Comparison

HavenHare vs Transurf

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

Head to head
About

HavenHare

This app offers trauma-informed self-support for emotional overwhelm and distress. It helps users identify feelings, track patterns, and discover personalized coping strategies with the guidance of a virtual companion. Insights are generated locally, with optional sharing for professional support.

Highlights
  • Trauma-informed self-support
  • Emotional overwhelm navigation
  • Distress and shutdown management
  • Personalized coping strategies
  • Pattern tracking
  • Local machine learning insights
Features
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HavenHare Description

HavenHare is a trauma-informed self-support app designed to help you navigate moments of emotional overwhelm, distress, or shutdown. Whether you’re living with DID, OSDD, PTSD, or just going through a hard time, HavenHare gently guides you to name what you’re feeling, track patterns, and try strategies that actually help, all with the quiet support of a watchful little bunny.

 How It Works ~You log distress levels, emotions, physical sensations, parts, and triggers ~The app suggests personalized coping strategies, like grounding skills or soothing actions ~You can rate how well each strategy worked, and the app learns what helps you most. It uses lightweight, local machine learning (no cloud, no account, no internet) ~Over time, you see insights about what’s working and how things shift, and have the option of sharing your information with a trusted person or therapist
 
Who It’s For ~People with DID, OSDD, PTSD, BPD, C-PTSD ~Folks who freeze, dissociate, or spiral under stress ~People who want quiet support without judgment or pressure Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Transurf

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Transurf is a quiet, identity-based habit and journaling app. It is built for people who don't want another streak counter or productivity scoreboard — they want a daily ritual that gently reflects who they are becoming. The idea is simple. Every action you take is a small vote for the type of person you are. Tiny daily acts — making a sentence, taking one breath, walking instead of scrolling — accumulate into the identity you carry. Transurf turns those acts into a calm visualization: two soft curves on screen, your current life and the life you are moving toward, with a single luminous dot drifting between them. THE DAILY RITUAL (under 90 seconds) A short visualization. A handful of taps to mark which small habits you kept. A gentle slider that asks how tightly you are gripping today — because the lifeline shifts through letting go, not pushing. An optional one-sentence reflection. That is it. No streaks. No scores. No fire emojis or warning notifications. Missing a day is fine. The point is gentle drift, not aggressive optimization. WHAT YOU SET UP ONCE On first launch, Transurf asks four quiet questions: - The lifeline you are on now. Not in judgment, just observation. - The person you are becoming. Identity, not outcome. - One scene from that life. A morning. A moment. A picture you can return to. - One to three anchor habits — tiny daily acts the person on your target lifeline would do. Use the formula After [current habit], I will [new tiny habit]. - One to three pendulums — patterns that keep you tied to your current line. THE LIFELINE VISUALIZATION The home screen is a calm full-canvas drawing. Two parallel curving gradient lines: your current life muted and fading, your target life luminous and ahead. A small dot represents you. Each daily check-in nudges the dot. Days where you grip too hard cause the dot to wobble — a small, honest reminder that excess attachment to the goal is itself the obstacle. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything you write — your lifelines, your slide, your anchors and pendulums, your check-ins, your reflections — stays on your device using Apple's SwiftData. Transurf has no analytics, no third-party services, no AI calls, no account, no server. If you delete the app, the data goes with it. WHO IT IS FOR - People rebuilding a daily writing or reflection habit - People who have tried streak-based habit apps and bounced off - People drawn to identity-based change (After [current habit], I will...) over goal-based pressure - Anyone who wants a still, quiet, beautifully drawn corner of their phone WHO IT IS NOT FOR - Anyone looking for treatment, therapy, or medical guidance — Transurf is a journaling and reflection tool, not a clinical product - People who love progress bars, scores, and achievement screens — those are intentionally absent A NOTE ON THE NAME Transurf is a play on Reality Transurfing, an idea that you are always on a lifeline that matches your thought energy and that small shifts in attention move you between them. We do not ask you to believe that. We just thought it was a beautiful frame for the very real, very practical work of identity-shaping habits. A morning ritual. A breathing space. A drawing of where you are heading. That is the app.

Screenshots

HavenHare4 screens
Transurf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: HavenHare at 3.7 against Transurf's 3.0. HavenHare also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HavenHare holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
HavenHare versus Transurf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHavenHareTransurf
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKatherine KingmanJaganathan Konar

In-app purchases

None

HavenHare

No in-app purchases

None

Transurf

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HavenHare free?
HavenHare is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Transurf free?
Transurf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HavenHare or Transurf?
HavenHare is rated higher. HavenHare averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Transurf averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do HavenHare or Transurf have ads?
Neither HavenHare nor Transurf shows ads.

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