Comparison

Renew Support vs Mind Detox

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

Head to head
About

Renew Support

This app allows trusted individuals to support loved ones recovering from posttraumatic stress. It provides notifications on progress, a messaging function for encouragement, and educational resources about trauma.

Highlights
  • Support loved ones in PTSD recovery
  • Receive progress notifications
  • Send encouragement messages
  • Access trauma information and tips
  • Stay updated on user activity
Features
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Renew Support is a companion app to Renew, which is a self-guided program to help people recover from posttraumatic stress. Renew helps people who have experienced trauma practice evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy skills that can reduce the symptoms of posttraumatic stress and help people get back to living a full life. In Renew, points are earned for completing activities designed to decrease avoidance of safe situations, process trauma memories, and boost positive moods. Recovering from trauma can be challenging, and research has shown that having support from trusted family or friends can help with recovery. If someone you care about has sent you an invitation to download Renew support, they have added you to their Renew Support team. This means that they are counting on you to help support them as they work through the Renew program. Renew Support makes it easy to show your support and encouragement. You’ll receive notifications about the points that are earned in Renew as the person you care about works on their recovery. You’ll also be notified if the person using Renew hasn’t logged into the program in a while. You can reply to Renew notifications to send your congratulations, tell them to keep up the good work, or even give them the little nudge they need through Renew Support’s messaging function. Renew Support also includes information about trauma reactions and helpful tips based on the latest research in trauma and posttraumatic stress to help you better understand how to best help your loved one.

About

Mind Detox

This app guides you through simple observations to question your assumptions and see your experiences more clearly. It offers short, interactive sessions designed to foster clarity and calm without requiring belief or effort. The tool uses an AI assistant to help clarify insights and rephrase questions for better understanding.

Highlights
  • Guided inquiry sessions
  • Short daily sessions
  • Observation-based approach
  • AI assistant for insights
  • Rephrase tool
  • Privacy-focused
Features
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What if much of what you believe about yourself isn’t being examined? Mind Detox isn’t about fixing yourself. It’s about seeing more clearly. This app gently helps you question assumptions and notice how your experience is shaped—so clarity, calm, and understanding can naturally emerge. No beliefs. No effort. Just simple observation. Through short, guided sessions, you’ll be invited to look carefully at your experience and discover what is actually present. As you explore, what once felt solid may begin to soften—revealing a deeper sense of ease and clarity. How it works • Upload a photo of any person • Explore a guided series of simple questions • Compare how things appear vs. what can be directly observed • Spend just a few minutes a day No pressure. No need to believe anything. Only look and see for yourself. Many of our daily struggles come from unexamined assumptions about ourselves and others. When these assumptions are gently questioned, confusion can ease—and a natural sense of peace may emerge without effort. This is not therapy. This is not meditation. It’s a direct, guided exploration of your own experience. Key Features • Interactive, step-by-step guided inquiry • Short daily sessions (just minutes a day) • Built on observation, not belief • AI assistant to help clarify questions and insights • Rephrase tool for simpler understanding • Privacy-first: no personal data collected or stored Mind Detox is a quiet space to look, notice, and understand. See what becomes clear when you look for yourself.

Screenshots

Renew Support4 screens
Mind Detox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Renew Support at 5.0 against Mind Detox's 3.0. Renew Support also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). Mind Detox's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (8 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

Renew Support holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mind Detox has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Renew Support ships an update every 7 months, Mind Detox every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Renew Support versus Mind Detox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRenew SupportMind Detox
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews—75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB44 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperPalo Alto Veterans Institute for ResearchVast Self Corporation

Customer experience

Renew Support

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mind Detox

All ratings8 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Renew Support

No in-app purchases

None

Mind Detox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Renew Support free?
Renew Support is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mind Detox free?
Mind Detox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Renew Support or Mind Detox?
Renew Support is rated higher. Renew Support averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Mind Detox averages 3.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Renew Support or Mind Detox have ads?
Neither Renew Support nor Mind Detox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Renew Support or Mind Detox?
Renew Support ships an update every 7 months, and Mind Detox every 3 weeks. Most recently, Renew Support was updated on October 1, 2026 and Mind Detox on October 14, 2026.

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