Comparison

SafSteps vs Foray

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

Head to head
About

SafSteps

This app supports individuals managing anxiety, panic attacks, and agoraphobia by tracking exposure sessions and building confidence. It offers guided tools, progress tracking, calming resources, and community encouragement to help users take small steps toward recovery.

Highlights
  • Guided exposure tracking
  • Progress history and milestones
  • Panic support and calming tools
  • Journaling for reflection
  • Community encouragement
  • Motivation tools
  • Calming design
Features
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SafSteps is a recovery-focused companion for people struggling with anxiety, panic attacks, avoidance, and agoraphobia. Whether leaving the house feels overwhelming, driving feels impossible, or everyday tasks have started shrinking your world, SafSteps is designed to help you take small steps forward — one exposure at a time. Track exposure sessions, celebrate progress, build confidence through repetition, and stay motivated with supportive recovery tools and community encouragement. SafSteps includes: • Guided exposure tracking • Progress history and recovery milestones • Panic support and calming tools • Journaling features for reflection and growth • Encouragement Wall community support • Motivation tools designed for real-world recovery • Simple, calming design built to reduce overwhelm Recovery rarely happens all at once. It happens through small wins repeated consistently over time. SafSteps was built to help make those steps feel possible again. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Privacy Policy: https://safsteps.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://safsteps.com/terms.html

About

Foray

This app helps users track outings and distance from home, designed for those with agoraphobia and anxiety. It records distance, duration, routes, and mood, offering gentle tools like a 'Heading Home' compass and breathing exercises. An optional upgrade provides advanced features and integrations.

Highlights
  • Track distance and duration of outings
  • Record mood and notes per outing
  • 'Heading Home' compass and 'I'm Safe' button
  • Breathing animation for anxiety
  • Personal high-score leaderboard
  • Pin safe spots on the map
  • Chapters for fresh starts
Features
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Foray turns going out into a record of how far you've come. Built for people with agoraphobia and anxiety, and useful for anyone who wants to see how far they go, how long they're out, and how it felt. When you step outside a small circle around home, Foray quietly starts a foray. It keeps your route, distance and time out while your phone stays in your pocket. When you're back, you get a calm summary and your personal bests, growing with you. GENTLE TOOLS FOR HARD MOMENTS • Heading Home: a full-screen arrow pointing back, with a one-tap "I'm Safe" button • Breathe: a simple paced breathing circle • Controls (iOS 18 or later): start a foray, Heading Home or Breathe from Control Center, the Lock Screen or the Action button • Help shows the crisis line for your country • Start, end or cancel a foray yourself any time • Pin safe spots on the map, places you trust • Someone to tell: one tap fills in an "I'm out" text to a person you trust, and "Home safe" when you're back. You always press Send yourself. • Apple Watch: start a foray, Heading Home, Breathe with taps on your wrist, and "I'm safe", with the phone in your pocket. Your watch face shows how long you've been out • VoiceOver and the largest text sizes work throughout, on iPhone and Apple Watch YOUR PROGRESS • Your route on the map, live while you're out • The numbers that matter, big: how far from home, time out, your farthest ever • Journeys: every foray sorted by farthest, longest or most recent, with search • Name each foray, and note how it felt • Places to try at a distance you choose • Your week at a glance, with no streak to break • Sunday week note (if you turn it on): one quiet notification on Sunday evening with your week • Your month in review: from the 1st to the 7th, last month on one card you can share (anxiety stays off the shared card unless you add it) • One small step: after ten days without a foray, Foray offers one easy step to try. No notifications, no rush. • Ask Siri or Shortcuts "how far did I go this week" CHAPTERS Setbacks happen. Start a new chapter when you want a fresh slate. Past forays stay in the chapter you closed, browsable any time, without counting against your current records. FORAY+ (OPTIONAL) • Exposure ladder: list the situations that feel hard, rate them 0 to 100, and climb them easiest first. A matching foray asks if it counted, and re-rating shows how much easier things have become. Your first 3 steps are free. • Anxiety before and after each foray, with a chart that shows it easing • A one-page summary for your therapist (no map, no places) • Patterns: time of day, day of week, distance bands • Weekly minimums: a floor for forays, distance and time out each week, gentle by default • Goals, with a notification when you reach them • Live Activity, Dynamic Island and a home-screen widget • Unlimited safe spots and chapters • Apple Health: forays saved as walking workouts $1.99 a month or $9.99 a year, both with a 14-day free trial, or $19.99 once for life with Family Sharing. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your history stays on your iPhone and backs up to your own private iCloud • No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no third-party trackers • Light on battery: Foray only runs GPS while you're out Foray will never paywall the tools you might need in a rough moment. Heading Home, Breathe, manual control, tracking, mood and notes, Journeys, the Apple Watch app, texts to someone you trust and iCloud backup are always free. In English, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), German, French, Japanese, Korean, Italian and Turkish. — Foray is not medical advice or treatment. If you're struggling, please talk to a healthcare professional. You deserve support that goes beyond an app. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SafSteps4 screens
Foray4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Foray at 5.0 against SafSteps's 3.0. Foray also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). SafSteps's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. SafSteps sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Foray sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Foray holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SafSteps ships an update every 2 weeks, Foray weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
SafSteps versus Foray: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSafStepsForay
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size129 MB29 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJohn RatliffAaron Jin

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SafSteps

Subscriptions2
  • SafSteps7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • SafSteps Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
4 purchases

Foray

Subscriptions2
  • Foray+ Monthly14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Foray+ Yearly14 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • Foray+ Founder$14.99
  • Foray+ Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is SafSteps free?
SafSteps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Foray free?
Foray is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SafSteps or Foray?
Foray is rated higher. SafSteps averages 3.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Foray averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do SafSteps or Foray have ads?
Neither SafSteps nor Foray shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SafSteps or Foray?
SafSteps ships an update every 2 weeks, and Foray weekly. Most recently, SafSteps was updated on October 24, 2026 and Foray on October 28, 2026.

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