Comparison

Haru vs Velad

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

Head to head
About

Haru

Features
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Haru is a beautiful gratitude diary app for recording your daily moments. Key Features: • Daily Journal — Freely write about your day • Gratitude Diary — Record what you're grateful for and build a streak • Photo Diary — Capture special moments with photos • Mood Tracking — Express your daily emotions with emojis • 7 Themes — Decorate with lovely themes like Sakura, Lavender, and Mint • App Lock — Protect your diary with PIN and biometric authentication • Cloud Sync — Automatically sync across all your devices • Search — Quickly find entries by keyword Haru Premium: • Premium themes (Moonlight, Ocean, Autumn) • PDF export • Unlimited photo attachments • Ad removal A daily gratitude habit can transform your life. Start your Haru today! - Terms of Use: https://haru-9e830.web.app/terms-of-service.html - Privacy Policy: https://haru-9e830.web.app/privacy-policy.html

About

Velad

Features
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Velad is a digital Catholic prayer book: a quiet companion for your prayer life — no accounts, no ads, no distractions. PRAY THE ROSARY • All four sets of mysteries (Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious and Luminous), with today's mystery highlighted. • A minimalist contemplative mode, or full text for every prayer. • Litany of Loreto and sacred art to accompany your meditation. DEVOTIONS AND PRAYERS • Traditional devotions: Sacred Heart, Stations of the Cross (biblical and traditional), Trisagion, Franciscan Crown and more. • Chaplets, Marian prayers and classic prayers, organized and easy to find. • Create your own prayers and share them with other users. NOVENAS • Novenas to Our Lady and the saints, with your personal intention woven into the prayer. • Day-by-day tracking: the app remembers which day you're on and reminds you so you never break a novena. • Build your own custom novenas. SAINTS • Lives of saints and blesseds with their feast days, patronages and prayers. • Save your favorite saints. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION • St. Alphonsus Liguori's Visits to the Blessed Sacrament, with today's visit ready. • Acts of faith, love, contrition and spiritual communion. YOUR PRAYER LIFE, ORGANIZED • Daily routine: choose your usual prayers and see what's still pending today. • Prayer calendar: log what you pray and review your history month by month. • Daily intention and a record of your sacramental life (Mass, confession, adoration, fasting...). • Optional reminders for your routine, your novenas and the Hour of Mercy. MADE FOR PRAYER • Works fully offline. • No sign-up, no accounts, no ads. Your data stays on your phone. • Dark mode for praying at night. • Available in Spanish, English, European Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese and Italian. "Watch and pray, that you may not enter into temptation" (Mt 26:41)

Screenshots

Haru4 screens
Velad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Velad at none against Haru's 2. Velad also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Haru's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Haru sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Velad asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Haru ships an update every 2 days, Velad every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Haru versus Velad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHaruVelad
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB166 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSangcheol ChaNicolas Bases

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Haru

Subscriptions2
  • Haru Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Haru Premium Yearly$22.991 Year
None

Velad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Haru free?
Haru is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Velad free?
Velad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Haru or Velad have ads?
Neither Haru nor Velad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Haru or Velad?
Haru ships an update every 2 days, and Velad every 2 weeks. Most recently, Haru was updated on November 5, 2026 and Velad on October 25, 2026.

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