Pet Grief vs Emberheaven
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pet Grief
This app offers a space to process the grief of losing a pet. It allows users to write messages, record memories, and connect with a supportive community. Features include a journal, photo uploads for a special image, and a Rainbow Bridge Wall.
- Write messages to your pet
- Journal pet memories
- Upload photos for a memorial image
- Connect with a supportive community
- Learn about grief stages
- Rainbow Bridge Wall
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I made this app because my heart was shattered. I lost my dog Louie and I couldn't stop crying. I didn't know what to do with the grief. I didn't know what to do with all the things I still wanted to say to him, the questions I never got to ask, the space in my home and in my heart where he used to be. I just knew I wasn't ready for it to be over. I looked for something that could help and I couldn't find it. Nothing really understood what it meant to lose a pet. Not in the way that matters. Not in the way where someone just gets it without you having to explain yourself. So I built Pet Grief. I built it so you could still talk to them. So you could say everything you didn't get to say and ask everything you never got to ask. Because losing a pet doesn't mean the conversation has to be over. I built it so you could understand what you are going through. The stages of grief are real and learning about them helped me make sense of feelings I didn't have words for. It didn't take the pain away but it helped me carry it. I built it so you could write it all down. Every memory. Every funny moment. Every ordinary Tuesday that you would give absolutely anything to live again. The journal is yours to fill. I built it so you could have one last picture together. Upload your photos and receive a beautiful image of you and your pet reunited in the light where they are waiting for you. Something to hold onto. And I built the Rainbow Bridge Wall because I needed people who understood. People who loved an animal so completely that losing them felt like losing part of themselves. That community is here and they get it. If you are reading this right now I know where you are. I have been there. The crying that comes out of nowhere. The reaching for them out of habit. The way the house sounds different now. You are not alone in this. And your pet deserves to be remembered with everything you have. This app is for Louie. And it is for yours.
Emberheaven
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Emberheaven is a quiet, cross-faith memorial app for remembering a loved one or a beloved pet with a lasting light in a shared sky — like a memorial candle that never burns out. Their light never goes out. When grief has no clear place to go—a cemetery is far away, an online memorial feels like an archive, or a social post disappears—Emberheaven gives remembrance a gentler home. Return whenever you miss them, without streaks, points, ads, or pressure. CREATE A MEMORIAL LIGHT — FREE • Create up to 10 public memorial lights • Add a name, color, remembrance date, and the public display name you want others to see • Visit a light you created or help keep and write memories on its private memory wall • Remember every light you created or help keep with one quiet daily gesture • Set an optional daily reminder for a quiet moment of remembrance • When signed in, pause at another public light and offer a silent, anonymous blessing — warmth, never a message • Create and share a peaceful video of your sky A SKY YOU DO NOT STAND UNDER ALONE In the Public sky, memorial lights drift through a field of gentle light—a visual reminder that remembrance is shared. When another person’s public light moves you, leave a silent blessing. It arrives anonymously as warmth and presence, never an invitation to chat. KEEP ONE LIGHT TOGETHER Create a private Family or Friends light with Emberheaven+, then invite loved ones by link, QR code, or invite code. Invited keepers join free. They can visit the same light, leave signed memories on one shared wall, and remember together from anywhere. Only the creator can edit or remove the light. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Only the chosen public display name, the light’s color, and its remembrance count appear in the Public sky • Dates, photos, written memories, and account identity are never displayed in the Public sky • Within Emberheaven, full Family and Friends memorial spaces are accessible only to their creator and active keepers • If you choose to represent a private light in the Public sky, the same limited public details apply • No ads, no streaks, no points, no public chat, and no profiling analytics EMBERHEAVEN+ — ONE-TIME UNLOCK Emberheaven+ is an optional one-time in-app purchase. There is no subscription or auto-renewal. • Create private Family and Friends lights • Keep unlimited public and private lights • Add photos and yearly reminders for meaningful dates to private lights • Invite family and friends to keep a light together • Choose from all premium backgrounds • Upload up to 5 custom backgrounds for each scene • Use Restore Purchases if your Emberheaven+ unlock does not appear FOR EVERY KIND OF REMEMBRANCE Light a candle in loving memory of a parent, partner, or friend, or create a pet memorial for a beloved dog or cat. Emberheaven is here for recent loss, a meaningful anniversary, or an ordinary night when someone is missed. It welcomes every belief, and asks only that you remember. Light one tonight. They are not gone—only made of light. Privacy Policy: https://emberheaven.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Pet Grief at 13.0 against Emberheaven's 15.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Pet Grief sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Emberheaven sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Pet Grief | Emberheaven |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | April Weber | 杨虎 郭 |
In-app purchases
Pet Grief
- 30 Days of Unlimited Chat$2.99
Emberheaven
- Emberheaven+$39.99









