Comparison

Some Lines a Day vs Softly

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

Head to head
About

Some Lines a Day

Features
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Some Lines a Day is a simple daily journaling app designed for short entries that can be printed and pasted into a one-line-a-day journal. Features: - One entry per day - Edit past entries and backfill missed days - Dictate entries with speech recognition - Review previous entries in calendar history - Print a single day or selected days in a compact format sized for a physical journal - Export entries as JSON for backup Entries are stored locally on the device.

About

Softly

A private journaling app focused on reflection and emotional well-being. It offers multiple writing styles, a visual emotional calendar, and word pattern analysis. All data is stored locally for complete privacy.

Highlights
  • Multiple writing styles
  • Visual emotional calendar
  • Word constellation analysis
  • Time capsule feature
  • On-device data storage
  • Face ID protection
Features
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Softly is a private journal for your days. No achievements. No streaks. No productivity metrics. Just you, a word when you want one, and a space that comes back every night to receive you the way you arrived. WRITE HOWEVER FEELS RIGHT Free diary, gratitude in three lines, a mood with a tap of a moon, or an affirmation when you need to hear it. Four ways to leave the day without losing it. YOUR MONTH IN WATERCOLOR Each day lights up with the color of how you felt. A hand-painted emotional calendar — not a bar chart. YOUR CONSTELLATION OF WORDS The words that return most to your writing appear as a constellation that shifts with you. You see patterns without anyone interpreting them for you. TIME CAPSULES Seal a piece of writing today (AES-GCM encrypted). Open it in a month, a year — whenever you're ready to listen to yourself again. TOTAL PRIVACY Everything lives on your device. On-device speech recognition. Face ID for your space. No tracking, no accounts, no server watching. WATERCOLORS THAT BREATHE Each time you return, a new variant of a sprig, flower, or lavender greets you. The notebook changes with you. Softly is for the days you want to write — and for the days you only wanted to open the app. Here, both count.

Screenshots

Some Lines a Day3 screens
Softly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Softly at 17.0 against Some Lines a Day's 26.2. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Some Lines a Day ships an update every 2 days, Softly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Some Lines a Day versus Softly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSome Lines a DaySoftly
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJustin MeyerowitzJean Millan

In-app purchases

None

Some Lines a Day

No in-app purchases

None

Softly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Some Lines a Day free?
Some Lines a Day is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Softly free?
Softly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Some Lines a Day or Softly have ads?
Neither Some Lines a Day nor Softly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Some Lines a Day or Softly?
Some Lines a Day ships an update every 2 days, and Softly every 3 days. Most recently, Some Lines a Day was updated on October 25, 2026 and Softly on October 24, 2026.

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