Comparison

Prelude Therapy prep vs Kensora

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

Head to head
About

Prelude Therapy prep

This AI-powered companion helps you prepare for therapy sessions by providing a private space to reflect on your week. It uses local processing to transcribe your thoughts, identify emotional patterns, and generate session summaries, all without sending your data to the cloud.

Highlights
  • Voice-to-Insight transcription
  • Session summary generation
  • Emotional arc visualization
  • Identification of recurring themes
  • Local AI processing
  • No account required
Features
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Stop walking into therapy sessions wondering where to start. Prelude is a private cognitive companion that helps you bridge the gap between your daily life and your therapeutic breakthroughs. Built exclusively for iOS, Prelude uses Apple Foundation Models to provide a secure, voice-first reflection space. Speak freely about your week and our local AI agent asks gentle, probing questions to help you uncover the "why" behind your "what." [Key Features] • Voice-to-Insight: High-fidelity, local transcription turns your raw thoughts into structured themes. • Session Briefs: Automatically generate a concise summary of your week’s emotional arc to share with your therapist. • The Emotional Arc: Visualize patterns in your mood across multiple sessions without ever sending data to a server. • Recurring Themes: Identify the core issues like workload anxiety or relationship goals before you step into the room. [The Privacy Pledge] We believe your mental health data is your most sensitive asset. • No Cloud: All AI processing happens on your iPhone. • No Accounts: No login required. No tracking. No data leakage. • Free Forever: This version of Prelude is a Billionware gift to the mental health community. End user license agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Kensora

Features
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Kensora is a calm, private companion that brings your relationships, body, mind, and daily rhythm into one place. See your own patterns, notice shifts from your own baseline, and take the next grounded step. You are not a social life, a body, or a mind in isolation. You are one connected system. How you sleep shapes how you think. How you move shapes how you feel. How connected you are shapes your motivation. Most apps pick one slice and optimize it. Kensora holds the whole picture and helps you see the connections between the parts. Three connected parts, and the center where they integrate. Organized around what you do, not what you track. BE. Stay connected to people. Meaningful connection and low-pressure outreach, because health is social and no one should navigate life alone. Private, end-to-end encrypted messages not even Kensora can read. DO. Structure the day and care for the body. Sleep, movement, habits, calendar, and practical resources, all answering one simple question: what is the next grounded thing to do? KNOW. Understand what is inside. Think, journal, check in, and notice recurring patterns, turning raw thoughts into clearer understanding. SEE. The larger pattern. A weekly synthesis across relationships, body, and mind. What helped, what strained, and what to adjust next, drawn together in one calm place that is yours alone. By night, See becomes Why. AN ASSISTANT THAT KNOWS YOUR DAY. An on-device AI helps you see your day in context. It runs privately on your phone by default, and you choose if and when anything is shared. YOUR LIFE STAYS YOURS. Your most personal information is protected, never sold, and never used to target you. There is no ad business and no model that depends on holding your attention. Kensora is built to reduce screen time, not grow it. Kensora helps you see your own patterns and take the next grounded step. It does not diagnose, detect, or predict any medical or mental-health condition, and it is not a crisis service. If you are in crisis, contact your local emergency or crisis line. Kensora is for adults and private by design. It is early and being built with care.

Screenshots

Prelude Therapy prep4 screens
Kensora4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Prelude Therapy prep at none against Kensora's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Kensora sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Prelude Therapy prep asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Prelude Therapy prep versus Kensora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrelude Therapy prepKensora
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB98 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperUgochukwu NwuneKensora LLC

In-app purchases

None

Prelude Therapy prep

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Kensora

One-time3
  • $5 Cloud Credit$4.99
  • $15 Cloud Credit$14.99
  • $50 Cloud Credit$49.99

Questions

Is Prelude Therapy prep free?
Prelude Therapy prep is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kensora free?
Kensora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Prelude Therapy prep or Kensora have ads?
Neither Prelude Therapy prep nor Kensora shows ads.

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