Concussion Coach vs VA mPRO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Concussion Coach
This app provides a low-burden, engaging approach to daily healing and self-care after a concussion. It offers education, science-based tools for emotional, cognitive, and physical recovery, and resources to help you manage your well-being and improve relationships.
- Concussion education
- Tools for emotional, cognitive, and physical healing
- Health tracking
- Resources for accessing help
- Guided daily activity plan
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Concussion Coach offers a low-burden and engaging way to build healing and self-care into daily life after a concussion. This app is designed to help you get your needs met, inspire hope and self-compassion, and improve relationships during the recovery process. Concussion Coach provides: * Education about concussion * Science-based tools to facilitate emotional, cognitive, and physical healing * Trackers to help you keep tabs on your health over time * Resources for accessing help * A guided plan that offers bite-sized, curated activities and resources to optimize well-being Concussion Coach can be used as a stand-alone self-care and education tool, or to augment care with a healthcare professional. Concussion Coach was created by the National Center for PTSD.
VA mPRO
This application facilitates research and quality improvement surveys for Veterans and their caregivers. Access requires an invitation code from a VA investigator. It prioritizes privacy by not collecting personal information and adheres to accessibility standards.
- Veteran research surveys
- Quality improvement surveys
- Invitation code access
- Privacy-focused data collection
- Accessibility compliance
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mPRO is designed to deliver research and quality improvement surveys to Veterans, family members, and others who care for Veterans. You must have an invitation code from a qualified VA investigator or approved provider in order to open the app. mPRO does not collect any personal or identifying information and does not share data with anyone other than qualified and IRB-approved VA investigators. The app is free to the public and complies with accessibility standards for those with disabilities.
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Verdict
Concussion Coach and VA mPRO both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of VA mPRO's written reviews are positive against 67% of Concussion Coach's. VA mPRO also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 35 months). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Concussion Coach against 5.0 for VA mPRO. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Concussion Coach's written reviews are positive against 100% of VA mPRO's.
Concussion Coach ships an update every 35 months, VA mPRO every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Concussion Coach | VA mPRO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 35 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) | Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research |
Customer experience
Concussion Coach
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In-app purchases
Concussion Coach
No in-app purchases
VA mPRO
No in-app purchases
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