Comparison

Hair Pulling Tracker vs Behavioral Experiment

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

Head to head
About

Hair Pulling Tracker

Features
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BFRB Tracker is a self-monitoring tool built around Habit Reversal Training (HRT) techniques for hair pulling, skin picking, and nail biting. Log an urge or an episode in seconds, watch your own pattern build over weeks, and reach for a stimulus-control plan or a competing response the moment you notice an urge starting. A broken streak isn't a failure here — it's data. BFRB Tracker exists to make your own pattern visible: when urges happen, what tends to trigger them, and which response actually helps you ride one out instead of acting on it. FREE • Log an urge or episode — record intensity and context in seconds, any time of day • Streak tracking — a reset is treated as data, never as failure • Starter competing-response techniques — a fist clench, a stress-ball squeeze, cold water on the hands, and other first-line responses • Starter stimulus-control tips — change your environment ahead of high-risk situations • 30-day progress view — your logging streak and pattern trends over the last month • Recent entries list — scan back through your last several logged urges and episodes • Crisis Resources — real support, always free, no purchase required PRO (auto-renewing subscription, in-app purchase) • Weekly AI pattern summary — a plain-language read of what your own logged data says about this week • Full competing-response library — every technique, for every behavior type • Full stimulus-control planner — every planning tool, not just the starter tips • Unlimited progress history and data export • Ad-free — no banners or interstitials Free-tier techniques can also be unlocked one at a time by watching a short ad, with no subscription required. WHY BFRB TRACKER • Built around Habit Reversal Training — the same clinical model used in professional BFRB treatment, adapted into a self-monitoring tool • Logging takes seconds — urges and episodes get recorded in the moment, not reconstructed later • Free to start — the core log, streak tracking, and starter techniques cost nothing; the full library, planner, and AI pattern summary are part of Pro • No judgment in the data — every entry, including a reset streak, is just information about your own pattern • Private by design — your episode log stays on your device WHO IT'S FOR • Anyone who pulls hair, picks skin, or bites nails and wants to understand their own pattern • People already familiar with Habit Reversal Training who want a log built around it • Anyone who wants a stimulus-control plan and a competing response ready before the next urge hits • People who want a private way to track urges without judgment • Anyone who has tried to describe their pattern to a therapist and realized they had no actual log to bring to the session BFRB Tracker is a self-monitoring tool, not a diagnosis, treatment, or substitute for professional mental-health care. If you're in crisis, the app's Crisis Resources page connects you to real support right away, at no cost. The free urge log and starter technique library get you started; Pro adds the full library, planner, and weekly pattern insights. Download BFRB Tracker and start seeing your own pattern. Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy https://coddykit.com/terms/privacy-policy

About

Behavioral Experiment

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Anxious thoughts make confident predictions. I will freeze. They will notice. I won’t cope. Behavioral Experiment gives you a way to check a prediction like that against what really happens, instead of taking the thought’s word for it. It’s for anyone working on anxiety, worry, or avoidance, on your own or with a therapist. Behavioral experiments are one of the core methods of cognitive behavioral therapy, and the app guides you through one in four steps. You start by writing the worry as a belief and rating how true it feels. Then you plan a test. You pick a situation that would put the belief to the test, say what you expect to happen in terms you could see or count, and decide which safety behaviors to leave out, the small precautions that feel helpful but keep you from finding out. A plan can have a date and time, or it can wait until the situation comes up. While it’s happening, one screen holds your plan, your prediction, and the safety behaviors you’re leaving out, with room for a few notes that carry into the review. Afterward you record what happened, see it next to what you predicted, and rate the belief again. If you write down a next step, Plan this turns it into the next experiment. When something feels too big to attempt, build a step ladder. Break the goal into rungs rated for expected distress, plan any rung as its own experiment, and move up when a rung feels solid enough. Nine short articles with references explain the ideas behind the method, from how anxiety works and the cycle of avoidance to safety behaviors, predictions, and ladders. Each step has plain guidance and a finished example you can open and read. If you see a therapist, flag experiments to talk about and share a session summary as a PDF, or copy any belief or experiment as text. Reminders are optional and say only that it’s time, or that it’s coming up and when, unless you choose to show your plan in them. On iOS 18 and later, add Record an experiment to Control Center to write down something that just happened while it’s fresh. Free, with no ads, no accounts, and no tracking. Everything you write stays on your device. Turn on iCloud sync to see it on your other devices, lock the app with Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode, and delete everything whenever you like. Nothing is ever sent to us. In English and Spanish, with ratings from 0 to 100 or 0 to 10. Behavioral Experiment is a guided worksheet with educational articles. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical condition. It is not therapy or medical care, it is not for emergencies, and using it does not create a professional relationship with us. For medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, talk with a healthcare professional. If you work with a therapist, plan experiments with them. You decide whether to do any experiment, and you do it at your own risk.

Screenshots

Hair Pulling Tracker4 screens
Behavioral Experiment4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Behavioral Experiment at none against Hair Pulling Tracker's 2. Behavioral Experiment also leads on ads (none vs shown). Hair Pulling Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price 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. Hair Pulling Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Behavioral Experiment asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Hair Pulling Tracker versus Behavioral Experiment: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHair Pulling TrackerBehavioral Experiment
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB7 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMEHMET CANKER (TR)Everyday Insight LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Hair Pulling Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • BFRB Tracker Pro monthly$4.991 Month
  • BFRB Tracker Pro annual$29.991 Year
None

Behavioral Experiment

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hair Pulling Tracker free?
Hair Pulling Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Behavioral Experiment free?
Behavioral Experiment is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hair Pulling Tracker or Behavioral Experiment have ads?
Hair Pulling Tracker shows ads; Behavioral Experiment does not.

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