Comparison

Worrydolls vs Alba Mind

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

Head to head
About

Worrydolls

This app provides a digital worry doll to help you manage anxiety and stress. Share your worries with the doll, track them over time, and find a sense of calm by revisiting past concerns.

Highlights
  • Digital worry doll companion
  • Share worries with the doll
  • Track worries over time
  • Journaling for anxiety
  • Review past worries
  • Sense of calm
Features
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Worrydolls gives you a small doll who is ready to listen to what is worrying you. Tell your worry to the doll, then track it over time. You can use Worrydolls like a journal to help you overcome anxiety and stress. The idea of worrydolls started with the indigenous people of Guatemala. The first worrydoll was given to the princess Ixucane as a special gift from the sun god, with the promise that the worrydoll could handle any worry a person could have. Ever since, tiny worrydolls made leftover cloth have been given to worried people. Whisper a single worry to the worrydoll, and hide it under their pillow. As soon as the worrydoll is told the worry, sorrow, or fear, it takes the burden and carries it from then on. The app works the same way! Just tell a single worry to the Worrydoll, and the Worrydoll will carry it for you. In this way, you can have worrydolls on your phone. When your worry is finished, you can tell the worrydoll that he/she does not need to worry anymore. You can always look back at your old worries to feel a sense of calm. My grandmother gave me tiny worrydolls because I was always worrying as a child. Now, you can have Worrydolls on your phone. I hope that the worrydolls can help you just like they helped me. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Alba Mind

This app offers a suite of tools designed to make self-care engaging and accessible. It includes a worry journal with AI-powered affirmations and action plans, a mood widget for friends, and an anonymous support community. Users can also track emotions with a simple emoji diary and access professional guidance.

Highlights
  • Worry journal with AI affirmations
  • Mood widget for friends
  • Anonymous support community
  • Emotion tracking with emoji diary
  • AI progress analysis
  • Access to professional wellbeing coaches
Features
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Alba Mind is the first app to make self-care social and fun! The app has a collection of tools that are easy to use, don't require a big time commitment, and have social aspects at their core. Our mission is to make the world a happier place, while breaking down the barriers which stop people talking to others about how they're feeling, and what they're going through! WORRY JOURNAL Add your thoughts, worries, and problems into the app. Use Alba Mind's clever tools to help you forget about them almost instantly. AI AFFIRMATIONS After writing a worry, in one tap you can use the wonders of AI technology to turn that worry upside down, and into a positive affirmation. You can also create action plans for dealing with your worries using the same AI tech! MOOD WIDGET Add your friends and loved ones onto your Mood Widget, and get live updates of their mood, directly from your homescreen. ANONYMOUS SUPPORT COMMUNITY Share how you're feeling to the anonymous community within the app - our community is just so lovely and will offer you emotional support, advice, or even just an ear to listen. EMOTION TRACK Keep an emotion diary by using one emoji a day to best represent your mood. Alba Mind will send you a reminder notification, and you can add your mood simply by replying to the notification - you don't even need to open the app. PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT Browse our collection of pre-vetted wellbeing professionals and coaches, and ask them questions directly. You can also view an entire library of guidance that they've previously given to others. AI PROGRESS ANALYSIS AI progress tracking uses your journal entries to make accurate predictions on how you're currently feeling. Every aspect of the app is designed to make self-care and wellbeing feel fun, personal and easy. We've combined innovative features with beautiful design and a seamless user experience. You'll start to genuinely enjoy taking care of your wellbeing. The founder of Alba Mind created this app after his own struggles with stress and low-mood, initially at university, and then in the business world. The techniques Alba Mind is based on are what helped him get through some of his most difficult times. He is therefore extremely active amongst our community, and just an email away if you ever need any help or support. michael@alba.app www.alba.app Thank you all so much and we can't wait to hear about the many ways our app helps you. - The Alba Mind team. Our terms of service can be found here: https://albamindapp.com/terms/

Screenshots

Worrydolls4 screens
Alba Mind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Worrydolls at 4.8 against Alba Mind's 3.7. Worrydolls also leads on ratings volume (15K vs 6). Alba Mind's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (14.3 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Worrydolls sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Alba Mind sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Worrydolls holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Worrydolls has 15K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 89% of Worrydolls's written reviews are positive against 91% of Alba Mind's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Worrydolls ships an update every 3 weeks, Alba Mind weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Worrydolls versus Alba Mind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorrydollsAlba Mind
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (15K ratings) — better3.7 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews88.7% of reviews90.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15K — better6
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.014.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size241 MB73 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPeter Wiebenneurify Limited

Customer experience

Worrydolls

All ratings15,347 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral2.2%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews690 reviews
Positive88.7%
Neutral6.4%
Negative4.9%

Alba Mind

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

Bugs and requests

Worrydolls

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App freezing when reaching character limit
  • Inconsistent behavior with locking/unlocking the app

Requested features

5 requests
  • Remove character limit for writing worries
  • Add ability to edit, delete, or organize past worries
  • Implement more customization options for worry dolls
  • Incorporate AI-powered responses or advice from dolls
  • Add sorting/filtering options for past worries

Alba Mind

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Worrydolls

Subscriptions2
  • Magic Mode7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Magic Mode - Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Magic Mode One Time Unlock$69.99
3 purchases

Alba Mind

Subscriptions2
  • Alba Premium7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Alba Premium$25.991 Year
One-time1
  • Ask A Supporter$3.99

Questions

Is Worrydolls free?
Worrydolls is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Alba Mind free?
Alba Mind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Worrydolls or Alba Mind?
Worrydolls is rated higher. Worrydolls averages 4.8 out of 5 from 15K ratings, while Alba Mind averages 3.7 from 6 ratings.
Do Worrydolls or Alba Mind have ads?
Neither Worrydolls nor Alba Mind shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Worrydolls or Alba Mind?
Worrydolls ships an update every 3 weeks, and Alba Mind weekly. Most recently, Worrydolls was updated on November 2, 2026 and Alba Mind on October 13, 2026.

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