Comparison

Touchstone vs Subs TV

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

Head to head
About

Touchstone

A private relationship diary to monitor your relationship's progress and predict its future direction. It offers insights to help you understand where your relationship stands. The app prioritizes user privacy with a clear policy.

Highlights
  • Private relationship diary
  • Track relationship status
  • Calculate relationship direction
  • Privacy focused
  • Relationship insights
Features
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You already know. Touchstone helps you see it. You've been doing the math in your head for weeks — the text that didn't land, the night that felt off, the way you keep explaining him to yourself. You've pasted the situation into a chatbot at 1am. You've talked it through with three different friends. And the next morning, none of it remembered. Touchstone is the private place to finally make sense of your dating life — a relationship diary with an insightful companion, Sage, on your shoulder. HOW IT WORKS 1. Log what happens. A moment, a feeling, something he said, did, or didn't do. One line is enough. The app is built to be opened in the parking lot, the bathroom, the back of the Uber. 2. Touchstone sorts it for you — automatically. Every entry is quietly classified by the dimension of the relationship it touched (respect, communication, the way you treat each other), the area of life it showed up in (household, social, intimacy), and whether it was something he said, did, or withheld. You don't have to tag a thing. 3. Sage reflects. Not advice. Not a verdict. Sage names what she notices, cites your own words back to you, and asks the question you've been avoiding. She is the warm hand around the data — a companion who is on your side from the first entry, and who never tells you what to do. 4. The pattern becomes visible. Over weeks and months, you see what you couldn't see in the moment: where the relationship is improving, where it's leaking, whether the good days are outweighing the hard ones. The pattern stops living in your head. WHY NOT JUST USE A CHATBOT A chatbot forgets you the moment you close the tab. Touchstone is built to hold your whole story — a private, searchable record of what's actually been happening, sorted into countable patterns ("the fourth time in sixty days"), reflected back by a companion who is yours. WHEN IT MATTERS, BRING IN YOUR PEOPLE For the rare moments that call for it, you can quietly convene your inner circle — the friends who already love you — for an honest, structured read. Share a single curated link (no app required for them), and they tell you what they see. The verdict is theirs. Sage listens, but never co-signs. You can also share a curated view with your therapist so they walk in already current — without handing over your whole diary. A PRIVATE VAULT, BY DESIGN Your entries live in a private vault. No community feed. No public diary. Nothing is ever shared automatically — every share is deliberate, opt-in, and previews exactly what the other person will see. FREE TO START Track your first relationship free, with the full diary, Sage as your witness, and a structured read from your inner circle when you need it. Unlock unlimited reflection sessions with Sage and additional relationships on the paid tier. Touchstone is for the woman who's tired of second-guessing herself, who wants something that remembers, and who knows — somewhere underneath the noise — that she just needs to see it clearly. You already know. Touchstone will help you see it.

About

Subs TV

This social network prioritizes fairness to users, creators, and the environment. It offers ad-free, algorithm-free content discovery with a verified community of real people. Users can create channels, share stories, publish posts, and even sell original content.

Highlights
  • Ad-free and algorithm-free feed
  • Verified community of real people
  • Create and share 24-hour stories
  • Publish permanent posts with masonry gallery
  • Sell content as 'Originals'
  • Comment with text and GIFs
  • Direct messaging
Features
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SUBS® The Fair Social Network Fair to its members. Fair to its content creators. Fair to the environment. FREE OF ADS FREE OF ALGORITHMS BUT A VERIFIED COMMUNITY OF REAL PEOPLE Create your own channel to publish worthwhile content for the world to see. And earn creator shares according to your contribution to the community. See only what you want to see, without any ads stealing your lifetime nor compromising your privacy.  Be part of a revolution about how social networks should be — fair and social. SUBS is a work in progress, as for now we already have lots of fun feature for you to enjoy, such as - create and share 24 hour stories with your subscribers - publish permanent posts to your channel with an amazing masonry gallery - convert posts into "Originals" and sell them to fans & supporters (only for "Creators") - comment stories & posts with text and GIFs - write direct messages to your fellow community members - made for all media formats: video & photo, in portrait & landscape We wish you a wonderful time, your SUBS team

Screenshots

Touchstone4 screens
Subs TV4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Touchstone at 5.0 against Subs TV's 3.8. Subs TV's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Touchstone sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 6 months. Subs TV asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Touchstone holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Touchstone ships an update every 2 weeks, Subs TV fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and August 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Touchstone versus Subs TV: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTouchstoneSubs TV
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—34.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB82 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperPathoz LLCSubs GmbH

Customer experience

Touchstone

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Subs TV

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive34.0%
Neutral13.2%
Negative52.8%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Touchstone

Subscriptions2
  • Gold$2.996 Months
  • Diamond$4.996 Months
None

Subs TV

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Touchstone free?
Touchstone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Subs TV free?
Subs TV is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Touchstone or Subs TV?
Touchstone is rated higher. Touchstone averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Subs TV averages 3.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Touchstone or Subs TV have ads?
Neither Touchstone nor Subs TV shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Touchstone or Subs TV?
Touchstone ships an update every 2 weeks, and Subs TV fortnightly. Most recently, Touchstone was updated on September 19, 2026 and Subs TV on August 19, 2026.

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