Gratitude
Gratitude is a journaling and mindfulness app for people who want to focus on positive experiences and live with intention.
What Gratitude is
Gratitude is a journaling and mindfulness app for people who want to focus on positive experiences and live with intention. Its journal supports guided prompts, photos, voice recordings and streaks, with hundreds of prompts to choose from. Users can read or listen to affirmations, write their own, add music and record their voice. Vision boards combine photos, quotes and affirmations; users can make multiple boards and create videos with music. Daily Zen brings together gratitude and motivation quotes, thought-switch ideas, thank-you cards, affirmations, articles and real-life stories. The app is available on Android, iOS and macOS, and journal entries can be exported as CSV or PDF. According to its privacy policy, entries remain stored locally, no account is required, and the company does not store or access them. Users can back up data to Google Drive on Android and Apple devices, or optionally sync selected content between Apple devices using iCloud. Gratitude has a free plan and free trial; Pro features require an in-app purchase.
Good
- Journal supports prompts, photos and voice recordings.
- Affirmations can include music and users’ recorded voices.
- Vision boards can combine photos, quotes and affirmations.
- Journal entries can be exported as CSV or PDF.
- Free plan and free trial are listed.
Watch out
- Pro features require an in-app purchase.
- Pro subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled in account settings.
- Family sharing of in-app purchases is not supported.
Who it suits
Gratitude suits people looking for guided journaling, affirmations and vision-board tools on Android, iOS or macOS. Its local storage and export options may also matter to people deciding how to keep their journal entries.
Verdict
Gratitude combines journaling, affirmations, vision boards and daily inspiration in one app. The free plan and export options are useful considerations, while Pro features require an in-app purchase.
Plans and prices
From Gratitude's own pricing page, checked 20 Sep 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly pro plan | — | — |
| Quarterly pro plan | — | — |
| Annual pro plan | — | — |
| Free | Free | Free app download; Pro features require in-app purchase |
| Monthly pro plan | $4.99 a month | In-app purchase; App Store lists a monthly Pro plan and a monthly Pro plan with free trial |
| Quarterly pro plan | $9.99 a year | App Store labels it quarterly |
| Annual pro plan | $29.99 a year | In-app purchase |
The facts
Each one read from Gratitude's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Affirmations
- Users can read or listen to affirmations, write their own, add music, and record their voice.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Analytics
- The privacy policy says usage and crash data are not collected without consent, and identifies Mixpanel and Firebase Crash Reporting among its third-party services.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Backup and sync
- Users can back up app data to Google Drive on Android and Apple devices and optionally sync selected content across Apple devices using iCloud.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Daily Zen
- Daily Zen includes gratitude and motivation quotes, thought switch ideas, thank you cards, affirmations, articles, and real-life stories.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Data storage
- The privacy policy says entries are stored locally, the app has no account creation, and the company neither stores nor accesses users' entries.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Export
- Journal entries can be exported as CSV or PDF.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Export formats
- PDFchecked 20 Sep 2001
- Family sharing
- The privacy policy says the app does not support family sharing of in-app purchases.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Journal
- The journal supports prompts, photos, voice recordings, streaks, and hundreds of journal prompts.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Prompt features
- guidedchecked 20 Sep 2001
- Purpose
- Gratitude describes its app as a tool to focus on the positive, become more mindful, and live with intention.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Subscriptions
- Pro purchases renew automatically unless canceled through the relevant Apple or Google account settings at least 24 hours before the period ends.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Support
- The maker lists [email protected] as its support email.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Vision boards
- Vision boards can combine photos, quotes, and affirmations, and users can create multiple boards and videos with music.checked 8 Oct 2001
Where it runs
- Available platforms
- ios,android,macoschecked 20 Sep 2001
The company
- Company
- The maker identifies itself as Hapjoy Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and lists a Mumbai, India address.checked 8 Oct 2001
- Headquarters
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, Indiachecked 28 Sep 2001
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2001
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