Comparison

Concussion Coach vs Mood Coach Explorer

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Concussion education
  • Tools for emotional, cognitive, and physical healing
  • Health tracking
  • Resources for accessing help
  • Guided daily activity plan
Features
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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.

About

Mood Coach Explorer

This app helps users manage symptoms of depression and anxiety by identifying core values and suggesting aligned activities. It supports taking small daily steps towards motivation and is designed for authorized user experience studies.

Highlights
  • Motivation for depression/anxiety management
  • Identify core values
  • Sync actions with values
  • Activity suggestions aligned with values
  • Daily small steps
Features
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This app provides: - help getting motivated to manage symptoms of depression and anxiety by taking small steps each day - identify your core values, and sync your actions with your values - find activities you can try that line up with your core values Mood Coach Explorer is not intended to replace face-to-face clinical care. This app is being reviewed for safety and feasibility and is designed specifically for those already enrolled in an authorized user experience study. The app REQUIRES a username and password to fully unlock. Please contact the developers if you are interested in learning more about Mood Coach Explorer: mobilementalhealth@va.gov

Screenshots

Concussion Coach4 screens
Mood Coach Explorer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Concussion Coach at 67% against Mood Coach Explorer's 0%. Concussion Coach also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.0). Mood Coach Explorer's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Concussion Coach holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Concussion Coach's written reviews are positive against 0% of Mood Coach Explorer's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Concussion Coach versus Mood Coach Explorer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConcussion CoachMood Coach Explorer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better2.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings34 — better
Update frequencyEvery 35 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB16 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperUS Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research

Customer experience

Concussion Coach

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Mood Coach Explorer

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Concussion Coach

No in-app purchases

None

Mood Coach Explorer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Concussion Coach free?
Concussion Coach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mood Coach Explorer free?
Mood Coach Explorer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Concussion Coach or Mood Coach Explorer?
Concussion Coach is rated higher. Concussion Coach averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Mood Coach Explorer averages 2.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Concussion Coach or Mood Coach Explorer have ads?
Neither Concussion Coach nor Mood Coach Explorer shows ads.

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