Comparison

Mindiful vs Magic Mitten

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

Head to head
About

Mindiful

This app offers interactive exercises and tools to help children develop emotional intelligence and practice mindfulness. It includes guided breathing, mood tracking, and a digital journal designed for early learners.

Highlights
  • Guided breathing exercises
  • Emotional intelligence activities
  • Stretching and spatial awareness
  • Relaxation and meditation techniques
  • Digital journaling canvas
  • Parental analytics and insights
Features
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Mindiful is a progressive, enriching, and entertaining children's mental health software platform comprised of early learning mental health exercises, insightful tools - like our journaling canvas, and analytics; all set in an immersive storybook interface. Great for both at-home use with parents/guardians or for use with teachers/clinicians. Early-Stage mental health resources for a better future! – – – CLOUD EXERCISES: Practice early-stage mental health exercises. -Bird Breathing: An introduction to breathing exercises. Paced Breathing: Learn to control and slow the pace of breath by following the bird’s wings up and down as you breathe in and out. Diaphragm Breathing: Learn to breathe fuller and deeper breaths by expanding the belly (diaphragm) like a beach ball. Nasal Inhale/Oral Exhale: Learn to breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth. -Monkey Moods: An introduction to emotional intelligence. Children are given two different style prompts to share their feelings. The first, a present and reflective prompt on how they currently feel. The second, to learn about different emotions and associate times when they have felt them. Emotion Learning Photobooth: Visually practice emotions with fun animal masks and face prompts. -Sloth Stretches: An introduction to stretching & spatial awareness. Children view simple short visual clip demonstrations of a sloth stretching. Our stretches act as an easy and fun introduction to the mind-body connection and exploring how one moves/takes up space. -Reptile Relaxation: An introduction to relaxation & meditation. Sleepy Snake Snooze: Uses tension-relaxation techniques to encourage restful sleep/naps. The Grateful Gecko: Encourages relaxation through guided thoughts of gratitude. Frog’s Favorite Things: Uses positive memory recall techniques to relax and calm. MY FIRST JOURNAL: A pre-literacy age solution to early-stage journaling with our journaling canvas. Suggested to be used for learning early-stage introspection and as an alternative to ‘time out.’ Children are encouraged to submit daily journal entries in 'My First Journal.' This is a safe, calm space for kids to freely communicate how they feel. EARLY JOURNALING EASY AS 1-2-3! 1. Drawing 2. Audio Recording 3. Selection of Emotion (e.g., happy, sad, etc.). -Selection of Journal Prompts: "Today I feel..." "I am grateful for..." "I got upset because..." "I like myself because..." "My dream is to..." "I showed kindness when..." INSIGHT & ANALYTICS: The analytic insights provided by Mindiful™ are a great tool to see how a child may be feeling, even if those feelings have not been directly expressed. Our 'Parent Portal' analytics are accessible from the 'Home' screen and highlight key points of information to help monitor and improve aspects of a child's mental health. Reports show exercise usage/areas to focus on or that may be overlooked. Our calendar and mood trend logs make it easy to see over time what is the most common mood and patterns in mood trends. Available Reports: -Overview -Moods -Exercise Usage -Journal The Reports/Journals are available for download. KEY BOOK: Earn & collect the keys to positivity! A simple incentivization model to encourage kids to keep up their progress by practicing exercises. We encourage the attachment of 'real-life' impactful goals to unlocking our 'Keys to Positivity." – – – We at Mindiful™ believe proactive children's mental health resources should be universally accessible and become a natural part of early education. Learn more about upcoming features, have access to helpful user guides, give feedback/requests and join our community at mindiful.io! Why try to learn mental health retroactively as an adult? Mindiful™ is the foundational proactive solution. Good habits start young. LICENSED APPLICATION END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Magic Mitten

Features
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The "Magic Mitten" app is designed for Ukrainian children affected by war. It is a SEL (social and emotional learning) psychological first aid kit, based on a tale with exercises and tools, teaching ways to relax, be aware of their feelings and cope better. Created by Dr. Hesna Al Ghaoui, Dr. Solfrid Raknes, and illustrator Bibor Timko.

Screenshots

Mindiful4 screens
Magic Mitten4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Magic Mitten at none against Mindiful's 1. Magic Mitten also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mindiful sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Magic Mitten asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mindiful ships an update every 2 months, Magic Mitten every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mindiful versus Magic Mitten: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindifulMagic Mitten
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (31 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings31 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size322 MB159 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperWhengen, LLCRILTECH Szoftver Informatikai Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mindiful

Subscriptions1
  • Portal$4.991 Month
None

Magic Mitten

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mindiful free?
Mindiful is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Magic Mitten free?
Magic Mitten is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mindiful or Magic Mitten have ads?
Neither Mindiful nor Magic Mitten shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mindiful or Magic Mitten?
Mindiful ships an update every 2 months, and Magic Mitten every 3 weeks. Most recently, Mindiful was updated on June 1, 2026 and Magic Mitten on September 11, 2026.

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