Healthy Minds Program by Humin vs SNA Strive to Thrive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
SNA Strive to Thrive
This app supports a wellness challenge, encouraging users to participate in fun activities and friendly competition. It promotes physical and mental health through movement and healthy habits. The app integrates with popular fitness trackers to sync step data.
- Wellness challenge participation
- Friendly peer competition
- Healthy activity promotion
- Step data integration
- Supports Fitbit, Garmin, Apple Health
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App supporting the School Nutrition Association's Strive to Thrive Wellness Challenge. Participate in some friendly competition with your peers and join in the fun activities. Staying active has proven beneficial for both physical and mental health, so join us in healthy activities for your body, mind and spirit - let's get moving together and thrive! The app supports step data from Fitbit, Garmin, and, via our integration with the Apple Health App, step data from Apple Watch and the step tracker integrated into your iPhone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: SNA Strive to Thrive at none against Healthy Minds Program by Humin's shown. SNA Strive to Thrive also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Healthy Minds Program by Humin's advantage is ratings volume (9.2K vs 5) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Healthy Minds Program by Humin holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Healthy Minds Program by Humin has 9.2K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Healthy Minds Program by Humin ships an update every 3 weeks, SNA Strive to Thrive every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Healthy Minds Program by Humin | SNA Strive to Thrive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (9.2K ratings) — better | 4.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9.2K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Healthy Minds Innovations, Inc. | School Nutrition Association Inc |
Customer experience
Healthy Minds Program by Humin
SNA Strive to Thrive
Bugs and 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
SNA Strive to Thrive
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Healthy Minds Program by Humin
No in-app purchases
SNA Strive to Thrive
No in-app purchases
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