Comparison

Gurudeva vs Mindvalley

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Gurudeva

Access daily wisdom and spiritual teachings from a prominent Hindu leader. This app offers inspiring quotes, photos, and connections to further resources to guide your spiritual practice and daily life.

Highlights
  • Inspiring quotes
  • Photos of Gurudeva
  • Connections to resources
  • Daily spiritual guidance
  • Teachings of a Hindu leader
Features
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Inspiring quotes from a great sage. Twentieth century Hindu leader Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, known as “Gurudeva," was founder of Kauai's Hindu Monastery, Himalayan Academy Publications and the internationally acclaimed magazine Hinduism Today. He attained Mahasamadhi on November 12, 2001. This app serves to bring his darshan and teachings to today's spiritual practitioners through photos, quotations and connections to other resources. Connecting with his wisdom each day will keep you on track in your inner and your outer life.

About

Mindvalley

Access transformational learning programs and guided meditations from world-renowned experts. This platform offers personalized learning paths and a global community to help you achieve personal growth across all areas of life.

Highlights
  • Expert-led transformation programs (Quests™)
  • Guided meditations and healing sessions
  • AI-powered personalized learning companion (Eve AI)
  • Live events and global community access
  • Growth across mind, body, and soul
  • Mindset, health, relationships, and wealth building
Features
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Step into your greatness with Mindvalley, the world's most powerful transformational learning platform. Most people spend their entire lives wondering what they're truly capable of. Mindvalley exists for the ones who decide to find out. Mindvalley is built for people who refuse to settle for ordinary. Whether you want to rewire your mindset, heal your body, deepen your relationships, build wealth, or simply wake up feeling alive again - Mindvalley brings the world's greatest teachers directly to you. Learn from Vishen Lakhiani, Lisa Nichols, Jim Kwik, Marisa Peer, Paul McKenna, Sadhguru, Keith Ferrazzi, Tony Robbins, and more. These are not motivational speakers. These are the people who have dedicated their lives to unlocking human potential - and they are here, in your pocket, every single day. This is not a meditation app. This is not a course platform. Mindvalley is a complete system for becoming the person you've always known you could be. What's inside: Quests™ - Mindvalley's flagship transformation programs. Multi-week, expert-led journeys designed to create permanent change across every dimension of your life: mindset, health, relationships, career, spirituality, and purpose. Not content to consume. Experiences that transform. Meditation & Healing - Hundreds of guided meditations, hypnotherapy sessions, Paul McKenna's mind-reprogramming techniques, Marisa Peer's Rapid Transformational Therapy, chakra balancing, sound healing, breathwork, and Reveri experiences. Fall asleep faster, quiet anxious thoughts, and lower daily stress — tools for real relief, available any time you need them. Eve AI - Your personal transformation companion, powered by machine learning. Eve learns who you are, where you're stuck, and what you're reaching for — then builds a completely personalised learning path around your goals. Not generic. Not one-size-fits-all. Yours. Live Events & Global Community - Mindvalley is not just an app. It's a movement. Join live workshops, global masterclasses, and in-person events with a worldwide community of growth-oriented people who will challenge, inspire, and genuinely change you. Growth Across Every Area of Life - Mind. Body. Soul. Manifesting. Entrepreneur & AI. Speaking & Authorship. Longevity. Mindvalley covers the full spectrum of what it means to live an extraordinary life. The people who change their lives are not the ones who waited for the right moment. They are the ones who started. Great change starts here. --- Subscription plans in the app are strictly processed via your App Store account and will automatically renew under Apple's terms and conditions. All in-app purchases on your Mindvalley account will adhere to the App Store’s payment, subscription, and refund policies. You can manage your subscription plans in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.mindvalley.com/privacy-policy Terms & Conditions: https://www.mindvalley.com/terms-and-conditions

Screenshots

Gurudeva4 screens
Mindvalley4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gurudeva at none against Mindvalley's 10. Gurudeva also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 73%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Mindvalley's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 41 months) and ratings volume (7.1K vs 13). On price, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mindvalley sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per 7 days. Gurudeva asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gurudeva holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mindvalley has 7.1K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Gurudeva's written reviews are positive against 73% of Mindvalley's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gurudeva ships an update every 41 months, Mindvalley weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Gurudeva versus Mindvalley: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGurudevaMindvalley
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (13 ratings) — better4.8 (7.1K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better72.8% of reviews
Number of ratings137.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 41 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
Best chart rank—#133 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB926 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHimalayan Academy PublicationsMindvalley Inc

Customer experience

Gurudeva

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mindvalley

All ratings7,136 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral1.3%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews1,199 reviews
Positive72.8%
Neutral4.8%
Negative22.4%

Bugs and requests

Gurudeva

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Mindvalley

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frequent app crashes and freezes
  • Inability to access purchased content
  • Syncing issues between devices
  • Broken login and onboarding flows

Requested features

3 requests
  • Better search functionality
  • Offline access to content
  • Improved navigation and bookmarking

In-app purchases

None

Gurudeva

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Mindvalley

Subscriptions10
  • Mindvalley Membership7 Days trial$19.997 Days
  • Mindvalley Membership7 Days trial$49.001 Month
  • Mindvalley Membership$49.991 Month
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  • Mindvalley Membership7 Days trial$49.991 Month
  • Mindvalley Membership$59.991 Month
  • Mindvalley Membership7 Days trial$99.991 Month
  • Mindvalley Mentoring Yearly7 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Mindvalley Membership$99.991 Month
  • Mindvalley Membership7 Days trial$299.991 Year
  • Mindvalley Membership$399.001 Year

Questions

Is Gurudeva free?
Gurudeva is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mindvalley free?
Mindvalley is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gurudeva or Mindvalley?
Gurudeva is rated higher. Gurudeva averages 5.0 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Mindvalley averages 4.8 from 7.1K ratings.
Do Gurudeva or Mindvalley have ads?
Neither Gurudeva nor Mindvalley shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gurudeva or Mindvalley?
Gurudeva ships an update every 41 months, and Mindvalley weekly. Most recently, Gurudeva was updated on November 1, 2026 and Mindvalley on November 5, 2026.

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