Comparison

ACT iCoach vs Driven Resilience App

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

Head to head
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.

About

Driven Resilience App

This app offers a virtual resilience coach to help you navigate life's challenges. It provides daily activities, progress tracking, and AI-powered chat support for stress, sadness, and anxiety. Specialized programs address specific resilience domains and life situations.

Highlights
  • Daily resilience-building activities
  • Progress benchmarking and tracking
  • AI-powered chat for emotional support
  • Specialized resilience programs (HART, CBT, Financial)
  • Resilience diagnostic tool
  • Courses for job seekers and self-acceptance
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Driven is the virtual resilience coach in your pocket. * Short daily activities to build resilience & stay on top of life * Benchmark and track your progress * Feeling stressed, sad or anxious? Chat with Driven and let it all out in a judgement-free space (free) * Quick techniques helps you with adversity when you need it (free) Life-changing content: * HART - High Adversity Resilience Training - Advanced techniques for emergency responders, medical & military personnel * CBT-based 14-day Rewire Program * Financial Resilience to manage stress about money * Depression, Anxiety & Stress assessment along with psycho-education course * Personality assessment & training for self-acceptance ‍* Job Seeker Resilience course to keep you motivated (free) Driven's original research into the neuroscience of resilience uncovered six domains that help you maximise your resilience. These domains are Vision, Composure, Reasoning, Tenacity, Collaboration and Health. With these domains you can benchmark your resilience, find your strengths and opportunities to grow through our scientifically validated resilience diagnostic tool. We all face big and small challenges through life. Whether it’s work stress, breakups, getting stuck in traffic, moving house, losing a loved one, dealing with bullying, staying motivated, difficult studies, etc. There’s so much that resilience can help you deal with and prepare you for. Resilience helps you to: * Protect against depression * Deal with anxiety * Anticipate challenges and become proactive * Learn strategies to help you every day * Achieve your goals despite adversity Driven has resilience activities across all these domains, and more. As an AI-powered coach, Driven chats you through these interactive activities to quickly lift your life to new heights in just minutes each day. Vision: * Learn about the basic needs of the brain * Explore the meaning of your life * Become yourself * Take stock of goals * Learn how to prioritise * Create congruence * Set motivating goals Composure: * Calm your impulsive brain * Re-connect with your body * Understand emotions * Turn around challenging situations * Open monitoring * Gratitude * Body scan * Mindful listening * Focused awareness * And always, breathe Reasoning: * Anticipate challenges * Develop strategies in advance * Mental & practical preparation for adversity * Becoming resourceful * Embracing change * Explore your beliefs * Build a resilient inner voice Tenacity: * Develop realistic optimism * Dealing with criticism * Create motivation * Learn how to overcome mistakes * Master time management Collaboration: * Understand your social brain * Build a support network * Create trust with people * Build likeability * Initiating mentor relationships * Improve communication skills Health: * Take stock of your health * Building a healthy brain * Find what holds you back * Ease into healthy eating * Diagnose sleeping problems * Get your body moving And much more! We are constantly adding new content for Driven to help you become more resilient in all areas of life. * Driven is used by psychologists, counsellors and coaches around the world to help people assess and build their own resilience. Practitioners can gain access to an admin area to use Driven with clients, increasing the impact of therapy and reach with clients. * Driven is also used by organisations to help people build resilience as teams. Here it becomes a flexible platform to improve workplace health and wellness at scale, assisting many thousands of people at a time, while always protecting individual confidentiality.

Screenshots

ACT iCoach4 screens
Driven Resilience App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Driven Resilience App at none against ACT iCoach's 2. Driven Resilience App also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (97% vs 85%). ACT iCoach's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (187 vs 27). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. ACT iCoach sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Driven Resilience App asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Driven Resilience App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ACT iCoach has 187 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of ACT iCoach's written reviews are positive against 97% of Driven Resilience App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ACT iCoach ships an update every 4 weeks, Driven Resilience App every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ACT iCoach versus Driven Resilience App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterACT iCoachDriven Resilience App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (187 ratings)5.0 (27 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.6% of reviews96.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings187 — better27
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.1 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB60 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperResiliens Inc.Hello Driven Pty Ltd

Customer experience

ACT iCoach

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

Driven Resilience App

All ratings27 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive96.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.1%

Bugs and 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

Driven Resilience App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ACT iCoach

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Six Month Subscription$49.996 Months
None

Driven Resilience App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ACT iCoach free?
ACT iCoach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Driven Resilience App free?
Driven Resilience App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ACT iCoach or Driven Resilience App?
Driven Resilience App is rated higher. ACT iCoach averages 4.6 out of 5 from 187 ratings, while Driven Resilience App averages 5.0 from 27 ratings.
Do ACT iCoach or Driven Resilience App have ads?
Driven Resilience App shows ads; ACT iCoach does not.
Which is updated more often, ACT iCoach or Driven Resilience App?
ACT iCoach ships an update every 4 weeks, and Driven Resilience App every 6 weeks. Most recently, ACT iCoach was updated on October 22, 2026 and Driven Resilience App on October 15, 2026.

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