ALY vs Gloam

ALY is your personal growth companion — a calm, intelligent space to understand yourself more deeply through daily reflection, mood tracking, and AI-powered insights. Whether you're feeling stuck, navigating a life transition, or simply curious about your own patterns, ALY meets you where you are — without judgment, without pressure. WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH ALY Daily Check-in Track your mood on a 2D grid that captures both how you feel and your energy level. Tag what’s on your mind across life domains like relationships, work, health, and creativity. Every check-in builds a picture of your inner landscape over time. Smart Journaling Write or speak your thoughts freely. ALY listens, transcribes your voice, and gently surfaces AI-generated reframes and reflection prompts to help you see your experience from a new angle. Weekly Intentions Set a meaningful focus for the week — a sacred commitment to yourself. Track your progress, do a mid-week check-in, and capture the wisdom you gain by Sunday. Micro-Actions Receive up to 3 small, personalized daily actions drawn from your journal entries, intentions, and detected patterns. Accept, snooze, or skip — you’re always in control. Weekly Pulse Every week, ALY generates a personal report: your mood journey, recurring themes, wins, and AI insights — so you can see how far you’ve come and what to focus on next. The Garden (Growth Dashboard) Watch your self-awareness grow. Your Clarity Score reflects your depth of reflection. Your Awareness Streak rewards consistency. Your Awareness Level tracks your overall growth journey. Journey Map Plan the bigger picture. Create growth cycles with milestones and goals, and map your evolution on a visual timeline that stretches across months. Referral Rewards Invite friends to ALY with your referral code and earn rewards as they join. Refer 5 people to get 1 month free, or refer 10 people to get 3 months free. HOW IT WORKS ALY starts with a personalized onboarding session — a 6-step conversation that captures your motivations, life snapshot, current emotional state, and focus areas. From there, it tailors everything to you. We treat your data with care, as described in our Privacy Policy. ALY is a sanctuary, not a social network. ACCESS AND SUBSCRIPTION ALY now includes a free tier, so you can get started and explore the experience with no trial required. Premium features unlock deeper AI-powered reflections, voice journaling, pattern insights, weekly pulse reports, micro-actions, and the full growth experience. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: alyself.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Gloam is the screen-time app that's actually fun. Most screen-time tools nag, shame, or bore you into deleting them. Gloam does the opposite. It turns cutting back into a game you actually want to play, with a currency to manage, a creature to keep happy, and friends to beat. HOW IT WORKS Every day you get Elixir, your right to screen time. The apps you are trying to avoid cost Elixir to open. The apps that are good for you cost nothing, and can even earn a little back. Watch the balance and you finally see what mindless scrolling really costs, in a way that feels tangible instead of preachy. Sort your apps into three tiers. Green apps are free. Amber apps cost a little. Red apps, the endless-scroll ones, cost more the longer you stay. Run out of Elixir and those apps rest until tomorrow. It is a gentle nudge, never a hard lockout. MEET YOUR CREATURE At the heart of Gloam is a companion that thrives when you do. Bank your leftover Elixir and it grows, glows, and evolves. Blow your budget and it droops, but it never dies and it never shames you. Give it a name, feed it in the Den, and watch it react to your day. EARN YOUR TIME BACK Go for a walk, finish a workout, solve a quick puzzle, or take a mindful minute. Gloam turns your steps and activity into Elixir, so time off your phone quietly buys you a little more when you want it. BEAT YOUR FRIENDS Add friends and climb a fair leaderboard that compares how well each of you sticks to your own goals, not raw hours. Go head to head in matchups, chase group goals together, and send a friend some Elixir when they are running low. TRACK, DON'T ENFORCE Gloam is built on one idea. Make the cost of scrolling visible and a little bit fun, and you spend less without feeling deprived. It cheers you on. It never locks you out of your life. Your solo world works fully offline. Add friends when you want the social side. MEMBERSHIP Gloam is an auto-renewing subscription. Try it free for 7 days, then continue with the plan you choose. Elixir is never sold for money. It is only earned, topped up daily, or gifted between friends. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Your subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://api.gloam.works/terms Privacy Policy: https://api.gloam.works/privacy