Comparison

Bipolar Compass vs Zelmwell

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

Head to head
About

Bipolar Compass

Features
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Mental wellness is not static—it evolves day by day. Bipolar Compass is built to help you understand those changes with clarity, structure, and intelligent support. The app combines simple daily tracking with AI-powered insights to help you recognize emotional patterns, anticipate fluctuations, and understand what influences your wellbeing. By logging moods, energy, sleep, medications, and daily context, Bipolar Compass transforms everyday entries into meaningful, personalized analysis. Beyond tracking, the AI Insights feature identifies: • Mood cycles and behavioral patterns over time • Early signals of variability or instability • Common triggers such as stress or routine changes • Short-term mood forecasts based on recent trends • Personalized, data-informed recommendations These insights are presented clearly and responsibly—designed to support awareness, reflection, and informed conversations with healthcare professionals, not to replace them. Core features include: • Fast, intuitive daily mood and symptom logging • Medication and routine adherence tracking • Visual trends, summaries, and streaks • AI-powered pattern recognition and forecasts • Trigger analysis and personalized recommendations • Private journaling in a secure environment Bipolar Compass acts as a steady companion—helping you notice patterns earlier, stay consistent with routines, and better understand how daily life affects your mental health. IMPORTANT: Bipolar Compass is for personal mood tracking only and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult with a qualified healthcare provider before making any medical decisions

About

Zelmwell

This app provides emotional support for individuals with ADHD, focusing on managing emotional dysregulation rather than productivity. It offers tools to log episodes, challenge negative thoughts, practice breathing exercises, and find calm with ambient soundscapes.

Highlights
  • Log RSD episodes
  • Challenge negative thoughts
  • Guided breathing exercises
  • Ambient soundscapes for calm
  • Pattern analysis dashboard
  • Export data for therapists
Features
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Your brain deserves emotional support, not another task list. The emotional side of ADHD finally has an app. No streaks. No guilt. Just calm. Zelmwell is the app finally built for the emotional side of ADHD. When your brain turns against you, Zelmwell is the tool that meets you there. WHAT MAKES ZELMWELL DIFFERENT Every ADHD app on the market targets productivity. Timers, task lists, focus sessions. But the ADHD community consistently says the emotional side of ADHD is harder to live with than the attention challenges. One critical remark. A text that goes unanswered. A look from across the room. And suddenly your nervous system is in freefall. Most apps were not built for that moment. Zelmwell was. WHAT YOU CAN DO IN ZELMWELL Log RSD episodes in seconds One tap to capture what triggered it, how intense it felt, what your body was doing, and what helped. Over time, patterns emerge that you could not see in the storm. Challenge the thoughts making it worse Evidence-based thought-challenging tools designed specifically for ADHD emotional patterns. These are structured exercises that help your brain find the exit when it cannot find one on its own. Breathe through it The breathing orb greets you the moment you open the app. A guided 4-4-6 breath cycle that starts supporting your nervous system before you do anything else. Find calm in Calm Space Ambient soundscapes synthesized to create genuine sensory calm. Rain, ocean, fireplace, thunderstorm, wind, and night sounds, all individually mixable with their own volume controls. Understand your patterns A dashboard that shows your trigger clusters, time-of-day patterns, sensation frequency, and improvement trends. For the first time, you can see your emotional life from the outside. Export for your therapist Bring structured RSD episode summaries to your next session. Show your therapist what your brain has been doing between appointments. DESIGNED WITHOUT GUILT No streaks. No reminders shaming you for not logging. No productivity framing. No toxic positivity. Zelmwell is built around one principle: validation first, tools second. Your feelings are real. Your experience makes sense. Your brain is not broken — it is wired differently, and it deserves a tool built for the way it actually works. Terms of Use: https://www.zelmwell.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.zelmwell.com/privacy

Screenshots

Bipolar Compass3 screens
Zelmwell4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bipolar Compass at none against Zelmwell's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Zelmwell sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Bipolar Compass asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Bipolar Compass versus Zelmwell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBipolar CompassZelmwell
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB12 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperRobAiotics Corp.Keisha Mccotry

In-app purchases

None

Bipolar Compass

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Zelmwell

Subscriptions2
  • Zelmwell Premium$9.991 Month
  • Zelmwell Premium$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Bipolar Compass free?
Bipolar Compass is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zelmwell free?
Zelmwell is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bipolar Compass or Zelmwell have ads?
Neither Bipolar Compass nor Zelmwell shows ads.

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