Comparison

Between Us vs Lovus

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

Head to head
About

Between Us

This app offers exercises, tips, and videos to help couples improve their relationship. It facilitates constructive reflection on difficulties and allows optional sharing of answers with a partner to foster mutual understanding. Content is organized into topic bundles covering communication, past, present, and future as a couple.

Highlights
  • Guided exercises for couples
  • Tips and videos for relationship improvement
  • Optional partner answer sharing
  • Topic bundles for focused learning
  • Reflection prompts on communication
  • Focus on relationship history and future
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Between Us is an app designed to help people have a better relationship with their partner. It has been created by Tavistock Relationships, an organisation based in London, UK, which has been helping couples for more than 70 years. The app provides individuals and couples with a range of exercises, tips, videos and information so that they can better understand what’s going wrong in their relationship and do something about it. One of the ways in which the app works is by helping partners in a relationship to reflect together, and more constructively, on their difficulties. A number of the topics on the app ask the user a short series of questions, about themselves, and then also about their partner. As you use the app, you will be asked if you would like to share your answers with a nominated other (i.e. your partner). This is optional and can be reversed at any time. If you would like to use the app in order to understand one another better we recommend that you use this option. The only data shared between you and your partner will be your answers to the particular topic questions in the app where you have allowed sharing to take place. The content on the app is divided into ‘Topic bundles’. Each bundle contains a number of topics (or exercises). So, for example, the Topic Bundle called “Looking at how you communicate as a couple” contains the Topics called “Improving communication between you” and “Looking at what’s stopping you communicating well”. While the Topic Bundle called “Your past, present and future as a couple” contains the Topics called “Working out what’s really causing problems between you”, “It’s not all bad: focusing on the best things about your relationships” and “How to avoid slipping back into old relationship habits”. Some of the topics are exercise-based, for example asking you questions about your experience, and that of your partner; or using a structured set of prompts in order to give you and your partner the opportunity to express yourselves clearly. Other topics are video-based, where you can watch short videos designed to help you and your partner reflect on some of the underlying issues which might be driving conflict between you. And some of the topics are more skill-based, providing you with information about different techniques which you might want to try in order to improve communication and closeness between you and your partner. The material in this app has been derived a model of couple therapy which has been used successfully for many years in the National Health Service in England to help people who are experiencing relationship difficulties. The app is confidential and anything you and your partner write in the app is private and stays between you, should you choose to share your entries.

About

Lovus

This app offers daily questions, quizzes, and conversation starters to help couples deepen their connection. It provides date ideas, games, and guided journeys to foster understanding and intimacy. Tailored to your relationship stage, it helps you stay curious about each other.

Highlights
  • Daily questions for couples
  • Relationship quizzes
  • Conversation starters
  • Date ideas and games
  • Guided journeys for shared goals
  • Shared relationship diary
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
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Lovus is the couples app for a happier, closer relationship. Daily questions for couples, relationship quizzes, conversation starters, date ideas and games — everything you need to keep growing together. Talk about what really matters, on any topic you choose: from love and intimacy to money, jealousy, family, moving in together, long distance, or the argument you keep having. Start light and go as deep as you're both ready for. HERE'S HOW IT WORKS • Invite your partner with a link or a code and share one space for the two of you • Answer a new question every day, guess your partner's answer, then reveal them together • Take couple quizzes to find out how well you really know each other • Try date ideas, tips, games and little surprises for your partner • Follow step-by-step journeys toward a shared goal, like fighting fair or feeling close again • Check in every week and get a recap of what you did together • Keep your streak going and watch your story grow in your shared relationship diary MADE FOR YOUR RELATIONSHIP Lovus adapts to you: how long you've been together, whether you live together, whether you have kids. It suggests what fits your relationship based on your preferences and progress, and topics either of you would rather avoid stay out. NO MORE "WHAT SHALL WE DO TONIGHT?" After a long day, it's hard to come up with something new. Lovus does the thinking for you, with one small, meaningful thing to do together, ready in a few minutes. Whether you just started dating, live together, are engaged, or have been married for years, Lovus helps you stay curious about each other. Plus Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets with your days together, and hand-drawn notes your partner scratches to reveal. One subscription for two: if one of you has Premium, you both get it. Download Lovus today and start your first conversation tonight. Have any questions? Contact us at support@happus.co — Lovus Premium unlocks all content for you and your partner. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://happus.co/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://happus.co/terms-of-service

Screenshots

Between Us4 screens
Lovus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lovus at 94% against Between Us's 0%. Lovus also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). Between Us's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lovus sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Between Us asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Between Us ships an update every 2 months, Lovus every 10 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Between Us versus Lovus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBetween UsLovus
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (53 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews93.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—53 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB87 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTavistock Institute of Medical Psychology THEHAPPUS LLC

Customer experience

Between Us

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Lovus

All ratings53 ratings
Positive86.8%
Neutral3.8%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Between Us

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Lovus

Subscriptions5
  • Lovus Premium3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Lovus Premium$14.991 Month
  • Lovus Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
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  • Lovus Premium$44.991 Year
  • Lovus Premium7 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Between Us free?
Between Us is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lovus free?
Lovus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Between Us or Lovus have ads?
Neither Between Us nor Lovus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Between Us or Lovus?
Between Us ships an update every 2 months, and Lovus every 10 days. Most recently, Between Us was updated on November 3, 2026 and Lovus on November 3, 2026.

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