Comparison

Feeljar vs Skillwise

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

Head to head
About

Feeljar

Features
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Ephemera is a private, healing journal for fleeting emotional moments. Capture a photo, voice memo, or a few words — each tagged with your current mood. Let your fragments accumulate quietly, away from social media noise. • 8 mood tags: tender, heartbeat, grievance, healing, lonely, peaceful, moved, relieved • Photo, audio recording, and text fragments • Favorites collection & random recall • Annual emotion museum with mood distribution • Daily healing quote • Consecutive day streak • Solar term tags auto-applied • Fully private, stored on-device only

About

Skillwise

Features
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Skillwise is a calm, private DBT diary card and skills notebook — the daily tool you fill in and bring to your therapy session. Built with dignity for people practising Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. No judgement, no streaks, no pressure. A colour never labels an emotion, and crisis help is always one tap away. YOUR DAILY TOOLS • Daily diary card — emotions with intensity, urges, skills used and notes, in under a minute • The four DBT skill modules — mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness — short, practical cards, available offline • Help Now — crisis lines for your country and a personal safety plan • Full history, gentle reminders, biometric app lock, encrypted iCloud sync and CSV export SKILLWISE PRO (optional) • Therapist PDF report — your week's diary card, formatted to bring to your session • Guided chain analysis — trigger, vulnerabilities, links, behaviour, consequences • Trends — your emotions, urges and most-helpful skills over time, described, never diagnosed • Extended skill guides PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your entries stay on your device and your own encrypted iCloud. No account required, no analytics, no ads, no data sold. Delete everything in one tap. Skillwise complements therapy — it never replaces it, diagnoses, or gives clinical advice. SUBSCRIPTION Skillwise Pro is available as a monthly or annual auto-renewable subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. The annual plan includes a 7-day free trial. Price is shown in the app in your local currency. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://develak.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Feeljar4 screens
Skillwise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Feeljar at none against Skillwise's 3. 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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Skillwise sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Feeljar asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 4 level
Feeljar versus Skillwise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFeeljarSkillwise
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer长蓵 周Develak

In-app purchases

None

Feeljar

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Skillwise

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Feeljar free?
Feeljar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Skillwise free?
Skillwise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Feeljar or Skillwise have ads?
Neither Feeljar nor Skillwise shows ads.

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