Comparison

BeanBop vs The Observing Ego

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

Head to head
About

BeanBop

Features
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Take control of your caffeine intake with BeanBop, your intelligent caffeine tracking companion. UNDERSTAND YOUR CAFFEINE LEVELS • See real-time caffeine levels in your body • Track multiple caffeine sources including coffee, tea, and energy drinks • Monitor how your body processes caffeine throughout the day SCIENCE-BASED TRACKING • Powered by pharmacokinetic modeling • Research-based calculations for accurate results • Personalized metabolism tracking SMART FEATURES • Easy drink logging • Visual caffeine level timeline • Customizable drink presets • Daily intake summaries MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS • Know when caffeine levels peak • Understand your personal patterns • Optimize your intake timing • Improve sleep quality Download BeanBop today and start making smarter decisions about your caffeine consumption.

About

The Observing Ego

This app is a doctor-built mood and mental health tracker that uses clinical screening instruments. It helps you identify patterns in your moods, sleep, exercise, and habits, and offers tools for self-reflection. Safety features and crisis resources are always free.

Highlights
  • Clinical mood tracking
  • Validated screening instruments
  • Pattern identification
  • Defense mechanism logging
  • Dream journaling
  • Mentalizing exercises
  • Free safety features
Features
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A mood tracker built by a doctoral-level clinician, with input from fellow clinical psychologists and neuropsychologists, using the actual clinical screening instruments your therapist uses: PHQ-9, GAD-7, WHO-5, DERS-16, SCS-SF, C-SSRS, ASQ, and STIPO-R. No AI therapy advice. No gamification. No social feed. No ads. Your data stays on your phone. Safety features are always free. Forever. No paywall on crisis resources, the safety plan, or the 988 Lifeline. — TRAUMA-INFORMED BY DESIGN — Built around the psychoanalytic concept of the "observing ego": the part of you that can step back and notice your own mental processes. The app is a mirror, not a therapist. It helps you see yourself clearly and bring that clarity to your own work, or to a clinician. — WHAT YOU CAN DO — Track moods with the precision your therapist would recognize. An age-adaptive picker (ages 7 through adult) draws from a 100+ emotion vocabulary mapped to validated affect models. Take the clinical screenings your therapist uses, scored to published thresholds. PHQ-9 for depression. GAD-7 for anxiety. WHO-5 for wellbeing. ASQ and C-SSRS for safety. STIPO-R for personality organization (uncommon outside research settings). See patterns over time. Mood correlations with sleep, exercise, medications, and habits. Year in Pixels view. Longitudinal assessment trends. Every correlation needs at least 7 data points and a moderate effect size before it surfaces. Quality over noise. Log defense mechanisms (Vaillant's three-tier hierarchy). Record dreams with psychodynamic framing. Practice mentalizing exercises drawn from MBT. Map body sensations to feelings. — PRIVACY BY DESIGN — No accounts. No servers. No ads. No analytics. No third parties. Your data syncs through your own iCloud, encrypted end-to-end. We cannot see your entries, your moods, or your reports. We do not want to. — SAFETY ALWAYS FREE — The safety plan, crisis resources, 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, and gentle check-ins when the app detects elevated risk are free forever. Mood check-ins and journal entries are unlimited and free. Premium covers the deeper features: longer insight ranges, Year in Pixels, the Mood Calendar, weekly reports, Apple Health insights, medication effects, and data export, plus more room for habits, assessments, and medications. Safety never goes behind a paywall. — BUILT BY — Casey Simon, Psy.D. (Doctor of Clinical Psychology), MFT (Marriage and Family Therapist), with input from fellow clinical psychologists and neuropsychologists. Designed for honest self-reflection, not performance. A tool meant to be shared with a clinician when you choose to. — PRICING — Free to download. 7-day free trial of Premium. Then $4.99 per month or $44.99 per year. Safety features stay free regardless of subscription. Cancel anytime in App Store settings. Terms of Use: https://myobservingego.com/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: https://myobservingego.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

BeanBop4 screens
The Observing Ego4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: The Observing Ego at none against BeanBop's shown. BeanBop's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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. BeanBop sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and The Observing Ego sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BeanBop ships an update every 6 days, The Observing Ego weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BeanBop versus The Observing Ego: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeanBopThe Observing Ego
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB20 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMichaelangelo De LeonCasey Simon

In-app purchases

2 purchases

BeanBop

Subscriptions2
  • BeanBop Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • BeanBop Pro Annual$9.991 Year
2 purchases

The Observing Ego

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$44.991 Year

Questions

Is BeanBop free?
BeanBop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Observing Ego free?
The Observing Ego is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BeanBop or The Observing Ego have ads?
BeanBop shows ads; The Observing Ego does not.
Which is updated more often, BeanBop or The Observing Ego?
BeanBop ships an update every 6 days, and The Observing Ego weekly. Most recently, BeanBop was updated on October 13, 2026 and The Observing Ego on October 9, 2026.

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