Comparison

Sprout vs DBT Skills Guide

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

Head to head
About

Sprout

Features
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What you can expect on Sprout? Heal Through Rituals & Reparenting Reconnect with your inner child through immersive healing rituals. Whether it’s Self-Acceptance, Letting Go, or Reshaping Childhood, every ritual is a step toward emotional freedom. Capture Your Journey in Footprints Document your healing process with mood tags, photos, and reflections. Keep your progress private for personal growth or share it with the world—your journey, your rules. Find Resonance in the Square You are never alone. Visit the Square to find stories that echo your own. Offer a warm Hug or a heartfelt "I feel you" to others, and receive the same kindness in return. Nurture Your Personal Guardian Bind with a unique Guardian Spirit to accompany you on your path. Earn Energy by completing rituals and use it to cultivate your Guardian—growing stronger together as you heal. Create Your Own Healing Space Can’t find a ritual that fits? Customize your own scenes and steps. Sprout adapts to your unique needs, providing a flexible sanctuary for your mental well-being. Seamless Transition from Guest to Member Start your healing journey instantly without an account. When you’re ready to join the family, your "Guest Footprints" will follow you automatically via your device.

About

DBT Skills Guide

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The moment you need a DBT skill is rarely the moment you can go looking for one. DBT Skills Guide puts them where you can reach them: on your phone, fully offline, no account, nothing to set up. A Right Now button on the first screen, and a widget for your home or lock screen, go straight to the skills for a hard moment without any navigating. WHAT IS INSIDE An index of every skill, searchable by name or by what is inside it, for when you remember the skill but not which session taught it. Twelve sessions covering the mindfulness and distress tolerance modules of Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Mindfulness: Wise Mind, the What skills (Observe, Describe, Participate) and the How skills (Non-judgmentally, One-mindfully, Effectively), plus a deeper set of Observe practices you can do anywhere. Distress tolerance: STOP, for the moment before you act on an urge. TIP, for when your body needs to come down fast. ACCEPTS and IMPROVE, for getting through without making things worse. Self-soothing through the five senses. Radical Acceptance and Half-Smiling, for pain you cannot change. Three worksheets you can fill in and keep. WHY EACH SKILL WORKS Every skill carries a short explanation you can tap open: what it is doing, and how strongly the evidence actually supports it. TIP rests on well-established physiology. Wise Mind is a teaching model rather than something anyone can measure. We say which is which, because knowing why a skill works makes you more likely to reach for it. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything stays on your device. No account, no sign-in, no analytics, no network requests of any kind. Practice reminders are scheduled locally and nothing leaves your phone. A DAILY REMINDER, IF YOU WANT ONE Off until you turn it on. Pick a time and the app nudges you once a day. A NOTE This is a practice aid, not therapy, and not a substitute for care from a professional. If you are in crisis, please contact your local emergency services or a crisis line.

Screenshots

Sprout4 screens
DBT Skills Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Sprout at 12.0 against DBT Skills Guide's 15.0. 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Sprout versus DBT Skills Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSproutDBT Skills Guide
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB20 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperGROUPOO PTE. LTD.pouya zarpak

In-app purchases

None

Sprout

No in-app purchases

None

DBT Skills Guide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sprout free?
Sprout is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DBT Skills Guide free?
DBT Skills Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sprout or DBT Skills Guide have ads?
Neither Sprout nor DBT Skills Guide shows ads.

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