Comparison

Don't panic!!! vs VerifyHabit

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

VerifyHabit

Features
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VerifyHabit only counts habits it can verify. No checkboxes, no honor system — your iPhone and your health data are the witness. Any tracker that syncs to Apple Health counts: Apple Watch, Garmin, WHOOP, Oura. WHAT COUNTS · Up and moving by your alarm — dismissed by getting up, confirmed by motion · Awake on time — your sleep data is the witness; any alarm counts · Workout, run or ride — duration, distance and heart rate from your tracker · Screen time — stay under your morning limit, verified by iOS itself · Ship code — commits pushed to GitHub, on any branch; private repositories included, and your code is never read · Steps, sleep, mindfulness, weigh-ins, daylight, stand hours, exercise minutes, flights — read from Health If a signal isn't there, the habit honestly shows as unverifiable. VerifyHabit never fakes a green check — a calibrated "can't confirm" beats a false "done". YOUR CONSISTENCY SETS YOUR PRICE The first week is free. After that it's $4.99/month (or your local equivalent), and from month two, your weekly verified consistency earns your rate down the ladder — $2.99, $1.99, or $0.99 for the next month. Nothing to claim, only what you prove. Miss a week, and the price climbs back. It's a membership you re-earn — like a gym that gets cheaper the more you actually show up. ON YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch app shows what's left today and where the week stands — with complications for every face, Smart Stack included. BUILT PAPER-FIRST A calm, ledger-style interface. No confetti, no streak-shaming, no ads, no third-party analytics. Your raw health data never leaves your device — only verified/missed outcomes sync, to score your week. THE DETAILS · Membership: $4.99/month (local pricing applies), auto-renews until canceled · Earned discounts apply as one-cycle offers, re-earned weekly · Up to two rest days a week are excluded from scoring · Cancel anytime in App Store settings · Delete your account (and all server data) directly in the app Terms: https://verifyhabit.com/terms Privacy: https://verifyhabit.com/privacy

Screenshots

Don't panic!!!4 screens
VerifyHabit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Don't panic!!! at none against VerifyHabit's 1. Don't panic!!! also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.1). VerifyHabit's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads 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. VerifyHabit sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Don't panic!!! asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Don't panic!!! ships an update every 6 weeks, VerifyHabit weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Don't panic!!! versus VerifyHabit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDon't panic!!!VerifyHabit
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (66 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings66 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB5 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNepanikar z. s.Peter Buchlak

In-app purchases

None

Don't panic!!!

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

VerifyHabit

Subscriptions1
  • VerifyHabit Monthly$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Don't panic!!! free?
Don't panic!!! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VerifyHabit free?
VerifyHabit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Don't panic!!! or VerifyHabit have ads?
Neither Don't panic!!! nor VerifyHabit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Don't panic!!! or VerifyHabit?
Don't panic!!! ships an update every 6 weeks, and VerifyHabit weekly. Most recently, Don't panic!!! was updated on November 3, 2026 and VerifyHabit on October 25, 2026.

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