Comparison

2 Self vs Got This

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

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About

2 Self

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I use this app to send motivational quotes to myself (not just reminders about what others want me to do for them). I send the things that lift me up. Yesterday, I was at the grocery store, and I received, "My world is open :)" Needless to say, it was a nice surprise. 2 Self helps you write your own affirmations, motivational quotes, mantras, and private reminders — then receive them later as scheduled or random notifications. 2 Self is built for the words you choose yourself. WRITE YOUR OWN WORDS Save affirmations, motivational quotes, positive thoughts, self-talk, mindset notes, encouragement, mantras, or reminders to yourself. Your words can be direct, gentle, serious, practical, spiritual, funny, or private. The point is not to find the perfect quote from someone else. The point is to keep the words that actually mean something to you. SET DAILY REMINDERS Choose exact times for daily reminders, weekday reminders, weekend reminders, or reminders on particular days and hours. USE RANDOMIZER Let one of your saved lines return unexpectedly using Gentle, Steady, Frequent, Cowabunga, or your own custom rhythm. USE IT FOR Daily affirmations Motivational quotes Positive reminders Self-love notes Self-esteem notes Confidence reminders Mindset notes Private mantras Personal encouragement Words you want to remember later NO ACCOUNT. NO DATA COLLECTED. Your words stay simple, private, and yours. WHY IT EXISTS The motivational industry runs on borrowed voices. Daily Affirmations Reminder is built on a different premise: the words best suited to reach you may already be yours. Write it once. Trust it later. Terms of Use: https://www.myworkingmemory.ai/2Self-terms.html Privacy Policy: https://www.myworkingmemory.ai/2Self-privacy.html

About

Got This

Receive daily positive affirmations and self-care messages throughout your day. This app offers customizable reminders, widgets, and themed content to promote well-being. It's designed for privacy with no account or data collection, and all core features are free.

Highlights
  • Daily affirmation notifications
  • Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets
  • Customizable reminders
  • Six themed content categories
  • Write your own affirmations
  • Favorite affirmations
  • Share affirmations
  • Bilingual support (English/Spanish)
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You've got this. Sometimes you just need to hear it. Got This sends you a short affirmation a few times a day — a steady, kind voice in a noisy phone. Open the app for today's line, see it on your Lock Screen before you've unlocked anything, or let it come to you as a gentle notification, right when your day needs it. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT • Free and generous. The full daily practice — 420 affirmations, reminders, favorites, widgets, write-your-own — is free. No subscription screen between you and a kind word. • Completely private. No account, no sign-up, no analytics, no ads, no servers. Everything happens on your device. We couldn't read your data if we wanted to — there's nothing to read. • Calm by design. A quiet count of your days, never a guilt trip — no red badges, no nagging. Just words that help, when you want them. HOW IT WORKS • Affirmation of the day — one steady line each morning, the same one in the app and on your widgets, plus shuffle when you need another. • Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets — today's affirmation where you'll see it first, refreshed every morning. • Reminders, your way — one to ten a day, evenly spaced across the hours you choose. Quiet before your morning coffee and after lights out. • Six themes — Confidence, Calm, Gratitude, Motivation, Self-Love, and Resilience. Narrow the pool to what today calls for: calm for an anxious morning, motivation for a slow one. • Write your own — your words join the daily rotation, the reminders, and the widgets. • Favorites — keep the lines that land, and find them again when you need them most. • Share — send the right words to someone who needs them. • Your practice — days in a row and a month of dots, shown quietly in Saved. It only ever shows what you did. • In English and Spanish — the whole library, the app, and the widgets. GOT THIS PLUS Three more themes — Work & Focus, Evening, and Hard Seasons — for a one-time price. No subscription, ever. Everything that's free stays free. Written to sound like a steady friend, not a poster. Four hundred and twenty affirmations, seventy in every theme, growing with every update. You've got this. Every day.

Screenshots

2 Self4 screens
Got This4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Got This at none against 2 Self's 2. Got This also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. 2 Self sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Got This asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

2 Self ships an update every 3 weeks, Got This every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
2 Self versus Got This: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter2 SelfGot This
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMyworkingmemory LLCPlan CD

In-app purchases

2 purchases

2 Self

Subscriptions2
  • Motivational Quotes Premium$0.991 Month
  • Motivational Quotes Yearly$9.991 Year
None

Got This

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 2 Self free?
2 Self is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Got This free?
Got This is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 2 Self or Got This have ads?
Neither 2 Self nor Got This shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 2 Self or Got This?
2 Self ships an update every 3 weeks, and Got This every 8 days. Most recently, 2 Self was updated on October 19, 2026 and Got This on October 21, 2026.

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