ACT Coach vs Insomnia Explorer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ACT Coach
This app helps users practice Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to manage difficult thoughts and feelings. It provides exercises, tools, and tracking logs to support living a value-driven life. Developed in consultation with therapists, it's designed for individuals undergoing ACT.
- ACT exercises
- Tools for managing thoughts
- Commitment to values
- Tracking logs
- Information on ACT
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) aims to help you live with unpleasant thoughts, feelings, and impulses without avoiding them or being controlled by them. In ACT, you are encouraged to commit to actions so that you can live your life by your values, even in the face of these unpleasant experiences. This app was developed for Veterans, Service members, and other people who are in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in consultation with a therapist. It offers exercises, tools, information, and tracking logs so you can practice what you’re learning in your daily life. ACT Coach was created by VA’s National Center for PTSD.
Insomnia Explorer
This research app is exclusively for participants in approved program evaluation projects. An invitation code from an approved investigator is required to unlock its features. Contact your investigator for assistance.
- Research-focused sleep evaluation
- Requires invitation code
- Exclusive program access
- Investigator assistance available
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This is a research version of Insomnia Coach that is only for participants in approved program evaluation projects for NCPTSD. To unlock this app, you will need an invitation code from an approved investigator. Please contact your investigator if you need help.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ACT Coach at 67% against Insomnia Explorer's 0%. ACT Coach also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (16 vs 1). Insomnia Explorer's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 14 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
ACT Coach holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ACT Coach has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of ACT Coach's written reviews are positive against 0% of Insomnia Explorer's.
ACT Coach ships an update every 14 months, Insomnia Explorer every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ACT Coach | Insomnia Explorer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (16 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) | Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research |
Customer experience
ACT Coach
Insomnia Explorer
In-app purchases
ACT Coach
No in-app purchases
Insomnia Explorer
No in-app purchases
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