Good Inside vs Big Little Feelings
These two get compared constantly, usually as though they were the same purchase. They are not. One is a course you buy once and keep, the other is a membership you pay for every quarter. That difference matters more than any feature list.
Prices checked 2026-09-06
The short answer
Buy Big Little Feelings if you are facing one specific stage right now, most often potty training or the toddler years, and you want a structured course you work through once and keep forever. It is a single payment from $25 to $92.
Join Good Inside if you want ongoing support rather than a course: a growing library, a large community, live workshops, and an age range that runs into the teens. It is $84 every three months or $279 a year, with no monthly option.
Neither is built for the thirty seconds when it is actually happening. That is the gap our own app is built for, and we say more about that at the bottom rather than pretending it is the answer to this question.
They are not the same kind of product
Big Little Feelings
Pre recorded video courses bought one at a time. Lifetime access, a 30 day full refund, and no recurring charge. You work through it, then you own it.
Good Inside
A membership. The library keeps growing, the community and live events are a large part of what you pay for, and access stops when you stop paying.
That is why a straight price comparison misleads. $74 once is not comparable to $279 a year unless you decide first which shape of help you want.
What each one costs
Big Little Feelings prices are the current and list prices from their own store; they discount often, so both are shown. Good Inside prices come from their support article.
Big Little Feelings
Big Little Feelings in short
Built by Kristin Gallant, a parenting coach, and Deena Margolin, a licensed marriage and family therapist. Both names and Deena's license number are published on their own about page, which is more than most parenting brands do.
The catalogue is small on purpose: a toddler course, a potty training course, and Big Feelers, which is 21 pre recorded video lessons plus nine downloadable guides. Their flagship toddler course carries several thousand reviews.
Audio is English. Two of the courses, Winning the Toddler Stage and Potty Training Made Simple, also carry Spanish subtitles.
Strengths
- One payment, kept forever, with a 30 day refund if it does not land.
- Genuinely structured. You finish it, which is not true of a library.
- A licensed therapist is named and credentialed on the product.
- The cheapest way into either brand is $25.
Limits
- Narrow by design. If your problem is not the toddler stage, potty training or big feelings, there may be no course for it.
- A course is not support. There is no one to ask about your particular child.
- They have an app, but it currently carries no ratings at all, so it is not the product people are buying.
Good Inside in short
Built around Dr. Becky Kennedy, a clinical psychologist. One all inclusive membership covers a video and article library, a members community, live events and Q&As, workshops, and Gigi, an AI assistant trained on their own material.
It is the established option: the iOS app alone carries over 13,000 ratings at close to five stars, and there is an Android app as well.
English only, and the age range runs further than most, into the teen years.
Strengths
- Community and live access, which members consistently name as what they stay for.
- The widest age range of the three, well past ten.
- A clinical psychologist behind every piece of content.
- A long, public track record.
Limits
- No monthly plan and no free tier, so the smallest way to try it is $84.
- Reviewers describe using it hard during difficult stretches and barely in between, which sits awkwardly with quarterly billing.
- Gigi is a headline feature that users do not consistently rate as worth the money on its own.
Side by side
RootWise is ours, so the third column is not a neutral opinion. It is here because people comparing these two are often really asking a question neither of them answers.
| Feature | Big Little Feelings | Good Inside | RootWise |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | One time video courses | Ongoing membership | App with free scripts plus optional chat |
| Cheapest way in | $25 for one course | $84 for three months | Free, 36 scripts, no account |
| Full price | $74 to $92 for the main courses | $279 a year | $99.99 a year |
| Recurring | No | Yes, quarterly or annual | Yes, monthly or annual |
| Refund or trial | 30 day full refund | None | 7 day free trial |
| Ages | Toddler and preschool | Into the teen years | 0 to 10 |
| Languages | English, Spanish subtitles on two courses | English | English, German, Spanish |
| Community | No | Large members community | No |
| Live events | No | Yes, regularly | No |
| Ask about your own child | No | Community and Gigi | Chat, in Premium |
| Track record | Thousands of course reviews | Over 13,000 iOS ratings | New, very few ratings |
Which one suits you
Choose Big Little Feelings if
- You are facing one specific stage now and want a structured course to finish.
- You would rather pay once than hold another subscription.
- A named licensed therapist on the product matters to you.
- You want the option of a refund if it does not land.
Choose Good Inside if
- You want ongoing support rather than a course with an end.
- Community and live workshops are part of what you are buying.
- Your children are older than ten.
- $23 to $28 a month is comfortable and you will open it regularly.
Neither, if
- What you actually need is the words to say while it is happening, not something to study later.
- You parent in German, or switch languages at home.
- You want to try something properly before paying anything.
How we researched this
We make RootWise, so treat the third column as an interested party. Nothing here is hidden behind that: every claim about the other two is linked to a page they publish themselves.
We have not bought either product, and this page does not pretend to be a hands on review. There is no score for either.
Big Little Feelings prices come from their own store endpoints, showing the current and list price because they discount frequently; format, refund terms and subtitles come from their FAQ, and the credentials from their about page. Good Inside prices and inclusions come from their support and membership articles, and the store figures from the Apple and Google listings.
Prices move, and discounts especially. The date at the top of the page is when these were read.
Sources
- Big Little Feelings: Winning The Toddler Stage
- Big Little Feelings: Potty Training Made Simple
- Big Little Feelings: Big Feelers
- Big Little Feelings: Toddler and Potty Training bundle
- Big Little Feelings FAQ: access, refunds, subtitles
- Big Little Feelings: about Kristin and Deena
- Good Inside support: How much does Good Inside cost
- Good Inside: What is the Good Inside membership
- Good Inside: Parenting on the App Store
Our full write up of one of them: Good Inside review.
Common questions
- Is Big Little Feelings cheaper than Good Inside?
- For one course, yes and by a lot: $25 to $74 once, against $84 every three months. Over a year the gap is wide. But they are different products, so the comparison only helps once you know whether you want a course or a membership.
- Can I buy Big Little Feelings once and keep it?
- Yes. The courses are one time purchases with lifetime access and a full refund inside 30 days.
- Does Good Inside have a monthly plan?
- No. It is $84 for three months or $279 for a year, and there is no free tier, so the smallest commitment is $84.
- Which one has proper credentials behind it?
- Both. Good Inside is built around Dr. Becky Kennedy, a clinical psychologist. Big Little Feelings is co-created by Deena Margolin, a licensed marriage and family therapist whose license number is published on their site.
- Do either of them work in languages other than English?
- Good Inside is English only. Big Little Feelings is English audio, with Spanish subtitles on two of its courses.
If the answer is neither
A course teaches you at 9pm on Sunday. A membership is there when you go looking. Neither is much use at 6pm on Tuesday with a child on the floor. All 36 RootWise scripts are free, with no account, for exactly that moment.
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