Comparison

Virtual MotivAider vs BehaviorLive

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

Head to head
About

Virtual MotivAider

This tool helps users achieve desired behavioral changes by sending personalized prompts. It replicates the functionality of a dedicated device, reminding you to act on your goals with custom messages and adjustable notification intervals.

Highlights
  • Personalized message triggers
  • Customizable prompt types (vibration, sound, text)
  • Adjustable prompt frequency and intervals
  • Automatic prompt duration setting
  • Pause and resume prompting
  • Multiple behavior change projects
Features
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Virtual MotivAider® is designed to help users of all ages make desired changes in their own behavior and habits. ​ This app is intended to replicate much of the functionality of the MotivAider®, an ingeniously simple dedicated electronic device invented by a clinical psychologist. Since 1987, the MotivAider® device has helped thousands of people in over 50 countries make a wide range of desired behavioral changes. Like the MotivAider® device, Virtual MotivAider® corrects for a largely overlooked glitch in the design of the human mind -- the lack of a dependable mechanism for keeping good intentions "on the front burner" of your mind. By repeatedly sending you signals or prompts that remind and urge you to act in accord with any chosen behavioral objective or goal, the app prevents your good intentions from getting lost in the shuffle. To use the app, you first devise a brief personal message – a word, phrase or image -- that serves as a trigger to remind and urge you to take a specific action required to achieve your goal. Next, you simply associate your personal message with the app’s signals or prompts, so that whenever you receive the prompt, you'll automatically think your personal message and be reminded and urged to take the desired action. Then, you set the app to send you prompts – and therefore your personal message – as often as it takes to get the best possible results. By design, Virtual MotivAider® is simple and straightforward. It has no bells and whistles to distract you from its singular purpose, which is to keep your attention focused on making whatever change in behavior you decide to make. Virtual MotivAider® lets you: • Choose the type(s) of prompts you’d like to receive – from a simple vibration signal (if your device is capable of vibration) and/or a sound (you can even record your personal message in your own voice) and/or a text notification with your personal message. • Get prompts as often as you want – from as often as once every few seconds to as seldom as once a day. • Choose whether to get prompts at Regular intervals (for example, once every 5 minutes), at Average intervals (for example, from 15 minutes to one hour apart with an Average of 30 minutes apart), or even at Random intervals (for example, at random intervals that are no less than 10 seconds apart and no more than 10 minutes apart). • Choose how long to have prompting continue before stopping automatically. • Pause and resume prompting whenever you want. • Create and save multiple behavior change projects. (To achieve the best results, however, we recommend that you work on only one project at a time). • Access the same free habit change resources that help users of the dedicated MotivAider® device achieve great results.

About

BehaviorLive

Attend live and virtual events with this app. Seamlessly check into physical events via QR code and engage with online peers through chat, polls, and Q&A. Virtual attendees can also access live video streams and manage all earned CEUs in one place.

Highlights
  • Virtual and physical event participation
  • QR code event check-in
  • Virtual room for online engagement
  • Live video streaming
  • CEU tracking and storage
  • Interactive polls and Q&A
Features
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Introducing the BehaviorLive app! A seamless experience for live events and CEUs. Users of the app can participate in conferences & events virtually and physically! If you are on-site, scan the QR code to check into an event, and then join the "virtual" room to connect with your online peers and chat, ask questions, answer polls and much more during the sessions. A fully immersive experience for live events! If you are virtual, you can access the same tools and additionally live video of the event. All your CEUs are stored in a single, convenient place!

Screenshots

Virtual MotivAider4 screens
BehaviorLive3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BehaviorLive at 78% against Virtual MotivAider's 23%. BehaviorLive also leads on price (Free vs $3.99) and rating (4.0 vs 2.9). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

BehaviorLive is free to download; Virtual MotivAider costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BehaviorLive holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Virtual MotivAider's written reviews are positive against 78% of BehaviorLive's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Virtual MotivAider ships an update every 8 months, BehaviorLive every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 8, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Virtual MotivAider versus BehaviorLive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVirtual MotivAiderBehaviorLive
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating2.9 (7 ratings)4.0 (25 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.1% of reviews77.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings725 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.011.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB131 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBehavioral Dynamics, Inc.BehaviorLive

Customer experience

Virtual MotivAider

All ratings7 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive23.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative76.9%

BehaviorLive

All ratings25 ratings
Positive72.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%

In-app purchases

None

Virtual MotivAider

No in-app purchases

None

BehaviorLive

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Virtual MotivAider free?
Virtual MotivAider costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BehaviorLive free?
BehaviorLive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Virtual MotivAider or BehaviorLive?
BehaviorLive is rated higher. Virtual MotivAider averages 2.9 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while BehaviorLive averages 4.0 from 25 ratings.
Do Virtual MotivAider or BehaviorLive have ads?
Neither Virtual MotivAider nor BehaviorLive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Virtual MotivAider or BehaviorLive?
Virtual MotivAider ships an update every 8 months, and BehaviorLive every 5 days. Most recently, Virtual MotivAider was updated on October 8, 2026 and BehaviorLive on October 8, 2026.

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