Comparison

CBT vs Hypknowledge

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

Head to head
About

CBT

This app guides users through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-i) to improve sleep habits and alleviate insomnia symptoms. It teaches strategies for better sleep routines and environments, complementing professional therapy.

Highlights
  • Sleep education
  • Positive sleep routines
  • Sleep environment improvement
  • Structured CBT-i program
  • Integration with Apple Health and Fitbit
Features
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CBT-i Coach is for people who are engaged in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia with a health provider, or who have experienced symptoms of insomnia and would like to improve their sleep habits. The app will guide you through the process of learning about sleep, developing positive sleep routines, and improving your sleep environment. It provides a structured program that teaches strategies proven to improve sleep and help alleviate symptoms of insomnia. CBT-i Coach is intended to augment face-to-face care with a healthcare professional. It can be used on its own, but it is not intended to replace therapy for those who need it. CBT-i Coach is based on the therapy manual, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Veterans, by Rachel Manber, Ph.D., Leah Friedman, Ph.D., Colleen Carney, Ph.D., Jack Edinger, Ph.D., Dana Epstein, Ph.D., Patricia Haynes, Ph.D., Wilfred Pigeon, Ph.D. and Allison Siebern, Ph.D. CBT-i has been shown to be efficacious for insomnia for both Veterans and civilians. CBT-i Coach was a collaborative effort between VA’s National Center for PTSD, Stanford School of Medicine, and DoD’s National Center for Telehealth and Technology. CBT-i Coach works with the Apple Health app and Fitbit.

About

Hypknowledge

This app enables clinicians and researchers to register patients and subjects for clinical studies. It facilitates the completion of sleep health screeners, diaries, and questionnaires, with data synchronization from Fitbits. Site administrators can view and download this data for analysis.

Highlights
  • Patient and subject registration
  • Sleep health screeners
  • Sleep diaries
  • Sleep questionnaires
  • Fitbit data integration
  • Data visualization (tables & graphs)
  • Excel data export
Features
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The Hypknowledge Tracker allows clinicians and clinical researchers to register patients and research subjects at a tenant site (a site that is dedicated to a clinical practice or research study). Users may complete a sleep health screener, sleep diaries, and a core set of sleep related questionnaires on the site. Sleep diaries may also be completed via this iPhone App. Sleep data may also be gathered with Fitbits. The data is viewable by the site admin (those designated as admin for the tenant site) as tables or by graphs. All data is easily downloaded to excel for further analyses.

Screenshots

CBT4 screens
Hypknowledge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: CBT at 47% against Hypknowledge's 0%. CBT also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (11K vs 2). Hypknowledge's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CBT holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CBT has 11K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of CBT's written reviews are positive against 0% of Hypknowledge's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CBT ships an update every 7 months, Hypknowledge monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
CBT versus Hypknowledge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCBTHypknowledge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (11K ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews46.6% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size217 MB20 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperUS Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)Quantox Technology Doo Cacak

Customer experience

CBT

All ratings7,438 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral5.2%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews221 reviews
Positive46.6%
Neutral14.0%
Negative39.4%

Hypknowledge

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

CBT

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Sleep data import broken
  • Date malfunction in sleep diary
  • Cannot set date past 7/23/2024
  • Functionality
  • Export doesn't work
Show 4 more
  • Cannot access sleep prescription
  • Alarms don't work
  • Save button does not work anymore
  • App stopped working after 1/1/19

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add cycle tracking
  • Separate napping & dozing
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard
  • 5 minute increments for time tracking

Hypknowledge

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

CBT

No in-app purchases

None

Hypknowledge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CBT free?
CBT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hypknowledge free?
Hypknowledge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CBT or Hypknowledge?
CBT is rated higher. CBT averages 4.6 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while Hypknowledge averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do CBT or Hypknowledge have ads?
Neither CBT nor Hypknowledge shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CBT or Hypknowledge?
CBT ships an update every 7 months, and Hypknowledge monthly. Most recently, CBT was updated on October 4, 2026 and Hypknowledge on September 26, 2026.

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