Comparison

Positive Intelligence vs Salsamatic

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

Head to head
About

Positive Intelligence

This app supports a structured program designed to enhance mental fitness by identifying and intercepting negative thought patterns. It helps users build mental resilience and achieve greater emotional mastery through science-based techniques and daily practice.

Highlights
  • Intercept negative thought patterns
  • Build mental muscles
  • Increase resilience
  • Enhance emotional mastery
  • Reduce stress responses
  • Improve professional and personal relationships
Features
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This app is for exclusive use of participants in the Positive Intelligence Program, which is based on the New York Times bestselling book of Stanford lecturer Shirzad Chamine. The Positive Intelligence program raises your PQ (positive intelligence quotient) levels significantly in as little as 6 weeks. Its foundation lies in recognizing and intercepting mental thoughts and habits that sabotage us and activating the part of the brain that is connected to a far more effective and stress-free performance mode. Using simple, actionable techniques that are science-based and field-tested with CEOs, the Positive Intelligence Program enables you to build new mental muscles quickly and profoundly. The Positive Intelligence Program is a powerful blended learning experience consisting of seven live video sessions with Shirzad Chamine combined with daily practice and personalized coaching delivered via the Positive Intelligence smartphone app and the support of an online peer community. This ensures that learning is reinforced and cemented. Participants in the Positive Intelligence Program can expect to experience immediate and sustained improvements in their performance and happiness, including: • A more positive and adaptive mindset • Increased resilience • Greater emotional mastery • Reduced stress responses • Enhanced creativity • Greater empathy • Increased skilfulness in leadership and coaching others • Improved professional and personal relationships

About

Salsamatic

Features
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Track your dancing and remember the songs you liked. Salsamatic records socials, classes and practice on your Apple Watch, or just your iPhone if you don't have a watch. See time dancing, rest, estimated songs and spins, alongside heart rate, steps and calories. Dance and rest are counted automatically, without stopping to mark each song. LIKE SONGS ON YOUR WATCH With Salsamatic Plus, see the song playing and its artist on the Now playing page. Tap the heart to like it, or tap the Now screen twice while checking your session. A heart beside the title confirms the like. FIND THEM AFTERWARDS Open the session's song list on your iPhone. Hearts mark the songs you liked; tap the liked filter to show just those songs. You can also export recognized songs to an Apple Music playlist (needs an Apple Music subscription). COUNT YOUR SPINS See spins for the whole session and for each song. A double turn counts as two. Counts are estimates: arm styling and leading turns can add spins. You can hide spin counts in Settings. SEE HOW MUCH YOU DANCED Your iPhone report shows dance time, rest, a session timeline, heart rate and stats for each song. Add a venue and notes. Compare dance time and songs by week, month or year, filtered by dance style or session type. CHECK YOUR SESSION AT A GLANCE The watch's Now page shows elapsed time, heart rate, steps and calories together. Choose which watch pages appear and their order. Haptics are off by default. A Live Activity can show your session on the iPhone lock screen. Use the app, widgets or Control Center to start a session on your watch. In the app, give sessions names and create, change or cancel reminders for one occurrence or a weekly series. Offline reminder edits sync when your paired devices reconnect. Sessions are saved to Apple Health and sent from your watch to your iPhone. No Salsamatic account is required. SALSAMATIC PLUS Song recognition and recognized titles come with Plus, a subscription of US$1.99 a month or US$14.99 a year. Plus is free for 14 days from your first session, with nothing to cancel. Recognition needs microphone access and audible music. Previews and Apple Music export of saved songs remain available without Plus. Playlist export needs Music permission and an Apple Music subscription. Dance tracking, spin counts, reports and trends work without Plus. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you subscribe. The subscription renews automatically for the same period unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Requires iOS 26 or later. An Apple Watch with watchOS 26 or later is optional (heart rate needs a watch or a Bluetooth heart rate sensor). Dance detection, song counts and spin counts are estimates. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://salsamatic.app/privacy

Screenshots

Positive Intelligence4 screens
Salsamatic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Salsamatic at every 2 days against Positive Intelligence's fortnightly. Positive Intelligence's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Positive Intelligence sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Salsamatic sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Positive Intelligence ships an update fortnightly, Salsamatic every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Positive Intelligence versus Salsamatic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPositive IntelligenceSalsamatic
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (177 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings177 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPositive IntelligenceDisco Media Pty Ltd

Bugs and requests

Positive Intelligence

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Videos do not have subtitles
  • Subtitles not working even when enabled
  • App crashes on latest iOS versions
  • Audio glitches
  • Unable to submit progress
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  • App crashes when completing coach challenges
  • App glitches requiring deletion and reinstallation
  • App does not load daily information/challenges consistently
  • App becomes unresponsive with poor cellular/WiFi connection

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add more narrator voices
  • Add subtitles to all videos
  • Fix terms & conditions prompt frequency
  • Implement offline functionality
  • Improve video playback controls
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  • Add Chromecast functionality
  • Improve dashboard visuals (muscle and battery indicators)
  • Allow access to settings before completing exercises

Salsamatic

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Positive Intelligence

One-time1
  • Positive Intelligence Program$999.99
2 purchases

Salsamatic

Subscriptions2
  • Salsamatic Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Salsamatic Plus Yearly$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Positive Intelligence free?
Positive Intelligence is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Salsamatic free?
Salsamatic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Positive Intelligence or Salsamatic have ads?
Neither Positive Intelligence nor Salsamatic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Positive Intelligence or Salsamatic?
Positive Intelligence ships an update fortnightly, and Salsamatic every 2 days. Most recently, Positive Intelligence was updated on November 13, 2026 and Salsamatic on November 13, 2026.

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