Comparison

EMDR Therapy vs WorkItOut Indoor Training

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

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About

EMDR Therapy

This app simulates EMDR therapy using advanced digital techniques. It guides users through bilateral stimulation with visual, auditory, and vibration cues to help process distressing memories and reduce their emotional impact. Recommended by mental health professionals, it aims to aid recovery from trauma, depression, PTSD, and anxiety.

Highlights
  • Simulates EMDR therapy techniques
  • Bilateral stimulation (visual, auditory, vibration)
  • Guided processing of distressing memories
  • Aids recovery from trauma and anxiety
  • Customizable settings for user preference
Features
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This application uses many advanced digital technics and simulates EMDR therapy. EMDR is a technique recommended by psychotherapists and Psychologists. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an extensively researched psychotherapy method proven to be effective and help people recover from trauma and other distressing life experiences which are including depression, PTSD, panic disorders, anxiety. The American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, National Alliance on Mental Illness, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs/Dept. of Defense, The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and the World Health Organization among many other national and international organizations recognize and recommend EMDR therapy as an effective treatment. First, put on your headphones, think of a traumatic and disturbing event. Follow the ball in the EMDR tool, focus on the transition of sounds in your left and right ears, and feel the vibrations. Thus, the effect of traumatic disturbing events that will provide the data flow between the right and left brain as in REM sleep will decrease. Focus on the trauma memory while simultaneously experiencing bilateral stimulation (typically eye movements), which is associated with a reduction in the vividness and emotion associated with the trauma memories. While you bring the details of that memory to mind, This tool will guide you through a series of side-to-side eye movements, auditory (with direction), and vibrations. As you learn to process the memory and related feelings it brings up, you’ll gradually be able to reframe that memory in a more positive light. Use three types of BLS: visual, auditory (with direction), and vibrations and modify your settings to suit your preferences. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a form of psychotherapy developed by Francine Shapiro in the 1980s that was originally designed to alleviate the distress associated with traumatic memories such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In EMDR, the person being treated recalls distressing experiences whilst doing bilateral stimulation, such as side-to-side eye movement or physical stimulation, such as tapping either side of the body. According to the theory behind the approach, traumatic and painful memories can cause post-traumatic stress when you don’t process them completely. Then, when sights, sounds, words, or smells trigger those unprocessed memories, you re-experience them. The 2013 World Health Organization (WHO) practice guideline states that EMDR "is based on the idea that negative thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are the result of unprocessed memories. The treatment involves standardized procedures that include focusing simultaneously on spontaneous associations of traumatic images, thoughts, emotions and bodily sensations and bilateral stimulation that is most commonly in the form of repeated eye movements. This re-experiencing leads to the emotional distress and other symptoms recognized as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). EMDR aims to reduce symptoms of trauma by changing how your memories are stored in your brain. In a nutshell, an EMDR therapist does this by leading you through a series of bilateral (side-to-side) eye movements as you recall traumatic or triggering experiences in small segments, until those memories no longer cause distress.

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WorkItOut Indoor Training

Features
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Your trainer, doing what you actually need today. WorkItOut connects to your smart trainer over Bluetooth and holds you at the right wattage, so an interval session is something you ride rather than something you manage. It reads your power, cadence and heart rate, tracks what the training is doing to you, and suggests tomorrow's session from that. TRAIN IN ERG MODE Pick a workout and the trainer takes care of the resistance. Every interval holds its target in watts — you just pedal. Live power, cadence, heart rate and time-to-go, in numbers you can read from the saddle. RIDE FAMOUS CLIMBS Alpe d'Huez, Mont Ventoux, Stelvio, Big Sur, the Ring of Kerry — real routes built from real GPS and elevation data. In simulation mode the trainer follows the actual gradient, so the resistance rises with the road and the switchbacks arrive when they should. A WORKOUT BUILT FOR TODAY Describe the session you want in plain language — "90 minutes, sweet spot, keep it under an hour of hard work" — and get a structured set of intervals back. Not happy with it? Say what to change and it rewrites the session. Every workout is ordinary intervals underneath: you can see the whole thing, adjust any block, and start whenever you like. KNOW YOUR NUMBERS A guided FTP test — ramp or the classic 20-minute — sets your zones. From there every ride is scored for TSS, intensity factor, normalized power and kilojoules, and the app tracks your training load so you can see whether you are building form or digging a hole. FOLLOW A PLAN Multi-week training plans that adapt around the riding you actually did, not the riding the plan assumed. SEE EVERY RIDE AGAIN Full history with power, cadence and heart-rate traces for every session, plus a weekly summary of hours, TSS and rides. TAKE YOUR RIDES ANYWHERE Finished a ride? Export a standard .fit file and upload it to whichever training log you keep. Your data is yours and it leaves in a format everything reads. BUILT FOR THE PAIN CAVE Designed for an iPad on the bars — big numbers, dark screen, nothing to squint at mid-effort. Works just as well on iPhone. WHAT YOU NEED A Bluetooth smart trainer to control resistance. A power meter and heart-rate strap work too, and any of them can be used on their own. Without a trainer connected you can browse workouts, courses, plans and history, but a ride will read 0 W — this app is built around the hardware, not a substitute for it. WHAT'S FREE AND WHAT'S PRO Every course, the FTP test, your full history and .fit export cost nothing, and so does a monthly allowance of AI-built workouts and plans. WorkItOut Pro lifts the AI limit and unlocks the whole workout library. No advertising, in either tier. You can use the app as a guest without creating an account; signing in only exists so your history follows you to another device. WorkItOut Pro is an auto-renewing subscription: $4.99 per month or $39 per year, with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel it in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://workitouttraining.com/privacy

Screenshots

EMDR Therapy3 screens
WorkItOut Indoor Training4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EMDR Therapy at none against WorkItOut Indoor Training's 2. EMDR Therapy also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). WorkItOut Indoor Training's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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

Both are free to download. WorkItOut Indoor Training sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. EMDR Therapy asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EMDR Therapy ships an update every 4 days, WorkItOut Indoor Training weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
EMDR Therapy versus WorkItOut Indoor Training: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEMDR TherapyWorkItOut Indoor Training
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAhmet Emre KilincShay Dubrovsky

In-app purchases

None

EMDR Therapy

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

WorkItOut Indoor Training

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$39.001 Year

Questions

Is EMDR Therapy free?
EMDR Therapy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WorkItOut Indoor Training free?
WorkItOut Indoor Training is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do EMDR Therapy or WorkItOut Indoor Training have ads?
EMDR Therapy shows ads; WorkItOut Indoor Training does not.
Which is updated more often, EMDR Therapy or WorkItOut Indoor Training?
EMDR Therapy ships an update every 4 days, and WorkItOut Indoor Training weekly. Most recently, EMDR Therapy was updated on October 24, 2026 and WorkItOut Indoor Training on October 18, 2026.

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