Comparison

WhatHadHappened Mobile vs Vesper

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

Head to head
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WhatHadHappened Mobile

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Description: WhatHadHappened is a weekly work journal that helps you capture what you did, track ongoing commitments, and remember what actually happened each week. Write notes day by day, tag people and topics, and build a searchable record of your work life. At the end of the week, everything is organized and ready to reference β€” for performance reviews, standups, or just remembering what you shipped. Features: Weekly journal organized by work week Ongoing items that carry forward automatically Tag people with @mentions and topics with #tags Search across all your notes Syncs across devices

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Vesper

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How did today feel? That's the only question Vesper ever asks. No streaks to protect. No scores to chase. No guilt for the days you miss. Vesper doesn’t gamify your feelings or compete for your attention, it asks once each evening, then gets out of your way. What’s left, over time, is an honest, quiet record of your life worth actually looking back on. WHAT VESPER DOES Every evening, Vesper asks how today felt: Good, Meh or Hard. Add a line if you want to remember why. Your answer becomes one colored dot on a simple monthly grid. Miss a day and nothing happens, no penalty, no broken chain to mourn. Vesper never judges your day. It just holds it. Tap any past day to see what you wrote. Once you’ve kept it up for six months, your memory trail unlocks: every note you’ve ever written, in one place, in your own words. VESPER PLUS For anyone who wants to see the bigger picture, Vesper Plus reveals patterns that only show up over time: β€’ Side by Side, comparing recent months at a glance β€’ Shape of Your Weeks, seeing which days tend to feel harder β€’ Quietest & Fullest, the months that stood apart β€’ Yearly Portrait, one full year, at a glance β€’ On This Day, a quiet echo of what today looked like a month or a year ago Plus also includes: β€’ iCloud sync, so your record follows you across every device β€’ An Apple Watch app, for checking in from your wrist β€’ A home screen widget, a glance at your month without opening the app β€’ Curated themes: Chalk, Marigold, and Ink β€’ Anytime check-in, if evenings aren't when your day actually ends Vesper Plus is available as a monthly or annual subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS With Vesper Plus, your record syncs privately through your own iCloud account. Nothing is shared, sold, or used to train anything. Some days are good. Some are hard. Most are somewhere in between. Vesper is a quiet place to keep track of all of them. For details on subscriptions and purchases, see Apple's Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

WhatHadHappened Mobile4 screens
Vesper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WhatHadHappened Mobile at none against Vesper's 3. Vesper's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.2). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. Vesper sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. WhatHadHappened Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
WhatHadHappened Mobile versus Vesper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhatHadHappened MobileVesper
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch β€” better
Requires iOS26.217.6 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size1 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOnes and Zeros LLCCalvin Ng

In-app purchases

None

WhatHadHappened Mobile

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Vesper

Subscriptions2
  • Vesper Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Vesper Plus Annual$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Vesper Plus Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is WhatHadHappened Mobile free?
WhatHadHappened Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vesper free?
Vesper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WhatHadHappened Mobile or Vesper have ads?
Neither WhatHadHappened Mobile nor Vesper shows ads.

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