Hushd. vs Daily Reflections Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hushd.
This app offers a collection of quiet, tactile experiences designed to help with anxiety, restlessness, and sleeplessness. It provides tools like a spinning ring, guided breathing exercises, and bubble wrap popping for moments when you need to decompress.
- Gyroscopic ring spinner
- Guided breathing exercises
- Rhythmic counter
- Bubble wrap popping
- Pimple popping simulation
- Memory matching game
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hushd. is a quiet collection of tactile experiences for anxious moments, restless hands, and sleepless nights. No notifications. No social. No noise. Just things to do with your hands when your mind won't settle. spin: A gyroscopic ring you can flick, spin, and slow. Choose your friction. Feel the resistance. breathe: Can't sleep or feeling anxious? A guided breathing tool for anxious moments and sleepless nights. Choose from box breathing, 4-7-8, or calm patterns. The ring expands and contracts with each breath. click: A satisfying odometer-style counter. Tap up, tap down. Reset when you're ready. Simple, rhythmic, grounding. bubble wrap: An endless honeycomb of bubbles to pop. Drag to pop faster. Every single one. pimple pop: One big pimple. Pinch to build pressure. Escalating haptics. Pop it. memory: A hex-grid memory game. Match all 15 pairs. Beat your best time. One-time unlock, $0.99 each. Shared with Family Sharing. No subscription, ever. hushd. is designed for moments when you need something quiet to do with your hands — waiting rooms, late nights, anxious afternoons, or just when you need to decompress.
Daily Reflections Journal
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You sit down, the day's question is already waiting, and three minutes later you've actually written something. Daily Reflections is a guided daily journal: one rotating prompt each day, a quick mood check-in, and a private record that quietly turns into a picture of your life. No blank page. No account. No cloud. Everything you write stays on your iPhone. WHAT YOU GET • A fresh question waiting every morning — 80 prompts across 8 themes (Gratitude, Growth, Mindfulness, Relationships, Self-care, Challenges, Joy, Intentions), so day 43 never repeats day 3 • A mood logged in one tap, and after two weeks a trend you can actually see — which weeks lifted you and which quietly drained you • "Looking back": open the app and read what you wrote exactly a week, a month, and a year ago today • One quiet reminder at the hour you choose, and a day streak that grows every time you show up • Search that finds "that thing I wrote about my sister" in seconds, across every entry you've ever written • A one-tap plain-text export of your whole journal — your words leave with you anytime, readable anywhere PERFECT FOR • Anyone who bought a paper five-minute-style journal and stalled at the blank page by week two • Evening winders-down who want a two-minute ritual before bed instead of another scroll • People who want to know how their mood actually moved this month, not how they remember it • Journalers who refuse to hand their diary to someone else's server WHY NOT JUST A NOTES APP? Notes gives you an empty page and silence. Daily Reflections asks you one specific, well-made question every day, remembers your answer, ties it to your mood, and hands it back to you a year later. That's the difference between typing and reflecting. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your entries are stored only on this device. No account, no sign-in, no analytics, no third-party SDKs. The only network requests the app makes are to Apple's App Store for purchases and restores. Your journal is yours in the fullest sense. FULL ACCESS Daily Reflections Pro unlocks the app: the daily prompt and the full 80-prompt library, unlimited journal history, search, insights (streak, mood trend, and the themes you return to), Looking back, and plain-text export. Choose a weekly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Exact prices are shown in the app before you commit, and subscriptions can be cancelled any time in your App Store settings. Tonight, answer one question. That's the whole habit. Terms of Use: https://leanstudio.asia/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://leanstudio.asia/privacy-policy Support: support@leanstudio.asia
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Hushd. at every 10 days against Daily Reflections Journal's every 3 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Hushd. sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Daily Reflections Journal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hushd. ships an update every 10 days, Daily Reflections Journal every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hushd. | Daily Reflections Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Liju Robin George | LEAN ASIA CO., LTD |
In-app purchases
Hushd.
- Bubble Wrap$0.99
- Pimple Pop$0.99
- Memory Tiles$0.99
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- DVD Screen$0.99
Daily Reflections Journal
- Gratitude Weekly$3.997 Days
- Self Care Yearly$19.991 Year
- Private Diary Lifetime$39.99
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