Self vs Gutrix Ai
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Self
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Sometimes a person is suddenly alone. The relationship ends, the family dissolves, the friend moves, the old life goes quiet. Or they have been alone a long time and are learning that solitude is a skill the culture didn't teach them. Either way, when they reach for their phone in a hard hour, they want one steady voice. Not a coach, not a therapist, not another self-help framework. Someone who has been there. This is that. Self-Reliance Tips is a hundred small observations from someone who has been in a hard hour and made it through. Each one opens with "You might..." or "Consider..." or "Some people find..." The choice always lives with you. There is no card that begins "You should." Three cards wait face-down each day. Tap as many as you want. The cards you reveal stay in your Collection forever, so you can come back to them on a different hard hour. There is no streak. No notification asking you to be consistent. No progress meter measuring whether you "showed up." What you'll find: A hundred cards across the small spectrum of a real life: nervous-system regulation, micro-actions, self-compassion, solitude as a skill, connection without performance, grief, identity, and witness-staying. Cards on subjects with documented mechanisms (slow exhale, 5-4-3-2-1 grounding, self-compassion break, facial-feedback, weak-tie research) link to authoritative sources for the curious: Cleveland Clinic, APA, Healthline, self-compassion.org, Greater Good Berkeley, Harvard Health. Drew's note in Settings names what he was going through when he built this app. Brutal honesty over performance. What you won't find: No subscription. No streaks. No ads. No data collection. No advice voice. No "you should." No promise that things will be fine. If the hour you are in is bigger than this app, the resources at the bottom of Settings are real people on the other end: 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, Crisis Text Line, Veterans Crisis Line, NAMI HelpLine, SAMHSA, RAINN, plus three therapist finders that filter by insurance and sliding-scale options. You are allowed to call them even if you are not sure it is bad enough. Self-Reliance Tips is not therapy. It is not a substitute for professional care. It is steady company. For the person who has heard enough fix-it speak. For the four-in-the-morning hour. For the days you are learning, slowly, how to be alone with yourself in a way that holds.
Gutrix Ai
This app uses AI to analyze your meals from photos, track your body's response, and provide personalized guidance for digestive wellness. Monitor symptoms, hydration, mood, and sleep to improve your daily Gut Score and understand potential triggers.
- AI meal photo analysis
- Daily Gut Score tracking
- Symptom and lifestyle logging
- Personalized AI Gut Coach
- Food-label scanning
- Insights into food-symptom patterns
- Weekly AI summaries and health reports
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Gutrix AI is your personal digestive-wellness companion. Snap a photo of any meal for instant AI nutrition analysis, track how your body responds, and watch your daily Gut Score improve. WHAT YOU GET • Daily Gut Score (0–100) that reflects your digestive health • AI Meal Scan — photograph any meal for instant nutrition & gut insights • Food-label scanning and a library of gut-friendly foods and recipes • AI Gut Coach — chat or talk by voice for friendly, personalized guidance anytime • Track symptoms, stool, hydration, mood, medications, sleep and stress in seconds • Insights — discover food–symptom patterns and possible triggers • Lab report analysis, diet plans and grocery lists • Weekly AI summary and a PDF health report you can share • Achievements to keep you motivated • Available in 21 languages Gutrix AI helps you understand your gut and build better daily habits. SUBSCRIPTIONS Gutrix AI offers two optional auto-renewing subscriptions that raise your monthly limits: Gutrix Pro (1 month) and Gutrix Max (1 month). Prices are shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; renewal is charged within the 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://gutrix.health/terms Privacy Policy: https://gutrix.health/privacy Gutrix AI is intended for general wellness and educational purposes and is not a medical device. It does not diagnose, treat, or cure any condition and is not a substitute for advice from a qualified healthcare professional.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gutrix Ai at none against Self's 4. Gutrix Ai also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Self's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 6 days). On price, rating, 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. Self sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Gutrix Ai asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Self against 5.0 for Gutrix Ai. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gutrix Ai has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Self ships an update daily, Gutrix Ai every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Self | Gutrix Ai |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 253 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Drew Douglass | GUTRIX AI LLC |
In-app purchases
Self
- A warm cup$1.99
- One step taken$4.99
- A view of dawn$9.99
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- A long quiet evening$19.99
Gutrix Ai
No in-app purchases









