Safety Plan vs PE Explorer
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.
PE Explorer
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This is a research version of PE Coach that is only for participants in approved program evaluation projects for NCPTSD. If you are NOT enrolled in a program evaluation project, please instead download the regular version of PE Coach. To unlock this app, you will need an invitation code from an approved investigator. Please contact your investigator if you need help.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Safety Plan at 3 against PE Explorer's —. On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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.
| Parameter | Safety Plan | PE Explorer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (19 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) | Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research |
In-app purchases
Safety Plan
No in-app purchases
PE Explorer
No in-app purchases
