Comparison

Valora vs Hypnosis

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

Head to head
About

Valora

Access hypnotherapy sessions designed to help you overcome fears, reduce anxiety, and build confidence while you sleep. Explore guided programs, sleep stories, and soothing sounds for lasting personal transformation.

Highlights
  • Sleep Learning System
  • Hypnotherapy programs
  • Customizable playlists
  • Built-in alarm clock
  • Offline functionality
  • Sleep stories and sounds
Features
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Valora is a sleep hypnosis app for an anxious mind: 20 Sleep Learning programs by Joel Thielke, C.Ht., for fear, worry, stress and confidence, played whole while you sleep. Joel Thielke is a certified clinical hypnotherapist, certified instructor, and NLP coach and trainer. His voice is the one you hear, start to finish, on every hypnosis program here. HOW SLEEP LEARNING WORKS Each program plays in one piece, start to finish. Press play at bedtime, get comfortable, and let it carry you down. There is no wake-up inside the program, so you drift off while it plays and it keeps working through the night. Repeat it all night, give it a sleep timer, or let the built-in wake alarm bring you up gently in the morning. ANXIETY & FEAR • Face Your Fears — included with the app, plays in full from the first open • No More Anxiety • Stop Your Fear of Flying • Stop Stage Fright • Stop Obsessing • Overcome Stress CONFIDENCE & STRENGTH • Total Confidence • Inner Strength • Empower Yourself SLEEP & CALM • Deep Sleep • Pure Meditation SLEEP STORIES • Old World Essex, narrated by Rachael Meddows • Travel to Maui, narrated by Catherine Perry SLEEP SOUNDS • Beach Campfire • Rain on Umbrella • Soothing Storm Sounds SUBLIMINAL AFFIRMATIONS Four tracks in a section of their own, made to repeat all night: • Anxiety Relief Subliminal Affirmations — low cello-like drones and Tibetan bowls on one steady key • Calm Sleep Subliminal Affirmations — a low drone under warm pads and resonant bowls • Deep Rest Subliminal Affirmations — warm velvety pads, soft distant strings and a faint high shimmer • Peaceful Dreams Subliminal Affirmations — a very low drone, shimmering pads and single distant piano notes THE SOUND MIXER Put a steady sound beneath the voice, at your own level: rain, a storm, ocean waves, a campfire, crickets, wind, chimes and more. One sound is included. Layer up to six, save your mixes, and let them keep playing after the program ends, with the Sound Mixer purchase or Unlock All. The mixer also plays on its own from Home, with no program at all. TONIGHT The Tonight card lines up your night in one tap: a program, a wind-down, a night sound, and the wake alarm. Build playlists, mark favorites, and search by what you feel ("worry", "plane", "can't sleep"). A FREE GUIDE "The Quiet Hours" is the companion guide Joel wrote for this app: a seven-night calm plan, exercises you can do in the day, a worry log for the evening, and a 21-night log. Tap it in the app and this app's own page opens in Safari, where your email address gets you the PDF. Home then offers one item from it each day on the Today card. UNLOCK ALL One purchase opens every program, all four Subliminal Affirmations tracks and the Sound Mixer, for good. Unlock All includes everything we add to this app, now and later, and it is available through Family Sharing. Programs can also be bought one at a time. No subscription, nothing renews. ABOUT JOEL THIELKE Joel has worked with thousands of clients in his practice, from athletes and actors to parents and students, and millions of people have listened to his programs. His method is simple: relax the body, quiet the critical mind, and let the subconscious take in the words. A NOTE ON SAFETY These programs are for relaxation and personal growth. They are not a substitute for medical or psychological care. Listen only in bed or somewhere safe to rest, never while driving. Questions? support@motivationalhypnotherapy.com

About

Hypnosis

This app uses visual meditation, hypnosis, and scientifically verified sleep music to help users fall asleep faster, combat insomnia, and improve sleep quality. It also tracks sleep activities like snoring and sleep talk for deeper insights.

Highlights
  • Visual hypnotic effects
  • Soothing music and sounds
  • Guided meditations
  • Bedtime stories
  • Sleep activity tracking
  • Daily affirmations
Features
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"Hypnosis" provides professional sleep music verified by sleep clinical experiments. It combines visual meditation, hypnosis, deep relaxation and other healing music with brain sleep waves to scientifically help you fall asleep quickly, heal insomnia and other conditions, and prolong deep sleep time. Record and keep track of your sleep activities, e.g. snoring, sleep talk, sleep apnea, sleep environment, etc., which would give you a more profound insight into your sleep state. Hypnosis is the best APP for sleep, visual meditation and complete relaxation. Give you a better sleep experience with binaural sleep sounds, guided meditations, sleep stories and relaxing music. We combine fascinating visual effects with soothing psychoacoustic music and carefully crafted guided meditation, and collaborate with top hypnotherapists and psychologists around the world to provide you with a comprehensive experience. Feature: - Intriguing hypnotic effects - Soothing music and sounds - The most popular sounds of ASMR - Vocal guided meditation - Bedtime stories - Daily affirmation - Highly relevant scientific articles - Daily lucky draw - Weekly update - Fast work-life transition Characteristics: 1.Bedtime Vocal Guidance. 2.Sleep and Nap: Daytime naps, long night sleep; 3.Relaxed Breathing Guidance: Helping you learn to breathe properly; 4.ASMR Experience: Ear cleaning, shaving, hair combing, chewing, tapping, etc. 5.Record and keep track of your sleep activities, e.g. snoring, sleep talk, sleep apnea, sleep environment, etc., which would give you a more profound insight into your sleep state. #Featured Content# 1. Relaxation Meditation: Hit the pause button for your brain - Integrate professional meditation into your daily life and have a brain gym anytime, anywhere. - Basic meditation includes: breathing exercises, mind training, emotional perception, etc. 2. Bedtime Story: Specially for your sleep - Take you on a journey with stories, relaxing, accompany your bedtime. - Use nature and art as inspiration to nourish the tired mind after a busy day. 3. Daily Inspiration Motto: Minimalist and calm experience for body and mind. #Customer Reviews# Real and valid - I have been enjoying this app so far. Only 2 days in, and I can already see just how useful this app will be in my life !!!!  —— Myrl_Maov - Best of all that one needs to find what you are seeking!!!!   —— Kassandra Knoll - Mindfulness, meditation, self care, well being all in one place. I absolutely love this platform and only wish I'd discovered it earlier.     ——Haley polanco Subscription and terms We offer an automatically renewed quarterly/weekly subscription option to access the features and content of the app. Your subscription will automatically renew at the end of each period and will be charged through your iTunes account. You can turn off auto-renewal from your iTunes account settings at any time, but no refunds will be provided for any unused periods. To avoid renewal, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the subscription or trial. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. If you purchase a subscription, any unused portion of the free trial period will be forfeited. Read more about our terms, conditions and privacy here: https://subliminalapp.com/Terms_&_Conditions.html https://subliminalapp.com/Privacy_Policy.html We are happy to receive feedback about our content or features, so please feel free to contact us and tell us what you think. We are always happy to hear from you. To contact us, please send an email to developer.imoblife@gmail.com

Screenshots

Valora4 screens
Hypnosis4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Valora at 4.8 against Hypnosis's 3.7. Valora also leads on ratings volume (74 vs 7). Hypnosis's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 42 months) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Valora sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Hypnosis sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Valora holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Valora has 74 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Valora ships an update every 42 months, Hypnosis every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Valora versus Hypnosis: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterValoraHypnosis
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (74 ratings) — better3.7 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings74 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 42 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.012.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB270 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHypnosis and Meditation for Success, LLCBrainPower Inc

Customer experience

Valora

All ratings74 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral2.7%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Hypnosis

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Valora

One-time10
  • Ease your Anxiety$1.99
  • Stop Obsessing$3.99
  • Deep Sleep$4.99
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  • Empower Yourself$4.99
  • Pure Meditation$4.99
  • Stop Your Fear of Flying$4.99
  • Total Stress Relief$4.99
  • Total Confidence$4.99
  • Inner Strength$4.99
  • Unlock All Programs$23.99
10 purchases

Hypnosis

Subscriptions10
  • Weekly Subscription$3.997 Days
  • Hypnosis Weekly Special Offer3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Hypnosis Monthly Premium$7.991 Month
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  • 4-week Subscription$8.991 Month
  • Hypnosis 12-week Special Offer$15.993 Months
  • 6-Month Premium for new user$19.996 Months
  • 6 Months Premium7 Days trial$19.996 Months
  • New Year 6-Month Premium$21.996 Months
  • 6-Month Premium3 Days trial$29.996 Months
  • 6 Month Premium7 Days trial$29.996 Months

Questions

Is Valora free?
Valora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hypnosis free?
Hypnosis is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Valora or Hypnosis?
Valora is rated higher. Valora averages 4.8 out of 5 from 74 ratings, while Hypnosis averages 3.7 from 7 ratings.
Do Valora or Hypnosis have ads?
Neither Valora nor Hypnosis shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Valora or Hypnosis?
Valora ships an update every 42 months, and Hypnosis every 3 weeks. Most recently, Valora was updated on November 2, 2026 and Hypnosis on November 3, 2026.

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