Preconception Care App vs Mindfulness Coach Explorer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Preconception Care App
This app provides healthcare professionals with information to integrate preconception care into primary care. It aims to optimize the health of women Veterans and their children.
- Integrates preconception care into primary care
- Optimizes health for women Veterans
- Supports comprehensive primary care
- Information for care team members
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The Preconception Care mobile application (app) was developed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and provides VA and non-VA care team members with information that supports the integration of preconception care into comprehensive primary care, thereby optimizing the health of women Veterans and their children.
Mindfulness Coach Explorer
This is a research version of a mindfulness application exclusively for participants in approved program evaluations. Access requires an invitation code from an approved investigator.
- Research version
- Invitation code required
- Program evaluation access
- Mindfulness tools
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This is a research version of Mindfulness Coach that is only for participants in approved program evaluation projects for NCPTSD. To unlock this app, you will need an invitation code from an approved investigator. Please contact your investigator if you need help.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mindfulness Coach Explorer at 4.6 against Preconception Care App's 1.0. Mindfulness Coach Explorer also leads on ratings volume (54 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mindfulness Coach Explorer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mindfulness Coach Explorer has 54 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Preconception Care App ships an update every 61 months, Mindfulness Coach Explorer every 42 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Preconception Care App | Mindfulness Coach Explorer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.6 (54 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 54 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 61 months | Every 42 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 130 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) | Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research |
Customer experience
Preconception Care App
Mindfulness Coach Explorer
In-app purchases
Preconception Care App
No in-app purchases
Mindfulness Coach Explorer
No in-app purchases
