Reflective vs Between the Rooms
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Reflective
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Reflective provides a simple, supportive space to reflect, complete assignments, and stay connected to your goals between appointments. A Reflective account is required to use this app.
Between the Rooms
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Make room for what comes up between therapy sessions. Between the Rooms is a reflection and journaling companion created by The Inner Room Collective for adults 18 and older. Capture thoughts, explore feelings, and keep track of what you want to bring into therapy. HOME Return to your favorite coping skills, an affirmation, a grounding moment, and your next upcoming appointment. Explore blogs from The Inner Room Collective for more reflections on therapy and everyday life. MY COPING SKILLS Build a personal bank of practices that help you feel grounded. Add a skill, note when it helps and how to use it, and tap to revisit its details. Edit your skills over time and choose up to three favorites to keep on Home. JOURNAL Explore guided reflection prompts about emotions, relationships, identity, grief, stress, intimacy, and more. Save your reflections and return to them over time. CURIOSITIES Capture a question, moment, or insight you want to address in therapy. Revisit it, add notes, and reflect on whether you addressed it, avoided it, or are still exploring it. THE ROOM Prepare for a session with Entering The Room and reflect afterward with Leaving The Room. Bring saved journal entries and curiosities into your preparation. Before- and after-session notes stay in their respective sections, separate from your journal log. APPOINTMENTS AND OPTIONAL REMINDERS Keep track of appointments you enter yourself and mark them as attended, rescheduled, or cancelled
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Between the Rooms at daily against Reflective's every 2 weeks. Reflective's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Reflective ships an update every 2 weeks, Between the Rooms daily. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reflective | Between the Rooms |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Daily โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 โ better | 16.4 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Fred Not Freud, LLC | The Inner Room Collective |
In-app purchases
Reflective
No in-app purchases
Between the Rooms
No in-app purchases






