Comparison

ACT Coach vs Beyond Anxiety

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • ACT exercises
  • Tools for managing thoughts
  • Commitment to values
  • Tracking logs
  • Information on ACT
Features
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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.

About

Beyond Anxiety

This program offers a science-backed approach to rewire anxiety habits. It provides video lessons, daily practices, live coaching, and community support to help users understand and transform their relationship with anxiety.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step video lessons
  • Daily practices
  • Weekly live coaching calls
  • Private community support
  • Direct Q&A access
  • 3-phase approach to anxiety transformation
Features
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Anxiety isn't your destiny — it's a habit. And habits can be changed. Going Beyond Anxiety is the latest science-backed program developed by Dr. Jud Brewer, a New York Times bestselling author, psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and Brown University professor. With 20+ years of clinical research, Dr. Jud has helped thousands transform their relationship with anxiety using a proven methodology that achieved a 67% reduction in anxiety symptoms in randomized controlled trials. WHY THIS PROGRAM WORKS Traditional approaches treat anxiety as something to manage forever. This program takes a different approach: treating anxiety as a habit loop that can be rewired. Learn how your brain forms anxiety habits, then use evidence-based techniques to interrupt anxiety spirals and build new neural pathways. WHAT'S INCLUDED Step-by-step video lessons you can watch anytime Daily practices that turn knowledge into wisdom Weekly live coaching calls with Dr. Jud and Dr. Robin Boudette Private community to connect with others on the same journey Direct Q&A access to get your specific questions answered New tools and strategies based on the latest neuroscience THE 3-PHASE APPROACH Phase 1: Learn How Your Brain Works Discover how anxiety becomes a habit loop and map YOUR specific triggers and patterns. Phase 2: Rewire Your Anxiety Responses Learn evidence-based techniques to interrupt anxiety spirals and build new neural pathways. Phase 3: Integrate & Master a New Way of Being Develop sustainable practices that fit your real life and create lasting change. ABOUT DR. JUD Dr. Jud Brewer is the author of "Unwinding Anxiety," "The Hunger Habit," and "The Craving Mind." His TED Talk on breaking bad habits has been viewed over 20 million times. After experiencing his own panic attacks, he discovered what was missing from traditional anxiety treatment — even as a psychiatrist. REAL RESULTS FROM REAL PEOPLE "I already feel like more than half of my anxiety has faded, and the other half is easier to handle." "After 2 months... I've gone from a constant background noise of anxiety to none." "Of all the books and courses that I've done to learn to manage my anxieties... this has easily had the largest impact." Join tens of thousands who have transformed their relationship with anxiety, and learned how to go beyond it to real flourishing. Your transformation begins today!

Screenshots

ACT Coach4 screens
Beyond Anxiety4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Beyond Anxiety at every 2 weeks against ACT Coach's every 14 months. Beyond Anxiety also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). ACT Coach's advantage is ratings volume (16 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

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

Beyond Anxiety holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ACT Coach has 16 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ACT Coach ships an update every 14 months, Beyond Anxiety every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ACT Coach versus Beyond Anxiety: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterACT CoachBeyond Anxiety
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (16 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB62 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperUS Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)OpenMind AI, Inc.

Customer experience

ACT Coach

All ratings16 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%

Beyond Anxiety

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ACT Coach

No in-app purchases

None

Beyond Anxiety

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ACT Coach free?
ACT Coach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beyond Anxiety free?
Beyond Anxiety is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ACT Coach or Beyond Anxiety?
Beyond Anxiety is rated higher. ACT Coach averages 4.6 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Beyond Anxiety averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do ACT Coach or Beyond Anxiety have ads?
Neither ACT Coach nor Beyond Anxiety shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ACT Coach or Beyond Anxiety?
ACT Coach ships an update every 14 months, and Beyond Anxiety every 2 weeks. Most recently, ACT Coach was updated on November 5, 2026 and Beyond Anxiety on November 5, 2026.

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