spill vs ClearSpiral
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
spill
This app provides a private video journal for users to express their thoughts and emotions without judgment. Simply record yourself speaking for 60 seconds or more, and the content is securely stored only for your private viewing. It's designed for those who overthink, experience anxiety, or need an outlet for unfiltered expression.
- Private video journaling
- Unfiltered brain dumps
- Secure on-device encryption
- Video-based emotional tracking
- Daily reflection prompts
- Voice and emotion capture
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Spill it. Don't think about it. Spill is your private video journal. You talk, you unload, it's done. No writing. No editing. No posting. Just you, your camera, and whatever's stuck in your head. What if there was a safe place where you could say everything you'd never say out loud? Where you could cry at 3am, dump your thoughts, rant about your ex, your boss, your life, without anyone judging? Spill is that. HOW IT WORKS Open the app. Hit record. Talk for 60 seconds or more. It saves to your private space. Only you see it. No one else. Ever. Not a social network. Not a video platform. No likes, no comments, no algorithm. It's a journal. But instead of writing, you talk. Instead of rereading, you listen to yourself. Instead of forgetting, you unload. WHO IT'S FOR For people who overthink. Who have a thousand thoughts at once. Who can't sleep because their head won't stop. Who deal with anxiety. Who need to talk but have nobody. Who don't want to do therapy, or who already do and want something else between sessions. For the ones who talk 3 hours a day with their friends and still feel like there's stuff they can't say. For the ones who keep a paper journal but it's not enough. For the ones who brain dump mentally all day and need a real place to unload it. WHAT YOU CAN DO IN SPILL Brain dump without filter. Thoughts, worries, to-dos, family drama, random stuff at 2am. Everything goes in. Safe place that's actually private. What you record stays encrypted on your device. Nobody accesses it. Not even Spill. Full privacy, absolute. Daily reflection that works when writing doesn't. Prompts that unlock what you're feeling when you can't explain it with words. Ask yourself questions out loud, answer without thinking. Video-based emotional tracking. See your progress. Notice how you've changed. Your face three months from now doesn't lie. WHY VIDEO AND NOT TEXT Because writing is slow. Because when you're anxious, you don't want to open Notes and type. Because talking is more natural, faster, more honest. Because your voice captures stuff written words lose: tone, emotion, pause, silence. Because when you listen to yourself later, you understand what you're going through better. It's therapy without a therapist. It's journaling without writing. It's unloading without bothering anyone. FOR THE OVERTHINKERS Spill is built for your brain. The one that spirals at night. The one that replays conversations from three years ago. The one that makes up scenarios that'll never happen. The one that doesn't stop. You open the app, you talk for 60 seconds, you close it. The thought is out. It's no longer just in your head. It exists somewhere else. You can come back to it, or forget about it. Your call. ABOUT THOSE 3AM THOUGHTS The ones that wake you up. The ones that won't let you sleep. The ones too dark to text anyone. The ones you'd never say out loud. Spill was built for those. Hit record, say what's there, put your phone down, try to sleep. Tomorrow you can listen back. Or not. Either way, the loop is broken. DATA AND PRIVACY Your content stays on your device, encrypted. Spill doesn't access, doesn't analyze, doesn't share. No ads, no tracking, no emotional data collection. Your journal is yours. WHY SPILL AND NOT ANOTHER JOURNAL Because other journals are text, and you don't want to write. Because other apps aren't really private. Because other apps want you to pay before you try. Because other apps are built for people who don't overthink. Spill is built for you. For the ones with a saturated head. For the ones who need to unload before sleep. For the ones looking for a safe place that isn't a person. Start free. Record your first brain dump. Feel the difference. If it works, you continue. If not, you lose nothing. Your overthinking ends here. Privacy Policy: https://joinspill.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://joinspill.com/terms
ClearSpiral
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Your mind won't stop replaying it. ClearSpiral helps you step out of the loop in 90 seconds — no meditation skills required. Overthinking isn't a character flaw. It's a pattern — and patterns can be interrupted. ClearSpiral is a private AI companion built for people who lie awake replaying conversations, catastrophize before meetings, and can't "just clear their mind." Instead of telling you to stop thinking, it helps you think through the tangle until the thought dissolves. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Unspiral a thought in 60–180 seconds with a guided AI session • Dump racing thoughts fast when you don't have time for a full session • See your personal Pattern Map — your overthinking as a constellation • Track your Overthinking Score and watch it drop week by week • Switch to Night Mode for sleep-specific techniques: thought shelving, worry scheduling, guided wind-down • Use Breathing Tools to down-regulate before a meeting, bedtime, or hard conversation • Build a private Thought Journal you can search, filter, and look back on • Get a Weekly Report that surfaces your triggers and progress WHY CLEARSPIRAL IS DIFFERENT Most calm and mindfulness tools give you the same pre-recorded audio no matter what's on your mind. ClearSpiral responds to your actual thought — the specific one keeping you up tonight. A persistent memory quietly remembers your recurring worries, triggers, and what's helped before, so every session picks up where the last one left off. HOW IT WORKS 1. Open the app and tell your AI companion what's looping in your head 2. It asks a few gentle questions, reflects patterns, and guides you to a settle point 3. The thought is archived to your private journal — you can revisit or let it go BUILT FOR OVERTHINKERS, NOT MEDITATORS No streak pressure. No guilt screens. No toxic positivity. No one telling you to "just breathe" when you've already tried that. ClearSpiral is a tool, not a therapist — if you're in crisis, it will gently route you to trained support at 988. CLEARSPIRAL PLUS Upgrade anytime for unlimited sessions, unlimited thought dumps, the full Pattern Map, full journal history with search, ambient Night Mode soundscapes, the full Challenge library, weekly AI insight reports, and all five breathing protocols. Free users get plenty to get started — Plus is there when you want more. • Weekly, Monthly, and Annual subscription options • Auto-renews until cancelled • Cancel anytime in iPhone Settings Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your iTunes Account. Manage or cancel subscriptions in Account Settings after purchase. IMPORTANT ClearSpiral is a wellness tool, not a medical device or therapy replacement. It's not intended for use during a mental health emergency. If you're in crisis, call or text 988 (US) or your local emergency line. Privacy Policy: https://clearsprial.pointerapps.net/privacy Terms of Service: https://clearsprial.pointerapps.net/teams Support: support@pointerapps.net Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in iOS Settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ClearSpiral at 15.1 against spill's 17.6. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. spill sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and ClearSpiral sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
spill ships an update every 2 weeks, ClearSpiral weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | spill | ClearSpiral |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Julien Pinto | Md Nafiul Hasan |
In-app purchases
spill
- spill club weekly$4.997 Days
- spill club monthly$7.991 Month
- spill club yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
ClearSpiral
- Weekly Plan7 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Monthly Plan7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Yearly Plan$49.991 Year









