Comparison

HERE Meditation vs OceanCalm

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

Head to head
About

HERE Meditation

This app offers nature-based digital exercises designed to quickly reduce stress and elevate mood. It uses multi-sensory engagement to restore peace and well-being, ideal for those needing quick stress relief or finding traditional meditation challenging.

Highlights
  • Nature-based digital exercises
  • Multi-sensory engagement
  • Quick stress relief
  • Interactive modalities (breathe, hum, stare, swipe)
  • Ambient nature sounds
  • Guided meditation tracks
  • Emotion identification
Features
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HERE offers nature-based digital exercises that quickly reduce stress and elevate mood. Our powerful, effective form of practice targets your mental, emotional, and physical functions through multi-sensory engagement to quickly restore peace and wellbeing. HERE works fast, so is ideal for people who: - Need quick stress relief. - Want a brief and effective practice to do throughout the day. - Find traditional meditation challenging. HERE IS DIFFERENT HERE encourages you to explore and choose your own journey - Pick a nature-based animation - Choose from interactive modalities including breathe, hum, stare, swipe, - Select from soothing ambient nature sounds, instrumental music or guided meditation tracks - Check in to get better at identifying your emotions and deciding what you'd like to feel THE POWER OF PAUSING - Pausing is the mindful art of tuning your inner state and harmonizing your mental, emotional and physical well-being. - HERE guided pauses are brief, lasting just one to three minutes, making them easy to incorporate throughout the day. - You can host group pauses and invite people to synchronized experiences that enhance communication, cooperation and may lead to improved team performance. SCIENTIFICALLY GROUNDED Drawing from neuroscience and age-old philosophical frameworks, HERE assists individuals to overcome psychological challenges by offering concise, powerful contemplative practices that soothe the nervous system and enhance executive functioning in just a few minutes. Benefits may include: - Better sleep - Greater daily focus and clarity - Reduced stress, anxiety, depression and panic responses - Deal with trauma or difficult life circumstances - Interrupt unwanted trigger patterns or cravings - Elevate mood - Gain a greater feeling of control over life - Improve mind-body and emotional connections - Clear a little needed headspace each day - Connect to a sense of purpose in life - Feel calm, find inner peace and share it with those around you FINDING INNER PEACE Contribute your meditation minutes to our Peace Map. So simple, yet unalterably profound: to achieve world peace, we must each find inner peace. It is HERE, inside each of us, that we connect to a newfound composure that can brighten the world around us. - Practice regularly and contribute your time spent meditating to our Peace Map - Donate if you’d like to fund trauma treatment solutions for those in need HERE GLOBAL RELIEF FOUNDATION. HERE is on a mission to ease human suffering with digital treatment technologies that help humanity triumph over trauma. Our 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization supports organizations and frontline staff in caring for victims of violence, at-risk youth, crisis and other mental advocacy groups. To find out more about our foundation please visit www.hereglobalrelief.org and join us, whether you’re a mindful beginner, or a more experienced practitioner looking for a cause to get involved with. Disclaimer: HERE provides self-help tools and is not a substitute for professional therapy. Seek medical advice for concerns about your mental health.

About

OceanCalm

Features
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OceanCalm is a cinematic breathing and nervous system regulation experience designed to help you restore calm, improve focus, and reconnect through ocean-inspired rhythm. Built with immersive SeaGlass visuals, adaptive breathing modes, ambient ocean soundscapes, and wellness-focused session design, OceanCalm transforms your device into a calming regulation environment. FEATURES • Guided breathing sessions • Calm, Focus, Deep, and Sleep modes • Immersive ocean soundscapes • Dynamic visual themes • Regulation insights and wellness tracking • Session history and daily progress • Gentle haptics and calming interaction design • Beautiful SeaGlass OS inspired interface • Designed for iPhone and Apple ecosystem integration OceanCalm was created to support relaxation, mindfulness, nervous system regulation, emotional balance, and intentional moments of pause throughout the day. Breathe. Reset. Reconnect.

Screenshots

HERE Meditation4 screens
OceanCalm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: OceanCalm at none against HERE Meditation's shown. HERE Meditation's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HERE Meditation versus OceanCalm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHERE MeditationOceanCalm
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (123 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings123 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB2 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperProvenHERE LLCALL In The Water, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

HERE Meditation

No in-app purchases

None

OceanCalm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HERE Meditation free?
HERE Meditation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OceanCalm free?
OceanCalm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HERE Meditation or OceanCalm have ads?
HERE Meditation shows ads; OceanCalm does not.

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