Comparison

Stillspace vs New Leaf

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

Head to head
About

Stillspace

A private, on-device journal for self-reflection and emotional understanding. Explore your thoughts with guided prompts and simple tools in a judgment-free space. Improve clarity and wellbeing through regular, private writing.

Highlights
  • Private on-device journaling
  • Guided reflection prompts
  • Emotional pattern analysis
  • Breathing exercises
  • Clarity building tools
Features
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Stillspace is a private, on-device journal designed to help you understand your thoughts and emotions through writing and reflection. It is a calm, judgment-free space where you can write freely, explore how you feel, and gain clarity through guided prompts and simple reflection tools. Everything stays on your device. No accounts, no cloud sync, and no tracking of what you write. - Write your thoughts in a private journal - Use guided prompts to reflect on emotions - Understand patterns in how you think and feel - Practice simple breathing exercises to calm your mind - Build clarity through regular reflection Research shows that expressive writing can support emotional clarity and wellbeing. Naming emotions and reflecting on them can help reduce mental noise and improve understanding over time. Stillspace is not a medical device and does not provide therapy, diagnosis, or crisis support. It is designed for personal reflection and emotional awareness. Whether you feel overwhelmed, distracted, or simply want a quiet place to think, Stillspace gives you space to slow down and reflect privately.

About

New Leaf

Features
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New Leaf counts your clean time to the second, adds up the money you have not spent, and gives you something to do in the ten minutes when the urge is loudest. It is built for quitting drinking first. Set the moment you stopped, and the counter runs from there. COUNT YOUR CLEAN TIME - A live counter ticking to the second from the day and time you set - Milestones at 1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60, 90, 180, 365 and 730 days - Money saved, drinks and calories avoided, from your own numbers and currency - A recovery timeline in ten stages of how people commonly feel - 31 achievements and a shareable card WHEN THE CRAVING HITS Craving SOS is one tap from the home screen and from every counter, and it is not paywalled. - A breathing guide to slow the first minute down - An urge timer you can start and simply sit out - Your own reasons board, in the words and photos you saved when you began - Someone to call: a contact you enter yourself, stored only on your device - Tag what set the urge off, so your triggers show up in your own history - A sober toolkit of six short reads for the hard moments - Counting, milestones, money math, Craving SOS and the widgets keep working with no internet connection A COACH THAT HAS READ YOUR RECOVERY - An AI coach scoped to staying sober, not a general chatbot with a sober skin - It gets a summary of your counters and progress before it answers, so it names your real clean days, your money saved and your next milestone - Start from the real moments: I want to drink right now, I am at a party, I had a hard day - It replies in your language, and needs an internet connection SEE WHERE YOU STAND - Total clean days, longest streak, relapse count and your full history - A one tap I slipped that restarts the counter and keeps your history and longest streak - Streak charts per counter, and a breakdown naming where your slips cluster - A daily pledge, a mood check-in, pledge reminders, Friday evening encouragement, and a milestone nudge - Home screen widgets for your day count and next milestone ANYTHING ELSE YOU ARE QUITTING Name your own counters and they count cigarettes, nicotine, vaping or whatever else you stopped, with the same timer, milestones and money math. The coach, the program, the toolkit and the check-in are written for drinking. 33 LANGUAGES The interface and the coach are localized into 33 languages, including Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Arabic, Hindi and Chinese. PRIVACY FIRST - No account, no sign up - Counters, pledges, moods, reasons and chats live in a local database on your device - The coach receives an anonymized summary of your recovery data plus what you type, over HTTPS. It is not used to train AI models, and you can delete the chat - No ads, no third party analytics, no tracking across apps FREE AND PREMIUM New Leaf starts free with one counter and 5 coach messages a week, plus the live timer, every milestone, money and drinks avoided, the recovery timeline, all 31 achievements, Craving SOS, the sober toolkit, the pledge, the slip log and the widgets. Premium adds: - Unlimited counters, and unlimited coach chat - Weekly Insight and Patterns Detected - A guided 14 day program, and sober missions for nine real situations - A private drinking check-in you can retake to watch your own trend - Grow a New Leaf, a companion that grows with your clean time - A savings goal jar and an unlimited rewards wishlist - Personal targets, a weekly recap, and CSV export Premium is an auto-renewing subscription. It renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings -> Apple ID -> Subscriptions. New Leaf is a self-help tool, not treatment, not medical advice and not a crisis service. If you are stopping after heavy or daily drinking, talk to a doctor first. Terms of Use: https://miladapps.pro/terms Privacy Policy: https://miladapps.pro/privacy Questions or feedback: hello@miladapps.pro

Screenshots

Stillspace4 screens
New Leaf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: New Leaf at 3 against Stillspace's 1. New Leaf also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, 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. Stillspace sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and New Leaf sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Stillspace versus New Leaf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStillspaceNew Leaf
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB66 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperFrancesco LeoniMilad Atef

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Stillspace

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Monthly1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Yearly1 Year trial$89.991 Year
3 purchases

New Leaf

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Premium Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Stillspace free?
Stillspace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is New Leaf free?
New Leaf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Stillspace or New Leaf have ads?
Neither Stillspace nor New Leaf shows ads.

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