Comparison

Mindfulness Coach Explorer vs Veterans Wellness Path

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

Head to head
About

Mindfulness Coach Explorer

This is a research version of a mindfulness application exclusively for participants in approved program evaluations. Access requires an invitation code from an approved investigator.

Highlights
  • Research version
  • Invitation code required
  • Program evaluation access
  • Mindfulness tools
Features
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This is a research version of Mindfulness Coach that is only for participants in approved program evaluation projects for NCPTSD. To unlock this app, you will need an invitation code from an approved investigator. Please contact your investigator if you need help.

About

Veterans Wellness Path

This app supports Native American Veterans in achieving a healthy balance by connecting with their environment, community, family, and self. It offers activities, readings, and resources, including tools for understanding PTSD, a digital journal, and a directory of support organizations.

Highlights
  • Wellness activities and readings
  • PTSD understanding tools
  • Digital journaling
  • Community and self-support resources
  • Organization finder
Features
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Veterans Wellness Path is a mobile app designed for Native American Veterans and their loved ones to support a healthful balance and connection to environment, community, family, and self. Created with Native Veterans, the app offers a rich set of activities, readings, and resources, including tools to deepen understanding of PTSD. Along your journey, you can get feedback by answering wellness questions, use the digital journal to express thoughts and collect relevant information, and handily find organizations and contact information to support others or yourself.

Screenshots

Mindfulness Coach Explorer4 screens
Veterans Wellness Path4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Veterans Wellness Path at 100% against Mindfulness Coach Explorer's 33%. Veterans Wellness Path also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Mindfulness Coach Explorer's advantage is ratings volume (54 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Veterans Wellness Path holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mindfulness Coach Explorer has 54 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Mindfulness Coach Explorer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Veterans Wellness Path's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mindfulness Coach Explorer versus Veterans Wellness Path: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindfulness Coach ExplorerVeterans Wellness Path
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (54 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings54 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 42 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB62 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPalo Alto Veterans Institute for ResearchUS Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

Customer experience

Mindfulness Coach Explorer

All ratings50 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

Veterans Wellness Path

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mindfulness Coach Explorer

No in-app purchases

None

Veterans Wellness Path

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mindfulness Coach Explorer free?
Mindfulness Coach Explorer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Veterans Wellness Path free?
Veterans Wellness Path is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mindfulness Coach Explorer or Veterans Wellness Path?
Veterans Wellness Path is rated higher. Mindfulness Coach Explorer averages 4.6 out of 5 from 54 ratings, while Veterans Wellness Path averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Mindfulness Coach Explorer or Veterans Wellness Path have ads?
Neither Mindfulness Coach Explorer nor Veterans Wellness Path shows ads.

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