Comparison

The Self Compassion App vs Stillpoint

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

Head to head
About

The Self Compassion App

This app offers scientifically-validated practices from Compassion Focused Therapy to help users feel happier, calmer, and more connected. It provides over 50 tools, including guided meditations, breathing exercises, and journaling prompts, to manage stress, anxiety, and self-criticism.

Highlights
  • Compassion Focused Therapy practices
  • Guided meditations and mindfulness audio
  • Breathing tools for present moment awareness
  • Journaling for positivity habits
  • Reflective exercises for difficult emotions
  • Progress tracking surveys
  • Sleep stories and yoga videos
Features
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The Self-Compassion App is for you if you want to feel happier, calmer & more connected. Whether you get caught up in cycles of stress and anxiety, regularly give yourself a hard time or struggle to relax and enjoy the moment – this app can help. The app includes scientifically-validated practices from Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), with 50+ tools to help you when life gets hard. Be guided by Drs Chris Irons and Elaine Beaumont – leading authorities on self-compassion, who collectively have 40+ years of experience as therapists and have helped tens of thousands of people. This app has undergone a nationwide study, with participants showing significant reductions in stress, anxiety, self criticism, and increases in wellbeing. Anyone can develop self-compassion and enjoy all its benefits – we look forward to showing you how. Why self-compassion? We are often our own harshest critic, talking to ourselves in ways that we would never do our close friends. Given that we spend more time with ourselves than anyone else, isn’t it strange that many of us don’t treat ourselves with the same level of kindness, care and support as we do our close friends? Now is your time to start. With evidence based ideas and exercises from CFT, this app will teach you how to cultivate compassion for yourself and others. Through the course, you’ll learn how to strike a balance between self improvement & self acceptance: teaching you how to have a realistic but kind view of difficulties that arise in life, and giving you the confidence you need to achieve your goals in life, work and relationships. A toolkit for managing the ups and downs of life. Reduce anxiety, stress & depression Improve mood & wellbeing Reduce feelings of shame & low self-esteem Better understand yourself Increase your confidence Improve your productivity Appreciate the good in every day Develop your relationships Feel calm & grounded Be kinder to yourself And more... There’s something for everyone: Visual breathing tools to bring you back to the present Sleep stories & meditations HIIT and yoga videos to get you moving Mindfulness audio guides Cutting-edge tools to measure & improve your heart rate variability Journaling to create habits of positivity Step-by-step reflective exercises to help you manage difficult emotions Surveys to measure your progress And more! About Chris Irons & Elaine Beaumont Dr Chris Irons and Dr Elaine Beaumont are leading therapists and researchers in the field of CFT and compassionate mind training. They have written extensively about the topic, publishing the best seller The Compassionate Mind Workbook: A Step by Step Guide to Cultivating your Compassionate self. Join our community We’re so excited to see you all loving the app – we’re passionate about the benefits of self-compassion and feel very lucky to be able to share the joys of it with others. "I've had a problem with low self-esteem, always thinking that I'm not good enough and this app has helped me immensely." Stacey Hodkinson "It's been really helpful and made me much more aware of my negative thought patterns ... I'm feeling more confident and more courageous." Patricia Quinn "It's almost like 28 therapy sessions, but with tools to support you when you need." Dan Stone We know how tricky it can be on your own to turn advice into action. That’s why we’ve created this app – to guide you into applying the best insights from CFT to your own life in daily, actionable steps so that you can create meaningful change. We know therapy isn’t an option for everyone – our mission is to create an app that is more effective than a book, and more accessible than therapy. Terms of use https://www.psyt.co.uk/terms-and-conditions/

About

Stillpoint

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Stillpoint is a daily ritual of self-discovery. Name what you feel, write what the day left in you, and a companion reflects it back in your own words. At a time you choose, it can also pause your other apps for full presence. Some apps track how you feel. Stillpoint offers a few minutes to actually move through it. Settle. Take a breath and arrive. Name. Find the feeling that fits, choose the word that feels closer, then notice your energy. Explore. Is this feeling the whole view, or part of it? Write. What are you grateful for today? What did you do for yourself? Be met. Your companion reflects back what it noticed in your words. On a heavy day. Recognise what's there and set it down, or take a minute to breathe with your companion. Not a feed. Not a scoreboard. A daily moment to meet yourself. The reflection remembers your week, the way a person would: yesterday, five days ago, last week. It stays close to the word you chose and offers back what your words seem to hold. Some days it just sits with what is there. What makes Stillpoint different: - An emotion wheel of eight feelings, from Bright to Disconnected, that goes past "good" and "bad" to the word you mean - A reflection written from your own words, that remembers your week - Your companion hatches with you. With a subscription, it grows through five forms. - An optional screen lock that helps protect your time to reflect. At your chosen time, your other apps pause until you finish your session. Gentle mode allows two snoozes a day; Deep allows none. - Pay what feels right: three prices, one product, chosen by you. A bursary is there if you need it. - Built by one person. No ads. No data sold. Ever. Your first seven sessions include the full reflection. After that, Stillpoint remains free to use. Subscribe to unlock full reflections, companion growth and your complete history. Terms of Use (EULA): https://stillpoint.tools/terms Privacy Policy: https://stillpoint.tools/privacy

Screenshots

The Self Compassion App4 screens
Stillpoint4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Stillpoint at none against The Self Compassion App's shown. Stillpoint also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). The Self Compassion App's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. The Self Compassion App sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $56.99 per year and Stillpoint sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Self Compassion App ships an update monthly, Stillpoint every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
The Self Compassion App versus Stillpoint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Self Compassion AppStillpoint
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (249 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings249 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size476 MB170 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPSYTWILLIAM HENRY T PERKINS

Bugs and requests

The Self Compassion App

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Abrupt ending of audio sessions
  • Occasional issues with sound and connectivity

Requested features

3 requests
  • Quarterly payment plan option
  • Improved synchronization across devices
  • Simpler version with fewer features

Stillpoint

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

The Self Compassion App

Subscriptions2
  • Self-Compassion Premium7 Days trial$56.991 Year
  • Self-Compassion App Premium3 Days trial$56.991 Year
3 purchases

Stillpoint

Subscriptions3
  • Support Stillpoint$3.991 Month
  • Support Stillpoint$7.991 Month
  • Support Stillpoint$12.991 Month

Questions

Is The Self Compassion App free?
The Self Compassion App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stillpoint free?
Stillpoint is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do The Self Compassion App or Stillpoint have ads?
The Self Compassion App shows ads; Stillpoint does not.
Which is updated more often, The Self Compassion App or Stillpoint?
The Self Compassion App ships an update monthly, and Stillpoint every 2 weeks. Most recently, The Self Compassion App was updated on November 8, 2026 and Stillpoint on October 31, 2026.

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