melt ritual vs Lily
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
melt ritual
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some thoughts don't deserve a notes app. they need to leave. melt ritual is one screen. tap, write the negative thought that's been eating your focus, and hold the melt button — the words liquefy under your finger, drip down the screen, and dissolve until white washes over everything. lift your finger and the melt pauses; hold again and it continues. when it's done, it's gone. permanently. nothing is ever saved. no history, no archive, no account, no cloud, no way back. the impossibility of getting a thought back is the whole point. the only thing the app remembers is your count — how many thoughts you've thrown away. • one screen, one gesture: write, hold, gone • real-time melt rendered with metal shaders • haptics that let you feel the thought soften and release • a lifetime count of everything you've let go • a home screen widget that asks for your next one • a gentle once-a-day reminder at a random time (optional) • 100% private: no accounts, no analytics, no network — everything stays on your phone your head has better things to hold.
Lily
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Lily is a shared notebook for two. Everything you want to do together lives in one place, and it's always at hand for both of you. • Places. Cafés, walks and exhibitions you want to go to: "want to" and "visited" lists, ratings, notes and a map. "What's nearby?" shows which places from your list are close. • The Shelf. Movies, series and books: want to, watching now, watched — with the episode you stopped at and your rating afterwards. • Trips. Hotels, tickets, links, a checklist and places, with a strip of days. After the trip Lily puts together its page: how many days, where you went, what you remember. • Dates. Anniversaries, birthdays and your own dates — with reminders in advance, on a timeline of the next 60 days. • Moments. A phrase, a message or a day worth remembering — as cards you flip through. Once a month there's a "Month in review" page you can share. • "What shall we do?" Lily suggests a plan for the evening from your own ideas. In "Separately" mode each of you answers alone, and Lily finds an option that suits you both without revealing who wanted what. • "Thinking of you". One warm touch — your partner gets a notification. • Inbox and Share. Send a link, a reel or a screenshot from any app to Lily — it's saved right away, even offline. • Private. Notes and gift ideas just for you — behind Face ID and encrypted on your device. • Widgets: how long you've been together, the next date and a random idea from your list. Everything syncs between your two phones and works offline. Sign in with Apple, no ads and no tracking. Lily is free: the whole notebook — places, the Shelf, trips, dates and moments — costs nothing. Lily Plus is one subscription for you both: Lily understands what you sent — a place from a reel, a book from a screenshot, a movie from a link — files it into your notebook, and in the evening helps you choose from what you saved. You can also get Plus by inviting a couple: share your code with another couple, and once they settle in, both couples get it for a week. Lily Plus is an auto-renewable subscription, monthly or yearly (the yearly plan starts with a free week). One subscription covers you both. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://api-production-86fa.up.railway.app/privacy
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Verdict
melt ritual and Lily are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | melt ritual | Lily |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rahul Bhadauriya | Aleksandr Turchaninov |
In-app purchases
melt ritual
No in-app purchases
Lily
No in-app purchases









