NVC Guide vs CPT Explorer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NVC Guide
Learn Nonviolent Communication (NVC) to express yourself honestly and listen empathetically. This app guides you through the four key steps of NVC: observation, emotion, need, and request, helping you craft effective statements for conflict resolution and express gratitude.
- Nonviolent Communication framework
- Conflict resolution guidance
- Expressing emotions and needs
- Formulating requests
- Gratitude journaling
- Tracking met needs
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At its core, Nonviolent Communication is about communicating honestly and receiving empathetically, a way of communicating that “leads us to give from the heart” (Rosenberg). For conflicts, this app will walk you through the four key parts: observation, emotion, need, and request. This app will walk you through these four key steps to create statements that you can use with the person you are in conflict with. Did you know that this app can also help you write meaningful gratitudes? It be used to express gratefulness in a way that explains what underlying need was met. This app can function as a gratitude journal, keeping track of your daily met needs.
CPT Explorer
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This is an evaluation version of CPT Coach that is only for participants in approved program evaluation projects for NCPTSD. To unlock this evaluation version, you will need a login code from an investigator. Please contact your investigator if you need help. If you are NOT enrolled in a program evaluation project, please instead download the regular version of CPT Coach. That app does not require a login code.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: NVC Guide at weekly against CPT Explorer's every 3 months. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NVC Guide ships an update weekly, CPT Explorer every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NVC Guide | CPT Explorer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 133 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Giselle Jhunjhnuwala | Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research |
In-app purchases
NVC Guide
No in-app purchases
CPT Explorer
No in-app purchases
