ZeroPhobia - Fear of Heights

Medical

★★★★★ 2.2

Installs

5,000+

Price

Free

Developers

InSession/VU University

Content Rating

Everyone

Android Version

7.0

Version

1.6

ZeroPhobia - Fear of Heights APP Review

What is ZeroPhobia?

ZeroPhobia helps you conquer your fear of heights. Developed by a team of leading psychologists and therapists, ZeroPhobia offers a complete, evidence-based treatment program. All you need is some time, your smartphone, and a basic virtual reality viewer (e.g., Google Cardboard). Our mission is to make evidence-based treatment simple, accessible, and affordable.

What you will get

ZeroPhobia is a complete self-help program for specific phobia. A virtual therapist guides you through every step of the way. Six engaging modules provide you with information about the nature of your fear, how to deal with it, setting goals, getting through difficult moments, tackling negative thoughts, and practicing with challenging situations. You will practice in a way that is challenging yet completely safe in a gamified virtual reality environment.

For whom?

ZeroPhobia is meant for anyone who suffers from fear of heights and wants to do something about it. For many people, getting regular treatment is difficult due to the high costs of regular therapy or time constraints. ZeroPhobia allows you to conquer your fear in your own time without having to leave your house and at a fraction of the cost of traditional treatment.

Research and Scientific Background

ZeroPhobia is based on exposure and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), also known as exposure therapy, which has shown to be highly effective in treating phobias like fear of heights. The effectiveness of ZeroPhobia was recently tested by a team of researchers led by Dr. Tara Donker from VU University. 192 people suffering from fear of heights participated in this randomized controlled trial, showing that ZeroPhobia is effective in reducing acrophobia.

User Reviews from Google Play Store

Boatagne Daniel

Dec 29, 2025

★★★★★(1)

It still needs a lot of improvements.

Jeroen Joosten

May 12, 2023

★★★★★(2)

Aside from a long and rather boring intro before you can start with VR, I'm not entirely convinced this will work. The paywall (abt 11 bucks) hits you right after a small "challenge" of getting up a stepladder and, unfortunately, it isn't enough to give a decent impression to see if this app can make a difference. I had hoped to see more of it. If it works, it'll be more than worth the money, but I can't be convinced as it currently is.

Version: 1.6

Sofia Reis (S0phy4)

May 31, 2022

★★★★★(2)

For the price I expected way more. I wanted more scenarios and specially more challenging ones. This did nothing for my fear of heigts and I really regret that I spent money on this. 😔

Version: 1.5

Developer Response

Hi Sofia, We are sorry to hear that you are not satisfied with ZeroPhobia. We want our users to be happy with what we offer them so we will be happy to refund you. Here's a quick how to: https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-to-google-play-store-refund/ Drop us a line if you have questions, we'd be happy to help you

Niels van Dijk

Feb 22, 2022

★★★★★(5)

This is a great app. It contains a lot of information for people with this condition and has a thorough step-wise work-through. The information is presented in very clear and simple terms. Things are generally well explained with appropriate examples and visualisations.

Version: 1.5

Joseph Ali

Jun 14, 2021

★★★★★(1)

Underwhelmed. I really wanted it to work but the VR graphics did not produce any feeling of height at all. They are very amateurish. Most of the dialog and small amount of written material is ok but you can get the same content plus more free online.

Version: 1.4

Developer Response

Hi Joseph Ali, Thanks for your response. We are sorry to hear you are not benefitting from ZeroPhobia. We offer (free) 360 videos on our YouTube channel (ZeroPhobia App). Hopefully these work better for you. Team ZeroPhobia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9NM33kt71g&t=27s