# Stress Relief & Management App — user reviews > 86 indexed App Store user reviews of Stress Relief & Management App by Michael Quach, rated 4.50/5 from 145 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stress-relief-and-management-app/id417909486/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/stress-relief-and-management-app/id417909486.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 99 · 4★ 27 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 3 ## What do users think of Stress Relief & Management App? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 😊 Uplifting and motivational quotes - 🎨 Beautiful and peaceful background images - ⚡ Quick and easy to use - 💾 Ability to save favorite quotes - 📱 Simple, intuitive interface - 🔄 Diverse quote selection from various sources - 📤 Easy sharing functionality - 🆓 Free app with quality content - 🧘 Effective for stress relief and anxiety management - ⏰ Good for daily morning inspiration **Cons** - 📺 Excessive and intrusive advertisements - 😤 Stress-shaming quotes that dismiss legitimate anxiety - 🖼️ Distracting background photos - 🙏 Too many religious/God-related quotes - 😕 Condescending tone in some quotes - 🔁 Limited quote variety and repetition - ⚙️ Technical issues with rating system - 🎬 Full-screen ads that are difficult to exit - 🚫 Profanity in some quotes - 📵 Lack of content filtering options **Commonly reported bugs** - Rating system automatically defaults to 5 stars and won't change - More button functionality not working properly - Ads pop up every few minutes with rolling ads - Auto-submission of ratings without user verification **Most requested features** - Filter or toggle for religious vs. secular quotes - Landscape view support for tablets - User-submitted quote functionality - Ability to copy and paste quotes easily - Regular content updates with new quotes - Swipe gesture navigation instead of arrow buttons - Ad-free version at lower price point - Option to exclude specific quote categories - Remove profanity from quotes ## Newest reviews (16 of 86) ### 4/5 — Great Encouragement *2022-10-19, version 2.4.5* Really lovely pictures. The quotes are very uplifting and can help to brighten your outlook. ### 4/5 — Great *2020-02-01, version 2.4.5* I find the quotes really helpful, particularly just before a quick meditation. The adverts have been too much and I would need to unsubscribe somewhere else, before subscribing for this. ### 4/5 — Calming *2019-01-07, version 2.4.5* Relaxing. Just don’t pay attention to quotes I don’t agree with or seem just plain wrong. Photos good enough to just meditate on ### 4/5 — Helpful Advice *2018-04-20, version 2.4.5* Good app for when you need a little boost of peace, encouragement, and hope. May not appeal to everyone, but there is more good to it than bad. ### 4/5 — Very helpful *2018-02-17, version 2.3.0* Always something right on time ### 5/5 — It helps *2017-12-12, version 2.3.0* Every morning I start off by reading a quote. It’s a great way to start your day ### 4/5 — Motivational *2017-11-07, version 2.3.0* I enjoy this app. When I'm feeling down I can usually find a quote in it to getting me back on track ### 5/5 — I love it! *2017-08-29, version 2.3.0* I suffer from anxiety and when I came across this app, and began to use it, it would brighten my mood!!!! ### 5/5 — Good reminders *2017-08-27, version 2.3.0* Like this app ### 5/5 — The quotes work well to help you remember when your mind is to stressed to. *2017-08-15* Take a deep breath, a few minutes to read these quotes. They will help to de-stress and reduce anxiety. ### 5/5 — LOVE LOVE LOVE *2017-06-30* absolutely love this app. It really calms me down when I start panicking or feeling stressed and it makes me feel so much better. Love this app so much. ### 5/5 — WONDERFUL *2017-04-15, version 2.3.0* Great quotes. Really uplifting and help to put things in perspective. ### 4/5 — Go away blues! *2016-08-10, version 2.3.0* As an anxiety and depression sufferer this app is a useful tool. I use it daily to find a positive affirmation. I like that many of these are actual quotes from inspirational people. ### 5/5 — Good *2016-08-09, version 2.3.0* It's a good little app to explore positive philosophies. ### 5/5 — It's cool *2016-07-29, version 2.3.0* 🤓wow ### 5/5 — Happier me *2016-07-13* I just got this app and already I feel a load better about who I am and how sweet my life is even though it is sometimes hard ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Stress relief *2019-11-07* Waste of time. It is very stressful with ads popping up every few minutes with rolling ads that are very distracting and disturbing and certainly do not help with stress relief just make you more stressful also when you try to rate it automatically goes to 5 stars and will not let you change. Records response without checking if it is right ### 1/5 — Anti- Anti-Stress *2014-10-25, version 2.2.1* It would appear this app uses no filtering when skimming the internet for quotes relating to stress. I'm looking for some words of wisdom, yet finding such gems as "Stress is an admission of weakness, a cry of defeat to the world" and "Stress is a designer ailment that many of the so-called afflicted suffer from with pride". They might as well simply intersperse every other mildly relative quote with a simple "man up" and have done with it. Thanks for understanding! ### 1/5 — Very nice 6 photos *2012-02-22, version 1.3* But, don't like the voice, neither the technique. There're younger voices & efficiency styles. ### 2/5 — Photos in background are distracting *2023-03-04* The app used to be much more helpful before the added the graphic photos behind the quotes. I wish they would remove the random background photos. I am here for the quotes, not creepy close-ups of flowers. ### 2/5 — Stresses me out *2017-07-23, version 2.3.0* Too many quotes referencing stress and telling you what not to do. Too little that's uplifting or points you in a positive direction. ### 2/5 — Buddha but not Jesus? *2016-07-03* I flipped through this at least 40 sayings and surprised not one to see a quote from the One who created us and stepped into history to show us the way and save us from sin, with worry being one of them. That is Jesus, the One who even created Buddha, yet no credit and glory to Him? “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” -Jesus ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:34‬ “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God” -Paul ‭‭Philippians‬ ‭4:6‬ To the atheist who left a review and doesn't like how God who made you is at least mentioned in this app: as one who believes we are just an accident and are animals (quite far from the truth), why must apps and the world cater to your blind, depressing belief? A painting a building, an iPhone or the universe and every atom itself can't have a creator? Think again, and examine yourself and your sin. ### 2/5 — Good for "fretting," not as a serious anxiety reducer *2016-05-01, version 2.3.0* I was surprised that there were so many 4 and 5 star reviews, as this app needs some major content adjustment. I was disappointed that the overall tone of the quotes was condescending, not reassuring. Quotes along the lines of "if you think your stress can change a past or future event, you are functioning on a different planet" are not what anyone wants to hear in a stressful situation. They are dismissive and make the person feel even more insane for not being perfectly stress free. To be fair, not stressing about things that you cannot change is sage and true advice, but in moments of true anxiety (eg: the onset of a panic attack, recalling a traumatic event, etc) or situations where stress is a natural response for most people (preparing for a big exam, public speaking event, etc), quotes that belittle or dismiss stress as unimportant make the reader feel even more isolated and incapable of handing the stress. Stress is a natural human response to events that we perceive as dangerous. It becomes problematic when our brains apply the stress response to situations that are scary but pose no real bodily danger. Rather than dismissing the stress as useless, unhealthy, or abnormal, it would be better to see more quotes that remind frequent stressers to accept their stress as natural and move past it. Quotes like "stress takes a toll on your body as well as your mind" (paraphrasing) are absolutely unhelpful. The person stressing likely already knows that they are putting their heart, mind, and body at risk by having anxiety. Reminding them only makes them stress out more by making them feel like they are incapable of taking care of themselves. The underlying message of this app: "stop stressing, or else" is actually very harmful to anxiety-ridden people and not recommended as a sound psychological approach by any practice I am aware of. Quotes that express the message: "you are going to be okay despite your stress" would be much more helpful and actually minimize stress in the long run. Overall, if you just want a little kick in the butt to not get distracted by little daily stressors, then this app may work for you. If, however, you are suffering from anxiety or are in a seriously stressful position and looking for some helpful words to get you through, I cannot recommend this app. The philosophies behind the messaging are unsound, and will only unsettle the already anxious. ### 2/5 — At least it was free *2015-11-14* I don't find these quotes helpful. Some are all right but many are stress-shaming. For instance, 'stress is a sign of weakness' or 'stress is misinterpreting circumstance; it is ignorant' and 'each stressful episode ages you and cannot be undone.' Sometimes bad things happen, and sometimes stress is legitimately activated. Sometimes, after a long and difficult period, we click to download a free app to help comfort and inspire us. But this app basically told me I was an idiot for getting stressed, it was unfounded to become stressed, and I will forever be older for having been stressed. Thanks, app. I hope you app and quote makers enjoy your world where stress is unnecessary, nonexistent, and certainly not a vital aspect of human survival as it is on my planet. ### 3/5 — A Lift *2018-07-19, version 2.4.5* Quick easy reads when I need a break or a lift. The photo selections are peaceful. Some of the quotes I can relate with, others not, I just move on to the next. Thank you. ### 3/5 — Love the quotes...Just one problem *2015-08-22* I purchased this app and was really enjoying the quotes and feeling all inspired and lifted up. And then popped up a quote by Toni Morrison that had a profanity word in it. Totally killed my moment. But I continued to read the other quotes and tried to forget about that one. I really wish the company would remove that one and any other that may have profane words in them. This is totally not in sync with all the other quotes. But overall, I do like this app, with that one exception. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love it ! *2025-03-18* I mean talk about an app. Lots of greet quotes i was really down in the dumps and after reading this i wanna run through a wall ### 5/5 — Awesome *2021-02-14, version 2.4.5* It is so delightful if your in a bad mood ### 5/5 — Love it *2020-08-10, version 2.4.5* So nicely written and gets the job done so quickly ### 5/5 — Good *2019-09-06, version 2.4.5* Good ### 5/5 — Anti-stress Quotes *2019-08-13, version 2.4.5* I love this app. The pictures are beautiful & the quotes are very good. First thing in the morning I read the quote to make my day. ### 5/5 — Beautiful App *2019-06-25, version 2.4.5* Realistic meaningful quotes with beautiful pictures, really puts you in a relaxed mood, great to help unwind in such a stressful world. Thank you to the developer. ### 5/5 — Delighted *2019-03-07, version 2.4.5* I am very happy with this ap. It is full of sweet beautiful quotes and I am grateful for the photos and charm of it. Margaret Gibb ### 5/5 — Great app *2019-02-27* Ok so it’s a great app but the Christian who already made a review and was kinda hating on the atheist. Maybe you could mind your own business, I think it’s a great idea to have like a option for no God quotes and stuff like that. You don’t have to tell other people that there religion is wrong, because guess what, there’s people that don’t believe in your God!!! ### 5/5 — αωєѕσмє! *2018-04-29, version 2.4.5* ι єиʝσу яєα∂ιиg тнєѕє ωнιℓє ℓιѕтєиιиg тσ ѕυвℓιмιиαℓѕ! ι gσт яєѕυℓтѕ fαѕтєя тнχ!! ### 5/5 — Great app *2018-01-10* Wonderful app to read, releases stress knowing that you're not the only that's going threw these issues or has gone the same problems! 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