Comparison

Stella vs Spoon Manager

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

Head to head
About

Stella

This AI assistant allows you to chat, get quick answers, and control your computer remotely from your phone. It offers voice input and infinite chat memory, prioritizing privacy and open-source design. Connect to various LLMs for personalized assistance.

Highlights
  • AI chat and information retrieval
  • Remote computer control
  • Voice input functionality
  • Infinite chat memory
  • Privacy-focused design
  • Open-source
  • LLM integration
Features
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Stella is a personal AI assistant for your phone and computer. Ask questions, talk through ideas, write, and get things done. Send photos and files, use voice, or connect your computer to work with your apps and files.

About

Spoon Manager

Track your daily energy levels and activities to understand patterns and plan your day. Features include mood check-ins, task management, habit tracking, and calendar integration. Designed for individuals managing chronic illness or fatigue.

Highlights
  • Daily energy check-ins
  • Task and habit tracking
  • Mood and gratitude journaling
  • Calendar integration
  • Customizable dashboard widgets
  • Pattern analysis charts
Features
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Spoon Manager is an easy-to-use energy tracker based on Spoon Theory. Check in on your energy each morning and night, record what you do, spot your patterns, and plan your day with confidence. Whether you're managing chronic illness, chronic pain, fatigue, ME/CFS, autism, ADHD, or anything else that affects your energy, Spoon Manager helps you stay in control. It's a calm, native app for iPhone and iPad — no accounts, no ads, no tracking. Everything stays on your device. WHAT'S INSIDE • Morning & night check-ins. Each morning, log how many spoons you're starting with; each night, log what's left. See how your days really go instead of guessing — and catch a low patch before it becomes a crash. • An optional pulse reading. Rest a fingertip on the camera for a wearable-free resting heart-rate check-in — a wellness reading, not a medical measurement. No watch or band required. • To-dos that meet your brain halfway. Break a big task into small steps, name the first move, jot why it matters, add a reward, and estimate the time — with dates, reminders, and repeats. • Habits, your way. Count-based or simple, shown as a visual heatmap with streaks that forgive a rest day. • Routines. Run a morning or wind-down routine step by step, at your own pace. • A daily journal. A calm space to reflect, with a one-tap mood check-in, "what shaped today" factors, gratitude, and a morning intention. • Calendar. Day, week, and month views with your Apple Calendar — and, if you like, your Google Calendar — shown right alongside your day. • Goals. Link the to-dos and habits that move a goal and watch its progress bar fill. • See your patterns. Charts bring your energy, mood, and habits together so you can spot what helps and what drains you. • Build-your-own home. Arrange and resize a dashboard of widgets, plus home-screen and lock-screen widgets for your spoons and your week. • Make it yours. Color themes with light and dark mode, an optional Face ID lock, and journal export anytime. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Spoon Manager is built to need none of your data. There are no accounts, no server, no ads, and no analytics or tracking SDKs. Everything you create stays on your device. The one time Spoon Manager goes online is if you choose to connect Google Calendar — a read-only link that shows your events in the app and never sends your data to us. Made by a small independent developer.

Screenshots

Stella4 screens
Spoon Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Spoon Manager at 5.0 against Stella's 3.6. Stella's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spoon Manager holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stella has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Stella versus Spoon Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStellaSpoon Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB7 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperFROMYOU, LLCJohn Traugott

In-app purchases

None

Stella

No in-app purchases

None

Spoon Manager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stella free?
Stella is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spoon Manager free?
Spoon Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stella or Spoon Manager?
Spoon Manager is rated higher. Stella averages 3.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Spoon Manager averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Stella or Spoon Manager have ads?
Neither Stella nor Spoon Manager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stella or Spoon Manager?
Stella ships an update every 5 days, and Spoon Manager every 5 days. Most recently, Stella was updated on November 5, 2026 and Spoon Manager on November 5, 2026.

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