Cold Shower Therapy vs ColdStreak
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Track cold shower streaks
- View progress with stats
- Calendar history view
- Global leaderboard competition
- Daily consistency reminders
- Theme customization
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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.
ColdStreak
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ColdStreak helps you build consistency with daily cold showers through simple tracking, focused timers, and streak-based motivation. Whether your goal is discipline, energy, or routine consistency, ColdStreak gives you a clean system to show up every day and keep momentum. Key features: - Daily streak tracking - Cold-shower timer with pause/resume - Progress history and calendar view - Goal tracking and performance stats - Daily reminders - CSV export for your records - Premium plans for advanced features Designed for speed and clarity: - Fast logging and smooth flow - Clean interface focused on action - Built to make consistency easier Important: Cold exposure may not be suitable for everyone. Always use your own judgment and consult a professional if needed. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.freeprivacypolicy.com/live/7c71b378-1858-407c-b881-e014c0828ed7
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ColdStreak at 5.0 against Cold Shower Therapy's 4.4. ColdStreak also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Cold Shower Therapy's advantage is ratings volume (107 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Cold Shower Therapy sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and ColdStreak sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ColdStreak holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cold Shower Therapy has 107 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cold Shower Therapy ships an update monthly, ColdStreak weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cold Shower Therapy | ColdStreak |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (107 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 107 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Impossible X LLC | Jagrat Sharma |
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
ColdStreak
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cold Shower Therapy
- 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
ColdStreak
- Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
Questions
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