Comparison

iband vs iBand+

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

Head to head
About

iband

Track your daily activity with this app, which monitors steps, heart rate, and sleep patterns. Receive call notifications and set alarms for a convenient experience. Syncs sports data with Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Step detection
  • Heart rate detection
  • Sleep detection
  • Call notifications
  • Intimate alarm clock
  • Data visualization
  • Apple Health sync
Features
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This app can implement step detection heart rate detection, sleep detection, call notification, etc. We have made a lot of adjustments and optimizations to the UI to achieve efficient and convenient operation. The display of the data is in the form of icons, which can be viewed intuitively and record your data for each day. The intimate alarm clock function will save you from the trouble of getting up in the morning~ For usage and connection problems, please refer to Settings -> About -> Help Health and exercise function Push sports data to Apple Health when the device is connected to the app

About

iBand+

This smart wireless headband uses EEG and health sensors to track your sleep cycles. It analyzes your brain waves and body movement to intelligently adjust audio-visual signals, helping you fall asleep, wake up naturally, and induce lucid dreams.

Highlights
  • Wireless Bluetooth EEG headband
  • Laboratory-level brain wave sensing
  • Health tracking sensors
  • AI auto-learning software
  • Intelligent audio-visual stimuli
  • Lucid dream induction
  • Natural waking
Features
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Dreams and sleep play an important role in our health and happiness. While sleep rejuvenates the body, dreams rejuvenate the mind. Meet iBand+, the headband that helps you sleep and dream! A truly smart wireless Bluetooth EEG headband, iBand+ senses your brain waves with laboratory level accuracy. It also conceals special health tracking sensor to measure body movement. iBand+ tracks and analyzes information about your brain and body throughout the sleep cycle with an advanced AI auto - learning software algorithm. It then uses this information to play and intelligently adjust the audio-visual signals to: - Induce lucid dreams - Help you fall asleep easily - Wake up naturally The RGB LEDs on iBand+ headband and the compact iBand+ pillow speakers work together to effectively deliver audio-visual stimuli while providing optimum user comfort.

Screenshots

iband4 screens
iBand+4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: iBand+ at 3.3 against iband's 2.6. iBand+ also leads on review sentiment (43% vs 16%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.1). iband's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (84 vs 7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

iBand+ holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iband has 84 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of iband's written reviews are positive against 43% of iBand+'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iband ships an update every 2 weeks, iBand+ every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
iband versus iBand+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteribandiBand+
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (84 ratings)3.3 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.3% of reviews42.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings84 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.110.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSHENZHEN MANRIDY TECHNOLGY,.LTDArenar B.V.

Customer experience

iband

All ratings81 ratings
Positive28.4%
Neutral21.0%
Negative50.6%
Written reviews325 reviews
Positive16.3%
Neutral16.3%
Negative67.4%

iBand+

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%

Bugs and requests

iband

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to bind device after updates
  • Inconsistent data sync and loss of historical data
  • Incorrect blood pressure and sleep tracking
  • Notifications not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for more notification types (Telegram, Gmail, etc.)
  • Improve integration with Apple Health
  • Allow customization of measurement units (Fahrenheit, etc.)
  • Add more watch face options
  • Improve alarm clock functionality

iBand+

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

iband

No in-app purchases

None

iBand+

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iband free?
iband is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iBand+ free?
iBand+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iband or iBand+?
iBand+ is rated higher. iband averages 2.6 out of 5 from 84 ratings, while iBand+ averages 3.3 from 7 ratings.
Do iband or iBand+ have ads?
Neither iband nor iBand+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iband or iBand+?
iband ships an update every 2 weeks, and iBand+ every 7 months. Most recently, iband was updated on October 7, 2026 and iBand+ on October 8, 2026.

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