Comparison

Hands Up Therapy vs I'm Doing It

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

Head to head
About

Hands Up Therapy

This app teaches users to confront and manage difficult emotions rather than avoid them, promoting long-term mental well-being. Developed by a psychotherapist and individuals with lived experience, it offers practical techniques for emotional regulation and achieving inner peace.

Highlights
  • Diffuse strong emotions and physical symptoms
  • Increase awareness of feelings and associations
  • Adopt a non-judgmental approach to emotions
  • Identify thoughts linked to emotions
  • Integrate new thoughts for lasting peace
  • Consider actions for desired life
Features
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From an early age society teaches us that some emotions are bad and that we should avoid these at all costs. As a result, we learn to avoid certain emotions which can cause them to endure and mental health problems to arise. ​Hands Up Therapy app teaches us how to stop avoiding emotions and deal with them in a healthy way, allowing us to achieve more peace and good mental health in the long term. Hands Up Therapy app was developed by a qualified UK-based Psychotherapist and ordinary people experiencing depression and anxiety disorders and so is easy to understand and apply in your everyday life. Hands Up Therapy app will help you to: - Diffuse strong emotions and the associated physical symptoms allowing you to feel more peace/relaxed. - Be more aware of what you are feeling and the associations between your emotions and physical symptoms. - Achieve a ‘successful present moment’ or ‘non-judgmental’ approach to your feelings. - Be more aware of the thoughts associated with your emotions. - Consider and integrate new thoughts which can stop emotions re-firing and therefore create a more lasting feeling of peace/relaxed. - Consider actions you could take to help you live the life you want to live. People who use Hands Up Therapy regularly report: -More peace / relaxed feeling -Reduction of depression and anxiety feelings -Reduction or ending of addictions -Reduction or ending of self-harm / violence -Less anger -Less panic -Better sleep -More energy -Improved relationships -Improved mental clarity / focus -More confidence and acceptance of body image -Reduction and/or more acceptance of pain -Stronger immune system and less physical illness -A life and behaviour more in line with values

About

I'm Doing It

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Forming or keeping up with new healthy habits is extremely hard, but the solution is very easy. For the first couple of days you feel motivated and it is easy but each day it gets harder and the 21 days people used to tell you you need to form a habit feels unreachable. 21 days is way too lofty of a goal, luckily theres a better way. "I'm Doing It" helps you actually form new habits. It does this by keeping it simple, you make 3 goals a day, but you don't have to achieve them all. Nobody is perfect it does not make sense to feel shame if you don't accomplish all of your goals every day. With I'm Doing It your goal is only to complete 2 of the goals a day. This is the secret to forming habits.

Screenshots

Hands Up Therapy4 screens
I'm Doing It4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: I'm Doing It at 12.0 against Hands Up Therapy's 16.6. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hands Up Therapy ships an update every 2 months, I'm Doing It every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Hands Up Therapy versus I'm Doing It: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHands Up TherapyI'm Doing It
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB24 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperKelvin SnaithMaurice Landers III

In-app purchases

None

Hands Up Therapy

No in-app purchases

None

I'm Doing It

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hands Up Therapy free?
Hands Up Therapy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is I'm Doing It free?
I'm Doing It is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hands Up Therapy or I'm Doing It have ads?
Neither Hands Up Therapy nor I'm Doing It shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hands Up Therapy or I'm Doing It?
Hands Up Therapy ships an update every 2 months, and I'm Doing It every 5 weeks. Most recently, Hands Up Therapy was updated on October 15, 2026 and I'm Doing It on October 6, 2026.

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