Comparison

Anxiety Checklist vs RunThink

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

Head to head
About

Anxiety Checklist

This app offers science-based tools for managing anxiety and panic attacks. It provides immediate support during stressful moments and helps build long-term emotional resilience through CBT principles. Access guided sessions, journaling, and expert masterclasses to calm down and regain control.

Highlights
  • SOS Panic Button for instant grounding
  • CBT Thought Journal for challenging anxious thinking
  • Guided audio sessions (hypnosis, meditation)
  • Exposure therapy and belief experiments
  • Mood and anxiety tracking
  • Expert-led CBT masterclasses
Features
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Anxiety Checklist helps you get through anxious moments and build calmer days: an SOS button for panic, CBT tools for overthinking, guided audio for your body, and an AI CBT Companion you can talk to, day or night. Built on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques, for panic attacks, constant worry, social anxiety, health anxiety, driving anxiety, phobias and everyday stress. FREE, FOREVER • SOS Panic Button: step-by-step grounding and calming guidance the moment panic hits. • CBT Thought Journal: spot thinking traps, question them and reframe anxious thoughts, one step at a time. AI CBT COMPANION (PREMIUM) • Talk through what's worrying you, by text or out loud, and hear the replies read back. • Explore more balanced perspectives with CBT-based questions. • Jump straight into the right breathing, grounding, journaling or exposure exercise from the chat. • Optional memory of what helps you: off by default, and you can review or delete it any time. The AI Companion is a self-help tool, not a therapist. Replies can be wrong, and it does not provide emergency support. CALM YOUR BODY • Breathwork, including an introduction by breathing expert Dan Brulé • Grounding techniques such as 5-4-3-2-1 • Calming games to keep your hands busy and your mind present: ASMR Rug Cleaner, Bubble Pop and a fidget board • EFT Tapping guided by practitioner Katica Rakuljic, including a 2-minute routine for panic • Hypnosis, sleep, meditation and walking-meditation audio • Soundscape: mix calming sounds, music and brainwaves into your own backdrop • Driving anxiety sessions (use only when it is safe to do so) FACE FEARS, STEP BY STEP • Exposure therapy with fear ladders: build as many as you need and climb them at your own pace • "Stuck? Get an idea": AI suggestions at every step of the Thought Journal and your fear ladders • Belief experiments: test anxious predictions and see what really happens • Affirmations for hard moments UNDERSTAND YOUR ANXIETY • A personal plan built from your answers, with the tools that fit you • Mood & anxiety check-ins before and after every exercise, so you can see what actually helps • Anxiety University: short guides and self-assessments, including PHQ-9, DASS-21, OASIS, BAI and STAI • Gratitude journal for the small wins WHY PEOPLE KEEP IT Everything that usually lives in ten different places (breathing, grounding, CBT journaling, exposure practice, calming audio) in one calm app, so you can try each tool and keep what works for you. ON IPHONE, IPAD AND APPLE WATCH • iPad and iPhone Duo: full-screen layouts made for the bigger screen • Apple Watch: SOS on your wrist, with panic-relief affirmations read aloud, box breathing guided by gentle taps and 5-4-3-2-1 grounding, all working offline SUBSCRIPTIONS • Weekly: $4.99. No free trial. • Monthly: $9.99, with a 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. • Yearly: $79.99, with a 14-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. Prices are in USD; local prices may vary. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at purchase confirmation or when your free trial ends. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period or trial. Renewal is charged within 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID account settings. DISCLAIMER Anxiety Checklist is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. All tools, including the AI Companion, are for education and self-help and do not replace professional care. Talk to a qualified professional about medical or mental health concerns. In a crisis or immediate danger, contact local emergency services or a crisis line. Terms: https://anxietychecklist.com/terms-of-use Privacy: https://anxietychecklist.com/privacy-policy

About

RunThink

This app offers a daily ritual to shift your mindset before physical activity. It provides prompts, a supportive community forum, and a private journal to help you focus on your day.

Highlights
  • Daily mindset prompts
  • Supportive community forum
  • Private journal entries
  • Optional Apple Health integration
  • Built-in reminders
  • Activity stats attachment
Features
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Some days you lace up and your head is somewhere else entirely. RunThink is built for that: a two-minute daily ritual for anyone who moves, runners, walkers, rollers, cyclists, swimmers, golfers, all of it. Every day, RunThink gives you one simple prompt to shift your mindset before you move. Answer it, post it, and see how a community of people just like you are showing up too. No likes to chase, no PRs to compare, just a quiet nudge to get out of your own head and into your day. WHY PEOPLE STICK WITH IT • Daily mindset prompts: a fresh question or challenge every day, made for movement, not motivation-poster fluff • A community forum that actually feels supportive: read how others answered today's prompt, add your own, keep a streak going • A private journal for the days you'd rather keep to yourself • Optional Apple Health integration: attach your run, walk, or ride stats to a post in one tap (your health data never leaves your device unless you choose to share it) • Built-in reminders so showing up becomes a habit, not a New Year's resolution RunThink isn't a fitness tracker. It doesn't care about your splits. It's the mindset layer underneath whatever you already do to move, five minutes that make the rest of your day a little lighter. RUNTHINK PREMIUM Free accounts get 30 days of journal and forum history. RunThink Premium ($4.99/year, auto-renewing) unlocks your entire history, so nothing you've written ever ages out. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Hey, hey what a day. Let's make it a good one. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ RunThink Terms of Service: https://runthink.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://runthink.app/privacy

Screenshots

Anxiety Checklist4 screens
RunThink4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Anxiety Checklist at 25 against RunThink's 4. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Anxiety Checklist sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and RunThink sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year. 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 Anxiety Checklist against 5.0 for RunThink. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Anxiety Checklist has 25 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Anxiety Checklist ships an update every 4 days, RunThink weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Anxiety Checklist versus RunThink: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnxiety ChecklistRunThink
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (25 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings25 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB45 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHOLDXB Trading FZCOJohn Kiser

Customer experience

Anxiety Checklist

All ratings19 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

RunThink

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Anxiety Checklist

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Premium$4.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium14 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time2
  • CBT Essentials$29.00
  • Masterclass$199.00
1 purchases

RunThink

Subscriptions1
  • RunThink Premium$4.991 Year

Questions

Is Anxiety Checklist free?
Anxiety Checklist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RunThink free?
RunThink is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Anxiety Checklist or RunThink?
Anxiety Checklist and RunThink are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 25 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Anxiety Checklist or RunThink have ads?
Neither Anxiety Checklist nor RunThink shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Anxiety Checklist or RunThink?
Anxiety Checklist ships an update every 4 days, and RunThink weekly. Most recently, Anxiety Checklist was updated on October 30, 2026 and RunThink on October 21, 2026.

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