Comparison

Hearth vs stop overthinking

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

Head to head
About

Hearth

This app helps you slow down and foster meaningful conversations with friends, family, or partners. Explore hundreds of curated questions across various categories to spark deeper connections. All core questions are free to use, with optional upgrades for exclusive content and features.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of curated questions
  • 15 conversation categories
  • Save favorite questions
  • Submit your own questions
  • Seasonal and themed question packs
  • Daily question inspiration
  • iOS widget for daily reflection
Features
Read full description

Hearth is made to spark the conversations that matter. In a world of endless scrolling, Hearth helps you slow down and connect - with friends, family, partners, or even new people. How it works: - Explore hundreds of handpicked deep talk questions across 15 categories - Pick a card and let the conversation flow - Save your favorites to revisit later - Submit your own questions for future packs (curated by us) All questions can be viewed WITHOUT SUBSCRIPTION or payment for free! Upgrade to Hearth Supporter and unlock even more: - Seasonal & themed packs for every mood - Question of the Day for daily sparks and inspiration - A beautiful iOS widget which shows you different questions to reflect and be curious. - Early access to community-submitted questions Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ No sign-up required. No plan required. No noise. Just the spark for deeper talks.

About

stop overthinking

This app offers immediate relief for racing thoughts and anxiety. It provides guided sessions, journaling prompts, and breathing exercises to help you unhook from looping thoughts and find calm. Track your mental patterns without pressure or gamification.

Highlights
  • Guided grounding sessions
  • Thought unhooking and parking
  • Worry tracking and analysis
  • 21 guided meditation sessions
  • Journaling with prompts
  • Visual breathing exercises
  • Short educational reads
  • Daily mental check-ins
Features
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stop overthinking is for the moments when your mind will not stop. When you are stuck in thought loops, worrying about the future, or replaying a conversation at 3am, this app is what you open. It is not a general meditation app. It is built for one problem: anxiety that runs on words. WHEN IT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW Tap "I'm overthinking right now" for a guided three-minute grounding session. No setup, no long introduction. Just somewhere to put your attention while the spiral loses speed. UNHOOK A THOUGHT THAT KEEPS LOOPING Write the thought down in one sentence. Seeing it as something you are having, rather than something you are, loosens its grip. Then decide: turn it into one small next step, or park it. PARK THE WORRY, THEN SEE WHAT HAPPENED A postponed worry loses its charge. When a parked thought comes back around, you record whether it turned out to be a problem. In a 2020 study, nine in ten worries never came true. The app keeps your own count. 21 GUIDED SESSIONS, TWO TO TEN MINUTES - Overthinking Relief: step back from a spiral - Thought Observation: watch thoughts without being carried off by them - Mental Declutter: clear the noise - Physiological Sigh: the fastest known way to downshift - Body Scan, Box Breathing, and quick resets for when you only have two minutes JOURNALING THAT ACTUALLY HELPS 60 prompts across six categories: Unload, Soften, Ground, Reframe, Release and Settle. Unload is a plain brain dump for when your head is too full and you need somewhere to vent. The prompts rotate daily. Speak instead of typing when writing feels like too much. BREATHING YOU FOLLOW WITH YOUR EYES An animated guide for four in, six out, and other patterns. No audio, so it works in a meeting or on a train. SHORT READS ON WHY THE MIND LOOPS 14 two-minute ideas drawn from "Don't Believe Everything You Think" and the clinical work that agrees with it: metacognitive therapy, worry postponement, cognitive defusion. CHECK IN, AND SEE THE PATTERN Ten seconds to name how your mind feels and what is behind it. Over a week you start to see when the overthinking arrives, and what tends to set it off. NO PRESSURE. NO STREAKS. This is your space. Use it when you need it, however feels right. No guilt, no gamification, no forced daily habits. Whether you are lying awake at 3am, tense and stressed before a meeting, or just foggy, this gives you something to do about it. Your entries and your mental health notes stay on your device. You are doing better than you think.

Screenshots

Hearth4 screens
stop overthinking4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: stop overthinking at 4.7 against Hearth's 3.5. Hearth's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Hearth sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and stop overthinking sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

stop overthinking holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hearth ships an update weekly, stop overthinking every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on August 20, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Hearth versus stop overthinking: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHearthstop overthinking
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings)4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRAMIN ALEXANDER GERHARDBrink Studio

Customer experience

Hearth

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

stop overthinking

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Hearth

Subscriptions2
  • Hearth Supporter - Yearly$1.991 Month
  • Hearth Supporter - Annualy$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Hearth Supporter - Lifetime$9.99
2 purchases

stop overthinking

Subscriptions2
  • stop overthinking Premium - Weekly$6.997 Days
  • stop overthinking Premium - Annual3 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Hearth free?
Hearth is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is stop overthinking free?
stop overthinking is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hearth or stop overthinking?
stop overthinking is rated higher. Hearth averages 3.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while stop overthinking averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Hearth or stop overthinking have ads?
Neither Hearth nor stop overthinking shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hearth or stop overthinking?
Hearth ships an update weekly, and stop overthinking every 4 months. Most recently, Hearth was updated on August 20, 2026 and stop overthinking on September 14, 2026.

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