Bad Corgi vs Monk Mode
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bad Corgi
This app offers a unique approach to mindfulness by embracing negative emotions. Users play as a demon corgi, engaging in chaotic activities to learn to accept and even love feelings of stress and anxiety. It features short, mood-amplifying exercises and dynamic gameplay elements.
- Embrace negative emotions
- Play as a demon corgi
- Engage in chaotic activities
- Learn to love difficult feelings
- Mood-amplifying exercises
- Dynamic herd simulation
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Bad Corgi is a little mindfulness app about refusing to eradicate stress and anxiety, and instead learning to exercise those bad feeling feelings. You are Bad Corgi, a dwarfish demon pup sometimes possessed by You. - Undertake impossible herding exercises - Wreck local biomes - Lose control of Bad Corgi and learn to love this feeling - Contemplate both the vulgar and the joyful dimensions of corgi herding life with equanimity - New exercises added every sometimes Features: - 3 one-minute exercises to amplify your distressed mood, and more coming - amazing dynamic herd simulation - simple touch controls - dynamic loss of control - secret characters to herd - secret behaviors to complexify your herding - 360 degree pause mode for setting up the perfect snapshots of that special hell breaker moment Bad Corgi is designed for iPhone 5 and up. Commissioned by Serpentine Galleries Supported by Rolls-Royce Published by Metis Suns
Monk Mode
This app functions as a meditation timer, logging your sessions as mindful minutes directly into Apple Health. It also features a heart rate tracker to monitor your heart rate during meditation and provide an average at its conclusion.
- Meditation timer
- Log mindful minutes
- Apple Health integration
- Heart rate tracker
- View average heart rate
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A meditation timer that makes mindfulness effortless. Sit down. Breathe. Let everything else fade. Whether you prefer silence or guided narration, Monk Mode meets you where you are. Pick a focus, set your duration, and begin meditating. Your mindful minutes are saved to Apple Health automatically. With your Apple Watch connected, your heart rate is tracked in real time so you can see how your body responds to stillness. Start from your iPhone, your Watch, or straight from a home screen widget. Every session brings you closer to the version of yourself that shows up calmer, clearer, and more present. What you get: • Guided and unguided meditation timer (1-60 min + unlimited) • 5 focus types: Breath, Body Scan, Loving-Kindness, Open Awareness, and Sleep • On-device narration in 6 languages that adapts to your session • Live heart rate tracking via Apple Watch • Mindful minutes and workouts saved to Apple Health • Daily goals, weekly streaks, and progress at a glance • Configurable widgets that can auto-start a session with a tap • Haptic breathing cues, custom bell tones, and adjustable guidance • A dedicated sleep meditation mode • Seamless sync across iPhone and Apple Watch Your meditation practice. No subscriptions. No accounts. Just you and the timer. Privacy Policy https://www.squeakbyte.com/monk-mode-privacy-policy Terms & Conditions https://www.squeakbyte.com/monk-mode-terms-conditions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Bad Corgi at Free against Monk Mode's $4.99. Bad Corgi also leads on ratings volume (43 vs 8) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 26.0). Monk Mode's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
Bad Corgi is free to download; Monk Mode costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Monk Mode holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bad Corgi has 43 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Bad Corgi's written reviews are positive against 100% of Monk Mode's.
Bad Corgi ships an update every 5 weeks, Monk Mode every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bad Corgi | Monk Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (43 ratings) | 4.9 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ian Cheng | Kevin David Tanner |
Customer experience
Bad Corgi
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In-app purchases
Bad Corgi
No in-app purchases
Monk Mode
No in-app purchases
