Comparison

Self Affirmed vs Soothfy

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

Head to head
About

Self Affirmed

Record affirmations in your own voice and integrate them into calming soundscapes. Organize your recordings, choose from various ambient sounds, and customize listening sessions. Track your progress and practice mindfulness discreetly.

Highlights
  • Record affirmations in your own voice
  • Over 100 affirmation ideas
  • Eight customizable soundscapes
  • Adjustable session lengths
  • Lock screen and headphone controls
  • Apple Health integration (Mindful Minutes)
  • Private by design, no cloud storage
Features
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Hearing an affirmation is good. Hearing it in your own voice is different — your mind knows who's talking. Self Affirmed lets you record affirmations in your own voice, then weaves them into calming soundscapes for listening sessions you shape yourself. Speak it once, and let your own conviction do the work. RECORD, IN YOUR WORDS • Tap the mic and speak — your words appear on screen as you say them and become the recording's title, so your library is always easy to browse • Need a starting point? Explore over 100 affirmation ideas across 14 areas of life — confidence, gratitude, health, motivation, success, and more — and record any of them read-along style, straight from the list • Organize everything into categories you create and name yourself LISTEN, YOUR WAY • Eight soundscapes to carry your voice: Angelic Choir, Nature's Lullaby, Ethereal, Birds and Bells, Celtic Harp, Electric Dream, Meditation Zone, and Drone • Sessions ease you in with pure ambience — and an optional spoken relaxation wind-down — before your affirmations begin their gentle cycle • Choose a 12 to 30 minute session, or let it play until you end it • Mix your voice against the ambience, add a touch of reverb, or layer in a subtle binaural undertone (headphones recommended) • Control everything from the lock screen or your headphones — pause, resume, and see the current affirmation without opening the app BUILT AROUND YOUR DAY • Made for iPhone Duo — open your phone and every screen spreads into two panes at the hinge; fold it like a laptop and recording becomes a teleprompter • A home screen widget keeps your affirmations in sight and in mind all day • Completed sessions can be logged to Apple Health as Mindful Minutes, so your practice becomes a habit you can see • Unplug your headphones and the session politely pauses; a phone call holds your place PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your recordings never leave your device — no account, no cloud, no tracking • Try it free with your first six recordings. One simple purchase unlocks unlimited recording forever — no subscription, ever Your voice. Your words. Your calm.

About

Soothfy

This app offers personalized mental health support designed for individuals with ADHD and anxiety. It provides instant relief tools, adaptive daily planning, and educational resources to manage symptoms and improve daily life.

Highlights
  • Instant Relief CBT activities
  • AI-powered daily planner
  • CBT education library
  • Mood and sleep tracking
  • Journaling with voice notes
  • Anchor Habits for routine integration
Features
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Soothfy is an ADHD planner and mental health app built for  people whose brains work differently. If anxiety, panic attacks,  OCD, or PTSD makes daily life harder than it needs to be, you  are in the right place. Most mental health apps were not built for how ADHD and anxious  brains actually work. They give you a generic meditation when you  are mid panic attack, or a to-do list when executive function has  completely shut down. Soothfy was built around the reality of  living with these conditions, not the ideal version of it. The feature our users come back to every day is Instant Relief.  When anxiety spikes, when ADHD makes focusing impossible, or when  a panic attack starts, you open Soothfy and work through four  steps. Pick your condition, choose the exact symptom from thirty  five options, describe what is happening right now, and get three  CBT activities built for that exact situation with a two minute  timer. Not something generic. Something designed for the moment  you are in. You track whether it worked, so over time Soothfy  learns what actually helps you and what to skip. Your daily ADHD planner rebuilds every cycle. The AI takes your  condition, mood, energy level, and time of day into account before  generating a fresh twenty day plan. Every plan includes CBT  exercises, focus timers, executive function tasks, habit stacking,  behavioral activation, and journaling sessions. Nothing repeats,  and because the planner understands that ADHD brains do not  perform consistently, it adjusts rather than punishing you for  the hard days. The CBT education library walks you through the ABC model,  assertiveness training, behavioral activation, and behavior  tracking in a way that is practical and specific to your  condition. The same tools therapists spend sessions teaching,  built into your daily routine so you are applying them in real  life, not just reading about them. The mood tracker and sleep tracker turn daily check-ins into  something genuinely useful. Log your emotions and sleep quality  every day and Soothfy builds weekly and monthly trend charts  that show your actual patterns, your triggers, and how sleep  connects to focus, anxiety, and everything else. You can download  your mood and sleep reports and bring them to a therapist or  doctor who can actually use that data to help you. The journal lets you write, record voice notes, and attach  therapeutic sounds directly to entries. For neurodivergent users  and anyone managing insomnia, stress, or emotional dysregulation,  having somewhere to put the weight of the day before sleep is not  a small thing. The sound therapy library gives you curated audio  designed for ADHD and anxiety, not generic noise. Anchor Habits connect your mental health activities to routines  you already have. Instead of building new habits from nothing,  Soothfy helps you stack CBT exercises onto things you already do  every day. That is why the habits built inside this app actually  last. The community brings together people managing ADHD, anxiety, OCD,  PTSD, depression, and emotional dysregulation. Real people sharing  what is working, what is not, and what living with these conditions  honestly looks like day to day. It is moderated, it is honest, and  it is the kind of support that reminds you that you are not dealing  with this alone. Soothfy covers nine conditions in one app. ADHD, anxiety,  depression, OCD, PTSD, stress, insomnia, anger, and emotional  dysregulation. One subscription covers everything. You do not  need a different app for each condition you are managing. The app is free to download. Your first relief session takes  under two minutes. Terms of Use: https://soothfy.com/terms_and_conditions.html Privacy policy : https://soothfy.com/privacy_policy.html

Screenshots

Self Affirmed4 screens
Soothfy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Soothfy at Free against Self Affirmed's $4.99. Soothfy also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (98% vs 67%). On ratings volume, 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

Soothfy is free to download; Self Affirmed costs $4.99 up front. Self Affirmed sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Soothfy sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Soothfy holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 33 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Self Affirmed's written reviews are positive against 98% of Soothfy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Self Affirmed ships an update every 9 months, Soothfy fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Self Affirmed versus Soothfy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSelf AffirmedSoothfy
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (12 ratings)4.9 (33 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews98.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1233 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB54 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGet Happy, LLCsoothfy mental health

Customer experience

Self Affirmed

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

Soothfy

All ratings33 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive98.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.7%

Bugs and requests

Self Affirmed

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Soothfy

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

2 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • More customization options

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Self Affirmed

One-time1
  • Unlimited Affirmation Creation$4.99
5 purchases

Soothfy

Subscriptions5
  • Weekly Premium Plan$3.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium Plan3 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Quarterly Premium Plan3 Days trial$17.993 Months
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  • Yearly Premium$34.991 Year
  • Soothfy Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Self Affirmed free?
Self Affirmed costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Soothfy free?
Soothfy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Self Affirmed or Soothfy?
Soothfy is rated higher. Self Affirmed averages 4.0 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Soothfy averages 4.9 from 33 ratings.
Do Self Affirmed or Soothfy have ads?
Neither Self Affirmed nor Soothfy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Self Affirmed or Soothfy?
Self Affirmed ships an update every 9 months, and Soothfy fortnightly. Most recently, Self Affirmed was updated on November 4, 2026 and Soothfy on November 8, 2026.

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