Comparison

InnerBase AI vs Whenly

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

Head to head
About

InnerBase AI

Features
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InnerBase AI is a private intelligence for your life. It listens, understands, and remembers on your device; without a signal, you can still capture, think, translate, reset, and meet your past self again. Your journal, chats, learning progress, and settings stay on your device. There is no cloud account, advertising, content tracking, or cloud inference server reading your words. One complete private-life loop: - Capture: speak one thought or write a few lines; on-device dictation saves no audio - Understand: let local AI polish without replacing your voice, then offer a restrained reflection - Reset: after saving, enter an optional Quiet Reset for one pressure-free minute - Remember: revisit weekly reflections, mood insights, and On This Day memories New Quiet Reset: - Thought Sort places one circling thought into act now, return later, or release - Quiet Sudoku includes notes, gentle correction, reveal-one hints, and autosaveโ€”with no timer, rankings, or streak pressure - Memory Match is a small local card game with no ads, countdown, or data collection - Reset activities never read your journal; Thought Sort clears when you leave More offline capability: - Keep chatting, dictating, or translating without a signal - Learn English, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Spanish, Italian, or Russian - Use Home and Lock Screen widgets, Siri, Shortcuts, Action Button, Live Activities, and Apple Watch mood logging - Optionally sync State of Mind with Health - Use 35 interface languages The first time you use full local AI, InnerBase asks before downloading a device-appropriate model and shows its size, network, and progress. It selects a stable tier for your iPhone and protects the experience under memory or thermal pressure. Manual journaling, on-device voice notes, Quiet Reset, and curated offline vocabulary need no AI model download. InnerBase AI includes a 7-day AI feature trial. After the trial, a one-time Lifetime Unlock keeps AI availableโ€”there is no monthly subscription. Purchases are handled by Apple's App Store and can be restored.

About

Whenly

Features
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Leave todayโ€™s words to time. Whenly is a quiet mailbox across timeโ€”private and on your device, not a public inbox or a slow mail delivery. Write a letter, choose a future day to open it, and seal it. Until that day, the words stay locked; only a countdown remains. Send it to your future self, or to a child, partner, parent, or friend. It also remembers the days that matter. Birthdays, weddings, the day you metโ€”Gregorian or lunarโ€”can count down or count up. When the day arrives, write a letter that opens only then. After you open it, you can reply to who you were. โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” Letters to the Future โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” โ€ข Add a title, body, and recipient, then seal with an unlock time โ€ข Attach photos and a voice note, mark a mood, and choose a fitting font and theme โ€ข Before that time, the letter stays locked and shows only a countdown โ€ข When the day arrives, open itโ€”and optionally reply to your past self โ€ข Not ready yet? Reseal an opened letter with a new date โ€ข Share an opened letter as a card, or export an archive to keep โ€ข Search and filter; browse the timeline; move letters to Trash when needed โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” Anniversaries โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” โ€ข Keep birthdays, weddings, first-met days, and other dates worth remembering โ€ข Gregorian and lunar calendars; each date can countdown or count up โ€ข Reminders on the day or in advance; write a letter that opens only that day โ€ข Pin what matters most; choose which anniversary the small widget shows โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” Privacy, Widgets & Sync โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” โ€ข Face ID / passcode App Lock for private words โ€ข Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for the next letter and upcoming dates โ€ข Local notifications when a letter is about to unlock, or a date arrives โ€ข 6 built-in themes, plus Dark Mode โ€ข Local-first by default; with iCloud signed in, letters, anniversaries, and themes can sync via your private iCloud (the welcome letter stays on-device only) โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” Privacy & Terms โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” Privacy Policy: https://whenly.nonoor.com/privacy User Agreement: https://whenly.nonoor.com/agreement Please review these pages for details on privacy, data sync, and acceptable use. Continued use of the app means you understand and agree to the applicable terms. May every feeling you seal be worth the wait. May every unsealing be worth remembering.

Screenshots

InnerBase AI4 screens
Whenly4 screens

Verdict

The call

InnerBase AI and Whenly are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. InnerBase AI sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Whenly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

InnerBase AI ships an update weekly, Whenly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
InnerBase AI versus Whenly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInnerBase AIWhenly
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly โ€” betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size28 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChongqing Walling Tech Co., Ltd.ไผŸ ๆฎต

In-app purchases

1 purchases

InnerBase AI

One-time1
  • InnerBase Lifetime$19.99
3 purchases

Whenly

Subscriptions2
  • ๆœˆ่ฎข้˜…7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • ๅนด่ฎข้˜…1 Year trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • ไธ€ๆฌกไนฐๆ–ญ$29.99

Questions

Is InnerBase AI free?
InnerBase AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Whenly free?
Whenly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do InnerBase AI or Whenly have ads?
Neither InnerBase AI nor Whenly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, InnerBase AI or Whenly?
InnerBase AI ships an update weekly, and Whenly fortnightly. Most recently, InnerBase AI was updated on November 5, 2026 and Whenly on November 2, 2026.

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