Healthy Minds Program by Humin vs Step Lock
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
Step Lock
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Step Lock turns your steps into screen time. Pick the apps that pull you in — social, games, video, whole categories at once — and Step Lock keeps them shut until you have walked for them. No willpower required. Just movement. HOW IT WORKS • Choose the apps and categories to lock • Every 500 steps earns you 10 minutes • Hit your daily goal for a 30-minute bonus • Unlock in 15-minute sessions whenever you want Open a locked app and you get a lock screen showing exactly how much time you have banked and how many steps stand between you and the next reward. Walk, and it opens. BUILT ON SCREEN TIME Step Lock uses Apple's Screen Time framework, the same system parental controls run on. Locked apps are blocked at the system level, not hidden behind a shortcut you can tap past. TRACK THE HABIT • Daily step ring and goal progress • Calories, distance, floors and walking time • Weekly and daily activity history • Streaks, so a good week is worth protecting STEP LOCK PRO • Lock whole categories — every social app, every game, in one tap • Scheduled lock — pick the hours no balance can buy back, for bedtime or working hours • Strict Mode — only walking earns time. No free daily minutes, no goal bonus. • Streak freezes — three a month, so one bad day does not reset you • Full history — every day you have walked, not just this week SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Step Lock Pro is available as a monthly or annual auto-renewable subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. A 7-day free trial is included with both subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of that period. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://azizullo2003.github.io/steplock-privacy/ PRIVACY No account. No ads. Your step data stays on your device — Step Lock reads it from the pedometer and never uploads it. The apps you lock are handled by Apple's Screen Time system and are never visible to us. Walk for it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Healthy Minds Program by Humin at none against Step Lock's 3. Healthy Minds Program by Humin also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Step Lock's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On price 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. Step Lock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Healthy Minds Program by Humin asks for nothing beyond the download.
Healthy Minds Program by Humin ships an update every 3 weeks, Step Lock every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Healthy Minds Program by Humin | Step Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (9.3K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 95.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9.3K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Healthy Minds Innovations, Inc | Muhammad Azizullo Gulomov |
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
Step Lock
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Healthy Minds Program by Humin
No in-app purchases
Step Lock
- Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Lifetime$59.99
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