# Pathways Pain Relief — user reviews > 38 indexed App Store user reviews of Pathways Pain Relief by Pathways, rated 4.10/5 from 39 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pathways-pain-relief/id1388251688/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pathways-pain-relief/id1388251688.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 27 · 4★ 3 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 5 ## Newest reviews (11 of 38) ### 4/5 — It helped *2024-08-15* This app did help me manage some pain I had for a while. I went through the free sessions only. I am downloading the app again, because I had a decent experience and the pain is back. I might purchase the remaining sessions this time. ### 4/5 — Great app but one bug bear *2021-01-14* Love this app and how it explains chronic pain and the challenges too are really good. The only issue I have is that the notifications do not work. I’ve set up reminders for challenges to be notified daily and they don’t come up on my IPhone and IPad. I have notifications enabled in settings on both devices. Any help would be great 😊😊 **Developer response:** Hi, thanks so much for your review! Really appreciate it. We’re investigating the notifications issue you mention as a matter or urgency. For updates on this, please email hello@pathways.health and I’ll let you know what issues we find/fix. Thanks! ### 5/5 — Great app *2020-07-16* I recommend this app to lots of people I meet - it’s very helpful for understanding how pain works and how to manage pain to the point where it isn’t restrictive to day to day activities. I still get pain but I’m much better than I was before I used the app and I’m on the way to making a full recovery **Developer response:** Amazing! Thank you so much for the review, and for recommending us - that’s the main way in which we’re able to grow & help more people. Wishing you ever improving health 😊😊🙏 ### 5/5 — Great app! Already helping. *2020-06-26* Love the content, and it’s been very helpful, so I bought the premium membership. The guided journey and meditations have both been helpful, and I’ve noticed a significant reduction in my pain and symptoms. **Developer response:** Thanks so much for your review! I’m delighted to hear Pathways has been so helpful for you. ❤️🙏 ### 5/5 — Give this app a try!! *2020-06-20* If you’re dealing with pain, download this app. It’s definitely worth a try for anybody who is looking for a less medicinal way to relieve pain. I would like to add that in order for the techniques to be effective, you must be open minded and truly put some Commitment Into What this app has to offer. Most importantly just be open minded because there is information within that’s not widely known.. But if you don’t brush it off, and rather take it to heart, it could be the difference between pain and pain relief. I have not experienced any technical difficulties using the app but I would suggest adding another option for who you want your host to be. The current lady is great but I’m sure more options would be beneficial to users. **Developer response:** Thanks so much for leaving us such a detailed and useful review! It’s really appreciated, and I hope Pathways continues to benefit you. With gratitude, Sandip & The Pathways Team ### 4/5 — Amazing app, 5stars before the update !! *2020-06-01* Brilliant app which essentially cured my debilitating arm problems last year, forever indebted! Thank you so much. Only quibble is just downloaded it again and the old structure and layout was soooo much simpler, cleaner and more reassuring!!! Is there any way to get it back whilst keeping the new section information (eg physio exs)? The transcripts and lack of video were amazing, also the quotes were easy to read and readers weren’t bombarded by 5million options😂 Sorry!....aware that so much work has gone into this and genuinely grateful for the app and its help but the old version -to me- functioned immeasurably better. Its simplicity made it stand out from other apps such as curable. Please let me know if there’s a way I can access the old version.... **Developer response:** Hey Amy, thanks for such a useful and detailed review! Really appreciated. Could you please email me at hello@pathways.health. I’d love to ask some follow up questions, and offer potential solutions. Thanks! Sandip ### 4/5 — Dark mode *2020-05-20* I have been using Pathways for a while and it has helped me quite a lot. It would be good if the app supported dark mode on iOS in the future. **Developer response:** Delighted to hear that! Thanks so much for your feedback and review. Best, Sandip @ The Pathways Team ### 5/5 — Really helpful *2020-01-06* I really enjoy the app and found some relief after a few sessions. Look forward to the next sessions, but it was already a go help with the 10 first sessions. ### 5/5 — Astounding!! *2019-05-29* I got this for my husband, who’s been in terrible pain for over a year since his stem cell surgery, has been walking on crutches and was on the brink of a hip replacement because of it. Fast forward THREE DAYS after downloading this app and he’s walking pain free. Thank you so much! This is just incredible!! Everyone should know about this!! **Developer response:** What an incredible story! So glad to hear of the results. When we change what pain means to us on a deep level, that can dramatically shift our experience of it. As your husband has experienced first-hand. Enjoy this moment! ❤️ If you’d like to share more of your story, please get in touch: hello@pathways.health With gratitude, Sandip & The Pathways Team ### 5/5 — Life-changing app *2019-04-18* I had no idea that we can have so much control/influence on how we experience pain. Thank you Pathways for literally changing my life. The pain program is comprehensive. There’s a separate area with what seems like hundreds of meditations. I’m just getting started on those. A lot of free content but it’s well worth paying to upgrade. Pretty much the best investment I’ve made for my health. **Developer response:** So happy to hear of your great results! Great progress! I hope you continue enjoying our meditation area - it can be so helpful in many different areas of life. Plus there’s so much more still to come in the next few months! Keep in touch! ### 5/5 — Changed my life *2019-04-18* I had chronic pain for just under a year. Tried meds, a lot of doc appts but nothing cured my pain. Desperate for the pain to go away, I tried Pathways. It changed my life. I don’t know what more I can say. I was unsure about an app have such effect but I am now so thankful. I’ve stopped taking meds and am so grateful that Pathways made me realise the power of self healing. Thank you! **Developer response:** Thanks for the amazing review, Amy. It’s all you - you put in the work and did it! Wishing you continued good health and here for you whenever you need it. With gratitude, Sandip & The Pathways Team ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Would give zero stars if possible *2019-11-07* Nothing new or exciting, this isn’t new science at all I learnt about the psychological experience of pain and the body brain connection in my training 18 years ago. Patronising, no real substance to it. Basically they are capitalising on desperate people using a bastardised version of CBT with some buzz words. Then they try and make you pay for it, along with the fact that some of their ‘facts’ are false and have been tapered to fit their agenda: cashing in on the mindfulness and wellbeing trend. This app is not professional help, please go see some with real qualifications who won’t just fob you off with poorly worded and Non-evidenced based promised aimed purely for your money. **Developer response:** Hi, not all pain patients are able to access in-person training on managing chronic pain: which is the reason for this app which has helped hundreds of people. Yes, some of our content is well-established pain science, and some is fairly new - such as Graded Motor Imagery (available beyond the free trial). Our program has been created and reviewed by respected pain researchers, and recovered pain patients (like myself). If you could elaborate on what you felt was false or incorrect, please email hello@pathways.health so that we can address it. ### 1/5 — Information is good/ App Glitchy / information not refreshed *2019-04-18* What promise this App held! It was my first Pain Behavior Management app. However, the paid tier is extremely disappointing. There are continual glitches in this app. Even when one installs the updates it was not allowing the viewing of content. This is simply unacceptable for an app that I was paying for in the paid tier. In addition, the developer recently updated the interface of the app but has left the same unrefreshed content. The cost is unreal with only 60 lessons, many of which are less than 5 minutes. I’m very glad that I paid from month to month so I could see all of the content so that I did not end up paying $100, or $300 for the yearly or lifetime subscription. Bottom line, there are other apps out there now that do the same thing as pathways, that offer more content, which is continually updated, with support community, and more support from the developers! Save your money, look elsewhere. **Developer response:** Sorry for your disappointment. I see that you had sent a support email early this month which had been responded to the same day. If you can, please send more details of the issues you continued to face: hello@pathways.health. We have been releasing 2-3 app updates a month. Just today, we’re adding 5 hours of new content to MeTime. Our pain program is 70 sessions. The essential content for those in pain. However, the MeTime area has hundreds of continually updated sessions. Meditations, mindfulness exercises, talks, and more. We know it can be hard finding the new content, so we’re updating that area in the next month. I wish you the best of health on your pain relief journey, and I hope we were able to offer you some value while you were using the app. Best, Sandip & The Pathways Team ### 1/5 — Pain-inducing blah-blah-blah *2019-02-16* This is a pain-inducing annoying-voice blah-blah-blah that makes your muscles tenser than they were before. If you want to listen to endless talk about the author’s pain and meaningless descriptions of pain, go ahead and waste 19Mb of your device. Otherwise, listen to The Honest Guys on YouTube, and you will get much more relaxed immediately. **Developer response:** Sorry it didn’t work for you. In our first few sessions we explain modern pain science and changing perceptions on pain is important to changing your experience of pain. Although we do have meditations & relaxation exercises, there’s a lot more to our program than that which is designed to bring long-term relief. That does take some patience and work. ### 2/5 — Keep looking around *2021-03-16* While some of the videos about sensitization are very well done and educational, the application videos are not as useful. I have been having problems with the videos playing since I got the app months ago. Apple will not refund my money even though the developer said they support the refund due to the constant problem of playing the videos. I would not recommend buying an annual subscription to this app, rather watch and learn about sensitization on it and then go elsewhere for the content of how to treat it. **Developer response:** Hi Jen, sorry this didn’t work for you. We were unable to process the refund as the app was used for 2 months. We’re pretty sure we’ve resolved the intermittent video loading issue, but please do send a screenshot/recording if it’s still recurring. Wishing you the best in your recovery. ### 2/5 — Super interested! Not letting me open features *2020-02-03* Hello, I cannot get past the questions and then the loading symbol of the brain never stops and no results or features appear. The contact us area said there was a problem sending you a message and please try again later. I don’t know what subscriptions costs but if one can’t even access sample elements, it would be hard to commit to a subscription. I am very interested in this method for pain relief so please help and find a way to debug. Thanks. I’m excited to access it. **Developer response:** Hey, we’ve now released a huge app update. Could you please try downloading that? You should encounter further issues. Thanks! ### 3/5 — Include long Covid *2021-12-15* Think it would be good to include long Covid in the list. Many of the examples used the word “pain” in relation to pains in your shoulder or knee, but skimmed over issues such as Chronic Fatigue. Good app but also incredibly expensive for what it is. ### 3/5 — Mixed thoughts *2020-12-23* Elements are helpful, especially mindfulness and pain biology, but as with many pain management programmes there is a tendency to oversimplify the many complexities of chronic pain. Not all persistent pain occurs in the absence of harm/damage, and pushing through pain is not always harmless. Obviously this is a key principle for primary pain conditions such as fibromyalgia where the only problem is with pain perception, but for pain occurring secondary to tissue damage this is not always an appropriate strategy. Please make sure you confirm with your doctor that a program like this is suitable for you before you start. Additionally the pain coach can come across as a little patronising at times - my partner (who does not have pain) had a very visceral dislike of her and felt she came across as bullying at times. Personally I felt she seemed nice and well meaning but definitely patronising. Source: doctor (anaesthetist aiming to subspecialise in pain) and chronic pain patient (congenital hip dysplasia) **Developer response:** Hi Aidie, thanks so much for your comprehensive review and feedback. It has all been taken into account as we continue to improve Pathways. Thanks again! ### 3/5 — Not helping *2019-10-16* Seems like a good app, however after using it for several months, my pain level is still the same. **Developer response:** Hi Janet, I’m sorry to hear that. Are you keeping on top of tasks assigned? It would be useful to learn more about how your pain behaves so that we could offer more tips & support. You can email: hello@pathways.health ### 3/5 — Haemachromatosis *2019-10-11* Please please could you add in Haemachromatosis as a diagnosis? It never appears yet is the most common genetic disease. I have opened the app and found straight away that it’s missing as usual. Thanks! **Developer response:** Hi, this has now been added to our list. Although we don’t offer any specific content based on this diagnosis, we hope to expand that soon. Thank you for the suggestion! ### 4/5 — New user *2025-11-02* I just started the pathways program two weeks ago. I have not had any pain relief yet, however I feel less alone, and feel that I am doing something positive in my life that does not involve doctors and medications. I will review again in a couple of months. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great customer service! *2025-12-03* I reached out with a question and the team responded quickly and professionally. ### 5/5 — Living again *2025-04-24* My husband bought me this a couple years ago. I wasn't able to do much before. Now I'm coming and helping cook. Walking more doing more with family and enjoying life. When pain is there I am able to cope much better. ### 5/5 — Brilliant app *2024-03-18* This app I think is absolutely brilliant for the little they are charging for what you get, and I have tried a few courses on this topic and they have been good but cost a lot more. This is laid out simply but effectively. The owner has always replied back quickly on any questions I have had, really pleased. ### 5/5 — Pathways *2023-10-25* This app has been amazing compared to any other app available. The support and validation I have needed, it’s providing in a way I can understand. Thank you ### 5/5 — Life-changing. *2022-10-25* I’ve been struggling and suffering for over four years with debilitating pain. I’ve had this app just one week, and it’s already making a huge impact for me. I was starting to think I’d be disabled for life, but now I expect to make a full recovery! ### 5/5 — Completely helped retrain my brain away from pain *2022-05-12* I’ve been consistently using pathways for 6+ months and I’ve seen great improvement in my chronic pain. I’ve been to PTs for years, do all the exercises, but with my chronic illnesses and stress chronic pain was always persistent. Pathways helped educate me on chronic pain, how to retrain my brain and body, and does it all with beautiful videos/ meditations/challenges/ and support. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2022-04-28* This app should be used by every chronically ill person on the planet ### 5/5 — It has helped out tremendously *2022-03-25* I have suffered from chronic Pelvic pain for a year. It prevented me from doing many of the things I love. It even prevented me from spending time with loved ones. I went to several specialists that could not find anything wrong. Even one told me that I should be happy because I was the picture of perfect health and that all I needed to do was relax. I visited a physical therapist who specialized in pelvic floor physical therapy and helped me relax my pelvic floor. Unfortunately, I was still experiencing pain because of how long I was in pain. After an extended internet search I came across this app and from the very start I found it helped with reducing my pain significantly. As it suggests do not speed through the steps, take time after each step and practice each challenge several times before moving on to the next. I highly recommend this app to anyone who is experiencing chronic pain. ### 5/5 — Life-bettering is not an overstatement *2021-06-11* This app has helped me to lower all of my pain numbers. It might seem to a new or possible user that it is because “it’s all in your head,” but the science of real pain allows you to turn that volume down. Absolute best and most meaningful app I’ve ever used. Worth the lifetime subscription hands down! **Developer response:** Thank you so much for the amazing review. We’re so delighted to read it and hear how Pathways has improved your pain levels. Well done to you, and thank you for taking the time to review us 😊😊 ### 5/5 — Life changing! *2020-07-16* I’ve tried everything for my chronic back pain. This approach is the only thing that’s worked!!! 6 years of back pain, healed after 4 months. My eternal thanks and gratitude. **Developer response:** What an amazing story! Thanks for sharing and congratulations on the results of your effort! 💪😊😊 --- *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 2026-08-24.*