Comparison

SincerelyMe vs One Small Thing

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

Head to head
About

SincerelyMe

Features
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Meet the person you're becoming. Forget the noise of instant snippets. SincerelyMe is an AI journaling app where you speak your truth and hear back from your future self through a deliberate letter rather than a quick ping. Speak. Release. Receive. β†’ Voice your truth β€” Open the app and talk. Your worries, your wins, your 2am spirals. No typing. No niceties. No pretense. β†’ Your audio disappears β€” The moment you send, it's gone. Processed, then purged. Permanently. β†’ Letters from Future You β€” When you're doubting yourself or drifting, your future self delivers a heartfelt, personalized note written from your highest self. Not a generic prompt. A message that gets you. You don't have to carry it alone. Your future self already made it, and they want you to know you will too. SincerelyMe β€” AI Journal & Self-Growth --- Contact qiuyuexp@gmail.com Privacy Policy qiuyuexp.github.io/public/vellumark/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use qiuyuexp.github.io/public/vellumark/terms-of-use.html --- Disclaimer: For emotional intelligence purposes only. Not intended for clinical use or to replace the advice of a medical professional.

About

One Small Thing

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It's eight in the evening, you have the next two hours free, and you cannot decide what to do with them. So you pick up your phone. Forty minutes later you put it down feeling worse than when you started. Every other app that helps you decide asks you to type the options in first. If you already knew the options, you wouldn't need the app. One Small Thing comes with 1,200+ of them. You tap one of three lines and get a single card: one specific thing you could start in the next minute, and a sentence on why that one. HOW IT WORKS Tap whichever is true right now: Β· I'm bored β€” give me something to do Β· Bored of the usual β€” give me something I haven't done Β· Today feels empty β€” help me end the day You get one card. Not a list, not a feed. If it doesn't fit, push back β€” lighter, don't want to leave the house, free, something completely different β€” and you get another one. When it fits, close the app and go do it. Tap once when you're back. That's the whole thing. LATE AT NIGHT IT STOPS SUGGESTING Past an hour you choose, it won't try to start something with you. It walks three short steps to end the day instead: look back at it, name the first thing for tomorrow, one small thing to unwind. Then it says good night. In the morning, the thing you named is waiting on the home screen, and tapping it clears it. 1,200+ THINGS TO DO From untangling the charging cables to walking to the corner shop to study a drink you've never had. Indoors and out, free and not, lazy and not. Every card says how long it takes and whether it costs anything. IT WORKS WITH THE WIFI OFF There is no server. The whole library ships inside the app. It works on a plane, in a basement, in airplane mode, on a phone with no SIM in it. NO ACCOUNT. NOTHING COLLECTED. Nothing to sign up for. What you've done and what you've saved sit in a database on this phone, and you can export the lot as JSON or wipe it, from Settings, in two taps. No analytics, no ad SDK, no tracking, and no notifications trying to drag you back in. This app has done its job at the moment you close it. THE COLOURS FOLLOW THE SKY Afternoon is pale blue, dusk is orange, late night is off-white on near-black. It uses the real sunrise and sunset where you are, so it never looks the same at two different times of day. Free with 300 things to do. A one-time purchase unlocks the whole library β€” 1,200+ β€” including everything added later. No subscription, and nothing to cancel. Made by one person. The trade for collecting nothing is that I can't see what anyone does with it β€” so if a suggestion is bad, email me and I'll fix that entry. That's the only way I find out.

Screenshots

SincerelyMe4 screens
One Small Thing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: One Small Thing at 15.1 against SincerelyMe's 17.0. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. SincerelyMe sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and One Small Thing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
SincerelyMe versus One Small Thing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSincerelyMeOne Small Thing
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS17.015.1 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size7 MB35 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperYue QiuεŒ—δΊ¬δΈˆι‡δΈ–η•Œη§‘ζŠ€ζœ‰ι™ε…¬εΈ

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SincerelyMe

Subscriptions2
  • SincerelyMe Pro Monthly$14.991 Month
  • SincerelyMe Pro Yearly$149.991 Year
1 purchases

One Small Thing

One-time1
  • Unlock Everything$3.99

Questions

Is SincerelyMe free?
SincerelyMe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is One Small Thing free?
One Small Thing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SincerelyMe or One Small Thing have ads?
Neither SincerelyMe nor One Small Thing shows ads.

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