Elephant Journal
What is Elephant Journal?
Elephant Journal is a free lifestyle app covering topics such as meditation, relationships, family, environmental tips, yoga, travel and recipes. It offers a Front Page, category browsing, search, notifications, bookmarks, and options to comment on and share articles. Readers can read two articles free each day, and a paid subscription provides unlimited articles and fewer ads.
Pricing. Elephant Journal is free to download on the App Store.
Good for
- Reading articles on meditation or yoga while waiting
- Browsing family, green living or recipe articles by category
- Following writers and receiving alerts for new articles
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Why this app is in C tier
Elephant Journal scores 70 out of 100: rating 97, rating count 83, App Store search rank 0, update recency 100. The four parts are averaged with no weights, and C tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
Description
From Meditation to Relationships, Family to Environmental Tips, Yoga and Meditation to Travel and Recipes - we cover all the issues and topics that matter with a sense of humor and journalistic integrity - cutting through fads and making fun of spiritual materialism. Our app is simple: it’s not here to clutter your life, but to help open it up. Most apps we enjoy fill the gaps in our lives - whether in line or in a waiting room, or at a restaurant waiting for a friend or colleague to return. Elephant offers space and inspiration within this busyness, enabling us to return to our basic goodness with knowledge and empathy. Every day, check our Front Page for uplifted discussions and new articles, videos and podcasts. Then, your reading, hearting, sharing, and commenting directly increase the article's score, helping that author “win,” get paid by our mindful community, and get featured on our Front Page. FRONT PAGE: A clear scrollable display of our community’s favorite articles, timely issues, and editor’s picks. Scroll ’til you find something that inspires you. TOPICS: Browse articles by category (Yoga, Family, Green, Politics, Recipes...), bookmark those you love, and snooze t
Compare in Article Reading
| Measure | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tier | C | B | C |
| Score | 70 / 100 | 71 / 100 | 70 / 100 |
| Rating | 4.9 ★ | 4.8 ★ | 4.9 ★ |
| Ratings | 14.3K | 4.5K | 14.3K |
| Latest ratings · 180d | — | — | 4.2 ★ · 20 reviews |
| Last update | 40d ago | 333d ago | 13d ago |
| Price | Free download | Free download | Free download |
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See all 16 ›Questions about Elephant Journal
Is the app free to use?
The app is free to download. Two articles can be read free each day. The listing describes a subscription at $3/month or $36/year billed annually for unlimited articles and fewer ads.
How do I cancel a subscription?
You can cancel your renewal at any time from the Account Settings of your device, at least 24 hours before your renewal date.
What does the heart button do?
Tapping the heart icon on an article boosts its score. This can help the article get featured on the Front Page and increase the author's chances of winning the weekly Ecosystem payout.
Is Elephant Journal free?
Elephant Journal is free to download.
What is Elephant Journal good for?
Elephant Journal is built for reading articles on meditation or yoga while waiting, browsing family, green living or recipe articles by category, following writers and receiving alerts for new articles. It sits in the article reading list on AppTierList.
Is Elephant Journal worth it?
Elephant Journal is C tier, ranked #9 of 17 article reading apps with a score of 70 out of 100, from a 4.9 App Store rating across 14,322 ratings. 8 apps rank above it in the same list.
How does Elephant Journal compare to The New York Review of Books?
Elephant Journal is C tier at 70; The New York Review of Books is B tier at 71. The New York Review of Books ranks higher. Elephant Journal is free to download, The New York Review of Books is free to download.
How often is Elephant Journal updated?
Elephant Journal was updated 40 days ago, which counts in its favour.
All the facts
- List
- Article Reading
- Tier
- C (Situational)
- Score
- 70 / 100
- Rank in list
- #9 of 17
- Ranking certainty
- early: few ratings or search ranks so far
- Price
- Free download
- App Store rating
- 4.9 out of 5
- Number of ratings
- 14,322
- Current version
- (40 days ago)
- App Store data read
- App Store category
- Lifestyle
- Good for
- Reading articles on meditation or yoga while waiting, Browsing family, green living or recipe articles by category, Following writers and receiving alerts for new articles
- Requires
- iOS 26.0 or later
- Size
- 7 MB
- Age rating
- 12+
- Languages
- 1
- Maker
- unclaimed
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
Ranking refreshed · how it is computed