CPT Coach vs Deer Hollow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CPT Coach
This app provides support materials for Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) to help patients manage their treatment. It includes between-session assignments, mobile worksheets, readings, and PTSD symptom monitoring. It is designed for use with a mental healthcare provider.
- Between-session assignments
- Mobile CPT worksheets
- Readings and educational materials
- PTSD symptom monitoring
- Treatment management tools
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CPT Coach is for people who are participating in Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) with a professional mental healthcare provider. This app contains support materials for a complete course of CPT to help patients manage their treatment, including between session assignments, mobile versions of CPT worksheets, readings, and PTSD symptom monitoring. CPT Coach is not intended to be used as self-help without the guidance of a professional mental healthcare provider. CPT Coach was made by the mobile mental health team of the National Center for PTSD, Dissemination & Training Division.
Deer Hollow
This app provides tools and support to help users achieve wellness milestones. It incorporates gamification to make goal setting engaging and fun, allowing users to compete with friends on their wellness journey.
- Milestone tracking
- Gamification features
- Friend competition
- Daily action encouragement
- Goal setting tools
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This app is fully loaded and will give you tools and support as you accomplish milestones on your journey. Earn milestones and points as you compete with your friends and put daily action into your continued wellness path! The App includes gamification features that encourage engagement and allows you to make goals challenging, yet fun.
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Verdict
CPT Coach and Deer Hollow both sit at 3.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 42% of CPT Coach's written reviews are positive against 0% of Deer Hollow's. CPT Coach also leads on ratings volume (25 vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Deer Hollow's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.6 for CPT Coach against 3.7 for Deer Hollow. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CPT Coach has 25 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 42% of CPT Coach's written reviews are positive against 0% of Deer Hollow's.
CPT Coach ships an update every 5 months, Deer Hollow every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | CPT Coach | Deer Hollow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (25 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) | Deer Hollow Recovery, LLC |
Customer experience
CPT Coach
Deer Hollow
In-app purchases
CPT Coach
No in-app purchases
Deer Hollow
No in-app purchases
