Lumen Grimoire vs Her Mirror
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lumen Grimoire
This app offers a unique year-long illuminated journal experience. Each day, write a reflection and receive a custom-matched Companion card from a deck of 366 original designs. Your reflections and collected Companions form a personal, unshared manuscript.
- Year-long illuminated journal
- Daily reflection entries
- 366 original Companion cards
- AI-powered literary narratives
- On-device data storage
- Premium subscription for expanded features
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Have you ever wanted to write your year as a book — your own story, in your own hand, paired with Companions no one else owns? Lumen Grimoire is your year-long illuminated journal. Each day you write a reflection — what you're carrying, what you noticed, what kept you up — and the app brings forward a Companion from a deck of 366 original cards, matched to what you wrote. Across the year you collect them all. Across the year, you author your own book. This is not a notes app. This is not a generic journal where entries pile up unread. Lumen Grimoire pairs your thoughts with meaning. Each Companion has its own archetype, mood, and place in the year. Each reflection becomes part of your codex — a personal manuscript no other user will ever have. THE COMPANIONS 366 original cards, designed and created specifically for this app and nothing else — plus a special tribute card unique to the deck. Each one its own thing — an animal, a place, a moment of human experience — drawn with the richness of an illuminated manuscript. Four rarity tiers: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Legendary. Real-time animated reveals powered by Apple's Metal framework bring every Companion forward with cinematic motion. Premium subscribers receive new Companions added to the deck each year — your codex keeps growing. A DAILY PRACTICE The first reflection of each day brings forward a new Companion, matched to what you wrote — never random. Write what you carried into the morning. Write what you noticed on the walk home. Write what kept you up. Tomorrow brings the next. Across a year, the year writes itself in your hand. PYTHIA — YOUR LITERARY REFLECTION COMPANION (PREMIUM) Pythia is an optional AI presence that weaves your reflections into something lasting: - Stories — a brief literary narrative about the Companion that emerged from your entry, frozen on save - Lenses — Pythia's Deeper or Wider perspective on any entry, an additional turn of light - Chapters — once a week, Pythia composes the prose of your past seven days into a chapter of your story. Your week, written as literature. - Whispers — a brief note linking your current entry to a past moment or Companion - Patterns — what Pythia notices about you, surfacing over time YOUR CODEX, IN TWO HANDS - My Story — Pythia's woven narratives, frozen on save, organized chronologically - My Book — your full reflection grimoire, organized by date and Companion Everything stays on your device. No cloud sync in v1.0. No accounts. No login. No email. No tracking. No advertising. Quiet by design. PRIVACY Reflections are stored on your device only. Optional AI features send only the context needed to a secure proxy, and your data is never used to train AI models. Full details in Privacy Policy. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Lumen Grimoire is free to use. The free tier includes unlimited journal reflections, 1 Companion per week (Common and Uncommon rarities), and 1 daily Lens. Premium unlocks 1 Companion per day across all rarities, Pythia's Stories on every Companion, Deeper and Wider Lenses, weekly Chapters, Whispers, Patterns, up to 20 Pythia interactions per day, and new Companions added to the deck each year as the codex grows. Current pricing is shown in-app at the point of purchase. The Annual tier includes a 7-day free trial, the Weekly tier includes a 3-day free trial for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions auto-renew unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions in your Apple Account Settings. Privacy Policy: https://poised-plier-5c6.notion.site/Lumen-Grimoire-Privacy-Policy-33ad1b9444c38177925ee8eaecbacae7 Terms of Service (EULA): https://poised-plier-5c6.notion.site/Lumen-Grimoire-Terms-of-Service-33ad1b9444c381fab2b1cf87e2cc77e5
Her Mirror
This app provides daily prompts for movement, creativity, and mindful savoring, tailored to your mood and available time. Capture moments to build a personal visual journal that can be replayed as a unique film.
- Personalized daily prompts
- Movement, creation, and savoring activities
- Daily photo journaling
- Visual film playback of captured moments
- Gentle reminders
- No streak guilt
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Her Mirror gives you back 15 minutes a day, just for you. Every morning, a small pack of 3 ideas waits for you: one to move, one to create, one to savour. Tell us how you feel, tear it open, pick the idea that fits your day, and do it. Then snap the moment: your cup, your page, your mat in the sun. One photo a day fills your album, and after 60 days it plays back as a film no one else has. A DAILY PACK, PICKED FOR YOU A 3-tap check-in (your energy, your mood, the time you have) shapes your pack. Tired and stressed? Gentle ideas. Full of energy? Lively ones. Only ten minutes? That's enough. MOVE, CREATE, SAVOUR Yoga and home workouts, journaling and lettering, watercolour, crochet, beads, coffee and matcha rituals, no-bake treats, time in the sun, kind words in the mirror. Every idea comes with three simple steps and what you need, using what you already have at home. YOUR ALBUM, YOUR FILM Every moment you keep gets its sticker and its place in your album. Missed a day? It simply stays empty. No streak to lose, no guilt. From your 7th moment, press play and watch your weeks come back to life. A GENTLE NUDGE Pick a time and we remind you when your pack is waiting, never on a day you've already done it. Her Mirror is made for busy women who make time for everyone but themselves. Day 1 starts today. Subscription unlocks your daily packs, your album and your film. Payment is charged to your Apple ID; subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Terms: https://lesnants.com/terms Privacy: https://lesnants.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lumen Grimoire at 4.8 against Her Mirror's 1.0. Lumen Grimoire also leads on ratings volume (74 vs 1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Her Mirror's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Lumen Grimoire sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Her Mirror sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lumen Grimoire holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lumen Grimoire has 74 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Lumen Grimoire ships an update fortnightly, Her Mirror every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lumen Grimoire | Her Mirror |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (74 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 74 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.4 GB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cristian Critelli | Les Nants |
In-app purchases
Lumen Grimoire
- Lumen Premium Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Lumen Premium Monthly$8.991 Month
- Lumen Premium • Annual7 Days trial$44.991 Year
Her Mirror
- Monthly Plan$9.991 Month
- Yearly Plan7 Days trial$39.991 Year








