Catch vs Thought Tracker CBT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Thought and feeling tracking
- Mood tracking
- Behavioral pattern identification
- Resource and skill guidance
- Psychological education
- Behavioral management strategies
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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.
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.
- Guided thought records
- Quick emotional check-ins
- Reality checks for predictions
- Insights into emotional patterns
- Private, local-first journaling
- Gentle reflection reminders
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Thought Tracker CBT sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Catch asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Catch | Thought Tracker CBT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Catch-Me,LLC | Lobster Claw Software LLC |
Customer experience
Catch
Thought Tracker CBT
In-app purchases
Catch
No in-app purchases
Thought Tracker CBT
- 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









