ACT Coach vs Making Therapy Better
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.
Making Therapy Better
This secure application facilitates communication of therapy progress through concise weekly assessments. It is designed for ease of use and to streamline the feedback process between individuals and their therapists.
- Secure communication
- Weekly assessments
- Therapy progress tracking
- User-friendly interface
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This secure app makes it easy to communicate therapy progress with short weekly assessments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Making Therapy Better at every 3 weeks against ACT Coach's every 14 months. Making Therapy Better also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). ACT Coach's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 2). 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.
Making Therapy Better 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ACT Coach ships an update every 14 months, Making Therapy Better every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ACT Coach | Making Therapy Better |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) | CarePaths |
Customer experience
ACT Coach
Making Therapy Better
In-app purchases
ACT Coach
No in-app purchases
Making Therapy Better
No in-app purchases
Questions
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