Comparison

CrisisBuddy vs GedachteGrip

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

Head to head
About

CrisisBuddy

This app provides tools and exercises for young adults experiencing extreme emotions. It helps users manage difficult situations by offering a personalized plan with mindfulness exercises and tracking emotional states. The app can be used independently or with professional supervision.

Highlights
  • Skill overview and exercises
  • Customizable signaling plan
  • Standard mindfulness exercises
  • Emotion and behavior tracking
  • Contact management for support
  • DGT (Linehan therapy) elements
Features
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Your Crisisbuddy tells you what to do when you can`t handle your situation. Crisisbuddy is meant for young adults who have to deal with extreme emotions and who have a hard time finding the correct behaviour in hard situations. The Crisisbuddy can be used under supervision, but this is not mandatory. This “crisis app” displays an overview of your skills and exercises you can do to help yourself. You can add exercises and use these to create your own signalising plan, but Crisisbuddy already contains a lot of standard mindfulness exercises. All the information, such as emotions, tendencies to certain behaviour, skills and contact with your therapist (or other people you trust) are clearly displayed. The app is compatible with your tablet and your mobile telephone. You can take it with you anywhere you go! The app uses elements from the treatment method DGT (Linehan therapy). To read more about this method, you can visit www.karakter.com The Crisisbuddy is part of DGDigitaal. A product that consists of the Crisisbuddy, the Serious Game and instruction videos. And is developed by Jacomijn Jacobs and Rob Reijnen. www.ehealthfabriek.nl www.jacobs-gezinstherapie.nl www.robreijnen.nl To read more about this, please visit www.ehealthfabriek.nl. (in dutch) © Jacomijn Jacobs, Rob Reijnen, 2018

About

GedachteGrip

Features
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GedachteGrip helpt je op de momenten dat je opvlamt in emoties om te kijken welke negatieve gedachtes er door je hoofd gaan. We helpen je om te kijken welke gedachte het meest verantwoordelijk is voor je gevoel. Deze gedachte gaan we vervolgens analyseren. We kijken of je misschien denkvalkuilen maakt en of de gedachte bijvoorbeeld wel kloppend is. Door deze analyse vaak te doen kun je je denkpatronen doorbreken en ga ja je in bepaalde situaties ook weer wat beter voelen.

Screenshots

CrisisBuddy3 screens
GedachteGrip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: GedachteGrip at weekly against CrisisBuddy's every 8 months. GedachteGrip also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. CrisisBuddy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and GedachteGrip sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CrisisBuddy ships an update every 8 months, GedachteGrip weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
CrisisBuddy versus GedachteGrip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrisisBuddyGedachteGrip
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB26 MB
Age rating12+4+
DevelopereHealthfabriekFrederik Jan Kloeze

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CrisisBuddy

One-time1
  • Supervisor pack$1.99
1 purchases

GedachteGrip

One-time1
  • GedachteGrip$2.99

Questions

Is CrisisBuddy free?
CrisisBuddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GedachteGrip free?
GedachteGrip is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CrisisBuddy or GedachteGrip have ads?
Neither CrisisBuddy nor GedachteGrip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CrisisBuddy or GedachteGrip?
CrisisBuddy ships an update every 8 months, and GedachteGrip weekly. Most recently, CrisisBuddy was updated on November 2, 2026 and GedachteGrip on November 7, 2026.

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