Comparison

Abhyaasa vs Mindful Coach

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

Head to head
About

Abhyaasa

Practice daily spiritual routines like meditation, chanting, and yoga anytime, anywhere. Personalize your sessions with custom playlists and track your progress. This app guides you through the teachings of a renowned spiritual program.

Highlights
  • Daily Sadhana practice
  • Sudarshan Kriya, Chantings, Surya Namaskar, Meditation
  • Personalize teacher, pace, and content
  • Create custom playlists
  • Play individual sessions (one-offs)
  • Track progress
  • Revamped intuitive interface
Features
Read full description

Practice the rejuvenating Daily Sadhana of your favorite The Art of Living program anytime and anywhere with the all new Abhyaasa app. Religiously followed by over 75,000 seekers across the globe, this exhilarating application will be the guide of Daily Sadhana in your favorite teacher’s voice. Install the sublime app today to- - Unlock the profound benefits of the Daily Sadhana at your convenient time and place. - Practice Sudarshan Kriya, Chantings, Surya Namaskar, Meditation and everything that Guruji has taught us. - Personalize your daily Sadhana by customizing teacher, pace and almost everything. - Create tailor-made playlists and play them as per the time available at your disposal. - Play any meditation or chants or asana without creating a playlist through all new Play one-offs feature. - Track your progress and stay motivated for the next Daily Sadhana session. Avail more features now with the latest update. -More Personalization- Sometimes prefer 6-6-4 counts instead of 8-8-6 in Pranayama? Done. Want to play Devi Kavacham after Kriya? Easy. Padmsadhana to be rushed sometimes? Sure. Just tell Abhyaasa what you want and it will create tailor-made playlists for you. - An entirely new look : To make things more intuitive, seamless and use-friendly, we've revamped the entire app experience. Install it now and we bet, you’d find it refreshingly simpler and instantly familiar. - Sequences are now called playlists : Yes, that sounds more friendly, we know. And the whole app revolves around playlists now. - Tap and slide to play : We’ve streamlined the day-to-day experience and brought the most frequently required playlists on the sliding screens : front and top. Easy come, easy go. - Play one-offs : By popular request, you can now play any meditation or chants or asana without having to create a playlist. Just head on to the “Play one-offs” screen. Yay! - No teacher’s approval needed : This is a big one. The teacher approval process is removed now. Meaning, your app now comes full loaded, pre-activated, even for doing Sudarshan Kriya.. Teacher-student connect feature is coming soon. Loved by the Best of the Yogis out there. **Recommendations** "After 20 years of practising Sudarshan Kriya, I switched to Abhyaasa. And that was the best thing to have happened to my practice." - Dinesh Ghodke "The second best thing to doing sadhana with Guruji." - Abhyaasa User "Melodious. Sublime. Ethereal. Profound. Exhilarating. That's Abhyaasa!" - Rishi Nitya Pragya

About

Mindful Coach

This app offers daily guided meditations, breathing exercises, and emotional wellness practices tailored to your current mood. It helps reduce stress, improve focus, and promote better sleep with sessions ranging from 3 to 30 minutes.

Highlights
  • Daily mood-based meditation recommendations
  • Guided meditations for anxiety, stress, and sleep
  • Visual breathing exercises
  • Sleep wind-down sessions and soundscapes
  • Progress tracking for mindfulness streaks
  • Offline access to practices
Features
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Mindful Coach is your personal assistant for daily meditation, breathing exercises, and emotional wellness. It adapts to your mood each day and guides you through short practices to reduce stress, improve focus, and sleep better. Whether you have 3 minutes or 30, Mindful Coach fits your schedule and your state of mind. WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH MINDFUL COACH • Daily Check-In: Tap your mood and energy levels to get a recommended meditation session that matches how you feel. • Personalized Meditations: Choose from dozens of guided meditations for anxiety, stress, sleep, focus, and self-compassion. Sessions are designed for beginners and experienced meditators alike. • Breathing Exercises: Reduce tension in minutes with visual breathing guides, including box breathing, 4-7-8 breathing, and equal breathing. • Sleep Wind-Downs: Let go of the day with gentle sleep meditations, body scans, and soothing soundscapes that ease you into restful sleep. • Progress Tracker: Monitor your mindfulness streaks, total meditation time, and mood trends with simple charts and achievements. • Gentle Reminders: Schedule mindfulness sessions at your ideal time and keep your practice consistent. • Offline Access: Download your favorite meditations and breathing practices to use them offline, anywhere. Whether you're fighting stress, looking to improve your concentration, or simply wanting to establish a healthier routine, Mindful Coach makes it easy. Download now and let a more peaceful mind become your daily habit.

Screenshots

Abhyaasa4 screens
Mindful Coach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mindful Coach at 100% against Abhyaasa's 50%. Mindful Coach also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). Abhyaasa's advantage is ratings volume (50 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Abhyaasa sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Mindful Coach asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mindful Coach holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Abhyaasa has 50 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Abhyaasa's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mindful Coach's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Abhyaasa ships an update every 3 weeks, Mindful Coach every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Abhyaasa versus Mindful Coach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAbhyaasaMindful Coach
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (50 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings50 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size145 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSumeru Software SolutionsBitaseme Mboe

Customer experience

Abhyaasa

All ratings50 ratings
Positive62.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative34.0%
Written reviews106 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral15.1%
Negative34.9%

Mindful Coach

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Abhyaasa

Reported bugs

80 issues
  • Kriya pauses mid-way
  • Playlists sometimes do not run
  • Voice gets distorted during counting
  • Audios playing slower than actual
  • Bell sound in custom meditation not at expected time
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  • Not able to play audio on iOS device
  • Hari Om meditation has no audio
  • Kriya never ending / needs manual close
  • Saved playlists get reset daily
  • App purchase issue not reflected
  • Unable to signup or sign in (HandshakeException)
  • App stuck at login page after update
  • Pranayama count duration too long
  • Meditation timers don't work most of the times
  • Logs out every time
  • Few audio files are missing
  • Application crashes in between
  • Count gap of pranayam increases suddenly
  • Suddenly logged out
  • Samvedha chants don't work
  • Crashes on launch
  • Unable to open the app after update
  • App does not open after recent update
  • Padma sadhna never works / no option to edit sequence
  • Unable to open app in IOS after latest update
  • App stopped working on latest iOS
  • App does not start anymore (white screen)
  • Shows blank screen when 'OPEN' is pressed
  • Slow and unresponsive, shows white screen
  • App not working, only white screen appears
  • Shows a blank white screen
  • App just stopped working (white screen)
  • Can't log into account after last update
  • Logs out automatically
  • Unable to login after first time using
  • Unable to login since last few days
  • Unable to download/login on new iPhone
  • Latest version does not allow login using email/password, forces social login
  • App cannot log in
  • Keep getting logged out / have to log in again and again
  • Finish early not disappearing after meditation
  • App not functioning for past few days on iOS
  • Something went wrong error / unable to log in
  • Stops in between Sadhna
  • Lags in app
  • Sadhna log not available
  • Shows remaining 1 sec after completion
  • Language change is a mess / reverts to English
  • Suddenly logged out in middle of changing settings
  • Unable to login / password or email wrong
  • App is very slow
  • Features don't work properly
  • Have to uninstall and install to make things work
  • Playlists don't show up
  • New playlist not able to make
  • Takes lot of time for loading
  • Need to open and close again and again to make it work faster
  • Can't reset password
  • Most audio didn't work
  • App keeps deleting or forgetting user
  • Playlist disappears
  • When creating a new playlist it takes a long time / app shuts down
  • Dragging and changing items within a playlist is not happening
  • Audio goes missing in playlist after starting sadhna
  • App is very slow
  • App gets locked out for 20 minutes after wrong password
  • Not able to operate the app / login / forgot password not working
  • Kriya track gets corrupted / Kriya count goes on till 16
  • Error when trying to create a custom sequence
  • Logs you out very quickly
  • Sadhana log recording issues (not recording all or total time)
  • Password required every week or two
  • Most audio files fail to play
  • Cannot pause a meditation or chant and come back to it
  • In three stage Pranayama, count inconsistency
  • When Kriya is done, cannot listen to other added meditations
  • App is irrelevant for those who haven't attended Art of Living Program
  • Software is clunky
  • Distracting, out of place, irrelevant fast music in background
  • Voice does not say what we are doing

Requested features

12 requests
  • Allow users to set tempo of Asanas (e.g., Suryanamaskar speed)
  • Ability to have a preview of every step individually in-app
  • Repositioning of sequences allowed
  • Ability to pause and resume meditation/chant
  • Add a single bell/beep sound for transitions
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  • Ability to copy playlists
  • Ability to move to exact times within a playlist (time slider)
  • Add guided Sudarshan Kriya
  • Sadhana log recording improvements
  • Option to set pranayama count duration preference
  • Add dark mode
  • Add Hindi language support

Mindful Coach

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Abhyaasa

One-time9
  • Padma Saadhana$0.99
  • Sandhyavandanam2 variants$1.99
  • Atomo Molecula y Vida Spanish$8.99
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  • Del Sol Spanish$8.99
  • Hari Om Spanish$8.99
  • Om Guiada Spanish$8.99
  • Ser Un Testigo Spanish$8.99
  • Suavizar Impresiones Del$8.99
  • Transformaciones De Las$8.99
None

Mindful Coach

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Abhyaasa free?
Abhyaasa is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mindful Coach free?
Mindful Coach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Abhyaasa or Mindful Coach?
Mindful Coach is rated higher. Abhyaasa averages 3.5 out of 5 from 50 ratings, while Mindful Coach averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Abhyaasa or Mindful Coach have ads?
Neither Abhyaasa nor Mindful Coach shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Abhyaasa or Mindful Coach?
Abhyaasa ships an update every 3 weeks, and Mindful Coach every 8 days. Most recently, Abhyaasa was updated on November 2, 2026 and Mindful Coach on October 31, 2026.

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