Comparison

inner sight · Visual Journal vs Pulp

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

Pulp

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Pulp is a tarot journal. Pull a card, ask your question, write what it meant to you, and come back to it later. The cards are the real historical decks, every card is explained, and nothing is predicted for you. A CARD EVERY DAY Pull your card of the day each morning. Read what it means, add a line of your own, and it goes into your journal. If you like, Pulp reminds you of it at the hour you choose. SPREADS ON THE TABLE Lay a reading on the Table. Every spread is a simple scheme you can look at before you lay it out, so you know where each card goes and what its place asks, from three cards to the Celtic Cross. A JOURNAL IN YOUR OWN WORDS Every reading becomes an entry: your question, your own words, the cards you drew, a photo. Search by question, by card or by anything you wrote. When a question comes back, link the new entry to the earlier one and follow the thread. THE CALENDAR Your entries sit on the calendar beside the moon phases, the solstices, the equinoxes and the year's other turnings. They are there to mark time, not to predict anything. EVERY CARD, EXPLAINED The Library holds every card of three decks: Rider–Waite–Smith, the Tarot de Marseille from 1890 and the Sola Busca from 1491. Each card has a Bio, from its attribution to what it means upright and reversed, and a Story of where it came from and what is drawn on it. The art is the historical decks, not AI. YOURS, AND PRIVATE No account needed. Your journal lives on your iPhone. Sign in with Apple or Google only if you want your journal on another phone too. There are no AI readings, and no one else reads your cards. PREMIUM Read one card for love, career, money, spirit, body or a plain yes or no. Lay readings in the two older decks, open every spread, and read every card's and deck's whole story. Add voice notes to your entries, link entries into threads, and set your own reminders to bring a question back. Monthly or yearly with a free trial, or one payment for life. Terms of Use: https://left-hand.studio/paper-tarot/terms Privacy Policy: https://left-hand.studio/paper-tarot/privacy

Screenshots

inner sight · Visual Journal4 screens
Pulp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: inner sight · Visual Journal at 3 against Pulp's 1. inner sight · Visual Journal also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Pulp sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

inner sight · Visual Journal ships an update every 3 days, Pulp every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
inner sight · Visual Journal versus Pulp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterinner sight · Visual JournalPulp
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB209 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperFabian KindermannMaksim Grachev

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
3 purchases

Pulp

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is inner sight · Visual Journal free?
inner sight · Visual Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pulp free?
Pulp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do inner sight · Visual Journal or Pulp have ads?
Neither inner sight · Visual Journal nor Pulp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, inner sight · Visual Journal or Pulp?
inner sight · Visual Journal ships an update every 3 days, and Pulp every 4 days. Most recently, inner sight · Visual Journal was updated on October 25, 2026 and Pulp on November 6, 2026.

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