Comparison

Catch vs Thought Tracker CBT

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

Head to head
About

Catch

This app helps users understand their thoughts, feelings, and actions. It guides you to track your mood, identify behavioral patterns, and access relevant resources and psychological strategies for self-improvement.

Highlights
  • Thought and feeling tracking
  • Mood tracking
  • Behavioral pattern identification
  • Resource and skill guidance
  • Psychological education
  • Behavioral management strategies
Features
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User onboarding asks questions about thoughts, feelings, and actions. The features and functionality of Catch-Me guides users to notice their thoughts and behaviors, and track their mood. It directs them to appropriate resources, skills, psychological education and behavioural management strategies.

About

Thought Tracker CBT

This app guides you through structured reflection to understand and reframe stressful thoughts, fostering healthier self-talk. It helps identify emotional patterns and build balanced perspectives for managing anxiety, worry, and overwhelm.

Highlights
  • Guided thought records
  • Quick emotional check-ins
  • Reality checks for predictions
  • Insights into emotional patterns
  • Private, local-first journaling
  • Gentle reflection reminders
Features
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Thought Tracker helps you slow down racing thoughts, understand emotional patterns, and build healthier self-talk through guided reflection. Inspired by cognitive behavioral techniques, Thought Tracker gives you a private space to record stressful thoughts, check the evidence behind them, and reframe them with more balanced perspectives. Whether you are working through anxiety, worry, negative self-talk, stress, or everyday overwhelm, Thought Tracker helps turn scattered thoughts into clear, structured reflections. Features include: Guided Thought Records Capture the situation, automatic thought, emotion, evidence, alternative view, and outcome in a simple step-by-step flow. Quick Check-Ins When you do not have time for a full entry, quickly log what you are feeling and what is on your mind. Reality Checks Challenge predictions, worries, and assumptions by tracking what you expected and what actually happened. Insights and Patterns Review trends in emotions, beliefs, and distress over time so you can better understand what affects your mental well-being. Private by Design Your reflections are personal. Thought Tracker is built for local-first journaling so your thoughts stay under your control. Gentle Reminders Set reminders to pause, reflect, and practice healthier thinking habits. Thought Tracker can support your self-care routine, therapy homework, journaling practice, or personal growth work. This app is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, therapy, or emergency support. If you are in crisis or may harm yourself or someone else, contact local emergency services or a crisis hotline immediately. Start building a clearer relationship with your thoughts today.

Screenshots

Catch4 screens
Thought Tracker CBT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Catch at none against Thought Tracker CBT's 8. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Thought Tracker CBT sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Catch asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Catch against 5.0 for Thought Tracker CBT. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Catch ships an update every 3 weeks, Thought Tracker CBT fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Catch versus Thought Tracker CBT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatchThought Tracker CBT
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB44 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperCatch-Me,LLCLobster Claw Software LLC

Customer experience

Catch

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Thought Tracker CBT

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

In-app purchases

None

Catch

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Thought Tracker CBT

One-time8
  • Anxiety Toolkit$4.99
  • Relationships Pack$4.99
  • Self-Compassion Pack$4.99
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  • Reality Testing Toolkit$4.99
  • Brave Steps Pack$4.99
  • Thought Tracker Plus$9.99
  • All Guided Packs Bundle$19.99
  • Unlock Everything$24.99

Questions

Is Catch free?
Catch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Thought Tracker CBT free?
Thought Tracker CBT is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Catch or Thought Tracker CBT?
Catch and Thought Tracker CBT are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Catch or Thought Tracker CBT have ads?
Neither Catch nor Thought Tracker CBT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Catch or Thought Tracker CBT?
Catch ships an update every 3 weeks, and Thought Tracker CBT fortnightly. Most recently, Catch was updated on October 9, 2026 and Thought Tracker CBT on October 5, 2026.

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