Ananda Manifest & Affirmation

Ananda vs I am: Which Affirmation App Is Right for You?

I am has a huge library of affirmations for your Lock Screen. Ananda writes affirmations from your own story in 70 languages. Here's how to choose between them.

By the Ananda team3 min read

I am – Daily Affirmations is one of the most popular affirmation apps ever made. If you’ve looked for an affirmation app before, you’ve probably tried it.

Ananda takes a different approach. Here’s how the two compare, honestly.

Ananda is our app. Details about I am come from its App Store listing.

At a glance

Ananda I am
Where affirmations come from Written by AI from your accomplishments and challenges A shared library, filtered by focus areas
Free version First set of 7 personalized affirmations, plus widget, read-aloud and reminders Library, reminders and widgets, with ads
Paid plan (US) $2.99/month or $25.99/year Monthly, yearly and lifetime plans
Languages 70 14
Read aloud Yes, offline Not mentioned on the listing
Widgets Home Screen, iOS and Android Lock Screen and Home Screen
Ads None Free version is ad-supported

Where I am is better

  • Volume. Its library is huge. If you like scrolling and choosing your own favorites, there’s always something new.
  • Lock Screen. I am puts a new affirmation on your Lock Screen each day, and its widgets are well designed.
  • Usable for free. You can use the core of I am without paying, if you’re fine with ads.
  • Track record. It has been around for more than a decade and is updated regularly.

Where Ananda is better

Affirmations about your life, not everyone’s

I am lets you choose focus areas, so the affirmations match your topic. But they’re still written for millions of people at once. Ananda writes from your answers. If you tell it you raised two kids while finishing a degree and you’re now job hunting after a layoff, your affirmations draw on exactly that: “I finished a degree on four hours of sleep. I can get through a job search.”

Statements anchored in your real past are harder for your mind to argue with, which matters most on hard days (see Do Affirmations Work?).

Languages

I am supports 14 languages. Ananda supports 70, including Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Swahili, Filipino, Urdu and Vietnamese, each in its native script. Affirmations often feel stronger in your first language.

Listening

Every Ananda affirmation can be read aloud in a calm voice, offline, on the free version too.

No ads, less tracking

Ananda has no ads and no advertising or analytics SDKs, and it never asks for your email. Your profile is only sent to the AI after you agree, and you can delete it any time.

Who should choose which?

Choose I am if you want a large library, love Lock Screen affirmations, and don’t mind generic statements or ads.

Choose Ananda if generic affirmations haven’t felt true to you, or you’d like them in your own language.

Plenty of people use both: I am for variety through the day, and Ananda for a set that’s about them.

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