Comparison

Fear Buster vs Stoic Day

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

Head to head
About

Fear Buster

This app offers guided tools for stress and fear relief, promoting inner peace and calm. It provides quick first-aid techniques for immediate relief and deeper strategies for lasting change, allowing users to explore methods like mindful breathing and Havening Techniques at their own pace.

Highlights
  • Guided tools for stress relief
  • Mindful breathing exercises
  • Havening Techniques
  • Quick first-aid tools
  • Deeper change strategies
  • Tools for specific fears (exams, future, parenting)
Features
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Create calm. Feel relief. Enjoy inner peace. FearBuster is your personal guide to breaking free from stress and fear. Full of fast, friendly tools to use on the go. Whether you need quick first aid relief for stress and anxieties, or you want to release and change your stress and fear on a deeper level. FearBuster lets you go at your own pace and choose the tools that resonate with you. Each tool is unique - from mindful breathing, to soulful grounding to the powerful and effective Havening Techniques. Enjoy the freedom to explore and discover the tools that help you find your calm and move forwards with hope and confidence. In the First Aid Kit you will find 2 minute tools to create calm. While they are quick and easy – they are incredibly empowering tools that you can learn and use anywhere, anytime to bring instant relief and help you re-focus on what’s important. The Changing Room is where the deeper relief from your stress, anxieties and fears happens. Here you will find unique, targeted strategies that give you the opportunity to dive deeper into your issues and truly begin to change. Specific topics include how to: ● Change fear for the health and wellbeing of myself and those I love into hope and calm ● Adapt to change with ease – learn to adapt to change with resilience and hope. ● Release fear of failing my exams – learn how to improve your results by improving your performance abilities. ● Embrace fear of the unknown and what is going to happen in the future with confidence. ● Create sweet dreams for a great sleep - releasing anxious thoughts and fears while drifting down the gentle River of Dreams. ● Release the fear that I am failing my children - how to release the secret fear of failing as a parent and forgive myself for my mistakes. ● Stop being affected by other people’s issues – how to keep your center when those around you are freaking out. No subscriptions -- just great tools to change your life now.

About

Stoic Day

Access daily stoic wisdom with a single quote each day. Explore random quotes, add widgets to your home screen, and receive daily notifications. Embrace the timeless teachings of stoicism for a more virtuous and controlled life.

Highlights
  • Daily stoic quote
  • Random quote browsing
  • Home screen widgets
  • Daily notification reminders
  • Access to masters' teachings
Features
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One day, one stoic thought. Stoicism is a current of thought more than 2000 years old, but its teachings are more important today than ever: virtue, tolerance, self-control and temperance in stressful situations. In this app you will have: - A daily quote from one of the masters of stoicism. - Consult quotes randomly, as many as you want. - Add Widgets to your home screen with the quote of the day. - Receive daily notifications with the quote of the day. Enjoy every day of the reasoning of the masters of Stoicism. *It takes very little to have a happy life; it is all within you, in the way you think. **Marcus Aurelius

Screenshots

Fear Buster4 screens
Stoic Day4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Fear Buster at Free against Stoic Day's $4.99. Fear Buster also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 81%). Stoic Day's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ratings volume (21 vs 1). On update cadence, 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

Fear Buster is free to download; Stoic Day costs $4.99 up front. Fear Buster sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Stoic Day asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fear Buster holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stoic Day has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Fear Buster's written reviews are positive against 81% of Stoic Day's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fear Buster ships an update every 2 weeks, Stoic Day every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Fear Buster versus Stoic Day: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFear BusterStoic Day
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.6 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better81.1% of reviews
Number of ratings121 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerjulie mccrackenDavid Llado

Customer experience

Fear Buster

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Stoic Day

All ratings21 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive81.1%
Neutral16.2%
Negative2.7%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Fear Buster

One-time10
  • embrace the unknown$0.99
  • Fear of failing my children$0.99
  • Stop others from affecting me$0.99
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  • sweet dreams for a great sleep$0.99
  • adapt to change with ease$0.99
  • exhale (2 audio)$0.99
  • release fear of failing exams$0.99
  • Befriending your inner critic$0.99
  • First Aid Kit Complete Set$1.99
  • FearBuster FULL$2.99
None

Stoic Day

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fear Buster free?
Fear Buster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stoic Day free?
Stoic Day costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fear Buster or Stoic Day?
Fear Buster is rated higher. Fear Buster averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Stoic Day averages 4.6 from 21 ratings.
Do Fear Buster or Stoic Day have ads?
Neither Fear Buster nor Stoic Day shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fear Buster or Stoic Day?
Fear Buster ships an update every 2 weeks, and Stoic Day every 3 weeks. Most recently, Fear Buster was updated on November 3, 2026 and Stoic Day on November 3, 2026.

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