Comparison

StressEraser Pro vs Healthy Minds Program by Humin

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

Head to head
About

StressEraser Pro

Measure your Heart Rate Variability (HRV) with your iPhone to understand your stress levels and emotional state. This biofeedback tool guides you through breathing exercises to improve resilience and self-regulation by balancing your Autonomic Nervous System.

Highlights
  • Heart Rate Variability (HRV) measurement
  • Guided breathing exercises
  • Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) balancing
  • Emotional system insight
  • Stress level monitoring
  • Resonance frequency guidance
Features
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StressEraser Pro is a handsome,simple and sensitive device to measure HeartRateVariability (HRV) with your iPhone. On your iPhone screen you can see your heart rhythm and how it affects your emotional system and how you can recharge your stress level. With this Heart Rate Variability biofeedback tool you can train in 8 weeks reaching positive results: more resilience and better selfregulation by balancing your Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) with guided breathing. Guiding the resonance frequency can be compared with guiding someone on a swing by pushing at just the right moment to optimise their swing. Stresseraser Pro is a free app for iPhone that can be used as a mobile heart rhythm biofeedback device jointly with a monitoring sensor .You can buy the sensor (hardware) in the webshop of this site. When this can be relevant? The ANS is dysregulated in extreme stressfull situations, sleeping problems, posttraumatic stress, depression, panic disorder, but also with exam anxiety, peakperformance anxiety and ADHD. To balance this dysregulated ANS it is important to find your own personal breathing rhythm in which breath and heart rhythm are resonating. Resonance in breath-heart rhythm effects a signal to the brain (amygdala): now there is safety (social engagement, prof Stephen Porges), in which you have optimal focus and concentration, contact with yourself and other people and balance in your cardiovascular system. Neuroscience in Heart Rate Variability (HRV) with more than 20 years studies and more than 5000 scientific articles show that HRV is an excellent marker of the Autonomic Nervous System and Health, and HRVbiofeedback can bring a dysregulated stressfull mind and body in balance. Resonant breathing and longer exhalation than inhalation are the key for autonomic balance. Autonomic balance creates quietness, better concentration, better sleep and less anxiety.

About

Healthy Minds Program by Humin

This app offers science-backed meditation and mindfulness practices to improve focus, reduce stress, and enhance social connections. It features guided lessons and assessments based on neuroscientific research, designed to fit into busy lifestyles.

Highlights
  • Science-backed meditation practices
  • Guided lessons on focus and stress reduction
  • Neuroscientific well-being framework
  • Active meditation for busy lives
  • Mobile mental and emotional well-being assessments
  • Integration with Apple Health
Features
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• 2024 Pick: Best Meditation App by Healthline, The New York Times Wirecutter, Vogue, and Sports Illustrated Well-being is a skill that can be learned. We’re here to guide you along the way. Backed by four decades of research from world-renowned neuroscientist Dr. Richard Davidson and the team at Humin (formerly Healthy Minds Innovations) & the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin—Madison, the Healthy Minds Program trains your mind through meditation and podcast-style lessons to develop skills for gaining focus, reducing stress, and maintaining positive social connections. Research with the Healthy Minds App showed that just 5 minutes a day of practice leads to a 28% reduction in stress, an 18% reduction in anxiety, a 24% reduction in depression, and a 13% increase in social connection. Featuring our scientific Awareness, Connection, Insight, and Purpose, Well-being Framework, the Healthy Minds Program is a holistic, all-encompassing meditation app that offers the best of both guided meditations and opportunities to learn. You’ll learn simple skills to enhance personal well-being, build healthy relationships, and improve communication, performance, and creativity. –––––––––––––––––––––––––– What makes us unique? Developed from Science: While many meditation apps can claim the scientific benefits of meditation, our practices are developed directly from neuroscientific research. You’ll also hear from the world’s foremost neuroscientists about neuroplasticity and how to train your mind. Made for Busy Lives: Our app features active meditation practices that fit into your busy lifestyle. Don’t have time to sit for 20 minutes? Put on an active practice and train your mind while you fold the laundry. Guided by Measurement: Thanks to our pioneering scientific research, the Healthy Minds Program offers the first mobile mental and emotional well-being assessments. Learn about your current level of well-being and contribute to cutting-edge research on the science of well-being. Our app also integrates with Apple Health to track your mindful minutes. Goes Beyond Mindfulness: Our guided path offers step-by-step instructions for becoming more present in the moment and developing a sense of purpose, meaning, and connection in life. Driven by Mission and Supported by Donation: The Healthy Minds Program is made possible by our donors, who support our vision of a kinder, wiser, more compassionate world. Unlike other apps that require a subscription, the Healthy Minds Program is available by donation, driven by a mission to translate science into tools to cultivate and measure well-being. –––––––––––––––––––––––––– Read the End User License Agreement and Terms of Use here: https://hminnovations.org/terms-of-use Read our Privacy Policy here: https://hminnovations.org/privacy-policy

Screenshots

StressEraser Pro3 screens
Healthy Minds Program by Humin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: StressEraser Pro at none against Healthy Minds Program by Humin's shown. StressEraser Pro also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Healthy Minds Program by Humin's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (9.2K vs 1). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for StressEraser Pro against 4.9 for Healthy Minds Program by Humin. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Healthy Minds Program by Humin has 9.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StressEraser Pro ships an update every 16 months, Healthy Minds Program by Humin every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
StressEraser Pro versus Healthy Minds Program by Humin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStressEraser ProHealthy Minds Program by Humin
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.9 (9.2K ratings)
Positive reviews—95.8% of reviews
Number of ratings19.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.513.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLandelijk Centrum StressmanagementHealthy Minds Innovations, Inc.

Customer experience

StressEraser Pro

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Healthy Minds Program by Humin

All ratings8,102 ratings
Positive98.1%
Neutral0.9%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews626 reviews
Positive95.8%
Neutral1.4%
Negative2.7%

Bugs and requests

StressEraser Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Healthy Minds Program by Humin

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Progress not always saved correctly
  • Connectivity issues causing data loss

Requested features

3 requests
  • Offline mode for meditations
  • Ability to bookmark favorite sessions
  • More personalization options

In-app purchases

None

StressEraser Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Healthy Minds Program by Humin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StressEraser Pro free?
StressEraser Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Healthy Minds Program by Humin free?
Healthy Minds Program by Humin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, StressEraser Pro or Healthy Minds Program by Humin?
StressEraser Pro is rated higher. StressEraser Pro averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Healthy Minds Program by Humin averages 4.9 from 9.2K ratings.
Do StressEraser Pro or Healthy Minds Program by Humin have ads?
Healthy Minds Program by Humin shows ads; StressEraser Pro does not.
Which is updated more often, StressEraser Pro or Healthy Minds Program by Humin?
StressEraser Pro ships an update every 16 months, and Healthy Minds Program by Humin every 3 weeks. Most recently, StressEraser Pro was updated on October 16, 2026 and Healthy Minds Program by Humin on October 25, 2026.

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