Comparison

Addiction Avert Plus vs HeartGuard Journal

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Addiction Avert Plus

This app helps individuals challenge substance abuse cravings by visualizing realistic consequences of drug, alcohol, or smoking use. It aims to restore rational thinking and support personal recovery programs.

Highlights
  • Challenge substance abuse cravings
  • Visualize realistic consequences
  • Support personal recovery programs
  • Restore rational thinking
  • Customizable motivation tool
Features
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Addiction AVERT, Rational Reflections 501(c) 3 non-profit FREE download! Addiction AVERT is a substance abuse craving reduction technique that can help individuals challenge cravings in the immediacy by bringing up realistic events and situations that will happen if they choose to use drugs, alcohol or smoke and what they will lose. AVERT can be customized to help motivate an individual’s personal recovery program and works with a sponsor. 
 The organ that is diseased in addiction is the mid-brain which is the part of the brain responsible for our survival (food, sex, fight or flight). The cerebral cortex is responsible for logic, reasoning and moral functioning. 

 For the most part the cerebral cortex has power over the mid-brain but in addiction this top down control is lost. The mid-brain actually hijacks the cerebral cortex and makes logic, reasoning and morality a liability, allowing for continued use and the continuation of harmful consequences. AVERT helps interrupt this process and restore the top down control needed to successfully interrupt the mid-brains cruel tool (craving); restoring the cerebral cortex leading to rational thinking, which leads to abstinence for the alcoholic and drug addict. 
 This app is for your use of motivation only and the use of it accepts that no liability may be held against Rational Reflections, any of its employees or related businesses and/or partners.

About

HeartGuard Journal

This app aids in healing from traumatic experiences through mood tracking, scripture, and journaling. Users can add photos to entries and review mood history to monitor progress. It offers a flexible approach to daily reflection and emotional processing.

Highlights
  • Mood tracking
  • Encouraging bible verses
  • Journal writing
  • Add photos to entries
  • Mood history visualization
  • Entry management
Features
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The HeartGuard Journal is the perfect app to include in your healing plan because it is a simple tool with a powerful impact how you address the pain of a traumatic experience. A combination of your current mood, encouraging bible verses and writing enhance your healing therapy. This combination works like this: 1. Choose your current mood 2. Read an encouraging scripture connected to your mood 3. “Get stuff off your chest” and your mind by writing in your HeartGuard Journal. 4. Add a picture to your journal entry so you can remember, relate, and associate what you write. These 3 steps can make a world of difference to a bad day and can be extra joy in a good day. You manage your experience with the HeartGuard Journal. Write daily, every other day or weekly to create journal entries. Create long, detailed thoughts or short, burst of notes. It’s up to you. The HeartGuard Journal lets you manage journal entries by removing those you no longer want or reviewing a history of what you’ve written. You can also see a history of your last 7 mood entries. This visual is an easy way to determine if you need more care of some kind or if you’re progressing well in your healing plan. Try the HeartGuard Journal now and initiate or advance your healing plan.

Screenshots

Addiction Avert Plus4 screens
HeartGuard Journal1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Addiction Avert Plus at 5.0 against HeartGuard Journal's 4.2. Addiction Avert Plus also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%). HeartGuard Journal's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Addiction Avert Plus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HeartGuard Journal has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Addiction Avert Plus's written reviews are positive against 60% of HeartGuard Journal's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Addiction Avert Plus ships an update every 9 months, HeartGuard Journal every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Addiction Avert Plus versus HeartGuard Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAddiction Avert PlusHeartGuard Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB29 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperLenny HarnerBoundless Brain Solutions, LLC

Customer experience

Addiction Avert Plus

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

HeartGuard Journal

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

None

Addiction Avert Plus

No in-app purchases

None

HeartGuard Journal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Addiction Avert Plus free?
Addiction Avert Plus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HeartGuard Journal free?
HeartGuard Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Addiction Avert Plus or HeartGuard Journal?
Addiction Avert Plus is rated higher. Addiction Avert Plus averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while HeartGuard Journal averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Addiction Avert Plus or HeartGuard Journal have ads?
Neither Addiction Avert Plus nor HeartGuard Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Addiction Avert Plus or HeartGuard Journal?
Addiction Avert Plus ships an update every 9 months, and HeartGuard Journal every 2 months. Most recently, Addiction Avert Plus was updated on November 2, 2026 and HeartGuard Journal on November 2, 2026.

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