Comparison

ACT iCoach vs Meta Learn

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

Meta Learn

This app offers tools and exercises to help manage overthinking, stress, and restlessness. It provides personalized programs based on your responses to foster calm, focus, and mental clarity. Track your progress and understand the connection between your thoughts and well-being.

Highlights
  • Exercises to reduce overthinking
  • Tools to manage stress
  • Support for low mood
  • Personalized programs
  • Track mental progress
  • Metacognitive therapy principles
Features
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Overthinking, stress, restlessness or low mood? Get tools for calm and clarity. Short introduction: Meta Learn helps you if you struggle with overthinking, stress, restlessness, or find it hard to quiet your mind. Many people use the app when they can’t stop their thoughts, overthink constantly, or have trouble sleeping due to worries. The app adapts to your responses and creates a personalized program with exercises tailored to your situation. What you get with Meta Learn: • Exercises to reduce overthinking and inner restlessness • Tools to manage stress and worries • Support during periods of low mood • Simple strategies for more calm, focus, and mental clarity • Personalized content based on your responses How it works: When you start Meta Learn, you answer a few questions about your situation. Based on your answers, you automatically get a personalized program with exercises that match what you’re experiencing right now. You can adjust it anytime. Exercises that work in everyday life: The exercises are simple, practical, and designed to help you change how you respond to your thoughts. You’ll learn how to: • stop unnecessary worrying • reduce overthinking • handle inner restlessness in your body • create more calm in your mind • improve your mood The exercises are especially helpful if you: • can’t stop your thoughts • experience overthinking at night • overthink throughout the day • feel stressed over a longer period If you have trouble sleeping because of thoughts or worries, the exercises can also help you find more calm. Your knowledge and progress: Track your mental progress, keep an overview of your exercises, and better understand the connection between your thoughts, actions, and wellbeing. Scientific foundation: Meta Learn is primarily based on principles from metacognitive therapy developed by Adrian Wells. This approach focuses not on the content of your thoughts, but on how you relate to them. You learn to reduce overthinking and worrying through practical mental strategies. Designed for self-help: Meta Learn is built for self-guided use with interactive and progressive exercises, making it easy to improve your mental wellbeing at your own pace. Terms of Use can be found at https://metalearnapps.com/terms.

Screenshots

ACT iCoach4 screens
Meta Learn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Meta Learn at freemium against ACT iCoach's subscription. Meta Learn also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 85%). ACT iCoach's advantage is ratings volume (186 vs 3). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ACT iCoach sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Meta Learn sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Meta Learn holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ACT iCoach has 186 ratings behind it against 3, 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 100% of Meta Learn's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ACT iCoach ships an update every 4 weeks, Meta Learn every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ACT iCoach versus Meta Learn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterACT iCoachMeta Learn
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (186 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings186 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB68 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperResiliens Inc.Meta Learn ApS

Customer experience

ACT iCoach

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

Meta Learn

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

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

Meta Learn

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
11 purchases

Meta Learn

Subscriptions11
  • Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$9.991 Year
  • Monthly Subscription$12.491 Month
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  • Yearly Subscription$14.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription$17.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscripsion$17.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription2 variants$19.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription$22.991 Year
  • Yearly subscription$23.991 Year
  • Yearly14 Days trial$25.991 Year
  • SpecHealth Offer14 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is ACT iCoach free?
ACT iCoach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Meta Learn free?
Meta Learn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ACT iCoach or Meta Learn?
Meta Learn is rated higher. ACT iCoach averages 4.6 out of 5 from 186 ratings, while Meta Learn averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do ACT iCoach or Meta Learn have ads?
Neither ACT iCoach nor Meta Learn shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ACT iCoach or Meta Learn?
ACT iCoach ships an update every 4 weeks, and Meta Learn every 9 days. Most recently, ACT iCoach was updated on October 18, 2026 and Meta Learn on October 3, 2026.

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