Safety Plan vs CalmiGo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Safety Plan
This app guides users through creating a personalized safety plan to manage suicidal thoughts and self-harm urges. It offers tools for crisis moments, mood tracking, and access to support resources for individuals and their loved ones.
- Step-by-step safety plan creation
- Shareable safety plans
- Crisis intervention tools
- Mood tracking
- Access to crisis support
- Informational resources
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Safety Plan is here to help you make a plan for dealing with thoughts of suicide and self-harm. The app will walk you through filling out the 6 steps of a safety plan, share your safety plan with your loved ones, and use your safety plan in a moment of crisis. The app also includes audio and interactive tools to help you calm down, information for you and your loved ones about safety plans and suicide, mood tracking, and ready access to crisis support. Safety Plan is a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs app, developed by the National Center for PTSD Dissemination and Training Division and the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention.
CalmiGo
This app guides you through techniques to reduce stress and anxiety using a connected device. It offers personalized breathing, multi-sensory stimulation, and calming scents for immediate relief and long-term well-being.
- Personalized breathing regulation
- Multi-sensory stimulation
- Calming scents
- Guided wellness journey
- Interactive game for safe environment building
- Tutorial for device usage
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TAKING BACK CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE WITH CALMIGO. The stress of daily life gets to us all. Family, relationships, past trauma, career, health factors, and the general state of the world can make achieving a state of calm and productivity challenging for so many of us. If you suffer from anxiety-related challenges, please remember that you are not alone. Meet CalmiGo CalmiGo is a patented technology-based wellness device that provides immediate natural relief in moments of stress, anxiousness, and distress. Proven Science, New Technology 3 proven techniques to decrease stress hormone levels by enabling your body to quiet the “stressful” nervous system (sympathetic system) and activating the “calming” nervous system (parasympathetic system) - Personalized Breathing Regulation - Multi-Sensory Stimulation - Calming Scents EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO ACHIEVE CALM IN 3 MINUTES - Follow our cues, we'll take care of the results - Enjoy the experience of mental health improvement - Calming tools you can use anywhere, anytime - Get rewarded for your progress - Rely on CalmiGo to help you in moments of distress CALMIGO APP Our app was designed to help you achieve immediate as well as long-term relief by delivering a unique and personalized solution, taking the burden off your shoulders. FEATURES INCLUDE: - Tutorial An easy-to-follow guide on how to use CalmiGo. No prior knowledge needed. - Journey screen Follow the cues and let our app guide you on your way toward improved well-being. - Game screen Build and expand your safe environment in a fun and engaging way. CalmiGo has been featured in Forbes, KTLA 5, ABC 10, and Living Well Magazine. Please note: You must have a CalmiGo device to use this app. You can order your device from www.calmigo.com CalmiGo is not a medical device and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or illness. It All Starts With One Exhale.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CalmiGo at every 2 months against Safety Plan's every 22 months. CalmiGo also leads on ratings volume (427 vs 19). Safety Plan's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). 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.
Safety Plan holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CalmiGo has 427 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Safety Plan's written reviews are positive against 76% of CalmiGo's.
Safety Plan ships an update every 22 months, CalmiGo every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Safety Plan | CalmiGo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (19 ratings) — better | 4.6 (427 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 427 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) | Dendro Technologies Inc |
Customer experience
Safety Plan
CalmiGo
Bugs and requests
Safety Plan
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
CalmiGo
Reported bugs
26 issues- App greets with initial setup screen
- Unable to access app after setup
- No option to login to existing account
- Daily Rewards not granting any rewards
- App requires syncing every couple weeks or device locks out
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- Device does not sync
- Takes too long for weak reward
- Customer service is hardly adequate
- App won't synchronize with device
- 7 day streak feature doesn't work
- App stuck on day one streak
- The lights instead of blue could be yellow
- Cannot set timer for less than 3 minutes
- App is a game that distracts from core function
- Device broke in less than 3 weeks
- Horrible customer service
- Poorly managed app
- Did not get email containing activation code
- Support is practically non existent
- App is horrible and won't synchronize
- No fix available for sync issues
- The app is disappointing, expecting tracking and data
- Daily time lock prevents progression
- App is absurd and required for anxiety device
- Login screen freezes
- App crashes
Requested features
8 requests- Allow adjustment of session timer below 3 minutes
- Integrate with smartwatches for heart rate monitoring
- Add more features to the app
- Make the 'game' an optional feature
- Provide data and insights on breathing patterns
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- Correlate the 'game' with breathing during sessions
- Change blue light to yellow for sleep disruption
- Allow users to manage subscriptions directly
In-app purchases
Safety Plan
No in-app purchases
CalmiGo
No in-app purchases
