Dare: Anxiety & Panic Attacks

Melissa Ortz

This app has helped me immensely, so I won't give it less than five stars, but I do have a suggestion - make the audios for the seven day challenges open in a player like the other audios. It's impossible to start over or go back a few seconds if you were interrupted, you have to finish the entire recording and then start it over to see what you missed. Even closing and reopening the app doesn't reset you to the beginning of the audio.

Abigail Heiser

Rating it low for now with the hope it will get fixed... I like this app a lot, I think the challenges and helpful activities it has are really good for helping me with my anxiety, but it takes forever to load. It will be fine for maybe 1 or 2 audios, and then all of a sudden it shows the spinning wheel of death and no matter how many times I reopen the app, it stays the same. It also keeps showing me an "unlock" button, but then when I click on it, it will say "you're already subscribed".

A Google user

I really do like this app. It's really good by itself but even better when used in conjunction with the book. This app distills the main lessons of each chapter into short audio sessions. Helps when I'm in a pinch with my anxiety. I wish that there was less stuff behind the paywall, like the insomnia lessons. Just let us listen to the intro audio lessons for each branch.

A Google user

I have been using this less than a full week so far. The app has been solid in it's free model, enough calming and reassuring conversation to help you pause and take a moment and recover. It does appear that the vast majority of additional features are behind the approx $10 USD monthly fee, and that is my only complaint. For a carry-along service that is meant to mirror the book you could purchase, I find the price too steep to justify when I could, apparently, read myself to recovery cheaper.

Chris Mahoney

Great app, but has one big flaw. The app needs to prevent screen timeouts. It's really hard to watch videos or do breathing exercises when the screen constantly turns off. If this one thing is fixed, it would be a 5 star app. I also wish there was the possibility to do a one time donation. For those that can't afford a subscription, but still want to help out

Anthony Palij

I found this app by accident when my bodily sensations became almost unbearable. The only explanation given by healthcare providers was anxiety. The app has a lot of free audios to approach anxiety head on, and not run away from it. There are emergency sessions and daily audios. Over the course of several months I went from daily ruminations about anxiety to minimal intrusions in my daily life. It's like having a therapist in your pocket available 24 hours a day. Great app.

A Google user

This is a great app that I find helpful for anxiety or for a restless mind. I was skeptical at first but found the breathing and the short pep talks comforting. There are a decent amount free options with a choice to pay monthly for more content. I definitely would recommend you giving it a try if you suffer with panic attacks or stress. If it doesn't work for you simply uninstall it. No loss. Good luck!

Scott Smith

The content is quite good, the author/narrators voice soothing and creates the safe space needed. I have used the free trial for the first two weeks and think it's been helpful for calming me down when I need it. I bought the book just because of the high quality of the audios, although I will say it's pretty glitchy and some videos don't even play on my Samsung S7. The download of audios is brilliant and solves the concern of jittery playback when trying to calm down. My only complaint is that there are very few audios for the categories and while they are all very good - I have probably already listened to all of the relevant content for me on the app in the first 2 weeks. While I think it is valuable enough to pay money toward, I am not sure I see how it would be a subscription model that renews annually. It would make more sense to just "buy" the program. There would have to be a significant amount of additional content created in 2021 for me to see how paying $120 total for 2 years would make sense. Daily dare content is not enough in my mind. One recommendation for content addition - insomnia for beginners. I've had it for a week-ish now and the target audio about resolving insomnia talks about "chronic, long-term insomnia". I consider this an acute issue for me at this time and don't feel that the content really fits my situation as much.

Richele Lamon

Updated: This app has help me work through anxiety, and has helped me when insomnia sneaks up. I do wish that I could still purchase ones I feel would be helpful & not have to subscribe at a monthly fee. I have 2 that I had purchased prior and wish I would have added a few more. This app is a great help, but not everyone can afford to pay $10 a month when they may not need it every month. People who are dealing with any of the issue most likely have many expenses to help them with these issues.

Krazee Krafty VT Mama

He has a soothing voice, and breaks things down into tiny little maneagable pieces. It is very relatable and very HELPFUL. I have more than one type of anxiety and it runs my life. I use avoidance normally, which means I stay home. I feel as though this app will help me discontinue that. I can not afford the paid version, but the free version is really amazing! I encourage anyone suffering from anxiety to download this and really try it. Wear headphones if you can, it helps the focus!