Comparison

inner sight · Visual Journal vs Small Magics

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

Small Magics

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Small Magics is a quiet oracle for the tender, low-energy end of a day. A grimoire is meant to hold great and mysterious magic. This one holds only small magics: the candle lit anyway, the cup held in two hands, the one brave thing the size of a matchhead. Forty-three small spells you can cast from bed, on a quarter tank, in the dark, with the door cracked open to let the evening in. Light a candle. Turn the one that calls to you. Sit with it as long as you like. Leave whenever you are ready. That is the whole of it. The book keeps no score and counts no days. There are no streaks, no badges, no notice that you ever missed a day, and nothing that could ever make a low night feel like a failure. For a reader whose energy genuinely varies, an app that keeps no score and applies no pressure is a rare kindness, and it is the whole point. It waits for you, patiently, for as long as you need, and asks nothing while it waits. Six chapters of gentle incantations: Spells for a Quarter Tank, for rest and the truth that not today is a whole spell. The Kind Dark, where the night is a blanket, not a threat. Kindling, courage returning at your own pace, one small brave thing at a time. The Loosening, letting the day go where it goes. Hearthspells, being seen, and home as a feeling. Ironroot, the quiet strength you have carried without once noticing. Everything stays on your device. No account, no ads, no subscription, nothing watching. What you draw is yours alone.

Screenshots

inner sight · Visual Journal4 screens
Small Magics4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Small Magics at none against inner sight · Visual Journal's 3. inner sight · Visual Journal's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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. Small Magics asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
inner sight · Visual Journal versus Small Magics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterinner sight · Visual JournalSmall Magics
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB104 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFabian KindermannDrew Douglass

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

Small Magics

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

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