Haru vs Sinced
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Haru
This app offers a calendar-first journaling experience, integrating daily entries, activity logs, and important dates into a single timeline. It provides insights into personal patterns through statistics and ensures privacy by storing data locally and on your iCloud.
- Calendar-centric timeline
- Daily activity tracker
- D-day tracker
- Markdown editor with voice input
- iCloud sync across devices
- Private by design
- Apple Health sync
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Haru is a calendar-first personal journal that gathers everything tied to a date ā diary entries, light activity logs, and upcoming D-days ā into a single beautiful timeline. EVERY RECORD, ON ONE SCREEN Daily entries, trackers, and D-days converge on one calendar. Browse months at a glance and revisit any moment with a tap. TODAY'S MIND, IN WORDS AND PHOTOS A one-liner like "rainy today" works just fine. Or use Markdown, voice input, and photos for richer entries. PATTERNS BECOME VISIBLE IN STATS Workouts, trips, reading ā accumulated logs turn into streaks, frequency analysis, monthly pace, and the "weight of records." Discover your own insights. EVERY UPCOMING DAY, KEPT CLOSE Anniversaries, milestones, deadlines. D-days display alongside your daily timeline so nothing slips by. ACROSS ALL YOUR DEVICES Built natively for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Start an entry on your phone, finish it on your Mac, revisit memories on iPad ā everything stays in sync through iCloud, no extra setup. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Locked with passcode and Face ID. Stored only on your device and your personal iCloud ā never on our servers. Bring entries from other apps as-is, export in multiple formats. FEATURES ⢠Calendar-centric timeline with photo thumbnails ⢠Daily activity tracker with streak and cycle analysis ⢠Apple Health sync ā auto-add walks, runs, yoga, and more ⢠D-day tracker for the dates that matter ⢠Markdown editor with voice input and photos ⢠Year in Pixels mood heatmap ⢠Monthly recap with on-device sentiment analysis ⢠"On This Day" memories from years past ⢠Native iPhone, iPad, and Mac apps with iCloud sync ⢠Available in 13 languages PRIVACY FIRST Haru never sees your data. All entries stay on your device and your personal iCloud. No account, no tracking, no ads.
Sinced
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Tired of day counters that lock the widget behind a subscription, make you sign up, or bury your count under ads? Sinced is the simple one: no account, no ads, and widgets are free. Count how long it's been since you quit smoking or drinking, since you got together, or since your baby was born ā or how long until a trip, a birthday or a deadline. WHAT YOU GET FOR FREE ⢠Up to 5 counters, with Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy widgets ā no Premium needed ⢠No account to create. Your counters sync through your own iCloud across iPhone and iPad ⢠No ads ⢠Apple Watch app and complications COUNT IT YOUR WAY ⢠Count up from a past date, or count down to a future one ⢠Show days, weeks, months ā or a full breakdown like "2 years 3 months 5 days" ⢠"Count the start day": choose whether day one is day 0 or day 1, so your number matches the one in your head SLIPPED UP? YOUR HISTORY STAYS Streak counters for habits like smoke-free or alcohol-free days: reset when you need to, and every past run plus your best streak is kept in history. NEVER MISS THE MOMENT ⢠Milestone celebrations at 7, 30, 100, 365 days ā or pick your own ⢠Elapsed alerts: get notified on day 1,000, day 50 or any day you choose ā at 9:00, or at the hour you set MAKE IT YOURS ⢠Emoji, colors, drag to reorder ⢠Premium: put your own photo behind any counter and its widget, plus unlimited counters ā a one-time purchase, not a subscription Available in English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Chinese and Hindi.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Haru at none against Sinced's 1. Haru also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Sinced sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Haru asks for nothing beyond the download.
Haru ships an update every 4 days, Sinced monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Haru | Sinced |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | ā |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days ā better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No ā better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | ā |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | jungwoo choi | Sami Kuribara |
In-app purchases
Haru
No in-app purchases
Sinced
- Premium$1.99









