MOVE! Coach vs CalmiGo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MOVE! Coach
This 16-week program guides users to successful weight loss or management through education and tools. Monitor, track, and receive feedback on progress with weight, diet, and exercise goals. It offers self-management modules, tracking tools, and support resources.
- 16-week guided weight loss program
- Self-management modules with videos and games
- Daily weight tracking and progress reports
- Goal setting and SMART goal features
- Stress management tools
- Identification of support resources
- HealthKit integration for data syncing
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MOVE! Coach Mobile is a weight loss app for Veterans, service members, their families, and others who want to lose weight. This 16-week program guides users to successful weight loss or weight management through education, and use of tools, in an easy and convenient way. Users can monitor, track, and receive feedback regarding their progress with weight, diet, and exercise goals. Some Key Features: Self-Management Modules – Educate users on a variety of weight-management success strategies using videos, worksheets, games, and other tools. Modules are made available weekly based on your progression through the 16-week program. Tracker – Assists users to track weight daily, set weight loss and SMART goals, and see progress reports and summaries Tools – Provides users with calculation tools and tools to manage stress Support – Helps users identify supports and resources for successful weight loss This app can be used by itself, but additional benefit may be achieved if used in combination with treatment with your healthcare provider and by tracking health & fitness activity with third-party HealthKit compatible apps. If you’re just starting out, MOVE! Coach can access your existing HealthKit height and weight data, and synchronize your progress recording weight entries with Apple’s Health app. MOVE! Coach Mobile was created by the National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (NCP), under VHA’s Office of Patient Care Services.
CalmiGo
This app guides you through techniques to reduce stress and anxiety using a connected device. It offers personalized breathing, multi-sensory stimulation, and calming scents for immediate relief and long-term well-being.
- Personalized breathing regulation
- Multi-sensory stimulation
- Calming scents
- Guided wellness journey
- Interactive game for safe environment building
- Tutorial for device usage
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TAKING BACK CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE WITH CALMIGO. The stress of daily life gets to us all. Family, relationships, past trauma, career, health factors, and the general state of the world can make achieving a state of calm and productivity challenging for so many of us. If you suffer from anxiety-related challenges, please remember that you are not alone. Meet CalmiGo CalmiGo is a patented technology-based wellness device that provides immediate natural relief in moments of stress, anxiousness, and distress. Proven Science, New Technology 3 proven techniques to decrease stress hormone levels by enabling your body to quiet the “stressful” nervous system (sympathetic system) and activating the “calming” nervous system (parasympathetic system) - Personalized Breathing Regulation - Multi-Sensory Stimulation - Calming Scents EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO ACHIEVE CALM IN 3 MINUTES - Follow our cues, we'll take care of the results - Enjoy the experience of mental health improvement - Calming tools you can use anywhere, anytime - Get rewarded for your progress - Rely on CalmiGo to help you in moments of distress CALMIGO APP Our app was designed to help you achieve immediate as well as long-term relief by delivering a unique and personalized solution, taking the burden off your shoulders. FEATURES INCLUDE: - Tutorial An easy-to-follow guide on how to use CalmiGo. No prior knowledge needed. - Journey screen Follow the cues and let our app guide you on your way toward improved well-being. - Game screen Build and expand your safe environment in a fun and engaging way. CalmiGo has been featured in Forbes, KTLA 5, ABC 10, and Living Well Magazine. Please note: You must have a CalmiGo device to use this app. You can order your device from www.calmigo.com CalmiGo is not a medical device and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or illness. It All Starts With One Exhale.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CalmiGo at 76% against MOVE! Coach's 22%. CalmiGo also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2). MOVE! Coach's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
CalmiGo holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 516 and 447 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of MOVE! Coach's written reviews are positive against 76% of CalmiGo's.
MOVE! Coach ships an update every 3 months, CalmiGo every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | MOVE! Coach | CalmiGo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (516 ratings) | 4.6 (447 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.9% of reviews | 75.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 516 — better | 447 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) | Dendro Technologies Inc |
Customer experience
MOVE! Coach
CalmiGo
User reviews
MOVE! Coach
From 516 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Allows custom food info
- 💪 Helps with healthier eating
- 📈 Aids in weight loss
- 🏃♂️ Increases physical activity
- ✅ Free tool for accountability
Room to improve
- 📱 Clunky interface
- 📉 Difficult food entry
- 🚫 No back button
- 🗑️ Outdated design
- 😵 Confusing navigation
CalmiGo
From 447 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😌 Helps with anxiety and stress
- 🧘♀️ Promotes mindful breathing
- 🎖️ Recommended for veterans
- 😌 Provides a sense of calm
- 😌 Helps with panic attacks
Room to improve
- 🐛 App occasionally buggy
- 🐛 Daily rewards not granted
- 🐛 App requires frequent syncing
- 🐛 Device locked out if not synced
- 🐛 Subscription mandatory for app use
Bugs and requests
MOVE! Coach
Reported bugs
46 issues- Half screen taken by crisis support
- Scrolling one line at a time
- Food entry errors (e.g., 190 calories showing as 1400)
- Cannot enter smaller increments of time for activities
- Difficulty editing recipes
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- No back button to change or edit entries
- Cannot see entire option when entering food
- Cannot delete added food entries
- No way to back up, requires closing and reopening app
- Squished interface on iPhone
- Screens with no way to exit or submit answers (e.g., goal weight)
- Cannot report problems
- Apple Watch Health data not loading directly
- Weight data reset after 6 months
- Graph not working properly (only shows two days)
- App does not function on iPhone 15 Pro Max
- App breaks at week 12 chapter 2, repeatedly shuts down
- No diet or exercise tracker found
- Cannot get past EULA prompt
- Crashes during modules, data lost upon restart
- Cannot unlock Module 16
- Cannot add height/weight to proceed
- Dark selections, barely readable
- Difficult to navigate
- Cannot see information when setting up (height, age)
- App crashes during Week 2, Chapter 2
- Cannot go back to add foods from previous day
- App crashes when trying to enter food info
- App crashes regularly on iPhone 6s Plus
- App closes when clicking on Self Assessment Guide Week 2
- Cannot see custom item entry screen (number entry in the way)
- App not updated for nearly a year
- Weekly diet report annoying
- App charges double calories for almond milk
- Entering recipes assumes whole recipe is one serving
- Favorites function is useless
- Cannot manually enter calories
- Food categories don't match package labels
- Difficult to find specific foods
- App crashes too much
- Diet and activity logs removed in updates
- Module 16 cannot be unlocked
- Cannot see information on screen
- Week 2 crashes the whole app
- Cannot change date for dietary entries
- Exercise calorie count is generic and inaccurate
Requested features
16 requests- Barcode scanner for food
- Integration with other health apps (Apple Health, MyFitnessPal, Fitbit)
- Ability to edit previous entries/dates
- More conversational serving sizes
- Allow smaller increments of time for activities
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- Sync data from other health apps
- Update app for newer iPhones
- Improve search function for food tracker
- QR scanner for food
- Link to MyFitnessPal
- Customizable exercise calorie counts (incline, speed)
- Ability to edit recipe entries
- Add missing foods
- Sync with My Healthy Vet
- Dark mode option
- Ability to report bugs directly
CalmiGo
Reported bugs
26 issues- App greets with initial setup screen
- Unable to access app after setup
- No option to login to existing account
- Daily Rewards not granting any rewards
- App requires syncing every couple weeks or device locks out
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- Device does not sync
- Takes too long for weak reward
- Customer service is hardly adequate
- App won't synchronize with device
- 7 day streak feature doesn't work
- App stuck on day one streak
- The lights instead of blue could be yellow
- Cannot set timer for less than 3 minutes
- App is a game that distracts from core function
- Device broke in less than 3 weeks
- Horrible customer service
- Poorly managed app
- Did not get email containing activation code
- Support is practically non existent
- App is horrible and won't synchronize
- No fix available for sync issues
- The app is disappointing, expecting tracking and data
- Daily time lock prevents progression
- App is absurd and required for anxiety device
- Login screen freezes
- App crashes
Requested features
8 requests- Allow adjustment of session timer below 3 minutes
- Integrate with smartwatches for heart rate monitoring
- Add more features to the app
- Make the 'game' an optional feature
- Provide data and insights on breathing patterns
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- Correlate the 'game' with breathing during sessions
- Change blue light to yellow for sleep disruption
- Allow users to manage subscriptions directly
In-app purchases
MOVE! Coach
No in-app purchases
CalmiGo
No in-app purchases
