Comparison

DayGlass vs Cleanse Protocol

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

Head to head
About

DayGlass

This app offers a private and immersive journaling experience with customizable environments and ambient sounds. It prioritizes user privacy with offline functionality and no data collection. Enhance your mindfulness and reflection with a beautiful, ad-free writing space.

Highlights
  • Immersive room environments
  • Layered ambient soundscapes
  • 100% offline functionality
  • PIN protection for privacy
  • Journal insights and streak tracking
  • Entry organization with folders
Features
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DayGlass is a private journaling app unlike any other. Forget plain note-taking apps and cluttered diary apps. DayGlass is a meditative writing experience built around immersive atmosphere, tranquility, and complete privacy. Write in a world of your own Choose from hand-crafted rendered environments and layered ambient sounds to create your perfect reflective space. Step into a rainy cafe, a sunlit bedroom filled with bird song, or a quiet kitchen with a fan in the corner. Build a writing space that actually feels like somewhere, not just a blank page. Your thoughts. Fully private. DayGlass is the personal journal app built for people who take their privacy seriously. Itʼs 100% offline, meaning no accounts, no cloud sync, no data collection, and no ads. Everything you write stays on your device, encrypted and secure. Built for the way you actually feel. With no ads and dozens of arrangements, thereʼs nothing between you and the page. Just open the app, choose your mood, and write. Change backgrounds and soundscapes to suit your needs. DayGlass is a mindfulness journal, a daily diary, a reflection space, all in one. Make it whatever you need. A daily writing habit made beautiful. Upgrade to DayGlass+ for $0.99 to unlock journal insights and access every immersive environment. Understand your journaling habits by tracking your writing streak, reviewing your activity over 30 days, and organizing your entries into folders. Create a PIN to protect your journal. Why DayGlass is different: — Glassmorphic UI with immersive room environments — Offline journal: zero internet required, ever — Ambient soundscapes with layered mixing — No ads, no tracking, no outside noise — Private diary with PIN protection — Journal insights like streak tracking, word count, and activity chart — Folders to organize your personal journal entries — No subscription: DayGlass+ is a single $0.99 one-time purchase Whether you're looking for a calming journaling app, a private diary, a mindfulness journal, a daily reflection app, or simply a beautiful writing space, DayGlass is the best journaling app available. Create a journaling experience worth returning to every day. Download DayGlass and find your space to think.

About

Cleanse Protocol

Features
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The thoughts you bury don't disappear. They show up in your body. Your mind. As illness. Before that happens — vent, burn, and let go. Cleanse Protocol is an emotional purification app. Write out what's weighing on you, burn it in a ritual flame, and release it completely. Simple, powerful, and strangely satisfying. Sound like you? ・You keep replaying that argument in your head ・You can't let go of something that happened years ago ・The anxiety or sadness just won't quit ・You're carrying feelings you don't know what to do with The protocol:  ■ Vent Get it out of your head and onto the screen. The app holds your poison until you're ready to burn it. ■ Burn A sacred burning ritual — お焚き上げ — that takes your words and turns them to ash. Nothing left behind. ■ Fortune Draw Once a day, draw a fortune to check your energy. Bad draw? Write it out and burn that too. Don't let it pile up. Don't let it get under your skin. Start releasing today — and make room for what you actually want.

Screenshots

DayGlass4 screens
Cleanse Protocol4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: DayGlass at none against Cleanse Protocol's shown. DayGlass also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
DayGlass versus Cleanse Protocol: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDayGlassCleanse Protocol
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErik LopezKAORU IMAI

In-app purchases

None

DayGlass

No in-app purchases

None

Cleanse Protocol

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DayGlass free?
DayGlass is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cleanse Protocol free?
Cleanse Protocol is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DayGlass or Cleanse Protocol have ads?
Cleanse Protocol shows ads; DayGlass does not.

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