Touchstone vs Upraise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Private relationship diary
- Track relationship status
- Calculate relationship direction
- Privacy focused
- Relationship insights
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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.
Upraise
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What’s a Raise? Well, it’s a challenge. Or a dare. With conditions. And funds to back it up. You can Raise anyone, any company or any cause you choose. You call the shots. If the beneficiary satisfies the condition, then they get paid. If they don’t, then it’s refunded to the backers. Either way, start that conversation. And build that community. Or just have some fun. The goal is to help individuals change behavior – and the conversation – one challenge at a time. How? By adding impact through the power of collective interest and money.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Upraise at none against Touchstone's 2. Upraise also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Touchstone's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). 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
Both are free to download. Touchstone sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 6 months. Upraise asks for nothing beyond the download.
Touchstone ships an update every 2 weeks, Upraise every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Touchstone | Upraise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pathoz LLC | UpRaise, Inc |
In-app purchases
Touchstone
- Gold$2.996 Months
- Diamond$4.996 Months
Upraise
No in-app purchases









