Comparison

inner sight · Visual Journal vs Arcana

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

Head to head
About

inner sight · Visual Journal

Features
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A private journal. A daily painting fragment. Stays on your device. Each day opens with a small fragment from an original acrylic work — quiet, handmade, unhurried. It is not a prompt to answer. It is a door. You decide what enters through it: a thought, a feeling, something noticed at the edge of the day. Your reflection stays on your device. No cloud sync of journal content. No account required for writing. — A DAILY PAINTING FRAGMENT Each day brings a new handcrafted acrylic fragment. It opens the space. Nothing more is asked of it. No AI generation. No art analysis. STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE Journal content is stored locally. No cloud uploads. No account needed to write. The only network communication: subscription transactions via Apple and RevenueCat. OPTIONAL VOICE NOTES Record a thought when writing feels too slow. Stored locally. Never uploaded. FEELING TAGS Mark your inner state. No scores. No analytics. TIMELINE Move through your entries. Your record, quietly growing. PDF EXPORT Your words, in your hands. — A quiet ritual. Nothing asked of you except to notice. Begin with what you notice.

About

Arcana

Features
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Ever spent 20 minutes deciding what to eat, what movie to watch, or who's paying the bill? Arcana: The Decider helps you move forward by turning decisions into a magical card-drawing experience. Simply enter your choices, shuffle the deck, and draw a card. One option will be revealed as your destiny. Features • Create your own decision categories • Add unlimited options • Beautiful tarot-inspired card reveals • Save and revisit past readings • Perfect for food, movies, activities, travel plans, and friendly debates • Elegant dark-mode design with immersive animations • No accounts required Popular Uses • What should I eat? • What movie should we watch? • Which drink should I order? • What should I do today? • Who pays? • Truth or Dare? • Anything else you can imagine When indecision strikes, let the cards decide.

Screenshots

inner sight · Visual Journal4 screens
Arcana4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Arcana at none against inner sight · Visual Journal's 3. inner sight · Visual Journal's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. inner sight · Visual Journal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Arcana asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
inner sight · Visual Journal versus Arcana: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterinner sight · Visual JournalArcana
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFabian KindermannQuyet Bui

In-app purchases

3 purchases

inner sight · Visual Journal

Subscriptions2
  • Inner Sight Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Inner Sight Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Inner Sight Pro$17.99
None

Arcana

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is inner sight · Visual Journal free?
inner sight · Visual Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Arcana free?
Arcana is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do inner sight · Visual Journal or Arcana have ads?
Neither inner sight · Visual Journal nor Arcana shows ads.

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