Liven vs StartKick
Thinking about Liven? Read its small print first. We did.
Liven and StartKick start the same way: a quiz, a plan, a short trial that turns into a yearly plan. The difference is what happens to your money and your answers afterwards. Here is both, line by line, with the sources. Checked on 25 October 2026.
Take the free 2-minute checkThe bill
Weekly plan
Liven$7.99 or £7.99 a week. The UK store lists five different weekly prices for the same app, from £7.49 to £9.99.S1, S2
StartKickNo weekly plan. A yearly price, or $7.99, £7.99 or €7.99 a month if you prefer.
A year
Liven"Yearly with Trial" $89.99 / £89.99. "Yearly Premium" without the trial: $59.99 or $49.99. The trial route costs 50 to 80% more than the plain yearly plan.S1, S2
StartKick$29, £29 or €29 for the first year, then $59, £59 or €59 a year. The price includes tax and is the number Stripe charges.S8
How the price is set
LivenLiven: it "varies depending on subscription type, region, and device". Reviewers add that it also depends on your quiz answers.S3, S4
StartKickThe same price for everyone in a currency. You see it before checkout.
What renewal costs
LivenThe "then-current Subscription rate" (Terms, 5.1). No number is fixed.S5
StartKick"The regular yearly price shown before checkout."S8
The small print
How to cancel
LivenThree answers. The Terms: "by contacting our customer support team via email". The App Store page: in your App Store settings. Liven’s replies on Trustpilot: Profile → Settings → Membership.S5, S1, S6
StartKickOne tap under Your plan in the app, or at link.com. No email, no call.S9
Refunds
LivenThe Terms point to a "Money-Back Guarantee policy" that is not on the page. We could not find it published. To App Store reviewers the developer says refunds can only go through Apple.S5, S1
StartKickForgot to cancel? Ask within 24 hours of your first payment and we refund it in full. It is written in the Terms.S8
Who you are dealing with
LivenChesmint Limited, a flat in Limassol, Cyprus. Terms under Estonian law. Disputes in individual arbitration under English or Delaware law, class actions waived. One clause points to a "Section 19.a" that does not exist. Neither the Terms nor the Privacy Policy carries a "last updated" date.S5, S10
StartKickAndrej Sinkovič s.p., Ljubljana, Slovenia. Slovenian law, and your consumer rights where you live stay in place. One email address, answered by the person who built it.S8
Your answers
LivenThe quiz asks about stress and emotional distance in your childhood. The Privacy Policy never says what happens to quiz answers. It names Facebook, Google and Amplitude as recipients of your data and says "We and our partners use your personal data to tailor ads". No retention periods. Do Not Track is ignored.S11, S10
StartKickYour answers, tasks and result never go to Meta or Google. Meta learns that someone viewed a page, left an email or paid, nothing more. In the EU, the EEA and the UK nothing is measured until you allow it.S12
What the stores are told
LivenThe Google Play listing says the app "doesn’t share user data with other companies or organizations". The Privacy Policy names three. An independent scan of the iOS app (NowSecure, 2025) found missing privacy declarations, a permission to track you, and camera and microphone access.S13, S10, S14
StartKickA web app. No store account, no camera, no microphone, no tracking permission. Delete everything with one email.S12
What people report
Liven scores 4.3 on Trustpilot from 35,220 reviews and answers 99% of negative ones. 13% of those reviews, about 4,500 people, gave one star. These are from the week we checked, and from last year.S6, S16
“Unauthorized auto-renewal charge of $39.99. Cancelled within 1 hour, support refused refund.”
Trustpilot, 22 October 2026
“I’ve cancelled my membership and they keep charging me.”
Trustpilot, 22 October 2026
“After 3 months I got charged an additional 100€.”
Trustpilot, 22 October 2026
“They charged me $89.99 for a year’s subscription without informing me.”
PissedConsumer, 26 May 2025; the reviewer says a $10 refund was offered
“Cancelled subscription to Liven and received confirmation. After several months I saw a charge of $64.99.”
PissedConsumer, 25 August 2025
Liven’s own reply, on Trustpilot: “The 1-week offer is an introductory period of a recurring subscription, not a one-time weekly purchase.” The UK App Store rates the app 3.9 from 7,100 ratings; the US store 4.4 from 52,000.S6, S2, S1
How you end up paying
Liven34 onboarding steps before you see a price.
StartKick15 questions, about 2 minutes. The result is free, no card.
LivenAt 2:29 you sign a pledge to your well-being with your finger. At 2:42, the paywall.
StartKickNo pledge. The price appears once, with tax, after your free first step.
LivenAds are AI-generated songs on YouTube Shorts and TikTok: "15 minutes a day can change everything", "unstoppable" within a week. Two outlets called the pitch pseudoscience.
StartKickOur ads show the price we charge. No countdown, no promise of a new you in a week.
What you get
Starting point
LivenA long quiz, then "well-being tests".
StartKickA 2-minute check that names what tends to stop you, in six plain patterns. No label, no diagnosis.
Daily use
LivenMood journal that becomes "a map of your patterns", streaks, a routine builder.
StartKickA 28-day plan: one small step a day, sized to the minutes you have (5 to 45), with a timer you can extend.
Coach
LivenLivie, text and voice. Paid extra.
StartKickA coach that knows your plan and your pattern. Included.
Learning
LivenShort courses and 5-minute guided paths; paid workbooks on top.
StartKick40 short lessons, 4 to 5 minutes each, each with something to try today. Included.
Habits
LivenRoutine builder with streaks.
StartKickHabit Builder: up to three habits at once, 60 days each, built on your own obstacles.
Calm
LivenBreathing and sound content inside courses.
StartKickSlow breathing, a 5-4-3-2-1 reset and a quiet minute, one tap from Today.
With others
LivenNot offered.
StartKickCo-op: a friend or a matched partner, shared tasks and habits.
Elsewhere
LiveniOS and Android apps.
StartKickWorks in any browser and installs to your home screen. A free Chrome extension gives you the first step for the page you have open.
Where Liven is ahead
LivenA native app on both stores, a voice coach, a mood journal, a much larger library, 4.4 stars from 52,000 US ratings.
StartKickStartKick is new (2026), built and answered by one person, with no voice coach and no mood journal yet. We would rather you know.
Liven’s features from its store pages and reviews S1, S2, S4. StartKick’s from the app as of 25 October 2026.
Our rules
- The price you see is the price you pay, tax included, and it is the same for everyone in your currency.
- An email when your free days start. On the yearly plan, a reminder before it renews.
- Cancel in one tap. Forgot? Full refund within 24 hours of your first payment.
- Your answers stay with us. Not with Meta, not with Google, not with an ad network.
- No diagnosis. No pledge. No countdown. No new you in seven days.