Comparison

OverThink vs Malva

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

Head to head
About

OverThink

This app provides a structured method to interrupt spiraling thoughts and overthinking loops without requiring certainty. It guides users through identifying looping thoughts, understanding their drivers, and practicing acceptance of uncertainty. Calming exercises and pattern tracking help users ground themselves and reduce distress.

Highlights
  • Name looping thoughts
  • Guided prompts for understanding
  • Practice sitting with uncertainty
  • Calming grounding exercises
  • Track thought patterns over time
  • Built on CBT and ERP principles
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OverThink helps you get support in the moment and build insight over time — without needing certainty. When your mind gets stuck, you don’t always need more answers. Sometimes you need quick support right away. Other times you need space to slow down, reflect, and understand what’s going on. OverThink gives you both. HOW IT WORKS Choose your path • Quick Support Get matched with a support tool for what you’re dealing with right now • Check-In Slow down, reflect, and work through what’s happening in a more guided way • Use calming exercises Practice tools like breathing, grounding, and sitting with uncertainty • Track sessions over time Look back at recent sessions and see how support is helping • Unlock deeper insights See what comes up most often, which tools help most, and how your relief changes over time BUILT FOR REAL MOMENTS Whether you’re: • stuck on a “what if” • replaying something in your head • needing to check or be sure • feeling mentally overwhelmed • feeling anxious in your body • trying to calm down fast OverThink helps you pause, reset, and respond differently. DESIGNED FOR ANXIETY, OVERTHINKING, AND OCD OverThink is built around principles used in evidence-based approaches like CBT and ERP, helping you change how you respond to difficult thoughts instead of getting pulled deeper into them. This is not about eliminating thoughts. It’s about relating to them differently. Choose your path and start today.

About

Malva

Features
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Loud mind? Malva makes it quiet. Malva is the self-help app for people who think too much — night spiralers, decision doubters, conversation replayers and future worriers. A CALM SENTENCE EVERY MORNING Your daily card: no forced positivity — mild, honest sentences for loud minds. Also as a widget on your home screen, offline and reliable. SOS QUICK RELIEF — ALWAYS FREE Racing thoughts? Two taps take you to 5-4-3-2-1 grounding, calm breathing, a brain dump or a thought stop. No account, no internet, in the middle of the night. SOS stays free forever — with or without a subscription. YOUR HONEST CHECK-IN "How loud is your mind right now?" One turn of the dial, nothing more. No streaks, no guilt — calm can't be forced. 40 EXERCISES FOR YOUR SITUATION Falling asleep, decisions, replaying conversations, future worries, self-criticism: short 2–5 minute exercises, step by step. 21 DAYS: STEP OFF THE THOUGHT SPIRAL Understand, interrupt, anchor — a gentle program at your own pace. If you pause, you simply continue. THE THOUGHT CHECK A thought that keeps circling? Five gentle questions lead you to a kinder, more honest sentence. Your clarified thoughts live in a private archive. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no tracking, no data sharing. Everything you tell Malva stays on your device. HONESTLY, UP FRONT Malva is self-help — not a substitute for therapy, diagnosis or treatment, and not built for crisis support. If you're seriously struggling, the app points you to real helplines right away. MALVA PREMIUM The daily card, check-in and SOS quick relief are free. Malva Premium unlocks all 40 exercises, all 120 cards, the full 21-day program and the Thought Check: • Yearly: $34.99/year (≈ $2.92/month) — with a 3-day free trial • Monthly: $6.99/month Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Cancel anytime in your iOS settings. Privacy Policy: https://trymalva.com/datenschutz Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

OverThink4 screens
Malva4 screens

Verdict

The call

OverThink and Malva are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. OverThink sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Malva sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
OverThink versus Malva: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOverThinkMalva
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB6 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperRyan YoungdaleJonathan NoeI Schafer

In-app purchases

2 purchases

OverThink

Subscriptions2
  • OverThink+$4.991 Month
  • OverThink+ Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
2 purchases

Malva

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Yearly3 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is OverThink free?
OverThink is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Malva free?
Malva is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do OverThink or Malva have ads?
Neither OverThink nor Malva shows ads.

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