Comparison

Complex Feelings vs ACT iCoach

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

Head to head
About

Complex Feelings

Explore your emotions and needs through abstract icons. Track your feelings and identify what you require to feel better. Includes a mini-game to help release stress by pushing away negative emotions.

Highlights
  • Abstract icon representation of feelings and needs
  • Track common feelings and needs over time
  • Filter tracking data by time of day
  • Mini-game for stress release
  • Connect feelings with specific needs
Features
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How do you feel now? Are you in need of something to make you feel better? Pause for a moment to explore your feelings. "Complex Feelings" represents feelings and needs with abstract icons. Touch them to reveal their meaning. Select your current feeling, and connect it with a need. The app keeps track of your pairs of feelings and needs over time, and you can easily check your most common feeling, or what do you need most. Or even filter by time of the day. And to release some stress, there's a mini game where you have to literally push negative feelings aside, and avoid being crushed by them.

About

ACT iCoach

Learn and practice Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) skills through video lessons, animations, and interactive tools. Track your mood, journal your thoughts, and monitor progress with analytics. Share data with your therapist for real-time engagement and motivation.

Highlights
  • Video lessons and animations
  • Mood and emotion tracking
  • Journaling and ACT measures
  • Progress summaries and analytics
  • Therapist sharing
  • Over 100 exercises
  • 1000+ meditations
Features
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ACT iCoach is a comprehensive app that covers all aspects of Acceptance Commitment Therapy Learn and practice ACT skills using video lessons and fun animations which helps you to remember skills longer. Features over video lessons and easy to read content from some of the leading ACT Practitioners and researchers in the world. You can also take notes on these lessons for future use. User friendly tools to track your mood, emotions, journal and ACT measures. Summary screens to check your progress. Analytics to get insight into your own behavior as you learn new skills. Ability to share with therapists and care team. Track your progress on how you are doing and get motivated to obtain new skills. Get awards for tasks done towards obtaining new skills or keeping up with one you already know. Complete exercises and practice ideas that are similar to worksheets in actual ACT Therapy. There are over 100 exercises. Each of the exercise link directly to lessons. Over 1000 meditations ranging across multiple themes from some of the best teachers in the world. Favorites list to save skills and meditations you use frequently. Weekly and Daily ACT Measure tracking. Finally, the app integrates with a clinician app. If your therapist is signed up and you are set up to share your diary card and exercises then you don’t have to share via email every week. Your therapist can engage with you in real time. The app also integrates with Apple's HealthKit to record your meditation minutes to Health Kit mindfulness. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase *You have a choice of being billed monthly for $9.99/month or a discounted price of $49.99 every six months. • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Privacy Policy:https://www.resiliens.com/privacy Terms of use: https://www.resiliens.com/terms DISCLAIMER: This is not a substitute for a Therapist or a Medical Professional. It works best when you use as a companion app along with your ACT Therapist / Counselor.

Screenshots

Complex Feelings4 screens
ACT iCoach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ACT iCoach at Free against Complex Feelings's $1.99. ACT iCoach also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 4 months) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). Complex Feelings's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.3 vs 14.1). On review sentiment, 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

ACT iCoach is free to download; Complex Feelings costs $1.99 up front. ACT iCoach sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Complex Feelings asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ACT iCoach holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ACT iCoach has 186 ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Complex Feelings's written reviews are positive against 85% of ACT iCoach's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Complex Feelings ships an update every 4 months, ACT iCoach every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Complex Feelings versus ACT iCoach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterComplex FeelingsACT iCoach
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (34 ratings)4.6 (186 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better84.6% of reviews
Number of ratings34186 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.3 — better14.1
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB66 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDavid GavilanResiliens Inc.

Customer experience

Complex Feelings

All ratings34 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral8.8%
Negative8.8%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

ACT iCoach

All ratings186 ratings
Positive89.8%
Neutral1.1%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews91 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral1.1%
Negative14.3%

Bugs and requests

Complex Feelings

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

ACT iCoach

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • App freezes after every entry or assessment
  • Failed to connect to store error
  • Login page resets during account creation
  • Account existence conflicts (user exists/does not exist)
  • Intermittent crashes and connection issues
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  • Premium membership status not persisting after reinstall
  • UI elements not aligned properly on older iPhones
  • Scroll functionality issues preventing access to all answer options
  • Data loss when signed out of Apple ID

Requested features

7 requests
  • Offline functionality
  • Goals section in addition to journal
  • Better onboarding tutorial ("ACT & This App 101")
  • Clearer password requirements during signup
  • Clinician subscription bundling options
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  • Free trial period before requiring payment
  • One-time purchase option instead of recurring subscription

In-app purchases

None

Complex Feelings

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

ACT iCoach

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Six Month Subscription$49.996 Months

Questions

Is Complex Feelings free?
Complex Feelings costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ACT iCoach free?
ACT iCoach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Complex Feelings or ACT iCoach?
ACT iCoach is rated higher. Complex Feelings averages 4.3 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while ACT iCoach averages 4.6 from 186 ratings.
Do Complex Feelings or ACT iCoach have ads?
Neither Complex Feelings nor ACT iCoach shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Complex Feelings or ACT iCoach?
Complex Feelings ships an update every 4 months, and ACT iCoach every 4 weeks. Most recently, Complex Feelings was updated on October 2, 2026 and ACT iCoach on October 18, 2026.

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