stop overthinking vs HeadFast™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
HeadFast™
This app helps users break free from repetitive thoughts and overthinking. Simply type what's on your mind, and receive a concise response to help you move on faster. It's designed for everyday mental loops, not crisis situations.
- Type and receive instant responses
- Break free from repetitive thoughts
- Overcome indecision quickly
- No setup or lengthy routines
- Focus on reality checks, not advice
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When you catch yourself replaying a conversation, checking your phone again, overthinking a text, thinking about your ex, doomscrolling, or getting stuck on the same thought, HeadFast™ interrupts the thought instead of feeding it. Sometimes you don't need another opinion. You don't need another article. You don't need another conversation. You just need to interrupt the thought. FOR PEOPLE WHO • overthink everything • can't let something go • replay conversations • keep checking their phone • keep thinking about an ex • doomscroll hoping to feel different • get stuck on decisions • keep feeding the same thought • want to get out of their head fast HOW HEADFAST™ WORKS Type your thought. Tap Send. See your thought differently. Move on with your day. No chatbot. No advice No journal prompts. Just a fast interruption when you need it most. WHY PEOPLE DOWNLOAD HEADFAST™ One awkward conversation turns into three hours of replaying it. One unread text steals your whole evening. Most people don't need another answer. They need to get out of their head now. That's what HeadFast™ was built to do. 5 FREE USES No credit card required. Unlimited interruptions with HeadFast™ upgrade. Cancel anytime. IMPORTANT HeadFast™ is a thought interruption app built for everyday overthinking, replaying conversations, hesitation, doomscrolling, checking your phone again, and those moments when your brain won't let something go. It isn't designed for emergencies, medical concerns, legal decisions, or crisis situations. If you're dealing with one of those, talk with a qualified professional or someone you trust. Interrupt the thought. Stop feeding it. Privacy Policy: https://headfastapp.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: HeadFast™ at weekly against stop overthinking's every 4 months. HeadFast™ also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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
Both are free to download. stop overthinking sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and HeadFast™ sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
HeadFast™ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 7 respectively.
stop overthinking ships an update every 4 months, HeadFast™ weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | stop overthinking | HeadFast™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Brink Studio | DecideFast LLC |
Customer experience
stop overthinking
HeadFast™
In-app purchases
stop overthinking
- stop overthinking Premium - Weekly$6.997 Days
- stop overthinking Premium - Annual3 Days trial$39.991 Year
HeadFast™
- Unlimited Hits$4.991 Month









