Bionosity vs Sonal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bionosity
This service offers daily videos designed to help normalize brainwaves. It is suitable for all ages and aims to promote well-being through its content.
- Daily video content
- Brainwave normalization
- Suitable for all ages
- Subscription service
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Bionosity is a subscription service providing a daily video to help normalize brainwaves. These videos are suitable for all ages.
Sonal
This application connects to a specialized device to administer brain optimization sessions. It allows users to manage their profile, set session parameters, and monitor progress. The app facilitates the transfer of session data to the connected device.
- Connect to Sonal Device
- Administer brain optimization sessions
- Access Braincare profile
- Transfer session parameters
- Monitor session progress
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The Braincare app allows you to connect to Wave Neuroscience's Sonal Device to administer Sonal sessions for brain optimization. Current features include access to your Braincare profile and Sonal session parameters, transfer of Sonal session parameters to Sonal Device and monitor session progress.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sonal at 5.0 against Bionosity's 4.0. Sonal also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sonal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 7 respectively.
Bionosity ships an update every 2 months, Sonal every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bionosity | Sonal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Pivot Interactive | Wave Neuroscience, Inc |
Customer experience
Bionosity
Sonal
In-app purchases
Bionosity
No in-app purchases
Sonal
No in-app purchases
