Healthy Minds Program by Humin vs Precision AIM
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
Precision AIM
This app delivers randomized motivational messages throughout the day to encourage increased physical activity. Participants log in with a research-provided username and must enable notifications and location services to receive messages. The app's primary function is to facilitate a research study on message-based motivation.
- Randomized motivational messages
- Physical activity encouragement
- Research study participation
- Notification and location services required
- Simple home screen interface
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This application is for an academic research study about how random daily messages influence participants' motivation to increase their physical activity. The purpose of this application is to receive messages sent at random times each day that provide motivation to increase physical activity. When you first open the app, you will be prompted to login with a username give to you by the research team. After login please complete: 1. Allow notifications: You must select "Allow" 2. Always allow location: You must select "Always Allow" You will begin receiving randomly scheduled messages the next day. Opening the application presents a home screen. There is no other user-facing functionality aside from receiving messages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Healthy Minds Program by Humin at 96% against Precision AIM's 50%. Healthy Minds Program by Humin also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 64 months). Precision AIM's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, 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
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 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Healthy Minds Program by Humin has 8.5K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of Healthy Minds Program by Humin's written reviews are positive against 50% of Precision AIM's.
Healthy Minds Program by Humin ships an update every 3 weeks, Precision AIM every 64 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Healthy Minds Program by Humin | Precision AIM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (8.5K ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 96.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8.5K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 64 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Healthy Minds Innovations, Inc. | SDC Insights, LLC |
Customer experience
Healthy Minds Program by Humin
Precision AIM
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
Precision AIM
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Healthy Minds Program by Humin
No in-app purchases
Precision AIM
No in-app purchases
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