Sentur vs Spiral Up Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sentur
This app offers guided exercises and resources inspired by the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model to support self-transformation and healing. It provides tools for managing anxiety, nurturing self-compassion, and enhancing therapeutic journeys. Connect with a community and access expert-led events for deeper insight and progress.
- Guided IFS-inspired exercises
- Meditations for Parts work
- Post-unburdening guidance
- Anxiety and stress management
- Self-compassion nurturing
- Parts mapping
- Self-energy assessment
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Evidence-based trauma-informed companion app inspired by the Internal Family Systems (IFS) psychotherapeutic model. Own your journey to self-transformation anywhere, anytime. Make the most out of your time in between therapy sessions and enhance the outcomes of your self-transformation work. Let your authentic Self radiate through with tools and resources such as: - Expertly guided IFS-inspired exercises and meditations that facilitate work with the different Parts within you; guide you through the post-unburdening process; manage anxiety and stress; help nurture self-compassion; - Amazing content from incredible collaborators - proven experts in their therapeutic field. - Parts mapping functionality and Self-energy assessment tooling that provide visual representations of your progress and greater insight into your healing journey; - In-app community and free monthly IFS events, facilitated by trauma healing experts - offering opportunities for reflection, unburdening, and accessing and inspiring more Self-energy. Supportive when life is hard. Captures and clarifies your transformation. Accelerates healing and enhances your therapeutic journey. Own your journey to self-transformation anywhere, anytime. Disclaimer: This application is not intended to provide, does not provide, and shall not be construed as providing, any form or type of medical, therapeutic, professional, or other advice, recommendations, instructions, services, diagnosis, or treatment.
Spiral Up Lite
This app helps you break cycles of stress and anxiety by understanding your reactions to past traumas. It uses simple, brain-savvy questions to activate your brain's natural ability to clear toxic stress and improve emotional well-being.
- Stress and anxiety reduction
- Understand emotional reactions
- Break negative cycles
- Brain-savvy questioning technique
- Quick daily use (1-3 minutes)
- Developed by a health psychologist
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Mindfulness distracts you from stress and anxiety Spiral Up™ releases your stress and clears away anxiety. Be more specific A friend doesn’t respond to your text and you binge eat. A car cuts you off and you explode. A colleague criticizes you and you devolve into negative self-talk. We overreact to these (admittedly unpleasant incidents) because the incidents aren’t what we’re reacting to: We’re subconsciously reacting to a traumatic event or relationship hurt from our past – romantic, platonic, or familial. That cycle can repeat itself for decades and separate you from being in control of your life. Spiral Up™ helps you break this cycle. It helps you understand why you do what you do – then do something about it. Hmm. How? Your brain is already neurologically equipped to change those reactions, and clear toxic stress chemicals. Spiral Up activates that process via a series of simple, brain-savvy “How are you?” style questions. Answering these questions (which takes 1 - 3 minutes) causes a surge of feel-good neurotransmitters. You may even feel some joy. Every moment is not joyous — many are uncomfortable, sad, boring, strenuous, etc.— but the brain rewards us for clearing stress. That’s why endorphins bubble up. This app contains those simple questions. And only those questions. There aren’t a thousand meditations or cheeky quizzes or rainforest sounds. Just the questions and the relief they elicit. Relief you deserve. Who made this? Laurel Mellin, PhD, a health psychologist, who developed Emotional Brain Training (EBT) with colleagues on the UCSF faculty in the School of Medicine. She is a NYT Bestselling author. How often should I Spiral Up? Use it whenever you have a moment of irrational panic, boredom, or feel bad for any reason. Spiraling Up 5x per day trains your brain to override your reflexive response to situational stress and anxiety. Your brain learns to spiral up spontaneously, so you feel better faster– even between uses of the app. Download our free app and start a more emotionally connected life. We overreact to these (admittedly unpleasant incidents) because the incidents aren’t what we’re reacting to: We’re subconsciously reacting to a traumatic event or relationship hurt from our past – romantic, platonic, or familial. That cycle can repeat itself for decades and separate you from being in control of your life. Spiral Up™ helps you break this cycle. It helps you understand why you do what you do – then do something about it. Read the terms and conditions here: http://wwwspiralup.com/terms-and-conditions Read the privacy policy here: https://wwwspiralup.com/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spiral Up Lite at none against Sentur's 1. Spiral Up Lite also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 64%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Sentur's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (118 vs 19). On price, rating, 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. Sentur sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $54.99 per year. Spiral Up Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Sentur against 4.8 for Spiral Up Lite. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sentur has 118 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of Sentur's written reviews are positive against 83% of Spiral Up Lite's.
Sentur ships an update fortnightly, Spiral Up Lite every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sentur | Spiral Up Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (118 ratings) | 4.8 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 118 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 155 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Integrated Mental Health Technologies, LLC | Institute for Health Solutions |
Customer experience
Sentur
Spiral Up Lite
In-app purchases
Sentur
- Yearly Sentur Subscription14 Days trial$54.991 Year
Spiral Up Lite
No in-app purchases
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