Comparison

EMDR vs EMDR Flow

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

Head to head
About

EMDR

This app guides users through EMDR therapy techniques to process traumatic memories and reduce distress. It utilizes bilateral stimulation to help reframe negative beliefs and alleviate physiological arousal associated with adverse life experiences.

Highlights
  • EMDR therapy practice
  • Bilateral stimulation
  • Traumatic memory processing
  • Adaptive resolution of adverse experiences
  • Reduction of physiological arousal
  • Reframing negative beliefs
Features
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EMDR Therapy App provides a private and flexible set of bilateral stimulation tools for personal wellness and use alongside professional guidance. Create personalized visual, audio, and haptic sessions, adjust the movement and pacing, save your favorite configurations, and track your routine locally on your device. CREATE YOUR ROUTINE Choose sessions from 5 to 20 minutes and customize the speed, movement pattern, visual object, size, color, and background. Available movement patterns include horizontal, vertical, diagonal, figure-eight, and circular movement. A live preview lets you see your configuration before starting. During a session, you can pause, resume, enable or disable audio, control haptic feedback, keep the screen awake, or end the session at any time. STEREO AUDIO AND HAPTICS Choose from five built-in stereo tone pairs, including Soft Chime, Gentle Tap, Soft Bell, Warm Tone, and Neutral Click. Adjust the volume and alternation pace to create a comfortable experience. Optional timed vibration pulses provide an additional rhythmic stimulus. All sounds are included with the app and do not require streaming or an internet connection. Headphones are recommended for the intended left and right stereo experience. BREATHE AT YOUR OWN PACE Use the visual breathing timer whenever you want a quiet pause. Choose Balanced Breathing, Long Exhale, or Box Breathing and select a duration of 2, 5, or 10 minutes. The animated visual guide displays the current breathing phase, remaining time, completed cycles, and overall progress. Optional haptic cues can indicate each phase change. TRACK YOUR ROUTINE Review completed sessions, daily minutes, current streaks, and activity from the last seven days. Save personalized session configurations as presets and return to your favorite routines whenever you need them. After each session, you can optionally record how you feel, select an intensity level, and write a private reflection. Session details and reflections remain available in your local history. PERSONALIZED EXPERIENCE The Home screen changes automatically for morning, afternoon, and evening, providing a different visual atmosphere throughout the day. Choose between Light and Dark appearance and use Reduce Motion when you prefer a less animated experience. Configure your default duration, speed, audio, visual mode, and haptic preferences from Settings. IMPORTANT NOTICE EMDR Therapy App is a personal wellness utility that generates visual, auditory, and timed haptic stimulation. The app does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. It does not provide psychotherapy, medical treatment, or individualized health recommendations. This app is not a substitute for advice, diagnosis, or treatment from a licensed mental health or medical professional. If you intend to use bilateral stimulation in connection with EMDR, trauma, or distressing memories, seek guidance from a properly trained professional and do not attempt to process traumatic memories alone. Stop immediately if you experience discomfort, dizziness, distress, disorientation, or other unwanted effects. Do not use the app while driving, operating equipment, or in any situation that requires your full attention. Further information EMDR Institute Inc. (Emdr.com) Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (Wikipedia.org) What is EMDR Therapy? (Emdria.org) Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://deisyapp.appmakerpro.website/privacypolicy.html

About

EMDR Flow

This app provides a simulator for therapists to practice EMDR techniques with AI virtual patients and offers clinician-controlled bilateral stimulation tools for both local and remote sessions. It's designed for professional training and clinical use, not self-administration.

Highlights
  • AI virtual patient practice
  • Clinician-controlled bilateral stimulation
  • Local and remote session control
  • Configurable visual, auditory, and vibration stimulation
  • AI Coach for feedback
  • Web-based patient access for remote sessions
Features
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EMDR Flow combines a training simulator for therapists and mental-health professionals—including those currently training in EMDR—with clinician-controlled bilateral stimulation tools. PRACTICE WITH AI VIRTUAL PATIENTS Rehearse clinical decision-making with fictional cases designed for professional training. Work through target assessment—including image, negative and positive cognition, VOC, emotion, SUD, and body location—and make processing decisions as the case develops. The AI Coach provides educational feedback on your choices so you can reflect, repeat, and build confidence. It is a training aid, not accredited supervision or a substitute for formal EMDR education. CLINICIAN-CONTROLLED BILATERAL STIMULATION Configure visual and auditory bilateral stimulation from your iPhone, iPad or Mac. Vibration requires a compatible iPhone. Adjust pace, colors, sounds, set length, and pauses while keeping control of the session. REMOTE SESSIONS WITHOUT A PATIENT APP For clinician-led remote sessions, create and control the session in EMDR Flow on iPhone, iPad or Mac. Your patient can join with a six-character code at emdrflow.app in a web browser, without installing an app, or in EMDR Flow on iPhone, iPad or Mac. You control the stimulation while the patient sees a focused session screen. BUILT FOR PROFESSIONAL USE • Local and remote bilateral stimulation • AI virtual-patient practice in eight languages • Repeatable fictional scenarios and immediate training feedback • Clear controls designed to stay out of the way during a session EMDR Flow is not intended for self-administered EMDR, diagnosis, emergency care, or replacement of a qualified clinician. The current simulator focuses on target assessment and processing decisions; it does not simulate every phase of a complete EMDR treatment. FLOW PRO One paid Flow Pro subscription includes full simulator access with Coach and additional visual styles, sounds, and vibration patterns. Basic session controls remain free. Patients joining a remote session do not need a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

EMDR4 screens
EMDR Flow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: EMDR Flow at 100% against EMDR's 0%. EMDR Flow also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 27 months). EMDR's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium). On price, ads, 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. EMDR sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and EMDR Flow sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

EMDR Flow holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of EMDR's written reviews are positive against 100% of EMDR Flow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EMDR ships an update every 27 months, EMDR Flow weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
EMDR versus EMDR Flow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEMDREMDR Flow
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyEvery 27 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB28 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDeisy Renterialaugonz

Customer experience

EMDR

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

EMDR Flow

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

EMDR

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium Subscription$3.991 Month
  • Annual Premium Subscription$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium Access$44.99
6 purchases

EMDR Flow

Subscriptions6
  • Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Coach PRO$3.997 Days
  • Coach PRO$5.997 Days
Show 3 more
  • Coach PRO$14.991 Month
  • Annual$19.991 Year
  • Coach PRO7 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is EMDR free?
EMDR is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EMDR Flow free?
EMDR Flow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, EMDR or EMDR Flow?
EMDR Flow is rated higher. EMDR averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while EMDR Flow averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do EMDR or EMDR Flow have ads?
Neither EMDR nor EMDR Flow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EMDR or EMDR Flow?
EMDR ships an update every 27 months, and EMDR Flow weekly. Most recently, EMDR was updated on November 3, 2026 and EMDR Flow on November 9, 2026.

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