Graceup vs I Am for Daily Affirmations

Choose I am if you want an app built around affirmations that puts a new one on your Lock Screen every day, with an Apple Watch app too. Choose Graceup if you want affirmations together with a 30-second gratitude journal you can share with friends, for $29.99 a year instead of $59.99. We built Graceup, so we link the source for every fact about I am and say where it does better.

Graceup vs I am in one table

The facts about I am come from its US App Store page and its website. Prices are from the US App Store in US dollars and were checked on November 9, 2026.

	I am	Graceup
Yearly price	$59.99	$29.99
Monthly price	$14.99	$6.99
Lifetime price	$149.99	Not offered
Free version	Free to download, free features not described	20 affirmations a day, one journal entry a day, groups and Explore
Affirmations	Yes, the main feature	Yes, more than 2,500 in 19 categories
Gratitude journal	Not described	Yes, one good thing a day
Public community	Not described	Yes, the Explore feed
Private groups	Not described	Yes, up to 50 people per group
Widgets	Yes, Home Screen, plus affirmations on the Lock Screen	Yes, Home Screen
Platforms	iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Android	iPhone, iPad, Android
App languages	English and 13 more	English and five more
Advertising, per the App Store	Yes	Not listed
App Store rating	4.8 from about 738,000 ratings	5.0 from one rating

“Not described” means I am’s official pages don’t mention the feature. It doesn’t prove the app lacks it.

What the I am app does

I am - Daily Affirmations, made by Monkey Taps, is an affirmations app. Its official pages don’t describe any other features. The App Store page promises a new affirmation on your Lock Screen every day and reminders throughout the day on Home Screen widgets. You pick a focus such as self-esteem or confidence and set reminders for different times of day. Its website adds categories, custom backgrounds and themes.

I am has a 4.8 rating from about 738,000 ratings. Version 7.8.0 came out on November 6, 2026, with new themes and new affirmations. The app runs on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Its website links to the Android version on Google Play. It’s available in English and 13 other languages, including Spanish, French, German and Portuguese.

The App Store lists I am Premium at $59.99 a year, $14.99 a month or $149.99 for life, plus other I am Premium prices with no period given ($47.99, $11.99, $69.99 and $9.99). The page doesn’t say which features are free. Its age rating details say the app contains advertising.

What Graceup does

We built Graceup as a gratitude journal where you write one good thing a day in about 30 seconds. Your entries build a streak and fill a monthly Gratitude Jar. You can share a moment with a private group for your partner, friends or family, or post it to the public Explore feed, which never shows your name.

Graceup also has more than 2,500 affirmations in 19 categories, from calm and confidence to grief and sleep. You swipe through them, save the ones that feel true, write your own and send one to a friend as an image. You can set affirmation reminders and add a widget with today’s affirmation to your Home Screen.

Graceup is new and has only one App Store rating so far. Its affirmations are text only, with no audio. Graceup also has no Apple Watch app. The app is in English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French and Romanian, on iPhone, iPad and Android.

I am vs Graceup on price and the free version

Graceup costs half as much as I am: $29.99 a year against $59.99, or $6.99 a month against $14.99. I am also sells lifetime access for $149.99, which Graceup doesn’t offer. That one payment equals about five years of Graceup’s yearly plan.

Graceup says exactly what its free plan includes: 20 affirmations a day, three affirmations of your own, one journal entry a day, your streak, private groups and the Explore feed. I am is free to download, but its App Store page doesn’t say what you get without Premium. If the free version matters to you, install I am and look at what it offers before you pay.

Choose I am if

• You want an app built around affirmations and don’t need a journal or groups.
• You want a new affirmation on your Lock Screen every day.
• You want affirmations on your Apple Watch.
• You want the app in a language Graceup doesn’t have, such as Italian or Japanese.
• You’d rather pay once: I am Premium for life costs $149.99.
• You want an app that many people already use: I am has about 738,000 ratings.

Choose Graceup if

• You want affirmations and a short gratitude journal in the same app.
• You want to share good moments with a private group or read other people’s moments in the Explore feed.
• You want to pay less: $29.99 a year instead of $59.99.
• You want to know what’s free before you start: 20 affirmations a day and one journal entry a day.

Do affirmation apps like I am and Graceup work?

We don’t know of any study that tested I am or Graceup. In a 2009 study, Joanne Wood and colleagues found that people with low self-esteem felt worse after repeating “I’m a lovable person”, while people with high self-esteem felt only a little better.

Our article on whether affirmations work explains this research in more detail. If you want to compare more apps, our guide to daily affirmations apps also covers Mantra, ThinkUp, Unique Daily Affirmations and Gratitude.

We built Graceup for iPhone and Android. You write one good thing a day, read a few affirmations and share the moments you choose with the people in your groups.

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