RO DBT vs Saddle Sense
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RO DBT
This app provides tools for tracking personal behaviors and practicing therapeutic skills. It includes a digital diary card, skill reminders, and a safety toolkit. Users can send PDF reports to their therapists or use it as a self-directed resource.
- Diary card tracking
- Skills help and practice
- Safety toolkit
- Self-enquiry journal
- Automatic tracking reminders
- PDF diary card export
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The RO DBT app features a diary card, skills help, safety toolkit, and self enquiry journal. Set up automatic tracking reminders and a push feature to send a pdf diary card to your therapist. Easily track social signals, private behaviors and use RO DBT skills. The app fits into the on-the-go lifestyle of many overcontrolled people. Users also may prefer its convenience to paper copies of diary cards and skills lists. Use the app with the help of your therapist or as a self-directed tool. The RO DBT app was developed by licensed RO Therapists, Hope Arnold, LCSW, MA and Lori Prado, LPC-S, CEDS, with the help of the treatment developer, Thomas Lynch, PhD, FBPsS. To learn more about RODBT visit www.grow-ro.com/what-is-ro-dbt/.
Saddle Sense
This app transforms your bicycle into an air quality monitor, providing real-time street-level data on pollutants like PM2.5. It helps you visualize the air you breathe during your rides and plan healthier routes.
- Live air quality readings (PM2.5, PM1, PM10)
- Street-level air quality map
- Trip history with air quality visualization
- Personal exposure dashboard
- Route planning for cleaner air
- Optional leaderboards
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Saddle Sense turns your bike into an air quality sensor. Ride with a small bike-mounted sensor and see the air you actually breathe, street by street. WHAT YOU GET • Live readings while you ride: PM2.5, PM1 and PM10 from your sensor, with colour-coded bands you can read at a glance. • A street-level air quality map of London, built from real rides and reference monitoring stations. • Your trip history, with each route coloured by the air you passed through. • A personal exposure dashboard: distance, rides, readings contributed, and how your exposure is trending. • Route planning: compare route options and pick the one with the lowest predicted PM2.5 before you set off. This feature is new and still improving as we map more of London. • Optional leaderboards: join with a nickname and compare rides with other riders. ABOUT THE PILOT Saddle Sense is currently running a limited pilot in London. Anyone can download the app, create an account, and explore the map and route planning. Sensors are provided to pilot riders; if you would like to take part, get in touch through saddlesense.co. THE SENSOR Air quality readings come from a Saddle Sense sensor that connects over Bluetooth. Without a sensor you can still browse the map, plan routes and review your ride history. YOUR DATA Your rides and readings belong to you. Readings that feed the shared map are anonymised and aggregated first, so the map never shows individual journeys. You can delete your account and data from inside the app at any time. Details: saddlesense.co/legal/privacy-policy.html Air quality information in Saddle Sense is for general information only and is not medical advice. Saddle Sense is made by Viridian Labs Ltd in London.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Saddle Sense at Free against RO DBT's $9.99. Saddle Sense also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and review sentiment (100% vs 64%). RO DBT's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 3) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 18.0). On update cadence, 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
Saddle Sense is free to download; RO DBT costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Saddle Sense holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of RO DBT's written reviews are positive against 100% of Saddle Sense's.
RO DBT ships an update every 2 months, Saddle Sense every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RO DBT | Saddle Sense |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | GrowRo | Mark Taylor |
Customer experience
RO DBT
Saddle Sense
In-app purchases
RO DBT
No in-app purchases
Saddle Sense
No in-app purchases
