Comparison

Yearbound vs EVRUNE

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

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Yearbound

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A space where a promise to yourself becomes a record of quietly witnessing one another.
Write your daily intentions in Manifesto. Invite a Witness to quietly watch over your journal, become a Witness for someone you care about, or write alongside a Co-Writer who shares the same stretch of time. Every entry is encrypted and kept as something deeply, enduringly yours. HOW IT WORKS What did you write three days ago? What feeling lingered last month? What did the you from a year ago believe, fear, or hope for? You don’t have to go searching for your past. Yearbound brings it back to you—quietly, and at exactly the right time. 9 Volumes One life, seen through nine lenses: Journal —What from today would you want to meet again later? Growth —What kind of person are you slowly becoming? Gratitude —What precious thing is already here beside you today? Love —Who is resting most deeply in your heart right now? Mindful —In this moment, are you truly here? Letters —Who are your unspoken words reaching for? Work —Where is this work leading you? Abundance —What does “enough” feel like to you right now? Challenge —What effort today will your future self be grateful for? Manifesto Write your daily intentions in Manifesto. They do not need to be long or polished. A single honest sentence, a quiet promise, a hope you are not ready to let go of—those are enough. Over time, these lines become more than notes. They become a trace of who you want to be and what you want to remain true to. Co-Writer Write on the same page together and share time, feeling, and memory. When one person’s record meets another person’s words, something new takes shape—something neither could have made alone. Co-Writer is not only a feature for writing together, but a way of making shared time visible. Witness Invite a Witness to quietly keep watch over your journal, or become a Witness for someone you care about. It does not require many words. Some days, what we need is not advice or judgment, but simply someone who stays near, remembers, and sees us through. Yearbound makes room for that kind of tender connection. Time Capsule Some feelings need to travel farther, to be met again only after enough time has passed. Time Capsule is a place for those moments. Leave a message from who you are now for who you will be later. When it opens again, it may bring back the air of a forgotten season, along with the beliefs, fears, and hopes you once carried. My Yearbound My Yearbound is where scattered entries gather into a single flow. Daily intentions, returned pages, shared writing, and time capsules begin to connect here as one life. It is not simply where records are stored, but a quiet map that helps you understand the shape of the time you have lived. Privacy and Encryption Every entry is protected with end-to-end AES-256 encryption. From the briefest note to the feelings you could not easily show anyone else, your words remain yours to the end. Yearbound is not made for display, but for honesty. Even your most fragile sentence is held quietly and securely in your own time and language. Tiers Free — 1 volume · 3 lines a day · 1 year of past cards · join as a Witness · invite 3 Witnesses Plus ($29.99 lifetime) — unlimited volumes · full archive · local recordings · join as a Witness · invite 5 Witnesses Pro ($4.99/month · $39.99/year) — write together with 1 invited Pro member · Manifesto · cloud sync · unlimited Witnesses Family ($9.99/month · $79.99/year) — everything in Pro · up to 6 Pro members · 5 additional people · shared volumes Languages Some feelings only reveal themselves fully in a certain language. Every prompt in Yearbound was written separately in English, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, German, and French. They are not translations, but lines born in the grain of each language itself. Three lines are enough. Begin in the language closest to your heart. Terms of Use: https://www.yearbound.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.yearbound.app/privacy.html

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EVRUNE

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EVRUNE is a personal journal app for recording your thoughts and your day through one question each day. Read a new question every day and write down whatever comes to mind. As each entry builds, it becomes your own book to revisit over time. Find past entries in the calendar and compare answers written on the same date in different years. Entries are stored on your device by default. If you choose, you can manually back up and restore them with iCloud. EVRUNE supports Light, Dark, and System appearance modes and is available in multiple languages. Free users can write up to 250 characters per day. With an EVRUNE Premium 30-day pass, you can write up to 1,000 characters per day.

Screenshots

Yearbound4 screens
EVRUNE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Yearbound at none against EVRUNE's 9. Yearbound also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. EVRUNE sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Yearbound asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yearbound ships an update every 10 days, EVRUNE every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Yearbound versus EVRUNE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYearboundEVRUNE
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYearbound Studio LLCSAME STUDIO

In-app purchases

None

Yearbound

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

EVRUNE

One-time9
  • Light Theme$0.49
  • Black Theme$0.49
  • Green Theme$0.49
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  • Sunset Theme$0.49
  • Blue Theme$0.49
  • Lavender Theme$0.49
  • Mint Theme$0.49
  • Pink Theme$0.49
  • Mono Theme$0.49

Questions

Is Yearbound free?
Yearbound is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is EVRUNE free?
EVRUNE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Yearbound or EVRUNE have ads?
Neither Yearbound nor EVRUNE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Yearbound or EVRUNE?
Yearbound ships an update every 10 days, and EVRUNE every 3 weeks. Most recently, Yearbound was updated on September 22, 2026 and EVRUNE on September 17, 2026.

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