Comparison

Decode vs Murmur

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

Head to head
About

Decode

Features
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Decode: People & Patterns helps you explore personality patterns, relationships, intentions and daily insights through guided, personality-style readings. Based on social habits, behavioral patterns and symbolic elements like the Chinese zodiac, Decode gives you a playful way to reflect on people, connections and recurring patterns in your life. Answer simple prompts, unlock deeper interpretations and save meaningful results privately in your Vault. Decode is designed for self-reflection, curiosity and entertainment โ€” whether you want to understand someone better, explore a connection, compare patterns or get a daily question. Features: โ€ข Decode people and personality patterns โ€ข Explore love, intent and relationship dynamics โ€ข Reflect through social habits and symbolic zodiac insights โ€ข Get daily questions and readings โ€ข Save results privately in your Vault โ€ข Unlock premium readings and deeper insights Decode is not medical, psychological, financial or professional advice. It is built for entertainment, reflection and personal insight. Privacy Policy: https://decode.agy-ncy.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Murmur

Features
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Speak your mind โ€” Murmur listens, then writes back. Murmur is an AI voice journal that runs entirely on your phone. Record a voice note and it's transcribed, understood, and reflected back to you. No cloud. No account. No subscription. Nothing you say ever leaves your device. WHY MURMUR Most journaling apps quietly send your most private thoughts to a server. Murmur doesn't have one. Recording, transcription, and the AI reflections all happen on-device โ€” private by design, and it works in airplane mode. SPEAK, DON'T TYPE Talk for a minute about your day. Murmur turns it into clean text and remembers it for you โ€” no journaling homework, no blank page. AI THAT REFLECTS, NOT DIAGNOSES An on-device AI reads only your own notes and writes one short, warm reflection โ€” a mirror for your day. Never clinical, never a diagnosis. SEE YOUR WEEK Each week Murmur gathers your recurring themes and how the days felt into a short narrative summary โ€” the shape of your week, at a glance. A VOCABULARY FOR HOW YOU FEEL Twenty named, color-coded moods turn a month of feeling into something you can actually see, with trends and patterns over time. EVERYTHING ELSE โ€ข A calendar that lights up as you show up, with streaks โ€ข Full-text search across every entry โ€ข Gentle daily and weekly reminders โ€ข Home-screen widget โ€ข Export to PDF โ€” on-device, nothing uploaded FREE, NO SUBSCRIPTION Murmur is completely free โ€” no subscription, no account, no ads, no in-app purchases. Voice notes and on-device AI reflections download a small language model to your phone the first time you use them; after that, everything runs offline. (The on-device AI needs a recent phone with enough memory. On lighter devices you get typed journaling, the calendar, streaks, search, reminders, the widget, and PDF export โ€” all free.) Your voice never leaves your phone. โ€” Privacy Policy: https://denid88.github.io/murmur-app/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://denid88.github.io/murmur-app/terms.html

Screenshots

Decode4 screens
Murmur4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Murmur at none against Decode's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Decode sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Murmur asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Decode versus Murmur: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDecodeMurmur
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better16.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size48 MB83 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAGY Group LtdAsya Dubova

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Decode

Subscriptions2
  • Decode Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Decode Premium Yearly3 Days trial$22.991 Year
One-time1
  • Decode Daily$0.99
None

Murmur

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Decode free?
Decode is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Murmur free?
Murmur is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Decode or Murmur have ads?
Neither Decode nor Murmur shows ads.

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