WellWithin Coach vs ACT Coach Explorer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WellWithin Coach
This app offers tools and resources for women veterans dealing with PTSD and other mental health challenges. It provides daily check-ins, interactive exercises, and information on various health topics, with immediate access to crisis hotlines.
- Daily check-ins and suggested activities
- Interactive tools for mental health
- Information on women's health topics
- Access to crisis hotlines and resources
- Tracking for mental well-being and specific health concerns
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WellWithin Coach was designed for women with PTSD. This highly customizable app includes a daily check in with suggested activities, a daily trivia question related to women veterans and women’s history, and over 60 interactive tools to help promote mental health and address challenges related to common concerns like posttraumatic stress, insomnia, depression, and anxiety. The app can also be used to track and manage overall mental health and well-being, pregnancy and postpartum health, perimenopause and menopause, sexual and reproductive health, mind-body connections, caregiving stress, and relationship health. Veterans can immediately access hotlines and resources for mental health crises or urgent needs and can learn about a wide range of topics relevant to women who have served. WellWithin Coach is free, doesn’t take or share any of your personal information, and doesn’t require add-on purchases. This app is not a replacement for treatment from a professional. Seek advice from your doctor in addition to using this app and before making any medical decisions. WellWithin Coach was created by VA’s National Center for PTSD.
ACT Coach Explorer
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This is an evaluation version of ACT Coach that is only for participants in approved program evaluation projects for NCPTSD. If you are NOT enrolled in a program evaluation project, please instead download the regular version of ACT Coach.
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Verdict
WellWithin Coach and ACT Coach Explorer are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
| Parameter | WellWithin Coach | ACT Coach Explorer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 136 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) | Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research |
In-app purchases
WellWithin Coach
No in-app purchases
ACT Coach Explorer
No in-app purchases
