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Sources & notes

Every comparison and every price on this site is something you can check. Here's where each claim comes from, when we last looked, and the honest limits of what's publicly knowable.

Last reviewed: July 2026

Our method

How we put these comparisons together

Public information only. We compare each app using its own website, App Store / Google Play listing, help docs, and hands-on use where we have access — never private or leaked material.
We flag what we can't confirm. If a price or feature isn't published anywhere public, we say "not publicly confirmed" rather than guess a number. You'll see that on Olively's pricing below.
We're a competitor, and we say so. We make Attune, so read these as informed-but-interested — and we try hard to be fair about where other apps genuinely win.
Everything has a date. Apps ship changes weekly. Each comparison notes when it was current; the authoritative source is always the app's own live listing.

Pricing

Where each price comes from

Subscription prices are regional and change often. These reflect US pricing as last checked; your App Store may differ.

App	What we state	Basis	Last checked
Attune	$14.99/mo · $89.99/yr · free attachment quiz, no trial	Our own published pricing (this site & the App Store).	Jul 2026
Olively	In-app subscription; exact price not publicly confirmed	Free to download; full features are gated behind a paywall (per store listings and reviews). No dollar figure is published on the open web, so we don't state one.	Jul 2026
Paired	$14.99/mo · $39.99/yr · free tier + 7-day trial	Paired's own Premium page and support docs; one subscription covers both partners. Some third-party sites list a higher yearly figure that appears to be older or regional.	Jul 2026
Attached	$12.99/mo · $99.99/yr · free week	The app's website and App Store listing (publisher MWM); the free week doesn't charge a card until the trial ends.	Jul 2026
ChatGPT Plus	$20/mo (free tier available)	OpenAI's public pricing page. Compared here only as a general assistant used for relationship advice, not an equivalent product.	Jul 2026

Prices exclude taxes and any App Store family-sharing or promotional pricing. Always confirm on the app's live store listing before you buy.

Feature claims

Notes on the comparison tables

"Attune & Unpack" (message tuning and reading)

Several attachment apps offer a version of "rewrite what I want to say" and "tell me what they meant" — Olively describes both. We mark those apps "Yes." Where an app has neither, we mark "—". Attune's own tools are named Attune (tune a message to a partner's style) and Unpack (read the need underneath their text).

"Gottman conflict tools" — Deep vs. Attachment-focused

"Deep" means the app builds explicitly on Gottman Method constructs — the Four Horsemen and their antidotes, softened start-ups, repair attempts, and tracked relationship dimensions. "Attachment-focused" or "General courses" means an app centers attachment healing or broad relationship education without that specific Gottman scaffolding. This is our reading of each app's public description, not a claim about clinical efficacy.

"Real-history analysis (iMessage)"

This refers to Attune's optional Mac companion, which reads your Messages history locally, on your own machine, and turns it into month-by-month trends. We mark other apps "—" because we've found no public evidence they analyze your existing message history. If that's changed for any app, tell us and we'll update it.

Platforms & "getting started"

Platform availability (iOS, Android, Mac) and free-tier / trial structure come from each app's current store listings. Attune is iPhone-first today with a Mac companion; an Android version isn't available yet. Where we say an app offers a "free trial," that reflects its listing at the last-checked date.

The science we cite

Research behind the app and the Grow library

Attachment theory. The four-category adult model (secure, anxious, avoidant, disorganized/fearful-avoidant) draws on the work of Bowlby and Ainsworth and later adult-attachment research (e.g., Hazan & Shaver; Bartholomew & Horowitz; Mikulincer & Shaver).
The Gottman Method. The Four Horsemen, the Sound Relationship House, bids and turning toward, softened start-up, repair, and the "magic ratio" come from decades of research by Drs. John and Julie Gottman and The Gottman Institute.
Statistics we quote (e.g., turning-toward rates, the 5:1 ratio, the ~69% "perpetual problems" figure) are widely published findings from the Gottman research program, summarized for a general audience. They're offered as education, not as guarantees about any one relationship.
Not affiliated. Attune is built on this public research; it is not endorsed by, affiliated with, or certified by The Gottman Institute or any attachment-research body.

Trademarks & corrections

Olively, Paired, Attached, ChatGPT, and other product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Their use here is for identification and comparison only and does not imply any affiliation with or endorsement of Attune.

Spotted something out of date or wrong? We'd genuinely like to fix it — email hello@attune.app and we'll review it. Attune is an educational relationship companion, not a substitute for professional mental-health care or couples therapy.

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