Vismory vs Grow a Little Star
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vismory
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Vismory helps you keep passing information and memories from slipping away. Every day, useful ideas and scenes move past quickly: a detail in a video, a reference in a feed, a screenshot you want to revisit, a photo from daily life, or something shared from another app. Saving the image is easy. Remembering why it mattered later is the hard part. Vismory turns those moments into lightweight visual notes. Start from a photo, screenshot, shared item, text, URL, or clipboard content, then add a short note so the reason stays with what you saved. What you can do with Vismory: - Save photos and screenshots with short notes - Start a note from shared content or clipboard text - Keep ideas, references, and everyday scenes before they disappear - Review saved items in an image grid, summary list, or calendar view - Find what you saved with clues such as note text, tags, dates, places, sources, and capture details when available Vismory is made for the space between a full note and a forgotten screenshot. It gives you a quick way to save what caught your eye and enough context to understand it later.
Grow a Little Star
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There’s a tiny universe inside a little glass jar. Grow a Little Star is a quiet place to spend time with a single star. Give it a little light, or simply stay and watch. There’s no need to hurry. Your star will still be here when you come back. GIVE YOUR STAR A LITTLE LIGHT Twice a day, you can give your star a little light. There are no complicated tasks and no need to keep checking in. Just visit whenever you feel like spending a little time together. EVERY STAR IS DIFFERENT Each star has its own little personality. The way it twinkles, the sounds it likes, how it grows, and how it spends the night can all be different. Spend time together and slowly discover what kind of star you’ve met. WATCH YOUR NIGHT SKY GROW As the days pass, your little universe slowly changes. The moon, constellations, shooting stars, and other quiet moments begin to appear in the night sky. There’s nothing you need to rush to unlock. Simply spend time with your star and watch the sky unfold. A LITTLE UNIVERSE ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Keep your star close with Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. You can quietly check in on your little universe without opening the app. YOUR STAR, ON APPLE WATCH See your star on Apple Watch and give it a little light right from your wrist. Your star and its days spent together stay connected with your iPhone. A STAR THAT WAITS FOR YOU There are no streaks to maintain. If you don’t open the app for a while, your star won’t disappear. Come back whenever you want. Your star will still be there, quietly waiting. YOUR TIME WITH EACH STAR Look back on the days you’ve spent together and the stars you’ve met before. Each star leaves behind its own little memory. Take your time. Spend a quiet moment with a little star and watch your universe slowly grow.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Grow a Little Star at none against Vismory's shown. Grow a Little Star also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). Vismory's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. Vismory sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Grow a Little Star sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Vismory ships an update every 5 days, Grow a Little Star every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vismory | Grow a Little Star |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jaeil Roh | Akio Nishikawa |
In-app purchases
Vismory
- Remove Ads$1.99
Grow a Little Star
- Expand Your Universe$1.99
- Welcome Another Star$1.99
- A Window to Your Star$4.99









