Comparison

Renew Support vs Seauton

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

Seauton

This AI-powered journaling app uses psychology and reflection to help you understand yourself better. It identifies thought patterns, offers personalized guidance, and supports personal growth through challenges and community features.

Highlights
  • AI-powered journaling and voice recording
  • CBT pattern recognition for negative thoughts
  • Therapy session recording and summary
  • Personal growth challenges
  • Anonymous community forum
  • AI advisor for personalized guidance
  • Gamified badges and habit building
Features
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Seauton is Duolingo for your mind. An AI-powered journaling app that helps you understand yourself, a few minutes at a time. Talk or type about your day, the bad sleep, the meeting that wrecked your afternoon, and Seauton shows you what you can't see yourself: recurring thought patterns, emotional triggers, the cognitive distortions quietly running your mood. No forms. No mood sliders. Just show up and talk. Inspired by ancient mysteries, the experience is designed as an initiation: certain features remain veiled, waiting to be unearthed the more you explore and engage with the app. Some are hidden, and you have to find them. Good luck, adept. Start your free trial and know yourself deeper. SPEAK IT OR WRITE IT Leave it here, whatever it is. A dream, a fight, an idea at 2am, a mood you cannot name. Your voice turns into text on its own, so nothing is lost for want of a keyboard. A PATH YOU CAN SEE A road laid out ahead of you, walked at your own pace. Each stop is one question. Twelve weeks of them, though nobody counts your speed. Badges drawn from Greek philosophy mark the gates you pass, each carrying a symbol and a lesson. THE THOUGHTS YOU KEEP REPEATING Seauton finds the distortions hiding in your own words. All-or-nothing thinking, labeling, catastrophizing. It names the pattern, shows you the sentence you wrote, and asks how else it could be said. WHAT SETS YOU OFF Every emotion is separated from the thing that caused it, then paired and tracked. Over weeks you see which pairs keep returning: jealousy and social rejection, fear and failure. Entries sort themselves by life area too, so you see where your attention actually goes. CARDS FROM YOUR OWN WRITING Twenty four skills across mind, emotions, relationships and self. Six cards each, one a day, built from what you have already written. Recognition first, then insight, then an invitation to see it differently. YOUR MOON PULSE Every entry is marked with its lunar phase. Over time you see how your writing shifts across the cycle: longer at one phase, sharper at another, quieter at a third. No forced meaning. Only what your own record shows. BRING MORE TO THERAPY Record a session and get a clean summary, or turn a date range of entries into a page you can hand your therapist before the next one. OTHERS, ANONYMOUSLY Agora is a meeting place where you discover how others answered the same question. Anonymous, unedited, no follower counts. THE GUIDES Ask about an emotion, a pattern or a hard week, and receive a reading grounded in your own entries and in the work of Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell and the Greek philosophers. Insights from what you have written. Skills for who you are becoming. WHAT SEAUTON WILL NOT DO It will not chat with you, tell you what you are, or try to diagnose, treat or optimize you. No ads, ever. FREE AND PRO Free: unlimited entries, automatic categories, general insights and the 21 Questions challenge. Pro unlocks the twelve week path, emotional triggers, skills, therapy summaries and Agora. YOUR PRIVACY Nothing you write leaves your account. Your journal is yours, and you can delete everything at any time. QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK Does Seauton reply to my entries? No. It reflects patterns back. It does not converse, comfort or advise. Do I have to journal every day? No. There are no streaks to lose. The path waits. Can I use it alongside therapy? Yes. Record sessions, summarize a date range, bring the summary with you. "Seauton is not a substitute for professional mental health care." By using Seauton, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: • Terms of Use: https://seauton.app/terms-of-service • Privacy Policy: https://seauton.app/privacy-policy For support, contact us at seauton.team@gmail.com

Screenshots

Renew Support4 screens
Seauton4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Renew Support at 5.0 against Seauton's 3.0. Renew Support also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). Seauton's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months). On price, ratings volume and device support 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. Seauton sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Renew Support asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Renew Support holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Renew Support ships an update every 7 months, Seauton every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Renew Support versus Seauton: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRenew SupportSeauton
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB137 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperPalo Alto Veterans Institute for ResearchMarcin Oleszkowicz

Customer experience

Renew Support

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

Seauton

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Renew Support

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Seauton

Subscriptions2
  • Seauton Premium Monthly7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Seauton Premium Yearly14 Days trial$94.991 Year

Questions

Is Renew Support free?
Renew Support is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Seauton free?
Seauton is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Renew Support or Seauton?
Renew Support is rated higher. Renew Support averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Seauton averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Renew Support or Seauton have ads?
Seauton shows ads; Renew Support does not.
Which is updated more often, Renew Support or Seauton?
Renew Support ships an update every 7 months, and Seauton every 2 weeks. Most recently, Renew Support was updated on November 2, 2026 and Seauton on November 5, 2026.

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