Comparison

Don't panic!!! vs Stop Anxiety program

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

Head to head
About

Don't panic!!!

This app provides tools and techniques to manage depression, anxiety, panic attacks, self-harm urges, suicidal thoughts, and eating disorders. It offers interactive exercises, practical advice, and direct access to professional help and crisis hotlines.

Highlights
  • Depression management tools
  • Anxiety and panic relief exercises
  • Self-harm coping strategies
  • Suicidal thought support
  • Eating disorder guidance
  • Mood and activity tracking
  • Crisis hotline contacts
Features
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The app helps manage depression, anxiety and panic, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, and eating disorders. It contains practical techniques, advice, interactive breathing exercises, distraction games, and contacts for professional help. Main modules: Depression – tips “What can help me”, activity planning, finding positives of the day. Anxiety and panic – breathing exercises, simple counting, mini-games, relaxation recordings, tips “What to do when anxious”. I want to hurt myself – alternative ways of coping with self-harm urges, a safety plan, a tracker for how long I’ve managed. Suicidal thoughts – personal safety plan, list of reasons “Why not”, breathing exercises. Eating disorders – task lists, examples of suitable meal plans, tips on body perception, binge eating, nausea, etc. My records – records of feelings, sleep, meals, keeping a personal journal, mood charts. Contacts for help – direct calls to crisis hotlines and centers, option for chat support and online therapy, personal SOS contacts. The app is free and open-source. Created in cooperation with professionals. Download Don’t Panic and always have help at hand.

About

Stop Anxiety program

This program offers a structured, multi-week approach to understanding and overcoming anxiety. It provides tools and techniques to manage destructive thoughts and emotions, empowering users to regain control and find peace. Includes a free stress, anxiety, and depression test.

Highlights
  • Understand the root causes of anxiety
  • Step-by-step program for freedom from fear
  • Techniques to control thoughts and emotions
  • Manage destructive behaviors and self-sabotage
  • Free stress, anxiety, and depression test
  • Learn to handle panic attacks
  • Identify and manage difficult relationships
Features
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Stop Anxiety is the guide that shows you how the mind works, why you suffered from anxiety in the first place. It then gives you a step-by-step program to free yourself from destructive behavior and thoughts, and to gain freedom from the tyranny of thoughts and emotions, to come out from under the umbrella of fear and terror, i.e. to free yourself from anxiety. This program is for you if: ● you want to stop getting pissed off at the town hall, IRS, government, bank and a few other institutions and companies ● husband, mother-in-law and mother gang up on you and make your life miserable ● colleagues at work abuse/bully you ● you no longer trust yourself ● you have no motivation to do things ● procrastinate ● you lose control of your emotions, thoughts and body ● you think you will die And you want to: ● stop letting others influence your emotions ● stop caring about what others say ● regain the power and control you had before ● spend more time with yourself, stop being a slave to your husband, mother-in-law, children ● find the joy of living Free stress, anxiety and depression test ● Before launching the program, you have the opportunity to measure your levels of stress, anxiety and depression. These levels will drop after a week or two of getting into the program. ● Stop Anxiety offers a scientific method of self-diagnose, based on the DASS test https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DASS_(psychology) ● Make sure to seek a doctor’s advice in addition to using this app and before making any medical decisions. Structure of the STOP ANXIETY program Week 1 ● Discover that you are not the only one who suffers from anxiety, that this mood is normal, especially nowadays (psychological relaxation) ● Discover what is anxiety. Even after many sessions with a psychologist, people still don't know what Mrs. Anxiety (control) actually means ● Discover learn the purpose of anxiety - which is not to harm you, it's quite the opposite, in fact (peace) ● Discover learn and practice methods of staying in the present - mindful activities (relaxation, calmness) ● Discover how to handle a panic attack (safety) Week 2 ● Discover the most destructive expressions in your life, driving you into anxiety and self-sabotage (the enemy) ● Discover what you replace the enemy with, so you stop living in fear (detachment) ● Discover and practice to stop feeding your anxiety, and to stop beating yourself up (power, warmth) Week 3 ● Discover what is a thought and an emotion (control) ● Discover how to control your thoughts and emotions (control) ● Introduce the middle path, the golden path as a guiding value in your life (efficiency decisions) ● How can you stop worrying? (release) Week 4 ● Much of your anxiety is caused by the people you meet regularly. Discover how the drama triangle shapes your life (awareness) ● Count the abusers and rescuers in your life and discover how to manage them (control, self-protection) ● How do you get out of the victim role, stop being everyone's doormat? (personal power, confidence, control) ● Discover and practice to stop feeding your anxiety, and stop beating yourself up (power, warmth) Psychology for normal people ● Psychology only works when it is understood by normal people. We've taken the most widely used theories and techniques from the international literature and rewritten them in a much more understandable form. ● We know you don't have the time, so we've synthesized the psychological material for you to get the most out of it, with a minimum of time investment. Among the theories and techniques used are: ● CBT (Cognitive behavioral therapy) ● ACT (Acceptance and commitment therapy), ● MBCT (Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy). All these types of psychotherapy are scientifically proven to work in relieving anxiety and even depression! Good luck on the amazing journey that awaits you! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Don't panic!!!4 screens
Stop Anxiety program4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Don't panic!!! at 4.8 against Stop Anxiety program's 4.2. Don't panic!!! also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 11) and review sentiment (92% vs 67%). Stop Anxiety program's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 weeks). 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. Stop Anxiety program sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month. Don't panic!!! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Don't panic!!! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 66 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Don't panic!!!'s written reviews are positive against 67% of Stop Anxiety program's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Don't panic!!! ships an update every 6 weeks, Stop Anxiety program every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Don't panic!!! versus Stop Anxiety program: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDon't panic!!!Stop Anxiety program
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (66 ratings) — better4.2 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews91.9% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings66 — better22
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB64 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNepanikar z. s.WIND METHOD S.R.L.

Customer experience

Don't panic!!!

All ratings66 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral3.0%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews99 reviews
Positive91.9%
Neutral1.0%
Negative7.1%

Stop Anxiety program

All ratings22 ratings
Positive77.3%
Neutral13.6%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Don't panic!!!

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Stop Anxiety program

Subscriptions10
  • Stop Anxiety Monthly Subscript$17.991 Month
  • Stop Anxiety Monthly Subscript$34.991 Month
  • Stop Anxiety Subscript 6Months$44.996 Months
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  • Stop Anxiety Subscript 6Months$49.996 Months
  • Stop Anxiety Monthly Subscript$49.991 Month
  • Stop Anxiety Monthly Subscript$99.001 Month
  • Stop Anxiety Subscript 6Months2 variants$99.996 Months
  • Stop Anxiety Subscript 3Months$119.991 Month
  • Stop Anxiety Subscript 6Months$129.996 Months
  • Stop Anxiety Subscript 6Months$199.003 Months

Questions

Is Don't panic!!! free?
Don't panic!!! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stop Anxiety program free?
Stop Anxiety program is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Don't panic!!! or Stop Anxiety program?
Don't panic!!! is rated higher. Don't panic!!! averages 4.8 out of 5 from 66 ratings, while Stop Anxiety program averages 4.2 from 22 ratings.
Do Don't panic!!! or Stop Anxiety program have ads?
Neither Don't panic!!! nor Stop Anxiety program shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Don't panic!!! or Stop Anxiety program?
Don't panic!!! ships an update every 6 weeks, and Stop Anxiety program every 3 days. Most recently, Don't panic!!! was updated on September 25, 2026 and Stop Anxiety program on September 3, 2026.

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