Comparison

Calming Bottle vs ANTSA For Professionals

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Calming Bottle

This app offers a digital calming tool for children, particularly those on the autism spectrum, to manage emotions during timeouts. Users can customize glitter colors and settling times, signaling the end of a timeout when the glitter settles.

Highlights
  • Customizable glitter colors
  • Adjustable glitter settling time
  • Visual cue for timeout end
  • Alternative to DIY calming bottles
  • Emotion regulation tool
Features
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Calming Bottles can be used by children on the autism spectrum to regulate their emotions during a timeout period. This App provides a useful alternative to making your own, and allows you to set the colour of the glitter and the time that the glitter takes to settle on the bottom. When the glitter has settled, the timeout is over. Instructions for building your own Calming Bottle can be found here: http://blog.theautismsite.com/calmingbottle/ Please note that the developers of this App are in no way affiliated with the blog linked to above.

About

ANTSA For Professionals

Features
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ANTSA is your companion between therapy sessions. Real progress happens between appointments — in the small daily moments your practitioner can't be there for. ANTSA gives you the tools to keep going, stay connected, and make every session count. WHY CLIENTS USE ANTSA - Stay in touch with your practitioner. Secure messaging means support is one tap away when you need it. - Track how you're really feeling. Quick daily mood check-ins reveal patterns and progress over time. - Make sense of it with journalling. Write through what's on your mind, privately and on your own terms. - Do the work, without the friction. Homework, reflections, and questionnaires assigned by your practitioner — all in one place. - Learn at your own pace. A library of psychoeducation articles and videos, curated for what you're working through. - Talk it out with ANTSAbot. An AI guide your practitioner enables, here to help you between sessions — never instead of them. DESIGNED WITH CARE ANTSA is built for the realities of mental health — private, secure, and grounded in clinical practice. Your conversations stay between you and your practitioner. Your journal stays yours. Your progress belongs to you. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Message your practitioner securely - Complete homework, reflections, and questionnaires - Rate your daily mood and track trends - Keep a private journal - Browse curated psychoeducation - Chat with ANTSAbot for between-session support - See your progress over time You're not doing this alone. ANTSA — care that continues between sessions.

Screenshots

Calming Bottle3 screens
ANTSA For Professionals4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Calming Bottle at none against ANTSA For Professionals's shown. Calming Bottle also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 16.4). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Calming Bottle versus ANTSA For Professionals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalming BottleANTSA For Professionals
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS6.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB32 MB
Age rating4+12+
DevelopereSolutionAntsa Production

In-app purchases

None

Calming Bottle

No in-app purchases

None

ANTSA For Professionals

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Calming Bottle free?
Calming Bottle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ANTSA For Professionals free?
ANTSA For Professionals is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Calming Bottle or ANTSA For Professionals have ads?
ANTSA For Professionals shows ads; Calming Bottle does not.

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