Reviver vs Steven
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reviver
This app allows owners to personalize their digital license plates by changing backgrounds and displaying custom banner messages. It also simplifies vehicle registration renewal, provides trip telematics for locating your vehicle, and aids in stolen vehicle recovery.
- Personalize digital license plate backgrounds
- Display custom banner messages
- Simplify vehicle registration renewal
- Locate your vehicle with trip telematics
- Receive alerts for unexpected vehicle movement
- Aid in stolen vehicle recovery
- Track trips and mileage
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Our team at Reviver has reimagined what a license plate can do with RPLATE®, the world's first digital license plate. The Reviver App is the companion mobile application for your RPLATE. Owners can change backgrounds and display banner messages to personalize their RPLATE in ways a metal plate never could. Modern Licensing for Modern Living. RPLATE's are currently available for purchase and DMV registration in AZ and CA. For drivers in these states, they are legal to drive anywhere throughout the U.S. Features and Benefits: • Manage Visual Personalization of your RPlate, switch between light or dark mode, and personalize your banner message. • Enjoy simplified Vehicle Registration Renewal and complete it with a few clicks on your smartphone, any time of the day or night. • With Trip Telematics, never again waste time searching your car or wondering where it is. Instead, use the Reviver app to get directions to your car. Valet and Park mode also provide you with instant alerts if your vehicle moves unexpectedly. • Get help recovering a stolen vehicle. Should a vehicle be stolen, once reported to Reviver, the plate will read “Stolen,” and the car’s location will be tracked for recovery by police. • Use Trip & Mileage Tracking to make your month-end expenses a breeze.
Steven
This app offers a simple and calm way to track your daily moods and emotions. It provides visual summaries of your emotional history and gentle insights into patterns over time, all while prioritizing your privacy.
- Daily mood check-ins
- Visual mood calendar
- Year-in-pixels view
- Mood pattern analysis
- On-device data processing
- Optional evening reminders
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Steven is the private way to check in with how you feel. No sign-up. No accounts. No ads. No personal data collected. Just a calm daily mood journal — playful, honest, and built to stay on your device. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your mood history stays with you. We don’t collect personal information, we don’t sell anything, and we don’t share your feelings with advertisers. There are no ad networks, no advertising IDs, and no third-party trackers watching what you log. • No sign-up — open the app and start journaling • No account, no email, no phone number • No ads, ever • No advertising IDs, no cross-app tracking • No personal data collected • Moods, emotions, and notes are stored on your device • Optional sync through your Apple iCloud — private, encrypted, and controlled by Apple • Evening reminders are local notifications on your phone — nothing is sent to our servers • Mood Analysis runs on-device with Apple Intelligence — your journal isn’t read in the cloud A CALM DAILY CHECK-IN How was today, really? Slide to how you feel, tap the emotions that showed up, add a short note if you want, and you’re done. No long essays, no feeds, no scores — just an honest ritual you can keep. • Quick mood logging — sad, calm, happy, or angry • Emotion tags so you can name what showed up • Optional evening reminders so you don’t forget to log • Streaks that celebrate showing up — without guilt when you miss a day YOUR MOOD, MADE VISIBLE See patterns over time without turning your life into a dashboard. • Month calendar filled with little mood faces • Year-in-pixels view for the bigger picture • Tap any logged day to revisit or edit how you felt A WORLD THAT MATCHES YOUR DAY Sad days bring rain. Happy days bring sun. Angry days storm with bats and starfalls. Steven sits on his bench through it all — a small companion, not a clinical tool. INSIGHTS THAT STAY YOURS When you’re ready, Mood Analysis looks across your history for patterns — recurring emotions, shifts over time, lighter or heavier stretches. Ask follow-up questions and keep the conversation going. It all runs on your device with Apple Intelligence, so your journal stays private. Supportive and specific to your data — not medical advice, and not a diagnosis. HOME SCREEN WIDGET Glance at your streak and today’s mood right from your iPhone home screen. BUILT FOR REFLECTION Steven is for noticing your emotional life over time — not for replacing therapy, crisis support, or professional care. If you’re struggling, please reach out to someone who can help. Private mood journal. No tracking, sign-up, or ads. Privacy Policy: https://gist.github.com/orre1996/f45c0428464fa615c896a6be0983f377
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Steven at 100% against Reviver's 24%. Steven also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.6). Reviver's advantage is ratings volume (224 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Steven holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reviver has 224 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Reviver's written reviews are positive against 100% of Steven's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reviver | Steven |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (224 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 224 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ReviverMx, Inc. | Oscar Berggren |
Customer experience
Reviver
Steven
Bugs and requests
Reviver
Reported bugs
3 issues- Plate detachment issues
- Registration updates not syncing properly
- App login/account management problems
Requested features
3 requests- More customization options for plate design and messages
- Improved app stability and performance
- Better integration with DMV and vehicle registration
Steven
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Reviver
No in-app purchases
Steven
No in-app purchases









