The Gratitude Insider’s Guide

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ToolGPAOctober 2026

Gratitude

The Insider’s Guide

Gratitude journal with affirmations and vision boards

Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among journaling apps, read from Gratitude’s own pages.

Made by Hapjoy Technologies Pvt. Ltd. · checked Oct 6, 2026 · toolgpa.com

2.4GPA

01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from Gratitude’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Gratitude’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 6, 2026.

Part 01 · Overview

Welcome

What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first

2.4

GPA, above 7 of the 35 other journaling apps we grade

Gratitude is a self-care app for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Android built around a gratitude journal. It pairs the journal, which has prompts, reminders, photos and streaks, with affirmations you can read or listen to, vision boards and a daily feed of quotes and stories. There is no account: entries are stored on the device, with optional Google Drive backup and iCloud sync between Apple devices. The app is free to download and sells Pro plans as in-app subscriptions.

To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Gratitude, taken from its own pages and our grades.

There's no account, and entries stay on your phone.

From our report card of Gratitude

1
Best for a daily gratitude habit with prompts
Gratitude is a gratitude journal with affirmations you can listen to, vision boards and a daily feed of quotes.
2
Paid plans start at $2.50 a month when paid by the year
As its pricing page puts it: $4.99 per month, or $29.99 per year (US App Store in-app purchases).
3
There is a free plan
Free to download, and the vendor describes the app as a freemium service. Its site and store listings do not spell out which features need a Pro plan.
4
It runs on 2 platforms
iOS and Android.
5
Gratitude journal
Daily entries with reminders, hundreds of prompts, photos and a streak counter. The App Store listing also describes recording journal entries in your own voice.
6
Affirmations
Hundreds of affirmations to read or listen to. You can write your own, add music and record them in your voice.
7
Vision boards
Boards collect photos, quotes and affirmations for your goals, organized in sections with goal ideas. A board can be turned into a video with music, and you can keep several.
8
A 2.4 GPA, above 7 of 35
That is against the other journaling apps we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
9
Your call
A journal at its plainest is dated entries of text and photos.

Gratitude at a glance

Pricing: Free plan, from $4.99 per month, or $29.99 per year (US App Store in-app purchases)
Free plan: Yes
Free trial: Free trials are offered on Pro plans inside the app; the length is not stated on the pages read.
Runs on: iOS, Android
Made by: Hapjoy Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Category: Journaling Apps
Our grade: 2.4 GPA, fair
Store rating: 4.9 on the App Store, 44,964 ratings

The report card

Best for a daily gratitude habit with prompts

Gratitude is a gratitude journal with affirmations you can listen to, vision boards and a daily feed of quotes. There's no account, and entries stay on your phone. But neither the site nor the store listings say which features need Pro, the App Store shows Pro items with no period, and deleting the app loses anything you didn't back up.

ToolGPA report cardGratitudeGraded Oct 10, 2026

Subject	Grade	Comment
Value for money	C	The annual Pro plan is $29.99, which is $2.50 a month and below this category's cheapest quarter, but nobody will tell you what it buys: Gratitude publishes no list of Pro features, and the App Store adds $6.99, $34.99 and $39.99 items with no period on them.
Free plan and trial	C	It's free to download, with the journal, affirmations, vision board and Daily Zen all there. What's held back is the thing nobody states, so you find the wall by hitting it. Pro trials are offered in the app with no length given.
Features	C	A kit for the gratitude habit: hundreds of prompts, reminders, photos, streaks, entries in your own voice, affirmations you can record, vision boards that become a video, and CSV or PDF export. The gap its own pages own up to: data sits on the device, so deleting the app loses anything you didn't back up.
Ease of use	A	4.9 from about 45,000 App Store ratings. There's no account to make, so you install it and write what you're thankful for, and the prompts cover the days when nothing comes to mind.
Platforms and integrations	C	Phones and tablets: iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Android, with no web or Windows version. iCloud sync covers Apple devices only, so iPhone to Android means a Google Drive backup. Apple Health and Siri are on the list too.

Grade point averageFair, out of 4.02.4

An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.

Who Gratitude is for

Fits if you want a nudge to write down what you're grateful for each day
Works for people who want entries kept on their own phone, with no account

Who it is not for

Skip it if you want to know what's free before you start, as Pro's features aren't published
Not for you if you forget backups, since deleting the app loses anything not backed up or exported
Skip it if you journal at a computer, as there's no web or Windows version
Tight if you switch between iPhone and Android, as iCloud sync is Apple only and you'd rely on a Google Drive backup
Watch out: the App Store lists Pro items at $6.99, $34.99 and $39.99 with no period, and trial lengths aren't stated

Good to know

Good for

People building a daily gratitude habit with prompts and reminders
Keeping a journal, affirmations and vision boards in one app
Users who want entries kept on their own device, with no account

Worth knowing

The vendor's site shows no prices and no list of Pro features; plan prices appear in the app and on app store listings.
Data lives on the device by default: deleting the app loses it unless you backed up to Google Drive or exported it.
iCloud sync covers Apple devices only, so moving between iPhone and Android relies on a Google Drive backup.
No web or Windows version is listed; the App Store listing says the iPad app also runs on Macs with Apple silicon.

Part 02 · Pricing

What it costs

Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved

$2.50

A month to start, paid by the year. There is a free plan too

Gratitude has a free plan. Paid plans start at $4.99 per month, or $29.99 per year (US App Store in-app purchases).

It's free to download, with the journal, affirmations, vision board and Daily Zen all there.

From our grade for free plan and trial

Free
$0
Free download of the journal, affirmations, vision board and Daily Zen app. The vendor does not publish which features are held back for Pro.
Monthly pro plan
$4.99
per month
Pro subscription billed monthly. The US App Store also lists a monthly Pro entry with a free trial at the same price.
Quarterly pro plan
$9.99
per quarter
The same Pro subscription billed every three months, as labelled in the US App Store in-app purchase list.
Annual pro plan
$29.99
per year
The same Pro subscription billed once a year, as labelled in the US App Store in-app purchase list.
Gratitude Pro
$6.99 to $39.99
billing period not shown on the US App Store listing
Further in-app purchases named Gratitude Pro are listed at $6.99, $34.99 and $39.99 with no period given.

The free plan

Free to download, and the vendor describes the app as a freemium service. Its site and store listings do not spell out which features need a Pro plan.

Trying it first

Free trials are offered on Pro plans inside the app; the length is not stated on the pages read.

Read from apps.apple.com on Oct 6, 2026.

Ways to pay less

Annual discount
Annual plan costs half of twelve monthly payments
The US App Store lists the monthly Pro plan at $4.99 and the annual Pro plan at $29.99, so a year on the annual plan costs about half of twelve monthly payments ($59.88).
Stated on apps.apple.com

What the app costs elsewhere

Each country’s App Store price for “Gratitude Pro”, against $39.99 in the United States, in dollars at the day’s rate. The four cheapest and the four dearest of 11.

Country	Price there	In dollars	Against the US
Canada	$49.99	$35.14	12% less
Indonesia	Rp 699ribu	$39.09	about the same
Philippines	₱ 2,490.00	$39.64	about the same
Turkey	₺1.999,99	$40.67	about the same
Mexico	$899.00	$49.40	24% more
Brazil	R$ 249,90	$49.93	25% more
Germany	44,99 €	$50.42	26% more
United Kingdom	£39.99	$52.87	32% more

Part 03 · Features

What it does

Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it

Places it runs: iOS and Android

Gratitude journal with affirmations and vision boards. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: local-first, daily notes.

The gap its own pages own up to: data sits on the device, so deleting the app loses anything you didn't back up.

From our grade for features

Gratitude journal: Daily entries with reminders, hundreds of prompts, photos and a streak counter. The App Store listing also describes recording journal entries in your own voice.
Affirmations: Hundreds of affirmations to read or listen to. You can write your own, add music and record them in your voice.
Vision boards: Boards collect photos, quotes and affirmations for your goals, organized in sections with goal ideas. A board can be turned into a video with music, and you can keep several.
Daily Zen: A daily feed of gratitude and motivation quotes, thank-you cards, affirmations, blog articles and reader stories, with an optional morning notification.
On-device storage, backup and sync: Data is stored only on the device, with no account. You can back up to your own Google Drive on Android and Apple devices, or sync between Apple devices through iCloud.
Export to CSV or PDF: Journal entries can be exported as a CSV or PDF file and saved on the phone or shared through other apps.

Where it runs

iOS
Android

What it works with

Google Drive
iCloud
Apple Health
Siri

Gratitude is made by Hapjoy Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Part 04 · Standing

Where it stands

Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own

7/35

Other journaling apps it is graded above

Gratitude's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 7 of the 35 other journaling apps we grade, and level with 7.

It stands best on ease of use (A, above 19 of 35) and worst on features (C, above 0).

Its paid plans start at $2.50 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $3.66 for the category: 4 of the 21 others that charge start lower.

On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less.

Each grade against the category

Every bar is all 36 journaling apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Gratitude’s own letter is outlined.

CValue for money
Above 4 of 35
CFree plan and trial
Above 2 of 35
CFeatures
Above 0 of 35
AEase of use
Above 19 of 35
CPlatforms and integrations
Above 2 of 35

Price against what you get

Each dot is one of 29 journaling apps. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Gratitude is the marked dot.

What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →

Keep it, or make your own?

Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.

Your call

A journal at its plainest is dated entries of text and photos.

You could make the core of Gratitude for yourself: daily notes. What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. At $29.99 a year it costs less than the weekend it would take to replace, which is the argument for keeping it.

What you could make

Daily notes: an app builder makes this well.

What you could not

A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
Hooks into the device itself: an Apple Watch app.

What this rests on. Gratitude’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.

Part 05 · Alternatives

The alternatives

The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side

Five Minute Journal, Stoic, Reflectly, Daylio and Grid Diary

The 5 tools Gratitude is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.

2.6GPA
Five Minute Journal
Free plan · from $4.99/mo
Guided gratitude journal with short morning and evening prompts.
- Five Minute Journal can be bought with a one-time purchase.
- Five Minute Journal also covers mood tracking.
Gratitude and Five Minute Journal compared in full
2.6GPA
Stoic
Free plan · from $6.99
Guided journal with morning and evening reflections and mood tracking.
- Only Stoic lists a web app.
- Only Stoic lists a macOS app.
- Stoic also covers templates, habit tracking and mood tracking.
Gratitude and Stoic compared in full
2.2GPA
Reflectly
Free plan · from $4.99
AI-guided journal and mood tracker for iPhone, iPad and Android.
- Reflectly also covers mood tracking.
Gratitude and Reflectly compared in full
2.4GPA
Daylio
Free plan · from $4.99
Mood tracker and micro-diary you fill in with a couple of taps.
- Daylio also covers templates, habit tracking, goals and mood tracking.
Gratitude and Daylio compared in full
2.4GPA
Grid Diary
Free plan · from $4.99/mo
Prompt-based diary and planner laid out as a grid of questions.
- Only Grid Diary lists a macOS app.
- Grid Diary also covers Markdown, templates and habit tracking.
Gratitude and Grid Diary compared in full

Part 06 · Questions

Quick answers

The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two

Questions, each answered in a line or two

The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.

Is Gratitude free?

Gratitude has a free plan. Free to download, and the vendor describes the app as a freemium service.

How much does Gratitude cost?

Gratitude lists 5 plans. Free: $0.

What platforms does Gratitude work on?

Gratitude is available on iOS and Android.

Does Gratitude offer any discounts?

Gratitude publicly lists the following: Annual plan costs half of twelve monthly payments.

How is Gratitude rated?

Gratitude's iPhone and iPad app averages 4.9 out of 5 from 44,964 ratings on the App Store in the United States, as read on Oct 6, 2026.

Does Gratitude have a Windows app?

No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. Gratitude is listed for iOS and Android.

Does Gratitude have a macOS app?

No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. Gratitude is listed for iOS and Android.

Is Gratitude open source?

Gratitude is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 6, 2026.

What does Gratitude integrate with?

Gratitude's listing names Google Drive, iCloud, Apple Health and Siri.

Does Gratitude have a free trial?

Yes. Free trials are offered on Pro plans inside the app; the length is not stated on the pages read.

Who makes Gratitude?

Gratitude is made by Hapjoy Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

What are the alternatives to Gratitude?

The closest alternatives to Gratitude in our directory are Five Minute Journal, Stoic, Reflectly, Daylio and Grid Diary.

How does Gratitude compare with other journaling apps?

Gratitude's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 7 of the 35 other journaling apps we grade, and level with 7.

Is Gratitude good value for money?

ToolGPA grades Gratitude C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $2.50 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $3.66 for the category: 4 of the 21 others that charge start lower.

Could I make my own version of Gratitude?

A journal at its plainest is dated entries of text and photos. You could make the core of Gratitude for yourself: daily notes.

Where this guide comes from

The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Gratitude’s own pages on Oct 6, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Gratitude's own pages on 6 October 2026, and its App Store rating. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-06-10.

Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Hapjoy Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Prices change, so check gratefulness.me before you buy.

Part 07 · About

About ToolGPA

Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

3,189

Tools graded, in 94 categories

ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.

Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.

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categories
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apps priced in 12 countries

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