The best VOR exercise apps for concussion recovery (2026)

Disclosure: I founded VOR Eye Rehab — app on the list below, bias on the page. Two things before the ranking, because concussion is where app marketing gets sloppy. First: persistent post-concussion symptoms deserve professional evaluation — the dizziness landscape includes things that are not concussion and need ruling out. Second: VOR exercise dosing after concussion is a real clinical skill; the wrong intensity can set patients back days. Apps that respect that are built differently from apps that don't, and this guide ranks on that difference.

TL;DR

Best for symptom-gated VOR training

VOR Eye Rehab

Best with a motion sensor

Vertigenius

Best inside a big PT platform

MedBridge / Physitrack

Best free DIY setup

Sticky note + metronome + symptom log

Concussion VOR training lives or dies on dose management: enough head-velocity challenge to drive adaptation, gated by symptom response so you don't flood the system. VOR Eye Rehab instruments both sides (head-speed feedback + five-symptom gating, free patient app); Vertigenius adds a dedicated wearable sensor within clinician-prescribed programs; platform apps deliver videos; and the DIY version works if you're disciplined about tracking.

The picks at a glance

Option	Best for	Price	Dose management
VOR Eye Rehab	Post-concussion VOR + oculomotor programs	USD 49/month, 2 active patients included, then USD 9.95/additional active patient/month · app free	Head-speed feedback + 5-symptom gating + auto progression
Vertigenius	Clinics using wearable sensors	Quote-based · app free	Sensor-verified velocity with kinematic feedback
MedBridge	Patients of MedBridge clinics	Included in clinician's platform	Videos, clinician-managed progression
Physitrack (PhysiApp)	Patients of Physitrack clinics	Included · app free	Videos, clinician-managed progression
DIY protocol	Motivated self-managers on a budget	Free	Metronome + honest symptom diary

Why concussion VOR training is a dosing problem

The vestibulo-ocular reflex after concussion is typically not absent — it's miscalibrated and intolerant. VOR x1/x2 exercises retrain it through repeated, progressively challenging head movement while holding gaze stable. The clinical art is the progression: enough velocity and complexity to force adaptation, held below the threshold that provokes symptom flooding. That threshold moves day to day, which is exactly why static programs — the same sheet for four weeks — underperform.

An app earns its place here by measuring both sides of that equation: head velocity during exercise (did you actually reach the therapeutic zone?) and symptom response after it (did the system tolerate it?). Apps that measure neither are video players wearing clinical costumes.

The symptom-gating standard

Post-concussion symptom clusters are multi-domain: dizziness, headache, brain fog, eye strain, nausea — and a program that only asks "any pain today?" is missing four of the signals that matter. The best concussion protocols track the cluster, gate progression on it, and regress when it spikes. That behavior — automatic titration instead of scheduled increases — is the single feature worth paying for in this category.

A question to ask any vendor, including us: "Show me what happens to next week's program when dizziness spikes three sessions in a row." If the answer involves the clinician manually rebuilding the program, you've learned the platform's ceiling — fine in a clinic with weekly visits, insufficient for home programs between visits.

1. VOR Eye Rehab (mine)

Best for: Concussion clinics and patients needing structured VOR + oculomotor programs
Price: USD 49/month, 2 active patients included, then USD 9.95/additional active patient/month · patient app free
Dose management: Both sides instrumented: head speed in, symptoms out

Built by someone (me) who had post-concussion dizziness and got bored of sticky notes. VOR x1/x2 exercises guide head velocity in real time from the phone's motion sensor with metronome pacing and voice coaching (EN/ES/FR); five concussion-relevant symptoms are captured before and after every session; and progression — including automatic regression when symptoms spike — runs without waiting for the next visit.

It also covers the rest of the post-concussion program: saccades, pursuits, convergence, optokinetic work with projector mode in clinic, and real-world video habituation for visual intolerance. Clinicians get DHI/ABC/VVAS curves, AI progress reports, and RTM tooling. Honest gaps: no cognitive or exertion domains — those are separate tools (and honestly, separate purchases even in big platforms).

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2. Vertigenius

Best for: Clinics wanting sensor-verified head movement in concussion programs
Price: Pricing on request (demo required)
Dose management: Wearable IMU with corrective kinematic feedback

Vertigenius measures head movement with a dedicated wearable — velocity, frequency, amplitude, with real-time corrective feedback — which for concussion programs means exercise execution is verified at instrument grade rather than phone grade. Programs are clinician-prescribed through their portal, assessments include DVA and gait speed alongside DHI, and their published trial evidence (Trinity College Dublin, RSCI) extends credibility to the concussion-adjacent vestibular caseload.

Constraints: quote-based pricing, clinic-mediated access (no independent patient path), and a treatment surface without the oculomotor/visual-vertigo breadth concussion programs often need. Strong where measurement rigor is the priority; narrower where the program spans domains.

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3. MedBridge

Best for: Patients already inside a MedBridge clinic's care
Price: ≈$329/yr per seat (HEP) · CE plans from ≈$299/yr
Dose management: Dependable delivery inside the biggest platform

If your treating clinic runs MedBridge, your VOR program arrives in MedBridge GO: clean video delivery, schedules, reminders, adherence reporting back to your clinician. The platform's concussion education content for clinicians is solid, and for a managed caseload the delivery quality is genuinely good.

The dose problem is structural: videos can't see head velocity, pain-first tracking misses the concussion symptom cluster, and progression happens when your clinician edits the program. In a weekly-visit model that works. In a home program between visits, the titration loop runs on your recall and honesty — which is exactly what instrumented apps exist to fix.

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4. Physitrack — PhysiApp

Best for: Patients outside the US in Physitrack clinics
Price: $19/mo per practitioner
Dose management: The most polished plain delivery experience

Same story as MedBridge with an international accent: if your clinic prescribes through Physitrack, PhysiApp delivers your VOR program beautifully — offline access, messaging, adherence flows — and the clinician manages progression at your check-ins.

As a concussion tool specifically, the same limit: no head-velocity measurement, no symptom-cluster gating, manual titration between visits. Excellent delivery, limited instrumentation.

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5. HEP2Go — the DIY version

Best for: Disciplined self-managers and budget-capped patients
Price: Free–$7/mo
Dose management: Free — if you supply the discipline

The honest budget answer: a wall target at arm's length, a free metronome app, VOR x1/x2 protocols from any reputable clinic handout (ours included, free), and a symptom diary you actually keep. HEP2Go's free tier adds video guidance if you want structure. This stack is clinically legitimate — it's what most concussion patients did for decades.

Its costs are invisible: no velocity verification (most people train far slower than they think), no objective symptom curve, no titration. If you're disciplined, it works. If you're like most humans recovering from a brain injury — attention included — the instrumented app is the one that actually gets done correctly.

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My pick

For concussion programs where VOR and oculomotor symptoms are central: VOR Eye Rehab — it's the only option instrumented on both sides (head-speed feedback in, five-symptom gating out) with automatic titration between visits, and the patient app is free. If your clinic prioritizes sensor-grade measurement and the quote fits: Vertigenius, particularly inside hospital-affiliated programs.

If your clinician already runs MedBridge or Physitrack: use their app and ask for frequent check-ins, because your program's titration is running on their calendar. And if you're going DIY: do the diary honestly, progress the metronome weekly, and see a clinician if symptoms flare rather than push through — that rule matters more than any tool on this page.

What I'd do today

1 If symptoms are persistent or worsening, start with professional evaluation — post-concussion dizziness has imitators that need ruling out.
2 Whatever app you use, check the dose question: does it know how fast your head moved? If not, you're trusting feel — which concussion reliably distorts.
3 Track the five-symptom cluster (dizziness, brain fog, headache, eye strain, nausea), not just pain; the pattern drives progression.
4 Set the regression rule before you need it: symptoms spike two sessions running → easier week. Deciding this in advance beats deciding it mid-flare.

Questions

Which apps offer VOR exercises with automatic difficulty adjustment?

VOR Eye Rehab's free patient app is the main consumer option with genuinely automatic progression: difficulty advances or regresses based on your pre/post symptom ratings each session, not on completion checkmarks. Vertigenius offers sensor-verified exercise within clinician-prescribed programs, where progression is managed by your clinician. MedBridge GO and PhysiApp deliver your clinician's program without automatic adjustment — progression waits for their edit. Printed protocols with a metronome have none. When an app claims automatic adjustment, verify that progression responds to symptom responses rather than to sessions completed; that difference is what makes titration safe after concussion.

Are VOR exercises safe after concussion?

When prescribed and dosed appropriately, yes — controlled vestibular challenge is a core evidence-supported treatment for persistent post-concussion dizziness. The risk isn't the exercises; it's the dosing. Intensity far above your current tolerance can temporarily worsen symptoms, which is why progression should be symptom-gated (and why instrumented apps and clinician oversight exist). New or worsening symptoms warrant professional re-evaluation, not a harder workout.

How fast should my head move during VOR exercises?

Progressive protocols typically start comfortable-slow and work toward speeds around 120°/s and beyond for gaze stabilization challenge, at ranges your clinician sets — the number matters less than the trend and the symptom response. This is precisely where apps that measure head velocity help: most people who 'feel fast' are moving far slower than they think, and no video can correct that.

Can I do VOR exercises on my own without a clinician?

With a clear diagnosis and mild symptoms, self-directed programs using reputable protocols are common and often effective. What you take on is the dosing judgment a clinician would provide: when to progress, when to back off, and when something isn't concussion at all. Apps with built-in symptom gating and progression logic reduce — but don't remove — that risk. Persistent or multi-domain symptoms belong with a professional.

What's the difference between VOR x1 and VOR x2?

VOR x1: head moves, target stationary — the classic gaze-stabilization progression (horizontal, then vertical, then diagonal). VOR x2: head and target move in opposite directions, roughly doubling the reflex demand — harder, and usually introduced after x1 is tolerated. Both appear in concussion and hypofunction protocols; x2 too early is a classic over-dosing mistake, which is another argument for apps that track tolerance day by day.

Run your next vestibular caseload on VOR Eye Rehab

Purpose-built VOR and oculomotor training, five-metric symptom tracking, AI progression, projector mode, and an RTM billing dashboard. Professional: USD 49/month, 2 active patients included, then USD 9.95/additional active patient/month. Patient app free. 30-day founder-guided pilot.

Promotional platform fee before December 31, 2026; standard fee: USD 89/month. The patient app is free.

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App features checked in October 2026. This page is general information, not medical advice; persistent post-concussion symptoms deserve individualized professional care.