI inspired by desert night aesthetics. - Bilingual — English and Arabic interface. Write. Release. Forget.

Screenshots

Honestly4 screens
Forget | انسي3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Forget | انسي at none against Honestly's 3. Forget | انسي also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Honestly's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Honestly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Forget | انسي asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Honestly ships an update every 2 weeks, Forget | انسي every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Honestly versus Forget | انسي: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHonestlyForget | انسي
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAshwin AnbazhaganMohamed Abd El Raouf

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Honestly

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$3.991 Month
  • Annual Premium$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Morning Journal Lifetime$19.99
None

Forget | انسي

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Honestly free?
Honestly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Forget | انسي free?
Forget | انسي is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Honestly or Forget | انسي have ads?
Forget | انسي shows ads; Honestly does not.
Which is updated more often, Honestly or Forget | انسي?
Honestly ships an update every 2 weeks, and Forget | انسي every 2 days. Most recently, Honestly was updated on October 28, 2026 and Forget | انسي on October 9, 2026.

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