Comparison

Mindvalley vs Optimal State

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

Head to head
About

Mindvalley

Access over 100 self-improvement courses and guided meditations from world-renowned experts. Master mindset, manifest dreams, and achieve personal transformation through science-backed methods and ancient wisdom. Connect with a global community and utilize AI-powered growth pathways.

Highlights
  • 100+ transformation programs
  • Guided meditation sessions
  • Expert coaching from top professionals
  • AI-powered personalized growth pathways
  • Global community for support
  • Mindset mastery and healing
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

About

Optimal State

Track your mental and emotional state alongside physical sensations. Gain insights into your patterns with visual charts and receive personalized tools and suggestions for improvement. Daily reminders help you stay balanced and make positive life changes.

Highlights
  • Mental/Emotional State Tracking
  • Body Feeling Assessment
  • Visual Pattern Charts
  • Daily Check-in Reminders
  • Personalized Tools & Suggestions
  • Intuitive Navigation
Features
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Track your Mental/Emotional State & how that’s connected to how you feel in your body! We now have 6 assessment charts, 2 for Mental Health & 4 regarding how your body feels. Simply click on the app chart title at the top of the page to bring up the full list and choose one of the 6 chart options. Navigate Easily: We get it, navigating through apps can be stressful. We’ve designed our app to make things easier for you by being extremely intuitive. You will always be a click away from wherever you want to go – so there’s no stress. Our App is simple enough that we know your main focus will still remain on what really matters: improving your life! See our Getting Started Guide. Intuitive Way to Track: We have used colors and a visual representation to help you track your patterns more easily. We feel that the language of the red, blue, white and gold zones makes it easy for everyone to have self-awareness and check in throughout the day. Clear Snapshot of Habits & Patterns: Get a quick snapshot of your habits & patterns, giving you a better overview of your mental and physical health. Once you learn your personal patterns at different times of day, days of the week, months or seasons of the year, you will have valuable insight into why and how you get out of balance. Check in Reminder: Daily reminders for ideal times to have you check in will help us create personalized real-time targeted interventions to bring you back into balance. There are certain times of day that are the best time to check in, allowing us customize your intervention based on what might be most helpful at this particular point. Personalized Tools & Suggestions: Whether you’re looking for a way to change your energy levels, or trying to improve how you feel, or you want to have more contentment, we have the tools and suggestions that can help you change your life from the inside out. We offer personalized plans that will help bring out your state of health both mentally and emotionally, as well as on a physical level. The newest research in neuroscience is showing that our mental health resides not only in our brain, but also in our nervous system and our tissues. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Mindvalley4 screens
Optimal State4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Optimal State at free with in-app purchases against Mindvalley's subscription. Optimal State also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 73%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Mindvalley's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (7.1K vs 4). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mindvalley sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per 7 days and Optimal State sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Optimal State 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 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Mindvalley's written reviews are positive against 100% of Optimal State's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mindvalley ships an update weekly, Optimal State every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Mindvalley versus Optimal State: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindvalleyOptimal State
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (7.1K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7.1K — better4
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#146 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size917 MB36 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperMindvalley IncOptimal State LLC

Customer experience

Mindvalley

All ratings7,118 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral1.3%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews1,198 reviews
Positive72.9%
Neutral4.8%
Negative22.4%

Optimal State

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and 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

Optimal State

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Mindvalley

Subscriptions14
  • Mindvalley Membership$19.997 Days
  • Mindvalley Membership7 Days trial$19.997 Days
  • Mindvalley Membership$49.001 Month
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  • Mindvalley Membership7 Days trial$49.001 Month
  • Mindvalley Membership$49.991 Month
  • 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$299.991 Year
  • Mindvalley Membership7 Days trial$399.001 Year
  • Mindvalley Membership$399.001 Year
1 purchases

Optimal State

Subscriptions1
  • Optimal State$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Mindvalley free?
Mindvalley is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Optimal State free?
Optimal State is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mindvalley or Optimal State?
Optimal State is rated higher. Mindvalley averages 4.8 out of 5 from 7.1K ratings, while Optimal State averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Mindvalley or Optimal State have ads?
Neither Mindvalley nor Optimal State shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mindvalley or Optimal State?
Mindvalley ships an update weekly, and Optimal State every 5 months. Most recently, Mindvalley was updated on October 21, 2026 and Optimal State on October 14, 2026.

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