Comparison

Evensong vs Spanlet

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

Head to head
About

Evensong

This app guides you through daily reflection with six simple prompts, helping you build a consistent journaling habit. It offers features like "On This Day" memories, weekly reviews, and photo/location tagging to enrich your entries. Your data is securely backed up to your private iCloud account.

Highlights
  • Six daily guided prompts
  • "On This Day" memory feature
  • Weekly review summaries
  • Add photos and locations
  • Private iCloud backup
  • Daily streak tracking
Features
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Evensong is free to download and use, with an optional Premium upgrade for more themes and PDF export. Evensong asks you six short questions at the end of the day. That is the whole app. A gentle reminder at whatever time works for you, six honest prompts, and a couple of quiet minutes is all it takes to build a real journaling habit - one you'll actually keep. "On This Day" surfaces what you wrote a year ago, so your reflections start talking to each other over time. A Weekly Review pulls your week together. Fuzzy search finds any entry, typos and all. Add a photo - and a location - to anchor any entry to a place and moment. Keep a daily streak going, with a little celebration when you hit a milestone. Your entries back up to your own private iCloud account, so a new phone or a reinstall doesn't mean starting over. We never see your data - it's yours, in your own iCloud, and nowhere else. Evensong Premium ($0.99/month or $9.99/year) unlocks 8 additional visual themes - from warm, cozy palettes to real photo backdrops - plus PDF export for any date range, to print or share. Already bought Evensong before the switch to free? You keep full access to everything, free, forever. No ads. No tracking. No account required. Just a private place to put your day down before you close it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Spanlet

Features
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See the time you have lived, on a scale you choose. Spanlet gives you three ways to view your life: a clear percentage, your current year of life, and a grid of weeks. Enter your birthday, choose a scale from 1 to 150 years, and find the view that works for you. You can change that scale at any time. THREE WAYS TO SEE TIME Switch between percentages, years, and weeks. See elapsed days alongside your chosen scale. The years view shows the year of life you are currently living. WIDGETS FOR EVERY DAY Add small or medium life progress widgets to your Home Screen. Choose circular, rectangular, or inline widgets for your Lock Screen. The app includes previews and instructions to help you add them. YOUR YEAR, ONE DAY AT A TIME The large year progress widget shows the current year's 365 or 366 days. Completed days are filled, and today is outlined. It works without a birthday and starts fresh each January. MAKE IT YOURS Choose Moss, Paper, or Dusk. Each theme supports light and dark appearances in the app and widgets. STORED ON YOUR DEVICE No account, ads, or third-party analytics. Your birthday and preferences are stored locally and shared only with the app's widgets on your device. The app works offline. You can edit or erase your local profile at any time. System backups depend on your device settings. Spanlet visualizes elapsed time. Your chosen scale is not a life expectancy prediction. The app does not use health data or send push notifications. Widget refresh timing is managed by iOS. For iPhone with iOS 17 or later. Available in English, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese.

Screenshots

Evensong4 screens
Spanlet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Evensong at 3 against Spanlet's 1. Evensong also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Evensong versus Spanlet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEvensongSpanlet
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDustin Young凯 邢

In-app purchases

None

Evensong

No in-app purchases

None

Spanlet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Evensong free?
Evensong is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spanlet free?
Spanlet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Evensong or Spanlet have ads?
Neither Evensong nor Spanlet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Evensong or Spanlet?
Evensong ships an update fortnightly, and Spanlet fortnightly. Most recently, Evensong was updated on October 19, 2026 and Spanlet on October 24, 2026.

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