ACT Coach vs Sofia Prime
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.
Sofia Prime
Plan and schedule classes directly from your mobile device. View class schedules, sign up for sessions, and access studio location information. Optimize your time and enhance convenience for class registration.
- View class schedules
- Sign up for classes
- Access studio location
- Optimize time
- Convenient registration
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Download the Veterans First App today to plan and schedule your classes! From this mobile App you can view class schedules, sign-up for classes, as well as view the studio’s location information. Optimize your time and maximize the convenience of signing up for classes from your device! Download this App today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sofia Prime at 100% against ACT Coach's 63%. Sofia Prime also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 14 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). ACT Coach's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (14 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sofia Prime holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ACT Coach has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of ACT Coach's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sofia Prime's.
ACT Coach ships an update every 14 months, Sofia Prime every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ACT Coach | Sofia Prime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) | Sofia Health, LLC |
Customer experience
ACT Coach
Sofia Prime
In-app purchases
ACT Coach
No in-app purchases
Sofia Prime
No in-app purchases
