Comparison

CalmAhead vs PanicCalm

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

Head to head
About

CalmAhead

This app offers a private space to manage anxiety and panic attacks. It provides guided exercises for breathing, grounding, and focus, along with tools for daily practice, mood tracking, and journaling. Crisis support is always free.

Highlights
  • Crisis session for overwhelming moments
  • Guided breathing and grounding exercises
  • Daily practice with meditations and journaling
  • Mood tracking and progress over time
  • Contextual panic attack logging
  • Therapy journal export
  • Custom session creation
Features
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CalmAhead is a calm, private space for when anxiety or panic takes over. Whether you're in the middle of a panic attack or just need to reset, CalmAhead guides you through a sequence of breathing, grounding, body, focus, and cognitive exercises, designed to bring you back to yourself. What you can do: - Start a crisis session when things feel overwhelming - Build a daily practice with guided meditations, gratitude, and journaling - Track your mood and see how you feel over time - Add context to your panic attacks: location, thoughts, intensity - Write in your therapy journal and export a report to share with your therapist - Create your own custom sessions Crisis support is always free. No matter what, the tools you need most will never be behind a paywall. CalmAhead is built by a solo developer who understands what it feels like to need something that actually works - not just something that looks good.

About

PanicCalm

This app offers guided tools for managing stress, anxiety, and panic. It features breathing exercises, meditation, grounding techniques, and sleep aids to help users feel more present and in control. Premium access unlocks all features, including a supportive community and recovery tracking.

Highlights
  • Instant panic relief tools
  • Guided breathing exercises
  • Grounding techniques
  • Guided meditation sessions
  • Sleep and nighttime relaxation
  • Recovery tracking
  • Supportive community
Features
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PanicCalm is a mindfulness and wellness app with guided breathing, meditation, grounding exercises, relaxation, and sleep tools to support everyday well-being. Whether you're looking to relax, unwind, or take a mindful break, PanicCalm provides guided wellness tools to help you relax and refocus. PanicCalm Premium includes: - Panic attack relief, guided step-by-step calm in under 60 seconds - 6 guided breathing techniques for anxiety and sleep - Grounding exercises to stop the spiral instantly - Guided audio sessions for anxiety, sleep, and morning calm - Daily calm rituals with streak tracking - Anxiety journal with daily prompts - Progress tracking and anxiety score - Clean, distraction-free design built for hard moments - Access to all future Premium content PanicCalm is available through auto-renewing subscriptions. Subscription Options: • Monthly Premium Subscription — $9.99/month • Yearly Premium Subscription — $39.99/year ($3.33/month) Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple ID Account Settings. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple ID Account Settings. IMPORTANT PanicCalm is a wellness and mindfulness application. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical condition and should not replace professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Terms of Use: https://app.notion.com/p/Terms-of-Use-30648048b61980a8853fd17a27105222

Screenshots

CalmAhead4 screens
PanicCalm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CalmAhead at none against PanicCalm's 2. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. PanicCalm sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. CalmAhead asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CalmAhead against 5.0 for PanicCalm. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CalmAhead versus PanicCalm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalmAheadPanicCalm
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequency—Every 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size245 MB197 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperMadalina BadeanuMuhammad Roman Ahmed

In-app purchases

None

CalmAhead

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

PanicCalm

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is CalmAhead free?
CalmAhead is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PanicCalm free?
PanicCalm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CalmAhead or PanicCalm?
CalmAhead and PanicCalm are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do CalmAhead or PanicCalm have ads?
Neither CalmAhead nor PanicCalm shows ads.

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