Comparison

Don’t Panic with AJ vs Bearable

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

Head to head
About

Don’t Panic with AJ

This app offers guided meditations and mindfulness sessions to help users overcome anxiety and panic attacks. It provides tools and techniques to manage stress, improve mindset, and regain control during overwhelming situations.

Highlights
  • Guided meditations for anxiety and panic
  • Mindfulness sessions for stress relief
  • Techniques to regain control of feelings
  • Positive and motivational messages
  • Short meditations for on-the-go use
  • Breathing exercises for calmness
Features
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Overcome anxiety and break free from panic attacks with this guide, designed to help you in challenging and overwhelming situations. During tough times it’s easy to feel stressed and anxious, which can lead to that panicked feeling where you’re not in control. Don’t Panic is here for you, with a guided meditation you can use at any time of the day to keep feeling positive and mentally strong. Listen when you feel a moment of panic, anxiety, and stress – mindful messages will keep you find calmness, be productive and manage stress. Through relaxation and positive, motivational messages, Don’t Panic will empower you to:
 • Recognise the early signs of anxiety or panic. • Take control of your feelings using simple, effective techniques. • Remain positive and focused. • Deal with situations more confidently. • Release yourself from this constant, underlying threat. • Regain your freedom and feel more relaxed. Destress, improve your mindset, sleep better, grow your confidence and be healthier with guided meditations, mindfulness sessions and positive messages – and much more. Mindfulness expert, coach and therapist Andrew Johnson has been helping people deal with life’s challenges with guided relaxations, meditations, self-care tools and breathing exercises for many years. His best-selling range of mindfulness apps have a variety of content to help you, whether you are looking for ways to reduce stress and anxiety, lose weight, improve your health & confidence, learn relaxation techniques, etc. Key features: • Short meditations you can do anywhere: at work, commuting, at home, walking. • Inspirational sessions to help you tackle life’s challenges, to be calm and find clarity. • Mindfulness stories and talks to help you build better, healthy habits. Meditations to help you feel inspired and find motivated to eat well, workout and stay healthy both in body and mind. Relaxation techniques and tools to help you sleep better every night, to wake feeling energised and refreshed. Breathing exercises and calming meditations for anxiety, panic attacks and stress relief. Meditation sessions to stop anxiety in its tracks and release stress. How do I get more? Start your day mindfully, keep feeling positive and be inspired throughout the day with a range of guided meditations to help during tough or stressful moments. Boost your energy with a Power Nap, stay focussed to Beat Procrastination, and then drift off using a Deep Sleep meditation for a restful night. Think of Andrew as your personal mindfulness coach, always there to help when you need him most. Search for Andrew Johnson to unlock more daily mindfulness and guided meditation sessions.

About

Bearable

This app helps you understand and manage your health by tracking symptoms, triggers, and treatments. It allows you to identify patterns and correlations to gain better control over chronic illnesses, pain, mood, and more. Securely store and analyze your health data to share with your doctor.

Highlights
  • Symptom tracking
  • Trigger identification
  • Medication and treatment logging
  • Habit and activity tracking
  • Health data correlation analysis
  • Medical appointment preparation
  • Data export and sync
Features
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Feeling overwhelmed by your health? Bearable is the symptom tracker that helps you work out what makes your symptoms, pain, migraine and mental health better or worse, so you can feel more in control. Join over 2M patients & doctors using Bearable to manage symptoms, pain, migraine, mood, medication and mental health. FIND YOUR TRIGGERS Most people arrive with one question: what is making my symptoms worse? Log how you feel in a few taps a day, and Bearable shows the correlations between your symptoms and your sleep, food, weather, stress, medication and habits, so you know which triggers to avoid. NOT SURE WHERE TO START? No diagnosis or plan needed. Rate how you feel, add a symptom or two, and Bearable suggests what to log next as your symptom diary grows. PAIN, MIGRAINE AND HEADACHE TRACKER Record pain levels, where the pain is and how long it lasts. Log migraine frequency and severity, spot the warning signs before a migraine attack, see which migraine treatments help, and learn which triggers reliably set off your headaches. The pain tracker is used every day by people managing chronic pain, migraine, arthritis, fibromyalgia, endometriosis, joint pain and back pain. MENTAL HEALTH AND MOOD TRACKER See whether your mental health is changing over time, not just how today feels. Log mood, energy, stress, sleep and anxiety alongside what is going on in your life, and see how work, exercise, social plans and the weather shape your mental health. The mental health tracker is used by people living with anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD and OCD, and by anyone wanting a clearer picture of their mental health. CHRONIC ILLNESS, FATIGUE AND FLARE-UPS Log flare-ups, pain, crashes and good days to see what leads to each. Work out which activities drain you or give you energy, and give your doctor a clear record of how your chronic illness has changed. Built with people living with PoTS, EDS, fibromyalgia, ME/CFS and long covid. GUT, HORMONES AND CYCLE Log digestive symptoms, food and bathroom habits to find out which foods are behind your IBS or GERD flare-ups. See how your symptoms, pain, migraine and mood change across each phase of your cycle, useful for PCOS, PMDD, endometriosis and menstrual migraine. MEDICATION AND TREATMENTS Log medication, supplements and treatments, then see whether they are working for your pain, migraine or mental health and whether they cause side effects. The medication tracker also sets reminders so you never miss a dose or a diary entry. EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE Symptoms, pain, migraine, mood, medication, exercise and diet in one health tracker, so you can find useful patterns instead of switching between apps. - Fully customisable: record exactly what matters to you - Insights that show what correlates with your symptoms - Reports that turn months of symptom, pain and mental health logs into actionable insights - Sync steps, sleep and heart rate from Apple Health and Fitbit - Reminders, secure export, restore across devices, dark mode PRIVATE AND SECURE Your health data is encrypted. Export or delete it from within the app at any time. We will never sell your data. MADE BY PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND Created by people who live with health issues themselves, shaped by thousands of members of the chronic illness community. Our aim is to make symptom tracking simple, even on days when fatigue, pain, migraine or brain fog make everything harder. WAYS PEOPLE USE BEARABLE Symptom tracker & health diary Migraine & headache tracker Chronic Pain tracker Mental health & mood tracker Chronic illness & flare diary IBS & IBD symptom tracker PCOS, PMDD & cycle tracker PoTS & EDS tracker Medication tracker & reminders GET IN TOUCH Questions or feedback support@bearable.app Website https://bearable.app Terms https://bearable.app/terms-and-conditions Privacy https://bearable.app/privacy-policy Insights from Bearable are not medical advice. Always consult your doctor before making medical decisions.

Screenshots

Don’t Panic with AJ3 screens
Bearable4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bearable at Free against Don’t Panic with AJ's $2.99. Bearable also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). Don’t Panic with AJ's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 13) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.1). On review sentiment, ads, monetization model 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

Bearable is free to download; Don’t Panic with AJ costs $2.99 up front. Bearable sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per month. Don’t Panic with AJ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bearable holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bearable has 6.5K ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 82% and 81% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Don’t Panic with AJ ships an update every 7 months, Bearable weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Don’t Panic with AJ versus Bearable: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDon’t Panic with AJBearable
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (18 ratings)4.8 (6.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.7% of reviews — better81.1% of reviews
Number of ratings186.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.4 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB116 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUniversal Relaxation LtdBearable Ltd

Customer experience

Don’t Panic with AJ

All ratings18 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews93 reviews
Positive81.7%
Neutral2.2%
Negative16.1%

Bearable

All ratings6,494 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral1.9%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews703 reviews
Positive81.1%
Neutral6.5%
Negative12.4%

User reviews

Don’t Panic with AJ

From 18 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 😌 Calming voice of Andrew Johnson
  • 😌 Helps with anxiety and panic attacks
  • 😴 Aids in falling asleep
  • 🧘‍♀️ Effective for relaxation and stress relief
  • 👍 Life-changing for many users

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes frequently
  • 🐛 Some recordings have bad quality
  • 🤔 Counting can be difficult during hypnosis
  • 🤔 Some users find it too much to concentrate on
  • 🔊 Harsh 'awaken' feature re-triggers anxiety

Bearable

From 6.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Highly customizable
  • 🚀 Comprehensive health tracking
  • 💡 Helpful for chronic illness management
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 👍 Integrates with Apple Health

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Privacy concerns around data sharing
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 🔒 Requires account creation
  • 💰 Premium features behind paywall

Bugs and requests

Don’t Panic with AJ

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • App crashes on opening
  • App freezes after update
  • App closes immediately after starting
  • Recording quality is bad
  • Update makes the application crash faster
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  • Pause between induction and program
  • No choice for long or short induction

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add a start time for sessions
  • Make a carsick app
  • More gentle 'awaken' option
  • Adjustable session length
  • More technique-focused apps

Bearable

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Logging out and switching devices causes data loss
  • Customization options can be buggy

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved sleep tracking
  • Integration with more health data sources
  • Menstrual cycle tracking
  • iPad app version
  • Easier food/nutrition tracking

In-app purchases

None

Don’t Panic with AJ

No in-app purchases

13 purchases

Bearable

Subscriptions13
  • Bearable premium$4.491 Month
  • Bearable premium$6.991 Month
  • Premium subscription7 Days trial$15.991 Year
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  • Bearable premium7 Days trial$18.991 Year
  • Bearable premium7 Days trial$22.991 Year
  • Bearable Premium7 Days trial$23.991 Year
  • Bearable premium3 Days trial$27.991 Year
  • Bearable premium7 Days trial$27.991 Year
  • Bearable premium14 Days trial$27.991 Year
  • Bearable premium1 Month trial$27.991 Year
  • Bearable premium7 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Bearable premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Bearable premium7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Don’t Panic with AJ free?
Don’t Panic with AJ costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bearable free?
Bearable is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Don’t Panic with AJ or Bearable?
Bearable is rated higher. Don’t Panic with AJ averages 4.4 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Bearable averages 4.8 from 6.5K ratings.
Do Don’t Panic with AJ or Bearable have ads?
Neither Don’t Panic with AJ nor Bearable shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Don’t Panic with AJ or Bearable?
Don’t Panic with AJ ships an update every 7 months, and Bearable weekly. Most recently, Don’t Panic with AJ was updated on October 14, 2026 and Bearable on October 17, 2026.

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