# Molehill Mountain — user reviews > 32 indexed App Store user reviews of Molehill Mountain by Autistica apps, rated 4.72/5 from 103 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/molehill-mountain/id1407304564/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/molehill-mountain/id1407304564.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 78 · 4★ 11 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 1 ## Newest reviews (11 of 32) ### 4/5 — Clever and helpful *2025-05-12, version 2.6.3* We like the Worry mountain but think needs to be longer and slightly slower when you open it ### 4/5 — Recognising patterns. *2024-11-05, version 2.6.3* No app will be the answer to everything. We need human connection too but I’ve found this app helpful to recognise patterns in what things make me feel anxious along side long term psychotherapy. ### 4/5 — Molehill *2022-11-03, version 2.6* A really nice simple informative app with checkins for autistic people. ### 4/5 — It’s Going Places *2022-03-07, version 2.3* This app provides a really grounding experience for me to reflect on my day instead of just moving onto the bedtime routine and starting again in the morning. I do think the ability to remove worries would be helpful, since some are very situational and once the situation is past, seeing it pop up in the app can trigger the same anxiety even though it’s not applicable. ### 3/5 — Not Working As Needed *2022-01-19, version 2.2* I love the concept, everything is set up nicely that I would use this consistently, but it doesn’t send notifications at my set reminder time. It has other mini issues such as the x button to get out of the large text boxes doesn’t work, and the anxiety scale doesn’t fit properly on my screen so I can’t read it or slide the scale. I would happily use this app again if those problems were fixed! ### 3/5 — Old Man Bull 🌈♾review *2021-07-15, version 2.0.7* I think this CBT-based app can be helpful in developing emotional literacy, learning to focus on the experience of the body and what is called mind, but it doesn’t really take into account that learning to think differently and avoid less is ultimately limiting as an approach. As an autistic man, I know that even having spent multiple years in yoga developing mindful practice, and after several years of psychotherapy, some situations provoke severe anxiety owing solely to the sensory, social and cognitive input (for want of a better turn of phrase!) and all I can do is choose to stay with that anxiety (accepting my thoughts, my experience and live with the fallout, in terms of stress) or avoid it. This app completely misses the need to identify as autistic and learning to self-advocate, to self-limit and say ‘Not today, do I want to be exposed to this neurotypical milieu!’ I couldn’t really see where the autistic adaptations were, except for asking me to think about worries connected to sensory input. Overall, not bad, 3 stars. But where’s the autistic input? ♾ 🌈😊 ### 4/5 — Helpful *2021-06-26, version 2.0.6* Overall this app has been helpful but there are a few things about it that I had concerns with, I'll put those after the main review. ✌️ Having an app that centers on autism and allows you to express things in autistic terms takes out a lot of the frustration i was feeling with other apps, The feeling of "no, that's not quite it, I'm being misunderstood here/this is not suited to my needs", which is great! That's maybe the biggest draw of this app for me. Concerns: First being that you get one check in and cannot alter it. I found myself concerned that I'd have a worry to log after the check in time, or that i'd forget a worry earlier in the day and not be accurately logging my anxiety. Second, the worry graph. It doesn't seem to make sense. The description provided doesn't clarify what the two colors actually mean, or what they correspond to, and there is an additional bar for my anxieties tomorrow? As in, a day in the future? That I have not logged yet? And it is always very high compared to the others? I'm not sure what to make of this. I'm aware these are nitpicky, but they're negatively impacting my experience so I thought I'd share. ### 3/5 — Hate the new changes *2021-04-27, version 2.0.2* I find it overwhelming and more inaccessible now with all these added features. I don’t even know how to use it anymore and I can’t figure out how to change me worried. I hate graphs as a disabled person. I hate scales. There are too many questions to the point that I don’t know what to put where anymore. I think it needs to be simplified again. The breathing is good and I like the layout of the old tips better, but it’s actually distressing that if I don’t stick to a schedule I don’t get to read the new tip. I hate that. ### 4/5 — Great really helpful *2021-04-23, version 2.0.2* I downloaded this app to use as something to track my daily anxiety, and to have a record to share during CBT therapy. It was recommended by a friend (from an Aspergers social/support group) and it’s so helpful, it was immediately helpful and I started to see what anxiety triggers were for me, I loved the daily tips and am using them. They have been great help while recovering from depression and anxiety. A couple weeks in, the app updated and I lost all my logs, back to the start. So I was sad about that. The new layout is a bit harder for me to follow (not as simple) and the one thing I really miss is after logging a difficult day it used to ask me “What are you looking forward to?” just having those buttons with positive options was so so helpful - like it gave me a step forward, and reminded me tomorrow there will be something nice to aim for. In the update that’s gone. The update does now allow log in to the journal entries more than once a day which is great and means I can access it to share in therapy. Great app, thank you very much! ### 5/5 — Actually invested in helping the autistic community *2021-04-19, version 2.0.1* I saw this in a group I was in and was impressed by a customer service response which immediately prompted them to update the app to be more inclusive. I downloaded it and am very excited to support a company that actually cares about autistic people. Thank you! ### 3/5 — Great concept, but poorly implemented. *2020-11-15, version 1.0.6* Not the best designed app. Built something similar for my autistic self using google forms & a notification app (eg todoist). My solution functioned better. This app is too clunky, poorly integrated. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Upsetting. *2023-12-08, version 2.6.1* My sister used this app for years to help her with many of difficulties. When the recent update logged her out, she’s never been able to login since, and she is devastated by it. She’s tried reinstalling, and asking for a new password and she’s never been given one (despite the numerous tries). Starting a new account is too much for her as well. My sister won’t recommend this app from now on, until the fault for her (and perhaps many others) is fixed. ### 1/5 — Poor - no support and changes unpredictably *2022-07-03, version 2.6* This is not usable as it currently stands. It is sad to see a charity endorsing a product that so obviously wasn’t ready for release. Lots of typos throughout the app - not a respectful way to treat young people with ASD. The game changed with no warning (from moles popping out to balloon popping) and the game is a poor format - same every time, no stretch for the child as the max score is so low. If your worries are long you can’t even read them when you are popping the balloons. My child was also very upset that this app automatically upgraded with no warning. Surely for people with ASD who struggle with change this should have been considered and flagged? All his diary entries were wiped from before and the system wouldn’t allow me to recover the old profile. Unreliable and no support from the makers when things go wrong. ### 1/5 — DONT USE if you’re autistic! *2021-12-02, version 2.2* The process is daunting. You have to fill in ‘activities’ and triggers yourself. But when you come back to use it and have to select which triggers and actions apply you can’t read you’ve previously entered because the text field on the selection buttons is too small and won’t expand. There’s only enough room for maybe two words. How can you explain a trigger or action in one or two words?! I clicked on ‘help’ to find a totally blank page, nothing, zero, no help of any sort. I looked for a way of ensuring I could unsubscribe from everything and make sure they kept no data but there’s only an email unsubscribe. So they gave me a massive acute anxiety attack when I realised I’d been scammed for some sort of research project. Maybe it’s designed to wind up autistic people as a psychological test to see what we’ll do? I don’t know but avoid this app and don’t let it give you an anxiety attack ### 1/5 — Won’t let me log in with old profile *2021-04-30, version 2.0.2* Autistic persons nightmare ‘sudden change’ honesty, what have you done. I know it needed improvement but it is now also really buggy. I eventually set up a new profile and now it comes up with an error when I try to add activities. Please find old profiles so we can recover all our settings. ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2019-05-04, version 1.0.6* I was looking at this app for my son and thought it was free as there was no mention of a price of the App store - now been charged even though I have not downloaded it. Needs clearer information that it is a paid for app. ### 2/5 — Even the app name is patronising! *2025-12-30, version 2.6.3* I really wanted this to be helpful, and used it diligently for around four weeks, but can’t recommend it. It’s hard to build trust in an app when even the title informs you your concerns are pointless and silly - hard to imagine anyone being told the potential death of their very unwell loved one is a ‘molehill’. Wildly insensitive and invalidating. If this app doesn’t work for you despite being evidence based, don’t feel bad about it. I trained as a nurse and if you speak to a range of mental healthcare professional, they will concede CBT works for some but not the numbers who are told it will. It’s a great tool, but it doesn’t fix everything. Wholistic therapy using a variety of approaches is often better but CBT is cheap, a course can be completed in a few weeks, can be done via a bot, and outcomes are highly measurable, so organisations using it can show it’s worked for those who try it. This leads to it being pushed heavily as the ‘best’ option, and it being suggested they haven’t tried hard enough - I’ve heard this from some many folks with ASD. ### 2/5 — Not great *2023-10-23, version 2.6* I’m not impressed with this app. It’s really basic and badly thought out. It’s also quite patronising. I was told about this app after I got my ASD diagnosis by my assessors. I also have PTSD and the best app ever has to be “PTSD Coach”. The exercises, tracker, listing feelings (very good if difficulty identifying these) are without comparison. As about 40-50% of people with ASD also have an anxiety disorder, the exercises on PTSD Coach are really good. For the developers of this app: check out PTSD Coach- learn and do better. Molehill Mountain is not good enough, needs improving and I would not recommend it in its present form. ### 2/5 — Not finished! *2019-01-27, version 1.0.3* I was really enjoying this app until I got to day 14 where it just stopped. I was notified that there were no more tips - my anxiety was not reassessed as promised and no more mountain to work up. Really disappointed. This app should not have been released if it wasn’t finished especially as it’s aimed at autistic people. ### 3/5 — Ok but what about AI? I would like computer advice *2024-11-11, version 2.6.3* Ok ### 3/5 — Dreadful app for anyone with ASD *2023-07-22, version 2.6* As a person with ASD, I find the amount of typos in this app extremely irritating. I can’t see any modifications here for people with ASD. It says to log in once a day but is that as a minimum or should we log in regularly throughout the day if it’s supposed to be a journal? Lots of us with ASD have poor short-term memory and if I log in once a day it may be that at that time my anxiety is quite low but has been extremely earlier in the day. It’s not really keeping track of my anxiety throughout the day in that case. I often wake up with severe anxiety which can diminish as the day goes on or get even worse depending on multiple factors. Also, the fields for entering info are far too small meaning you can’t read what’s on the balloons. I don’t see the point of this app, I might as well just go back to using my online journal. I agree with previous posters that Autistica should not be promoting this app. It’s terrible for autistic people who need clear instructions and are often extremely irritated by typos. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great discovery *2026-06-29, version 2.6.5* In research about designing An app for compartmentalizing goals and tasks to Break habits of procrastination and thought disorder/derailment … I checked to see if anyone else was using the name MOUNTAINS2molehills and discovered the molehillMountin app instead. What a find ! ### 5/5 — Is perfect *2026-06-10, version 2.6.5* Is nice ### 5/5 — 2 weeks in *2026-02-14, version 2.6.3* I am neurodivergent on multiple levels I think and I find this app to be helpful in its simplicity and the way it prompts you. Although I do like physically writing things out this is always in my pocket and accessible ### 5/5 — Amazing! 👏🏻 *2026-01-16, version 2.6.3* Thankyou! 🩷 ### 5/5 — Great tracker for Autistic people *2024-03-18, version 2.6.2* I was recommended this app through Mental Health Access To Work. I was sceptical at first, and it took a little while to get into it. But I really like it now. It’s specifically for autistic people as you track your worries and concerns overtime, you can see the things that bother you the most. You can also see whether or not. It’s a general anxiety, a specific anxiety, sensory anxiety or a social anxiety. I actually found this quite helpful to break it down into the sections. Every now, and again you’ll unlock some extra learning/knowledge about autism and anxiety. I’m not sure if it’s anything new, but certainly a great reminder! (Poor memory!) There are specific breathing exercises, and a section where you can think about your worries, and then tap and lock them away… meh… I have written to Kings College, who are the creators of the app and made a number of suggestions for improvements. But for now I think it’s pretty good. I think generally it helps with self-awareness. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2023-12-16* But it randomly logged me out after an update and won’t let me back in. I had a 130 something day streak and all my settings, which I think are now lost :( Edit: they fixed it! Thank you ### 5/5 — . *2022-11-26, version 2.6* It seems like it’s meant for kids but doesn’t matter wut works works. ### 5/5 — I’m glad this exists *2022-09-16, version 2.6* This app has a few kinks that could be ironed out, but I love that this app exists at all so I will not be taking off any stars from this rating. I have severe anxiety that prevents me from doing a lot of things on a daily basis. I wake up nauseous on days where I have to leave the house. This app gives me a visual representation of the progress I make while learning to deal with anxiety, and that’s exactly what I need: proof that I’m improving over time. So I’m just writing this little review as a thank you to the people who created this. You guys have given me a tool that will help me address and conquer my anxiety disorder. ### 5/5 — Removes social anxiety barrier of talking with a therapist. Excellent! *2022-05-10, version 2.4* I’m an autistic woman who was diagnosed at age 28. My anxiety has been lifelong, and in my late 20s, was debilitating enough to go to a therapist. (My therapist was the one who clued me into autism.) Therapy didn’t last long, because I feel heightened anxiety whenever there is another person in the room. Given my barrier to therapy, this Molehill Mountain app is an incredibly valuable resource to me. Thank you to the creators and researchers behind it! ### 5/5 — Autism *2022-04-12* I have autism. This application is amazing! Extremely helpful. Thank you --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-23.*