SelfSpell vs Bedside
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
SelfSpell
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Reshape Your Mind with Voice, Let Change Happen Naturally SelfSpell is an innovative self-affirmation training app that helps you build healthy thought patterns and break negative habits through recording and repeatedly playing positive self-talk. Core Features Record Your Spells Record affirmations in your own voice for better subconscious acceptance. Free recording - say whatever you need to hear. AI-Powered Generation Not sure what to say? AI generates personalized affirmations for you. Just enter your goal and get 20 professional self-affirmation statements. Scientific Repetition Training Three playback modes: once, infinite loop, or count-based loop. Adjustable playback speed for efficient training. Visual Progress Tracking Dynamic energy halo reflects your training status in real-time. Calendar heatmap records daily check-ins. Streak counter motivates consistency. Privacy Playback Mode Defaults to earpiece playback for privacy. Switch to speaker or use headphones as needed. Beautiful Interface Design Day/night/auto theme modes. Smooth animations make training enjoyable. Why Choose SelfSpell? β’ Based on neuroscience: Repetition is the most effective way to change your brain β’ Your own voice: More influential on the subconscious than reading text β’ Fully local: Recordings stored on device, privacy protected β’ No account needed: Download and use immediately β’ Multi-language: Chinese, English, Japanese Who Is It For? β’ People wanting to build positive thinking patterns β’ Those breaking bad habits β’ Anyone needing self-motivation β’ Personal growth seekers β’ Those improving mental well-being Subscription β’ Free: Use your own API key to generate spells β’ Subscription: Yearly plan available, no setup required, 20 spells per generation Start your transformation journey. Make positive thinking a habit. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Bedside
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You're not awake because you're not tired. You're awake because you're still scrolling. Bedside blocks the apps that keep you up β during the sleep window you set, and only then. ONE-TIME PURCHASE. NO SUBSCRIPTION. The core works free, with ads. A single purchase removes them for good and unlocks multiple sleep windows, multiple break rules, and the guardian password. No yearly bill, no plan to cancel, no account to make. Comparable apps in this category charge a subscription every year, and their buy-once tiers cost many times this. SLEEP WINDOW Pick a time range and the apps that derail your night β social, video, news, games, your call. They're blocked from bedtime until morning. The phone stops calling you back. PERIODIC BREAK Tracks each app's continuous use independently. Fifteen straight minutes on any one of them triggers a fifteen-minute cooldown. It pulls you out of the doomscroll before the hour disappears. LIMITED UNLOCKS, NEVER A DEAD-END Getting in during a blocked window takes a small deliberate task first β just enough to lose interest if you're sleepy. A real emergency always gets through; it only has to wait for you to actually stop and think. The door is never welded shut, because a tool that traps you is a tool you delete. A MORNING RECAP, NOT A VERDICT The next morning Bedside shows how last night went compared to the one before. No score, no streak to break, no guilt notification. Just progress you can see β which is the reason people are still using it on night four. WRITE THE BLOCK SCREEN YOURSELF Don't like our wording? Replace the title and subtitle with your own goal. Add several lines and they rotate at random, because any single sentence stops working around the fortieth time you read it. PRIVACY Built on Apple's Family Controls framework and runs on-device. Your rules, app selections and usage never leave your phone β no account, no server of ours. The free version shows ads (never during sleep hours, and never the moment you pause); the one-time purchase removes them and loads no third-party SDKs at all. For anyone who has tried deleting the app, tried promising themselves, tried the built-in screen time limit and switched it off.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: SelfSpell at none against Bedside's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. SelfSpell sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year and Bedside sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SelfSpell ships an update every 8 days, Bedside every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SelfSpell | Bedside |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 5 days β better |
| Ads | No β better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ζ³³ε ζ | zhenyu song |
In-app purchases
SelfSpell
- SelfSpell Yearly$9.991 Year
Bedside
- Bedside Pro$9.99









