Comparison

GuidanceNow vs Shield 100SA

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

Head to head
About

GuidanceNow

Access mental health and well-being resources quickly and easily. Connect with experts, schedule appointments, or receive personalized care plans based on your needs. Explore a wide range of tools and information covering various aspects of life.

Highlights
  • Instant connection to experts
  • Appointment scheduling
  • Personalized care path assessment
  • Well-being assessment and plans
  • Browse informational resources
  • Access program benefit information
Features
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GuidanceNow provides fast, easy access to your ComPsych GuidanceResources program and a wide array of mental health and well-being resources. On GuidanceNow you can access the following features: • Connect Me: If you know what you want now, the Connect Me option offers our quickest path to care. With as little as two taps, you can connect instantly with an expert or schedule appointments for services. • Guide Me: The Guide Me option quickly assesses your area of need and directs you to the care options, tools, and resources most appropriate to your focus area. In just a few taps, you can navigate one of more than 1,000 path options that lead to a variety of solutions, all tailored to your needs. • Assess Me: With Assess Me, our most extensive care path, you are guided through a brief well-being assessment, which evaluates your needs across six primary care pillars. The platform then measures and benchmarks your results and provides a series of personalized, multistep Well-Being Plans tailored to your specific areas of need. • Access Program Information: Review your company’s behavioral health and well-being program benefit information at any time.

About

Shield 100SA

Features
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The 100 Club of San Antonio presents Shield 100SA - a resource for first responders providing information on mental health resources, peer support networks and more.

Screenshots

GuidanceNow4 screens
Shield 100SA4 screens

Verdict

The call

GuidanceNow and Shield 100SA are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

GuidanceNow ships an update fortnightly, Shield 100SA every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
GuidanceNow versus Shield 100SA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuidanceNowShield 100SA
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews11.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size301 MB35 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperComPsych Corporation100 Club of San Antonio

In-app purchases

None

GuidanceNow

No in-app purchases

None

Shield 100SA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GuidanceNow free?
GuidanceNow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shield 100SA free?
Shield 100SA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GuidanceNow or Shield 100SA have ads?
Neither GuidanceNow nor Shield 100SA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GuidanceNow or Shield 100SA?
GuidanceNow ships an update fortnightly, and Shield 100SA every 10 days. Most recently, GuidanceNow was updated on October 15, 2026 and Shield 100SA on October 16, 2026.

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