Rootd vs Positive Affirmations
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rootd
This app offers immediate and long-term relief from anxiety and panic attacks. It provides tools like a panic button, guided breathing, journaling, and educational lessons to help users understand and overcome their anxiety. Features also include soothing visualizations, sleep aids, and an emergency contact option.
- Panic attack SOS button
- Guided deep breathing exercises
- Anxiety journaling
- Soothing visualizations
- Educational lessons on anxiety
- Sleep aids and relaxing sounds
- Emergency contact feature
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** Editor's Choice ** — Apple ** App of the Day ** — Apple ** Approved for privacy, security, clinical assurance, and safety ** — DHAF & ORCHA Rootd is anxiety and panic attack relief in your pocket. Award-winning, scientifically validated, female led and seen in Women's Health, Time Magazine, Healthline and more. With millions of users worldwide, Rootd is the go-to app for anxiety & panic attacks for more and more people each day. “I’ve suffered from panic attacks for almost 10 years. I’ve done CBT, medication, meditation, but nothing helped me in the moment when that panic attack hit, until I downloaded Rootd. Rootd makes it feel like someone is with me, even when I’m alone. I owe my continued stability to this simple genius app. It's a MUST for all who are facing the same type of war.” RainyNally Understand, and overcome anxiety & panic attacks with Rootd’s therapist-approved panic button, guided deep breathing, anxiety journal, soothing visualizations, stats page, emergency contact, and lessons. We set out to build Rootd after suffering from panic attacks and anxiety for several years. The only help we could find was either too expensive, ineffective, or poorly designed. Our mission is to help others find accessible relief from their panic and anxiety, and to end the stigma against those affected. Finally, an app for conquering panic attacks and anxiety that blends a guided process for both immediate and long term relief, with clean and engaging design. Rootd’s core features and content include: THE ROOTR, PANIC ATTACK SOS BUTTON A panic button to bring a swift end to panic attacks based on the latest techniques in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). LESSONS Find some peace of mind by learning about where anxiety comes from, how our bodies and minds experience panic attacks, and why this all might be happening to you. BREATHE The perfect tool to practice deep breathing daily and find calm during times of stress. JOURNAL Track and identify moods, habits, and subconscious triggers of anxiety and panic attacks. VISUALIZE Guided body scans, visualizations, ASMR, and nature sounds to get rooted when feeling anxious. SLEEP White noise, ASMR, sleep stories, relaxing sounds, and music for you to gain calm and sleep deeply. EMERGENCY CONTACT For when you need to hear a friendly voice, you can immediately call a friend, family member, or nearby help center directly from the app. PERSONAL STATS Take pride in your healing progress and gain appreciation for how far you’ve come. To continue your journey, you can upgrade to unlock Full Access to Rootd, including: MORE LESSONS Learn changes you can make and exercises you can perform to guide you through the remainder of the journey to lifelong relief and to living panic attack free. Rootd saves your Breathe, Visualize, and Sleep sessions to your Apple Health app. Subscription Pricing and Terms Get full access to all Rootd's content and features by purchasing a monthly or yearly auto-renewing Full Access subscription. Or get lifetime full access for a one-time payment. Pricing may vary by country. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Your Rootd subscription will automatically renew at the end of each term and your credit card will be charged through your iTunes account unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal turned off any time from your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. “I appreciate the simple, factual, and yet caring approach of Rootd that makes it an inviting, interesting, and easy to use tool. I endorse this for individuals looking for support and tools for managing anxiety and panic attacks.” Wendy Marion-Orienti - Licensed PRH counsellor Terms: https://www.rootd.io/terms-conditions Privacy Policy: https://www.rootd.io/privacy-policy
Positive Affirmations
This app offers daily inspirational wisdom inspired by Toltec teachings to promote a peaceful and kind life. Users can receive daily thoughts, personalize their experience with themes, save favorite inspirations, and share insights with others. A subscription is required for full access across devices.
- Daily inspiration quotes
- Elegant and calming themes
- Manage favorite inspirations
- Share insights with others
- Toltec teachings integration
- Cross-device subscription
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Speak with more calm. Bring the Toltec agreements into the moments that matter. Reading an agreement can inspire you. Toltec helps turn it into a practical reminder through small guided practices for everyday life. • Your first reminder: choose a goal and a context, try a practice, and keep an intention in your own words. • Morning: prepare for your day and adapt your intention. • Evening: reflect on what happened and write down what you want to remember, even if you skipped the morning ritual. • Your journal: revisit dated intentions and reflections, edit them or delete them. • The five agreements: reread their principles and explore daily inspirations. • At your pace: choose optional reminders and keep your personal intention close with a widget. • Your own atmosphere: choose a theme, save favorite inspirations with Premium and share the words that speak to you. Your personal reminder, rituals and journal stay free. Toltec Premium unlocks favorites and all themes. Choose an annual or weekly subscription. The annual free trial depends on Apple eligibility. Prices, periods and renewal terms are shown before purchase. Restore purchases and manage your subscription in Settings. Available on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Your personal writing is stored locally. No account is required. Inspired by the Toltec agreements presented in Don Miguel Ruiz’s books. Toltec is an independent app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://michaeldardol.com/scandys/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Rootd at freemium against Positive Affirmations's subscription. Rootd also leads on ratings volume (11K vs 4) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Positive Affirmations's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Rootd sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Positive Affirmations sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Rootd holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rootd has 11K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Rootd's written reviews are positive against 100% of Positive Affirmations's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rootd | Positive Affirmations |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (11K ratings) — better | 4.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 150 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Simply Rooted Media Inc. | michael dardol |
Customer experience
Rootd
Positive Affirmations
Bugs and requests
Rootd
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes or freezes on launch
- Certain features not functioning as expected
- Syncing/login issues with paid subscriptions
Requested features
5 requests- More free content and exercises
- Ability to customize/personalize the app
- Integration with wearables or smart home devices
- Expanded journaling and mood tracking capabilities
- Games or interactive elements to distract during anxiety
Positive Affirmations
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rootd
- Chat With Ron$2.991 Month
- Rootd Full Access Monthly$6.991 Month
- Unlimited Annual Access7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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- Rootd Full Access 6 Months$34.996 Months
- Rootd Full Access Yearly3 Days trial$44.991 Year
- Rootd Full Access Yearly$59.991 Year
- 7 Day Trial Yearly Plan7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Rootd Full Access Yearly3 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Rootd Full Access Yearly$79.991 Year
- Rootd Full Access Yearly7 Days trial$79.991 Year
- Rootd Lifetime Full Access$179.99
Positive Affirmations
- Toltec unlimited motivation3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Toltec Unlimited affirmations$3.991 Month
- Toltec Unlimited affirmations3 Days trial$23.991 Year
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- Toltec unlimited motivation$23.991 Year









