Textcoach® vs Noema
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Textcoach®
Access personalized mental health support through text-based conversations with licensed clinicians. Address concerns like anxiety, depression, and stress on your schedule, without appointments or wait times. Boost your emotional wellbeing with convenient, stigma-free coaching.
- Texting with licensed clinicians
- Support for anxiety and depression
- Voice notes and video exchange
- Stigma-free access
- On-demand support
- Emotional wellbeing resources
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Textcoach® is like having a mental health “Coach” in your pocket! Designed to help address anxiety, depression, burnout and other concerns while on the go, Textcoach® allows you to begin texting with a licensed clinician on your mobile or desktop device. Exchange texts, voice notes, videos and resources to help boost your emotional wellbeing by downloading the app or visiting the website. Connect with a mental health Coach on your own terms – no appointments or wait times! This stigma-free access point helps you address concerns like stress, anxiety, resilience, relationship issues and more. All Textcoach® Coaches are independently licensed and experienced clinicians with special training to provide technology-driven care and help you resolve issues. To get started, download the app, create an account or enter your group code and log in.
Noema
This app guides users through daily mindful missions and inspiring quotes to foster awareness, clarity, and intentional habits. It offers a library of exercises, reflection journaling, and streak tracking in a private, distraction-free environment. All data is stored locally on the device.
- Daily mindful missions
- Daily inspirational quotes
- Library of exercises
- Journaling for reflection
- Mindfulness streak tracking
- Private, local data storage
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Noema – Quest for Calm Noema is a mindfulness app designed to help you build awareness, clarity, and intentional daily habits through reflection and mindful action. Each day presents a new mindful mission and quote to help you reconnect with the present moment and develop a consistent mindfulness practice. Features • Daily mindful missions • Daily quotes to inspire reflection\ • Library of impactful exercises • Save quotes to your personal library • Write reflections to deepen awareness • Track your mindfulness streak • Share meaningful quotes • Mindfulness tips and mental resets • Simple, distraction-free design • Private — no login required • All data stored locally on your device Noema is designed to be simple, private, and intentional — helping you build mindfulness into your everyday life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Noema at 5.0 against Textcoach®'s 3.2. Textcoach®'s advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Noema holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Textcoach® has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Textcoach® ships an update every 2 months, Noema every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Textcoach® | Noema |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CuraLinc Healthcare | Saw Capital LLC |
Customer experience
Textcoach®
Noema
In-app purchases
Textcoach®
No in-app purchases
Noema
No in-app purchases
