SilverCloud Health vs Nod App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SilverCloud Health
Access a wide range of interactive programs and tools designed to support mental and behavioral health. Improve wellbeing, manage stress, anxiety, and depression with evidence-based content and expert-developed strategies.
- Interactive mental health programs
- Tools for stress and anxiety management
- Evidence-based content
- Mindfulness meditations
- Breathing and relaxation exercises
- HealthKit integration for mindfulness minutes
- Apple Watch app for sleep and exercise tracking
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*** SilverCloud is provided by a healthcare service that you must be eligible for. Please check with your health service to see if they offer SilverCloud. *** SilverCloud - Digital CBT SilverCloud provides a wide range of supportive and interactive programs, tools and strategies for managing mental and behavioral health issues. These programs cover topics such as anxiety, depression, general wellbeing, stress, anger management, improving sleep, communication skills and much more. Clinical insight and experience is at the heart of SilverCloud's program development process. The evidence-based programs have been researched and written by subject matter experts. Tools The programs also offer a broad variety of interactive tools including a journal, a mood monitor, goal setting, audio meditations and many more. These tools aim to empower users to proactively manage and improve their mental and behavioral health. SilverCloud programs can be used with guidance and personalized feedback from a coach or as a self-guided experience (without a coach), depending on the service you are supported by. If you have a coach, they will review your progress and any messages that you choose to share with them each week. During their review, your coach will reply to your messages and queries, while offering guidance on your next step towards thinking and feeling better. HealthKit Integration If you grant access to HealthKit when prompted, time spent in the app will be recorded as mindfulness minutes and will be available for viewing in Apple's HealthKit. Watch App The included Apple Watch App also retrieves step count and sleep data, allowing you to observe how your mood may be related to sleep and exercise.
Nod App
This app helps students achieve their desired social lives by providing science-backed suggestions for actionable steps. It offers personalized tips based on social connection research and student experiences to improve social engagement.
- Set social goals
- Receive actionable suggestions
- Science-based tips
- Student-tested advice
- Campus-specific availability
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Creating the social life we imagine is hard, and it's not always clear how to get there—especially right now! Nod is here to help. Set your social goals on Nod, and we'll break things down with suggestions for small but powerful actions you can fit in your day or week. Why powerful? Because our tips and ideas are based on the science of social connection and the wisdom of students who have come before us. No fluff or bogus advice here, just proven ways to up your social game. Nod is available to students at participating high schools, colleges, and universities. Want to bring Nod to your campus? Let us know as https://heynod.com/contact
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Nod App at 73% against SilverCloud Health's 15%. Nod App also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.2) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Nod App holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 45 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of SilverCloud Health's written reviews are positive against 73% of Nod App's.
SilverCloud Health ships an update every 3 months, Nod App monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SilverCloud Health | Nod App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (22 ratings) | 4.4 (45 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.2% of reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 | 45 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SilverCloud | Grit Digital Health LLC |
Customer experience
SilverCloud Health
Nod App
In-app purchases
SilverCloud Health
No in-app purchases
Nod App
No in-app purchases
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