Comparison

Decision Journal vs Levely

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

Head to head
About

Decision Journal

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Record what you chose, why it made sense at the time, how confident you felt, and when to review it. Add outcomes and reflections later to notice patterns in your own decisions. Your journal stays local on your device. No account is required. Decision Journal does not provide professional advice, AI summaries or automatic cloud sync. Free includes up to 10 new entries per device-local calendar month, basic insights, unlimited reading and editing of existing history, and password-protected encrypted backup and restore through Files. Review the backup record count before explicitly replacing your journal; restoration replaces rather than merges. Keep your backup somewhere accessible if your device is lost, and keep its password separately. A copy stored only on that device does not protect against losing it. We cannot recover a forgotten backup password. Portable backup size limits apply. Premium adds unlimited new entries, tags and tag filters, additional on-device insights, and readable CSV/JSON analysis exports. Monthly and Yearly subscriptions are offered. Existing Lifetime rights remain recognized and restorable; Lifetime is not offered in this app version. Restore purchases separately through Apple; journal backups do not contain purchase rights. The More tab loads a public SHG app directory. Apple handles purchases. Manage or cancel recurring plans through your Apple account settings. Support: decisionjournal-support@sykesholdinggroup.com. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Levely

This app gamifies skill development by using a focus timer that awards experience points for dedicated practice sessions. Track your progress with detailed stats and watch your skills level up over time, mirroring RPG progression.

Highlights
  • RPG-style skill progression
  • Focus timer with XP rewards
  • Detailed skill level tracking
  • No streaks or guilt mechanics
  • Weekly, monthly, yearly time views
  • Home screen widget
  • Private iCloud sync
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You know the feeling of starting a new character in your favorite RPG. You're weak. You have no idea what you're doing. Every skill is at level 1. Then you start playing. Levely brings that feeling to real life. It's a focus timer that turns the time you spend practicing real skills into RPG-style progression. Pick a skill, set a timer, and focus. When the session ends, you earn XP and your skill gets closer to the next level. Levely can't tell whether you practiced well, or hard, or at the right difficulty. No app can, not without watching you far more closely than you'd like. So XP doesn't measure how good you are. It measures that you sat down and gave something your full attention, and for how long. A CHARACTER SHEET FOR REAL SKILLS Every skill has a level, an XP bar and a history. Watch them climb slowly, unevenly, the way real progress actually goes. EARN YOUR TITLE Earned through hours of focus. Nothing is handed out. NO STREAKS No chains to break, no guilt, nothing to protect. Miss a week and your levels are exactly where you left them. Progress isn't linear, and an app that punishes you for that is measuring the wrong thing. SEE WHERE THE TIME WENT Week, month and year views show where your time actually went and which skills got it. HOME SCREEN WIDGET Your most recent skills, their levels and the week's practice — in three sizes. SYNCS PRIVATELY Your practice syncs across your devices through your own iCloud. No account, no sign-up, no server. I can't see any of it, and I don't want to. ONE PURCHASE. NO SUBSCRIPTION. Levely is free with up to three skills. One purchase unlocks unlimited skills, the Home Screen widget and extra themes. No subscription. No recurring charge. Pay once and it's yours.

Screenshots

Decision Journal4 screens
Levely4 screens

Verdict

The call

Decision Journal and Levely are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Decision Journal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Levely sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Decision Journal versus Levely: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDecision JournalLevely
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSykes Holding Group LLCRadu-Adrian Constantin

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Decision Journal

Subscriptions2
  • Decision Journal Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Decision Journal Premium Yearly$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Decision Journal Premium Lifetime$24.99
2 purchases

Levely

One-time2
  • Amethyst Theme$2.99
  • Full Access$9.99

Questions

Is Decision Journal free?
Decision Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Levely free?
Levely is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Decision Journal or Levely have ads?
Neither Decision Journal nor Levely shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Decision Journal or Levely?
Decision Journal ships an update every 3 weeks, and Levely every 3 weeks. Most recently, Decision Journal was updated on October 28, 2026 and Levely on October 31, 2026.

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