dear___ vs UnLink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
dear___
This app allows you to create private, temporary photo albums with layered memories. You can add photos, text, dates, and audio, then reveal them through touch before they fade back. It offers reminders and the option to share or export your creations.
- Create layered memory objects
- Edit white masks with computer vision
- Add diary text, dates, music, and audio
- Temporarily reveal memories through touch
- Receive memory reminders
- Export albums as archives
- Design share cards
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dear___ is for the memories you're not ready to look at all at once, and the ones you're not ready to let go of, either. Cover your photographs with an editable white mask. Add a diary entry, a date, a song. Then, when you're ready, erase the cover with your finger — the photograph appears, the words surface, the music begins. After a short pause, the mask slowly returns, and the memory recedes into absence again. dear___ doesn't try to bring anyone back. It just gives you a way to visit — briefly, privately, on your own terms — and to leave the door open for next time. With dear___, you can: • Create personal albums from your own photographs • Generate a starting mask with computer vision, then paint, erase, and adjust it by hand • Add diary text, dates, music, and audio to each memory • Reveal memories through touch, and watch them fade back into absence • Receive "on this day" and weekly memory reminders • Design share cards for the memories you choose to show • Decide exactly which layers to save, share, export, or submit • Export your albums as portable archives Your memories stay yours. Albums remain on your device unless you choose to export, share, or submit them. No account is required to create or browse. We all come to accept the absence of those we have loved, but we can still talk to them across time. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
UnLink
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Track your no-contact streak for free, without handing over your most personal moments. UnLink helps you pause before reaching out and move forward with private, on-device support. FREE RECOVERY TOOLS • Your no-contact day counter and recovery score • Real-time urge support when the pull to text feels strongest • Mood and trigger logging • Money saved and time reclaimed tracking • A daily checklist for the next right step • Relapse-safe restarts that preserve your history PREMIUM FEATURES Upgrade to unlock the private Vault for your reasons, reminders, and future-self notes, deeper recovery insights, and the on-device Recovery Coach. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your recovery data stays on your phone. • No account required • No backend, ads, analytics, or third-party tracking • Nothing is uploaded or sold WHO IT'S FOR For anyone trying not to text, check, reread, or reopen a relationship before they are ready. Start your streak. Keep your privacy. Move forward at your pace. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sunnysaas.github.io/unlink/ Support: https://sunnysaas.github.io/unlink/support.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: dear___ at none against UnLink's 3. 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
Both are free to download. UnLink sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. dear___ asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | dear___ | UnLink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tianqi Wei | Musku Akshay Reddy |
In-app purchases
dear___
No in-app purchases
UnLink
- UnLink Weekly7 Days trial$4.997 Days
- UnLink Monthly$9.991 Month
- UnLink Yearly$49.991 Year









