Comparison

Cold Shower Therapy vs Silient

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

Head to head
About

Cold Shower Therapy

This app helps you build mental toughness by tracking your daily cold shower practice. Monitor your streaks, view progress with stats, and join a community of individuals challenging their comfort zones. Daily reminders and a global leaderboard encourage consistency.

Highlights
  • Track cold shower streaks
  • View progress with stats
  • Calendar history view
  • Global leaderboard competition
  • Daily consistency reminders
  • Theme customization
Features
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Build mental toughness one cold shower at a time. Cold Shower Therapy helps you track your daily cold shower practice, build streaks, and join a community of people pushing their comfort zones. FEATURES: • Track your cold shower streaks • View your progress with beautiful stats • See your history on the calendar • Compete on the global leaderboard • Daily reminders to stay consistent • Choose between Ice Blue and Arctic White themes WHY COLD SHOWERS? Cold showers have been shown to boost energy, improve circulation, increase alertness, and build mental resilience. Start your day by doing something hard. Sign in with Apple to sync your progress and compete with others. From IMPOSSIBLE® - helping you do hard things since 2010. Based on the original cold shower therapy post - http://impossiblehq.com/cold-shower-therapy More cold shower resources http://impossiblehq.com/cold-shower-therapy-guide http://impossiblehq.com/cold-shower-health-benefits http://coldshowertherapy.com Special thanks to Nick Reese.

About

Silient

Features
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Silient is a mobile application designed to operate Silient water chilling systems. From the mobile application, you can control the desired temperature of the Silient chilled water for use in your home shower and bath, and activate the cold water delivery system for on-demand cold therapy.

Screenshots

Cold Shower Therapy4 screens
Silient3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Silient at none against Cold Shower Therapy's 4. Silient also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Cold Shower Therapy sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Silient asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cold Shower Therapy ships an update monthly, Silient every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Cold Shower Therapy versus Silient: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCold Shower TherapySilient
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (107 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings107 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperImpossible X LLCSilient, LLC

Bugs and requests

Cold Shower Therapy

Reported bugs

28 issues
  • Account creation errors
  • Cannot get back into the app after signing out
  • App is buggy and outdated
  • App is broken and no longer works
  • Stopped logging showers
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  • Data corruption and loss of streaks/stats
  • App crashed
  • Stats reduced to incorrect numbers
  • Current streak data disappeared
  • Incorrect days shown for streaks
  • Invalid login parameters
  • Cannot sign in with Facebook
  • Music doesn't play
  • Doesn't keep a counter going
  • Lost records multiple times
  • App is very unstable
  • New update requires re-login with no password reset
  • Wouldn't register shower on calendar
  • Add past shower feature doesn't work
  • Contact feature not working
  • Does not always update, leading to lost stats/rankings
  • Black screen on opening
  • Downloading new iOS update deletes shower history
  • Screen never turns off when app is open
  • App crashes or doesn't open properly
  • Statistics screen won't scroll
  • Total cold showers doesn't fit on older iPhones
  • Total showers count is wrong

Requested features

19 requests
  • Ability to edit starting date
  • Manual add option for past showers
  • Adjustable prep time beyond 5 seconds
  • Increase alarm volume
  • Option to shut off music prompt
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  • Record total number of showers
  • Ability to delete incorrect entries
  • Intermediate chimes/countdown
  • Connect to Spotify
  • See notes afterwards
  • Make timer work without multiple button presses
  • Make noise when timer is up
  • Apple Watch app
  • Ability to edit journal entries
  • Option for rare days without showers
  • Change alarm to 10 minutes
  • Allow current song to finish after alarm
  • Toggle to stop screen from turning off
  • Offline tracking

Silient

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Cold Shower Therapy

One-time4
  • Cold Shower for Yesterday$0.99
  • 3-Months Optional Patronage$2.99
  • 6-Months Optional Patronage$5.99
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  • 12-Months Optional Patronage$11.99
None

Silient

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cold Shower Therapy free?
Cold Shower Therapy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Silient free?
Silient is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cold Shower Therapy or Silient have ads?
Neither Cold Shower Therapy nor Silient shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cold Shower Therapy or Silient?
Cold Shower Therapy ships an update monthly, and Silient every 6 weeks. Most recently, Cold Shower Therapy was updated on October 5, 2026 and Silient on October 2, 2026.

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