Anemoia vs Serotonin Boost
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Anemoia
Explore historical photographs of New York City from the New York Public Library's Digital Collections. Discover past scenes at over 2,500 locations and compare them with current Google Street View images.
- Historical NYC photographs
- Explore 2,500+ locations
- Compare with Google Street View
- New York Public Library collections
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- Explore historical photographs of New York City taken from the Digital Collections of the New York Public Library. - Discover what was once at over 2,500 locations across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx. - Compare photographs with Google Street View images of the same location today. Anemoia: (n) nostalgia for a time you've never known. ~ John Koenig
Serotonin Boost
This app aims to enhance your mood and mental well-being with inspirational quotes and relaxing Lofi music. Discover motivational messages from notable figures and unwind with a curated selection of ambient tunes.
- Motivational quotes
- Celebrity and historian quotes
- Free Lofi music
- Relaxing audio
- Positive vibes promotion
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Serotonin Boost is an App that has several purposes. Serotonin Boost promotes overall good positive vibes and mental health. It has the capability to inspire you when you're feeling unmotivated with motivational quotes from your favorite celebrities to historians. It also can be used to listen to free Lofi music if you want to feel empowered to feeling relaxed. Most Sounds are credited to ZapSlat and images are credited to Unsplash. Street Fighter remix credited to Antoine Lavenant.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Serotonin Boost at daily against Anemoia's every 5 weeks. Serotonin Boost also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). Anemoia's advantage is ratings volume (210 vs 19). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Anemoia against 4.8 for Serotonin Boost. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Anemoia has 210 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Anemoia's written reviews are positive against 91% of Serotonin Boost's.
Anemoia ships an update every 5 weeks, Serotonin Boost daily. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Anemoia | Serotonin Boost |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (210 ratings) | 4.8 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews — better | 90.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 210 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | John Allman | Ahmed Alkazaz |
Customer experience
Anemoia
Serotonin Boost
In-app purchases
Anemoia
No in-app purchases
Serotonin Boost
No in-app purchases
