Comparison

Self vs Anxiety

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

Head to head
About

Self

This app guides users through self-improvement techniques like journaling, affirmations, and physical exercise. It aims to foster self-awareness and personal growth through various strategies. Access to all content requires a subscription.

Highlights
  • Journaling for pattern discovery
  • Daily affirmations for focus
  • Physical exercise guidance
  • Reading recommendations
  • Encourages trying new things
  • Promotes self-awareness
Features
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Self-improvement is the improvement of one’s knowledge, status, or character by one’s own efforts. It’s the quest to make ourselves better in any and every facet of life. Self-improvement involves awareness, new learnings, discoveries about who we are and what makes us unique, and many insights and moments in which we see life and situations clearly. Self-improvement strategies: - Reading: books are great companions in our self-development journey, no matter what we want to improve. - Journaling: keeping a journal with regularity lets us discover patterns and recurring ideas. - Affirmations: daily affirmations let us deliberately focus on what we care about and bring more of it into our days. - Physical exercise: the body is an excellent source of information, and it constantly signals us what it needs. - Choose your words: what we say and how we say it is the first step to understanding ourselves better! - Do something for the first time: get out of your comfort zone and try out something new. Self-improvement almost always starts with self-awareness and the ability to transform your habits. The process of continual development connects us deeply to our essence. The people that choose self-improvement have powerful energy. They develop life principles, which provide a solid ground to stand on when hard days come. SUBSCRIPTIONS: -Your subscription will grant you unlimited access to all content for the duration of your subscription. -Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase
 -Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
 -Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal
 -Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase
 -Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable
 -By using this app, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/paulvi-app-bible/ and https://sites.google.com/view/paulvi-app-terms-conditions/ *Prices are equal to the value that "Apple's App Store Matrix" determines is the equivalent subscription price in $USD.

About

Anxiety

This app helps you understand and manage anxiety through easy logging, insightful analytics, and customizable features. It offers educational content, community support, and secure data protection to guide you toward better mental wellness.

Highlights
  • Effortless anxiety logging
  • In-depth pattern analytics
  • Customizable tracking and reminders
  • Secure data with encryption
  • Educational anxiety management resources
  • Supportive community engagement
Features
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Anxiety Tracker catches the patterns hiding behind your worry. Log panic attacks in real time, track GAD symptoms across the day, record what triggered the spiral, and finally show your therapist or psychiatrist what is actually happening between sessions. Built for people managing generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety, panic disorder, health anxiety, agoraphobia, specific phobias, and the overlap with OCD, PTSD, and depression that makes anxiety harder to pin down. SYMPTOM TRACKING Your anxiety does not look like anyone else's. Maybe it is the chest tightness before a meeting, the 3am thought spiral that will not stop, or the wave of derealization in a crowded store. Log what you actually feel, not what a textbook says you should. - Anxiety intensity on a 1 to 10 scale - Panic attack logging with onset, peak, and duration - Physical symptoms like racing heart, chest tightness, shortness of breath, dizziness, nausea, trembling - Derealization and depersonalization episodes - Intrusive thoughts and rumination loops - Avoidance behaviors and safety-seeking patterns - Social anxiety intensity by situation - Custom symptoms you define TRIGGERS AND PATTERNS That thing your therapist keeps asking you to notice between sessions, this is where you track it. - Social situations, crowds, and performance pressure - Work deadlines and confrontation - Health worries and body scanning spirals - Caffeine, alcohol, and sleep deprivation - News, social media, and doom scrolling - Hormonal cycle correlations - Custom triggers you discover over time MEDICATION MANAGEMENT Whether you are dialing in an SSRI, tapering a benzo, or figuring out if that supplement is actually doing anything. - SSRIs like Lexapro, Zoloft, Paxil and SNRIs like Effexor, Cymbalta - Buspirone, hydroxyzine, gabapentin - Benzodiazepines like Xanax, Klonopin, Ativan with PRN tracking - Beta blockers like propranolol for performance anxiety - Supplements like magnesium, L-theanine, ashwagandha - Effectiveness ratings, side effects, and refill reminders MOOD AND MENTAL HEALTH Anxiety never travels alone. Track the full picture so your clinician sees what you see. - Daily mood and emotional baseline - Depression and irritability patterns - Emotional exhaustion and burnout - CBT thought records and coping prompts INSIGHTS THAT ACTUALLY HELP Weeks of scattered notes become clear patterns. See which medication window works best, which trigger stacks make Thursdays worse than Mondays, and whether that new supplement earned its price. - Panic attack frequency and severity trends - Trigger correlations with statistical weight - Medication response curves over time - PDF and CSV exports for therapists and psychiatrists BUILT FOR ANXIOUS MOMENTS - 30-second quick entries when you cannot focus - Calm, low-stimulation interface - Gentle reminders that do not add pressure - Health Connect sync, biometric lock, offline mode HEALTH PATHWAYS - CBT thought challenging prompts - Box breathing and grounding exercises - Progressive muscle relaxation - Mindfulness for anxious minds - Plain-language education on anxiety disorders Anxiety is not weakness and it is not just stress. Anxiety Tracker treats it like the neurological pattern it is, helping you separate real danger from false alarms and giving your clinician the data to adjust treatment instead of guessing. Disclaimer: Anxiety Tracker is for informational and personal tracking use only. It is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional for medical concerns. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Self3 screens
Anxiety4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Anxiety at none against Self's shown. Anxiety also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (14 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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. Self sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Anxiety sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $4.95 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Self against 4.9 for Anxiety. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Anxiety has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Self ships an update every 12 months, Anxiety monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Self versus Anxiety: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSelfAnxiety
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.9 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings114 — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB215 MB
Age rating12++4
DeveloperPavel VinnikDigital Therapeutics

Customer experience

Self

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Anxiety

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Self

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month Subscription$6.991 Month
  • 1 Year Subscription3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Self-improvement$29.99
17 purchases

Anxiety

Subscriptions14
  • flex pass$4.951 Month
  • easy pass$5.997 Days
  • weather max$9.993 Months
Show 11 more
  • flex pass$9.991 Month
  • carey ai max$19.991 Month
  • yearly access$19.991 Year
  • smart pass$24.991 Year
  • carey ai ultra$29.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$29.991 Year
  • limited sale$34.991 Year
  • limited discount$34.991 Year
  • Extended Trial3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • yearly access3 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • 7-Day Trial7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time3
  • store credit$1.99
  • carey ai credits$8.99
  • lifetime upgrade$119.99

Questions

Is Self free?
Self is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Anxiety free?
Anxiety is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Self or Anxiety?
Self is rated higher. Self averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Anxiety averages 4.9 from 14 ratings.
Do Self or Anxiety have ads?
Self shows ads; Anxiety does not.
Which is updated more often, Self or Anxiety?
Self ships an update every 12 months, and Anxiety monthly. Most recently, Self was updated on October 8, 2026 and Anxiety on September 20, 2026.

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