Comparison

distrACT vs Move Mood

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

Head to head
About

distrACT

Provides discreet access to information, self-help tips, and resources for individuals experiencing self-harm or suicidal thoughts. Offers guidance on understanding self-harm, managing urges, seeking support, and emergency procedures.

Highlights
  • General health information
  • Self-help tips
  • Links to support resources
  • Calm Zone with creative content
  • Emergency guidance
  • Discreet access
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Concerned about self-harm? Feeling suicidal? Not sure what to do next? Then this app is for you. The distrACT app provides easy, quick and discreet access to general health information, self-help tips and links to support and trusted resources for those who self-harm or feel suicidal - and those supporting them. Open the app and find the following sections with reliable answers to your questions in plain language – anywhere, anytime, and in private: ► ABOUT SELF-HARM: Check out what self-harm is, why people self-harm, and how to spot the warning signs ► SELF-HELP: Learn how to identify your needs, manage the urge to self-harm and use safer alternatives ► SUPPORT: Find out about how to get support, where to go for further help, and what to say when talking with others about self-harm ► CALM ZONE: Discover new resources that may help you feel better when you're struggling or feeling tense, including art, books, films, music, poems, quotes, stories and online videos ► EMERGENCY: Know what to do in an emergency, how to access help and how best to work together with health professionals The distrACT app was co-created by practising UK health professionals together with people with lived experiences of self-harm and experts in self-harm and suicide prevention. Development partners include Bristol Health Partners, Self-Injury Support, Self-Injury Self Help, the University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Bristol, with additional input from other local and national organisations. Expert Self Care Ltd (the app's lead developer) is certified by the Patient Information Forum 'PIF Tick', the UK's quality mark for reliable health information. We want to improve this app further for you and others. So please let us know what you think about it. We'd appreciate your feedback. You can comment and suggest improvements from within the app or through our website at www.expertselfcare.com. Please could you also comment on and rate the distrACT app on the App Store to give other people information about whether they may want to download the app too. Thank you!

About

Move Mood

This free app assists young people in managing behaviors linked to low mood and depression. It utilizes Behavioural Activation Therapy and built-in analytics to track effectiveness, offering a completely anonymous experience.

Highlights
  • Behavioral Activation Therapy (BAT)
  • In-built effectiveness analytics
  • Anonymous data collection
  • Co-designed with young people
  • Clinically-led
Features
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Move Mood is a free app to help young people manage the behaviours associated with low mood or depression. Created for stem4, teenage mental health charity, this clinically-led app has been co-designed with input from young people. It follows a type of treatment called Behavioural Activation Therapy (BAT) and uses powerful, in-built analytics to measure effectiveness. The app is completely anonymous and doesn’t collect any identifiable data.

Screenshots

distrACT4 screens
Move Mood4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Move Mood at 3.6 against distrACT's 3.0. Move Mood also leads on ratings volume (22 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Move Mood holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Move Mood has 22 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of distrACT's written reviews are positive against 56% of Move Mood's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

distrACT ships an update every 8 months, Move Mood every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
distrACT versus Move Mood: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterdistrACTMove Mood
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)3.6 (22 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews55.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings222 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 6 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB23 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperExpert Self Care LtdStem4

Customer experience

distrACT

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%

Move Mood

All ratings22 ratings
Positive59.1%
Neutral9.1%
Negative31.8%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral5.6%
Negative38.9%

In-app purchases

None

distrACT

No in-app purchases

None

Move Mood

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is distrACT free?
distrACT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Move Mood free?
Move Mood is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, distrACT or Move Mood?
Move Mood is rated higher. distrACT averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Move Mood averages 3.6 from 22 ratings.
Do distrACT or Move Mood have ads?
Neither distrACT nor Move Mood shows ads.
Which is updated more often, distrACT or Move Mood?
distrACT ships an update every 8 months, and Move Mood every 6 months. Most recently, distrACT was updated on September 17, 2026 and Move Mood on September 12, 2026.

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