Brightside Mentoring vs Psych Boost
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brightside Mentoring
This app connects young people with experienced mentors to explore future career and education paths. It offers insights into university life, jobs, and financial planning.
- Mentor connections
- Future options exploration
- Career insights
- University life information
- Financial planning advice
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Brightside connects trained mentors with young people who are exploring options for their future. Using this app, volunteer mentors from all professions share their knowledge and experience with young people in order to help them make informed decisions about their future. This app also provides interesting and useful information about university life, careers, money, jobs and much more.
Psych Boost
This app aids A-Level and GCSE psychology students in revising core content for the AQA specification. Developed by a psychology teacher and YouTube channel creator, it offers structured learning and revision support.
- A-Level Psychology revision
- GCSE Psychology revision
- AQA specification content
- Content by psychology teacher
- Supports learning and revision
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Supercharge your psychology revision with Psych Boost, the official companion app to the Psych Boost YouTube channel. Built explicitly for UK GCSE and A-Level Psychology students, this app transforms passive watching into active recall to lock in your top exam grades. Whether you are mastering core theories or refining your AO1 and AO3 exam application, Psych Boost syncs seamlessly with the lessons you already trust to make studying intuitive, structured and highly effective. WHY STUDY WITH PSYCH BOOST? • EXPERT FLASHCARDS: Master the specification with hundreds of beautifully formatted flashcards synchronised directly with Psych Boost channel lessons. • MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUIZZES: Test your knowledge under pressure across all core exam topics. • LINKED YOUTUBE LESSONS: Stuck on a tough quiz question? Tap to instantly watch the exact matching video lesson to fix your understanding. • KEY TERM TESTER: Eliminate vocabulary slip-ups and lock down precise, exam-standard definitions to score easy marks. • VISUAL GLOSSARY: A fast, comprehensive dictionary of psychological terms right at your fingertips. • PROGRESS DASHBOARD: Stay accountable with automated daily study streaks, interactive activity calendars and live exam countdown timers. TAILORED TO YOUR EXAM BOARD Get started completely free with full access to Paper 1. Upgrade to our premium tier to unlock full access to Paper 2 and fully customisable Paper 3 optional modules—allowing you to configure your exact topics like Schizophrenia, Addiction, Gender and more. 100% PRIVATE & SIGN-UP FREE We value your focus. Psych Boost requires no accounts, no sign-ups and no internet tracking. All of your study logs, exam dates and progress markers are stored 100% locally on your device. Just download and start studying instantly. Streamline your exam preparation and achieve your potential. Download Psych Boost today! Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://psychboost.com/pages/contact
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Psych Boost at 71% against Brightside Mentoring's 0%. Brightside Mentoring's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Psych Boost sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year. Brightside Mentoring asks for nothing beyond the download.
Brightside Mentoring ships an update fortnightly, Psych Boost every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brightside Mentoring | Psych Boost |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 71.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | The Brightside Trust | Psych Boost LTD |
Customer experience
Brightside Mentoring
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In-app purchases
Brightside Mentoring
No in-app purchases
Psych Boost
- Psych Boost Pro$3.991 Year
- Psych Boost Pro$3.99
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