Comparison

NVC Guide vs Stoic

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Nonviolent Communication framework
  • Conflict resolution guidance
  • Expressing emotions and needs
  • Formulating requests
  • Gratitude journaling
  • Tracking met needs
Features
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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.

About

Stoic

Features
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Some minds don't stop. You replay the conversation, rehearse the argument, and carry a worry that isn't yours to carry. Stoic Control Journal is a calm place to put it down. Built on one Stoic idea — the dichotomy of control — the app guides you through four short steps: 1. Write the worry, exactly as it sits in your head. 2. Sort it: what here can I actually influence, and what can't I? 3. Name one next action — small and concrete. 4. Close calmly, and set the rest down. No streaks to guilt you. No feed. No noise. Just a quiet, repeatable practice for overthinking, pressure, and letting go. What's inside: - A guided control-journal entry based on Marcus Aurelius' and Epictetus' practice of separating event from response - A short daily Stoic prompt, generated on your device - An optional wellness tab that can summarize Apple Health categories you permit (read-only), with a transparent daily score - Everything stored privately on your device — no account, no ads, no tracking, no cloud upload Stoic Control Journal is for general reflection and calm. It is not medical advice and does not diagnose, treat, or predict any condition. Write the worry. Find your next step.

Screenshots

NVC Guide4 screens
Stoic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Stoic at daily against NVC Guide's weekly. NVC Guide's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NVC Guide ships an update weekly, Stoic daily. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
NVC Guide versus Stoic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNVC GuideStoic
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGiselle JhunjhnuwalaHardeep Pal

In-app purchases

None

NVC Guide

No in-app purchases

None

Stoic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NVC Guide free?
NVC Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stoic free?
Stoic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NVC Guide or Stoic have ads?
Neither NVC Guide nor Stoic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NVC Guide or Stoic?
NVC Guide ships an update weekly, and Stoic daily. Most recently, NVC Guide was updated on September 14, 2026 and Stoic on September 15, 2026.

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