Comparison

CrisisBuddy vs EMS Workout

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

EMS Workout

Features
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Sporten met EMS is nog leuker en eenvoudiger met onze EMS Workout app. De ideale App voor een fit én gezond leven. Bereik je doelen en blijf gemotiveerd met de nieuwe EMS Workout app. Houd je workouts en vooruitgang bij en laat ons je op weg helpen. Maak gebruik van de maand gratis proefperiode en meld je aan voor onze app. Met de EMS Workout app kun je: • Ems workouts volgen en onze live trainingssessies bijwonen • Je dagelijkse activiteiten bijhouden • Je gewicht en andere statistieken invoeren en je voortgang bijhouden • Duidelijke 3D demonstraties bekijken (er staan meer dan 5000 oefeningen in!) • Je eigen voedingsplannen samenstellen • Zelf workouts samenstellen • Meer dan 150 achievements verdienen Kies de workout die bij jou past en start met jouw persoonlijke training met je eigen EMS- systeem. Houd je prestaties bij van conditie tot kracht, van afvallen tot energieker worden. Deze App is jouw eigen Personal Trainer en geeft je de motivatie die je nodig hebt! Je kunt deze app syncen met de Apple Gezondheid App. Wanneer je deze connectie activeert, worden je workouts in de Gezondheid app automatisch toegevoegd aan je activiteitenkalender.

Screenshots

CrisisBuddy3 screens
EMS Workout4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EMS Workout at none against CrisisBuddy's 1. EMS Workout also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. EMS Workout asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CrisisBuddy ships an update every 8 months, EMS Workout every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and May 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
CrisisBuddy versus EMS Workout: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrisisBuddyEMS Workout
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB210 MB
Age rating12+12+
DevelopereHealthfabriekVan Schaik Personal Training

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CrisisBuddy

One-time1
  • Supervisor pack$1.99
None

EMS Workout

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CrisisBuddy free?
CrisisBuddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EMS Workout free?
EMS Workout is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CrisisBuddy or EMS Workout have ads?
Neither CrisisBuddy nor EMS Workout shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CrisisBuddy or EMS Workout?
CrisisBuddy ships an update every 8 months, and EMS Workout every 2 months. Most recently, CrisisBuddy was updated on September 10, 2026 and EMS Workout on May 31, 2026.

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