Insomnia Explorer vs Safety Plan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Insomnia Explorer
This research app is exclusively for participants in approved program evaluation projects. An invitation code from an approved investigator is required to unlock its features. Contact your investigator for assistance.
- Research-focused sleep evaluation
- Requires invitation code
- Exclusive program access
- Investigator assistance available
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This is a research version of Insomnia Coach that is only for participants in approved program evaluation projects for NCPTSD. To unlock this app, you will need an invitation code from an approved investigator. Please contact your investigator if you need help.
Safety Plan
This app guides users through creating a personalized safety plan to manage suicidal thoughts and self-harm urges. It offers tools for crisis moments, mood tracking, and access to support resources for individuals and their loved ones.
- Step-by-step safety plan creation
- Shareable safety plans
- Crisis intervention tools
- Mood tracking
- Access to crisis support
- Informational resources
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Safety Plan is here to help you make a plan for dealing with thoughts of suicide and self-harm. The app will walk you through filling out the 6 steps of a safety plan, share your safety plan with your loved ones, and use your safety plan in a moment of crisis. The app also includes audio and interactive tools to help you calm down, information for you and your loved ones about safety plans and suicide, mood tracking, and ready access to crisis support. Safety Plan is a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs app, developed by the National Center for PTSD Dissemination and Training Division and the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Safety Plan at 100% against Insomnia Explorer's 0%. Safety Plan also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (23 vs 1). Insomnia Explorer's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 22 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Safety Plan holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Safety Plan has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Insomnia Explorer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Safety Plan's.
Insomnia Explorer ships an update every 6 months, Safety Plan every 22 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Insomnia Explorer | Safety Plan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research | US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) |
Customer experience
Insomnia Explorer
Safety Plan
In-app purchases
Insomnia Explorer
No in-app purchases
Safety Plan
No in-app purchases
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