Ember · A Soft Place vs Ankora
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ember · A Soft Place
This app offers gentle, immediate coping mechanisms for intense emotions. It provides simple, safe, and grounding activities to help manage difficult feelings in the moment. Suggestions are quiet, physical, and breath-based, designed to be completed in under five minutes.
- Immediate coping suggestions
- Gentle and safe activities
- Grounding and breath-based exercises
- DBT and ACT inspired techniques
- No logging or account required
- Offline use
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Ember is a soft place for hard feelings. When the feeling is hot, open the app. Ember offers one gentle, safe, small thing you can do right now. Tap for another. Swipe for another. Keep the one that fits and save it as a reminder. Close the app. No streaks. No logging. No hooks. Every suggestion inside Ember is safe. None of them ask you to hurt anything or anyone, including yourself. None of them ask you to yell or be loud. They are quiet, grounded, physical, breath based, and kind. Some are DBT inspired. Some are ACT inspired. All of them are things a real person can actually do in five minutes. Ember is for the moment when the feeling is big and you do not want to take it out on the people you love. It is for hypervigilance, irritability, the old hurt that is suddenly loud again, the wave that came in out of nowhere. You are not broken for having it. You are a person with a nervous system, and nervous systems need somewhere to put the heat. Ember is free. There is no tip jar. There is no paywall. There is no account. Nothing is collected about you. You do not need to sign in. You do not need to come back tomorrow. Ember is here when you need it. Ember is not therapy and it is not a crisis line. If you need either, the Settings screen has real numbers for real humans who pick up. From SillyDroose. Small tools for gentle moments.
Ankora
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Ankora helps you make decisions when your attention, energy, or clarity is low. Start by checking your current mental energy. Then choose a tool that fits the moment: a quick coin flip, a blind tournament, chaos roulette, weighted pros and cons, Five Whys, an untangler, or a decision tree for more complex choices. Everything works locally on your device. There is no account, no social feed, no ads, and no subscription. All tools are available for free. Optional one-time purchases only support future development and do not unlock additional features. Ankora is a decision-support and self-organization tool. It is not medical, psychological, legal, financial, or professional advice. Privacy Policy: https://romankarasev.com/legal/ankora/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://romankarasev.com/legal/ankora/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ember · A Soft Place at none against Ankora's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Ankora sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Ember · A Soft Place asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Ember · A Soft Place | Ankora |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Drew Douglass | Roman Karassyov |
In-app purchases
Ember · A Soft Place
No in-app purchases
Ankora
- Say thanks$4.99
- Support the project$9.99
- Back it strongly$29.99
