Comparison

Asking for Emergency Help vs FreeCBT

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

Head to head
About

Asking for Emergency Help

Features
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This app is for everyone who has issues in verbal communication with persons, because of an disease, Alzheimer, temporary lost of voice, dental intervention, language disorder, shy or any other reason. Simply ask a family member, friend or colleague to record most used phrases and you are ready to go. In case of asking for help, open the app, look for the phrase and play it to the person. So easy. We have also added three shortcuts, one with a telefon number to dial, another with a mail to send up the three persons and the last one to send a message to up to three person. In Mail and Message you can also include your current geographical location. Finally an emergency card will show your name and address, also name, address and telephone for a person to contact in emergency case.

About

FreeCBT

This app provides a digital thought diary to practice Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). It helps users identify and challenge negative automatic thoughts, retrain their brains, and ultimately improve mood and behavior. It's an open-source tool for self-help and as a companion to traditional therapy.

Highlights
  • Thought diary
  • Challenge automatic thoughts
  • Identify cognitive distortions
  • Train alternative thoughts
  • Open source
  • CBT self-help tool
Features
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FreeCBT is an open source thought diary for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is the "gold standard" of psychotherapy and is widely considered to be one of the most effective, evidence backed treatments for depression, anxiety, and panic. If you go into just about any therapist or psychiatrist, CBT will likely be one of the first treatments they try. FreeCBT is a companion and self-help app for one of the most common formats of CBT. You may have heard it called "the three column technique" or "catch it, check it, change it." Your brain is really good at making you feel exactly what you're thinking. Often, we find ourselves thinking "automatic negative thoughts" that lead us to fume on something that may not be true. That can cause us to feel depressed or anxious. CBT helps you record "automatic thoughts," challenge them with cognitive distortions and then train your brain with an alternative thought. If you do it enough, you can change your thoughts, your moods and your behavior. FreeCBT, a fork of Quirk, is open source under the GPL. You can find the code on Github at: https://github.com/erosson/freecbt

Screenshots

Asking for Emergency Help4 screens
FreeCBT3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: FreeCBT at Free against Asking for Emergency Help's $0.99. FreeCBT also leads on update cadence (every 9 months vs every 27 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

FreeCBT is free to download; Asking for Emergency Help costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Asking for Emergency Help ships an update every 27 months, FreeCBT every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Asking for Emergency Help versus FreeCBT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAsking for Emergency HelpFreeCBT
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—4.7 (170 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—96.2% of reviews
Number of ratings—170 — better
Update frequencyEvery 27 monthsEvery 9 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB35 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDietmar Herbert Schwarz WebersEvan Rosson

Bugs and requests

Asking for Emergency Help

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

FreeCBT

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Swiping from distortion page selects/deselects distortions unintentionally
  • App update deleted all past user entries
  • Keyboard covers answer input area on some screens
  • Swipe navigation doesn't work properly on certain screens
  • Inconsistent touch response during navigation

Requested features

12 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Analytics to track thoughts and patterns over time
  • Export feature to share entries with therapist or notes app
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Bottom navigation bar
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  • Ability to tag or categorize thoughts by topic
  • Filter and view thoughts by category
  • Evidence section with for/against columns
  • Worst case scenario section with probability assessment
  • More detailed examples for alternative thought step
  • Additional cognitive distortion options (jumping to conclusions)
  • Better help documentation and explanations

In-app purchases

None

Asking for Emergency Help

No in-app purchases

None

FreeCBT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Asking for Emergency Help free?
Asking for Emergency Help costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is FreeCBT free?
FreeCBT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Asking for Emergency Help or FreeCBT have ads?
Neither Asking for Emergency Help nor FreeCBT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Asking for Emergency Help or FreeCBT?
Asking for Emergency Help ships an update every 27 months, and FreeCBT every 9 months. Most recently, Asking for Emergency Help was updated on June 10, 2026 and FreeCBT on October 29, 2026.

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