Comparison

Happy Haru vs FiveLeaf

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

Head to head
About

Happy Haru

This app offers a daily dose of happiness through short videos, calming music, and encouraging messages. Users can also record their own moments of joy with photos and words, receiving warm responses from the app's character. It features iCloud sync and home screen widgets for easy access to memories and daily updates.

Highlights
  • Daily happiness moments
  • Record personal joys
  • Character interaction
  • iCloud sync
  • Home screen widgets
  • Customizable update times
Features
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A small, adorable world of everyday happiness. Every evening, Haru shares a moment of happiness — a short video, gentle music, and a few warm words. Family, friends, neighbors, and even a little yellow cat. Haru's sparkling everyday moments unfold, one day at a time, for 365 days. Write as if you’re exchanging a diary with Haru, and easily and joyfully record your own small moments of happiness. - Capture your own small happiness with photos and words - Haru responds to your diary with a warm, heartfelt word - Keep your memories safe with iCloud sync - Meet Haru on your Home Screen with widgets - Customize your story update time Little moments of happiness — hold onto them before they drift away. Spend time with Haru, and you might just become a master of finding joy in the ordinary. From the makers of MOODA — the emotion diary loved by over 1 million users worldwide. Now available at a special launch price. Follow @happy.haru.official on Instagram for more stories.

About

FiveLeaf

Features
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Keep your day in five letters. You do not have to write much. Five letters are enough to hold on to today. It takes five seconds, and those five seconds become the most precious thing five years from now. ■ Five letters · One entry a day, five letters only · Written late at night? You can still fix it until noon the next day · After that it stays as the words of that day ■ One frame of today · Add a single photo or a five-second video · The original stays untouched — film filters are laid on when you look · The color of the day, the place and the weather are quietly noted with it ■ It changes as it piles up · A month flows down the screen like a strip of film · Locked entries — cover a day you would rather not show with Face ID · Send a day to your future self and let it come back later ■ Quiet principles · No account. There is no sign-in screen · Entries stay on this device, and you export a backup whenever you want · No ads, no friends, no likes FiveLeaf Plus Unlocks every film filter, the widgets, icon and paper choices, the yearly Mood palette, Years — the same date across many years in one column, Monthly Film, and letters you write to your future self. Choose monthly, yearly, or a one-time lifetime purchase. The yearly plan starts with a 14-day free trial. Subscriptions are charged to your App Store account and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. You can cancel any time in Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://letsean.dev/fiveleaf/privacy/

Screenshots

Happy Haru4 screens
FiveLeaf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: FiveLeaf at Free against Happy Haru's $0.99. FiveLeaf also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days). Happy Haru's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On ads 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

FiveLeaf is free to download; Happy Haru costs $0.99 up front. FiveLeaf sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Happy Haru asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Happy Haru ships an update every 9 days, FiveLeaf every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 4 level
Happy Haru versus FiveLeaf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHappy HaruFiveLeaf
Price$0.99Free — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size296 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnalog Lab Corp.SUNHO CHOI

In-app purchases

None

Happy Haru

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

FiveLeaf

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Plus Yearly7 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Plus Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Happy Haru free?
Happy Haru costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is FiveLeaf free?
FiveLeaf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Happy Haru or FiveLeaf have ads?
Neither Happy Haru nor FiveLeaf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Happy Haru or FiveLeaf?
Happy Haru ships an update every 9 days, and FiveLeaf every 2 days. Most recently, Happy Haru was updated on October 14, 2026 and FiveLeaf on October 13, 2026.

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