Kokoro Mind vs MyTextJournal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kokoro Mind
This app generates personalized guided meditations based on your spoken or typed feelings. It offers original audio for relaxation, sleep, and focus, allowing you to save favorite sessions. Enjoy a simple, beautiful, and distraction-free mindfulness experience.
- Personalized meditations from your words
- Voice or text input
- Original calming audio
- Save favorite meditations
- Distraction-free interface
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Kokoro creates personalised guided meditations from what you choose to share. Talk or type about your day, a difficult moment or something you want to work towards, then choose a voice and a session length. Choose from four voices and eight seven-day programs, including Future Self, Quiet Nights, focus, confidence and support. Save meditations to your library and listen again when you need them. Your first personalised meditation, saved-session playback and Day 1 of each program are free. Kokoro Premium includes ongoing personalised meditations and conversations, plus all program days. Monthly and yearly subscriptions are available. The purchase screen shows your local price and any trial you are eligible for. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled. Manage them in your Apple Account settings. Kokoro asks before sharing your words or voice with AI providers. Usage analytics is a separate, optional choice. You can change both choices in You. For general wellness and mindfulness. Kokoro does not provide medical care or replace professional support. Privacy Policy: https://kokoromind.com/privacy.html Terms: https://kokoromind.com/terms.html Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
MyTextJournal
This app offers a private space for journaling through text messages. It provides CBT-informed replies and stores your encrypted history for easy access. Gentle reminders encourage daily check-ins.
- Journal via SMS/MMS
- CBT-informed replies
- Encrypted journal history
- Daily check-in reminders
- Sign in with Apple/Google
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TextJournal is a calm, private place to journal by text. Save your TextJournal number, then message it like a friend. A CBT-informed companion replies over SMS—and you can revisit your encrypted history anytime in the app. WHAT YOU GET • Journal by SMS or MMS (including photos) • Supportive, CBT-informed replies • Encrypted journal history in the iOS app • Gentle daily check-in reminders • Optional Sign in with Apple or Google PRICING • 30-day free trial of SMS journaling • Monthly: $8.99 • Yearly: $69.99 (about 35% off) IMPORTANT TextJournal is a wellness journaling tool—not therapy, not medical care, and not a crisis service. If you are in crisis, call or text 988 (US) or use local emergency services. Privacy Policy: https://textjournal.app/privacy Support: https://textjournal.app/support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Kokoro Mind at free against MyTextJournal's free with in-app purchases. Kokoro Mind also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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
Both are free to download. Kokoro Mind sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and MyTextJournal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Kokoro Mind against 5.0 for MyTextJournal. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | Kokoro Mind | MyTextJournal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Denis Ivanov | Kush Patel |
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Kokoro Mind
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In-app purchases
Kokoro Mind
- Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
MyTextJournal
- TextJournal Monthly$8.991 Month
- TextJournal Yearly$69.991 Year
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