Comparison

Secure vs Affirmations First

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

Head to head
About

Secure

This app helps you understand your attachment patterns, manage anxiety, and build stronger connections. It offers daily lessons, guided journeys, and tools for difficult moments, all based on attachment science.

Highlights
  • Attachment assessment
  • Daily lessons
  • Guided journeys
  • Anxiety tools
  • Communication skills
  • Community support
  • Progress tracking
Features
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Your path to secure attachment. Secure helps you understand your patterns, calm the panic, and build the connection you actually want. Take a short attachment assessment, get a journey ranked to your answers, and learn in bite-size daily lessons, about 10 minutes a day. LEARN WITH GUIDED JOURNEYS Seven journeys, each with 10 interactive modules: • Anxiety: when your mind won't stop replaying conversations and creating worst-case scenarios • Trust Issues: learning to trust when your nervous system reads danger everywhere • Self-Worth: answering the voice that says you're broken, too much, or not enough • Communication: why you can't say what you need, and what happens when you try • Boundaries: the difference between walls that protect and boundaries that connect • Conflict: why your fights follow the same script, and how to rewrite them • Emotional Control: when your emotions take over or disappear completely TOOLS FOR THE HARD MOMENTS • Spiral SOS: a two-minute reset when you're spiraling. Catch the story, check it against what you know, come back down. • Secure Rewrite: rebuild an anxious message in a secure voice before you send it • Repair Kit: after a fight, cool down, own your part, open the repair • Inner Critic Check: a 90-second daily reframe that answers your inner critic like a friend would A COMMUNITY THAT GETS IT Answer a new reflection question every day and read how others navigate the same patterns, anonymously. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Build a daily streak, watch your spiral intensity drop over time, and grow a deck of reframes that work for you. Secure turns evidence-based attachment science into simple steps you can use when you're anxious, avoidant, or stuck in the same pattern. Secure is an educational self-help tool. It is not a substitute for professional therapy, medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you're in crisis, please contact a mental health professional or local emergency services. SUBSCRIPTION AND PRICING Secure requires a Secure Pro subscription to access journeys, lessons, tools, and community features. The attachment assessment is free, and new users can start with a free trial with no payment due up front. • Secure Pro is available as an auto-renewing subscription (quarterly or yearly) or a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in the app before purchase. • Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase or at the end of the free trial. • Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple Account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.getsecureapp.com/privacy Support: support@getsecureapp.com

About

Affirmations First

Features
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Become the best version of yourself, improve focus and reduce your screen time by blocking distracting apps before you've completed your daily affirmations. Select apps to block until you've completed your affirmations for the day and notice how you become more confident and think clearer each day. Affirmations work. Whether you're more convinced by the law of attraction or psychological studies on priming. Affirmations First helps you build and keep a daily habit whilst encouraging you to use your phone more intentionally. These combine to improve wellbeing, productivity, mood and sense of self. How it works: 1. Complete onboarding to find the right affirmations for you 2. Select apps to block 3. Begin a journey of daily affirmations to manifest the best version of you What's inside? • Tailored affirmations • Ability to add your own, bespoke affirmations • App blocking to help you use your phone intentionally (especially first thing in the morning or when winding down for the night, when we know phone usage can be most disruptive) • Affirmations streaks to track your consistency You can expect • To build a daily affirmations habit • Use your phone more intentionally and reduce your screen time, especially wasted time • To feel more yourself and more aligned to your goals • An overall improvement in wellbeing and focus Download Affirmations First and start feeling better today If you have any ideas or feedback, email software@apgarstudios.com – we'd love to hear from you! Please note: Affirmations First requires an active subscription and you will not be able to access any features without one Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled. By using Affirmations First, you agree to Apple’s standard End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Secure4 screens
Affirmations First4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Secure at every 3 days against Affirmations First's weekly. 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. Secure sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Affirmations First sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Secure ships an update every 3 days, Affirmations First weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Secure versus Affirmations First: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSecureAffirmations First
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB65 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperJason MayoAPGAR GAMES LTD

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Secure

Subscriptions2
  • Secure (Monthly)$5.991 Month
  • Secure (Yearly)3 Days trial$34.991 Year
2 purchases

Affirmations First

Subscriptions2
  • Premium (monthly)$9.991 Month
  • Premium (annual)3 Days trial$63.991 Year

Questions

Is Secure free?
Secure is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Affirmations First free?
Affirmations First is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Secure or Affirmations First have ads?
Neither Secure nor Affirmations First shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Secure or Affirmations First?
Secure ships an update every 3 days, and Affirmations First weekly. Most recently, Secure was updated on October 31, 2026 and Affirmations First on October 13, 2026.

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