Comparison

ACT iCoach vs NVC Guide

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

NVC Guide

Learn Nonviolent Communication (NVC) to express yourself honestly and listen empathetically. This app guides you through the four key steps of NVC: observation, emotion, need, and request, helping you craft effective statements for conflict resolution and express gratitude.

Highlights
  • Nonviolent Communication framework
  • Conflict resolution guidance
  • Expressing emotions and needs
  • Formulating requests
  • Gratitude journaling
  • Tracking met needs
Features
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At its core, Nonviolent Communication is about communicating honestly and receiving empathetically, a way of communicating that “leads us to give from the heart” (Rosenberg). For conflicts, this app will walk you through the four key parts: observation, emotion, need, and request. This app will walk you through these four key steps to create statements that you can use with the person you are in conflict with. Did you know that this app can also help you write meaningful gratitudes? It be used to express gratefulness in a way that explains what underlying need was met. This app can function as a gratitude journal, keeping track of your daily met needs.

Screenshots

ACT iCoach4 screens
NVC Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NVC Guide at none against ACT iCoach's 2. NVC Guide also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks). ACT iCoach's advantage is ratings volume (185 vs 2). On price, ads, 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. NVC Guide asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NVC Guide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ACT iCoach has 185 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ACT iCoach ships an update every 4 weeks, NVC Guide weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ACT iCoach versus NVC Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterACT iCoachNVC Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (185 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings185 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB21 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperResiliens Inc.Giselle Jhunjhnuwala

Customer experience

ACT iCoach

All ratings185 ratings
Positive90.3%
Neutral1.1%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews90 reviews
Positive85.6%
Neutral1.1%
Negative13.3%

NVC Guide

All ratings2 ratings
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

NVC Guide

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

NVC Guide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ACT iCoach free?
ACT iCoach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NVC Guide free?
NVC Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ACT iCoach or NVC Guide?
NVC Guide is rated higher. ACT iCoach averages 4.6 out of 5 from 185 ratings, while NVC Guide averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do ACT iCoach or NVC Guide have ads?
Neither ACT iCoach nor NVC Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ACT iCoach or NVC Guide?
ACT iCoach ships an update every 4 weeks, and NVC Guide weekly. Most recently, ACT iCoach was updated on September 22, 2026 and NVC Guide on September 14, 2026.

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