Comparison

Hemi vs Elevate Audioworks

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

Head to head
About

Hemi

Explore consciousness with a curated selection of audio tracks. Access over 300 titles, including guided exercises, and create custom soundscapes. Meditate, sleep, concentrate, or relax with this comprehensive audio experience.

Highlights
  • Curated audio library
  • Over 300 titles
  • Gateway Experience exercises
  • Custom track mixer
  • Free DailySync feature
  • Meditate, sleep, concentrate, relax
Features
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Your Gateway to Exploration: All in One App Hemi-Sync® Flow offers a thoughtfully curated selection from our extensive library, making it the perfect starting point for those new to consciousness exploration or seeking a focused experience. Access over 300 titles from the Hemi-Sync® library, including six acclaimed Gateway Experience® exercises, from your mobile device for one low monthly subscription rate. Create custom Hemi-Sync® tracks using our mixer feature, and enjoy our free DailySync feature, which plays one track per day. Take charge of your own mental health. Meditate, sleep, concentrate or simply relax with ease.

About

Elevate Audioworks

This app offers immersive audio experiences designed to enhance focus, relaxation, sleep, and meditation. It utilizes high-quality WAV audio and precision-engineered frequencies, including binaural and isochronic patterns, to help users intentionally shape their mental state.

Highlights
  • Immersive frequency audio sessions
  • High-quality uncompressed WAV audio
  • Supports focus, relaxation, and sleep
  • Binaural and isochronic entrainment patterns
  • Customizable audio with music
  • Background playback
Features
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Elevate Audioworks is a premium frequency audio platform designed to support focus, relaxation, sleep, meditation, and expanded states of awareness through immersive sound. Built around lossless WAV audio and precision-engineered frequency experiences, Elevate blends modern audio engineering, tonal harmony, and consciousness-focused sound design into a deeply immersive listening environment for the human mind. This is more than background audio. Elevate Audioworks is designed to help you intentionally shape your mental state through sound — whether you're studying, working, meditating, visualizing, recovering from stress, or preparing for sleep. Inside the app, you’ll find carefully crafted frequency sessions designed to support: • Deep focus and flow states • Relaxation and emotional grounding • Expanded states of awareness • Sleep and mental decompression • Meditation and mindfulness • Creativity and visualization • Calm presence and clarity Sessions feature layered binaural-style and isochronic-style entrainment patterns optimized for immersive stereo listening. Many experiences within Elevate Audioworks also incorporate carefully selected carrier frequencies inspired by concepts commonly explored within sound-based wellness communities, including Solfeggio tones and the Schumann Resonance. These tones are often associated with grounding, balance, meditation, creativity, and inner awareness. From deep alpha focus sessions to theta meditation experiences and grounding frequencies inspired by the Earth's natural resonances, Elevate Audioworks is built for intentional listening and conscious exploration. Unlike most audio platforms, Elevate delivers frequency sessions using high-quality uncompressed WAV audio to preserve the full depth, precision, and spatial detail of each experience. The result is a cleaner, richer, and more immersive listening environment designed for long-form headphone listening. Elevate Audioworks gives you the freedom to listen your way. Choose between pure frequency playback or combine frequency-based WAV audio with music for a customized listening experience. Background playback also allows sessions to continue while using other apps or while your device is locked. The app is intentionally minimal, calm, and distraction-free. No clutter. No overstimulation. Just immersive sound designed to help you reconnect with focus, awareness, creativity, and presence. Whether you're completely new to frequency audio or already experienced with meditation, mindfulness, binaural beats, or consciousness exploration, Elevate Audioworks provides a grounded and accessible platform for personal exploration through sound. Future updates will continue expanding the Elevate experience with new frequency libraries, immersive audio experiences, personalization tools, wellness categories, and community-requested features. We actively build alongside our community and greatly value your feedback and support. Welcome to Elevate Audioworks. Elevating the Human Mind. *This app does not claim to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical condition and is intended for wellness, mindfulness, relaxation, focus, meditation, and personal exploration purposes only. Link to EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hemi4 screens
Elevate Audioworks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hemi at 4.4 against Elevate Audioworks's 3.7. Hemi also leads on review sentiment (32% vs 0%) and ratings volume (2.6K vs 3). Elevate Audioworks's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hemi sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and Elevate Audioworks sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hemi holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hemi has 2.6K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of Hemi's written reviews are positive against 0% of Elevate Audioworks's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hemi ships an update every 2 weeks, Elevate Audioworks weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Hemi versus Elevate Audioworks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHemiElevate Audioworks
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (2.6K ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews32.2% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2.6K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#199 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInterstate Industries, Inc.Elevate Audioworks LLC

Customer experience

Hemi

All ratings2,527 ratings
Positive82.9%
Neutral3.5%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews171 reviews
Positive32.2%
Neutral7.6%
Negative60.2%

Elevate Audioworks

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Hemi

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Audio playback issues and abrupt stops
  • Login and account syncing problems
  • Compatibility issues on certain devices
  • Glitches in the app's core functionality

Requested features

4 requests
  • Offline listening capability
  • Better progress tracking and personalization
  • Improved search and filtering options
  • More detailed track descriptions

Elevate Audioworks

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Hemi

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$89.991 Year
2 purchases

Elevate Audioworks

Subscriptions2
  • Elevate Monthly Premium$4.991 Month
  • Elevate Yearly Premium$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Hemi free?
Hemi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Elevate Audioworks free?
Elevate Audioworks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hemi or Elevate Audioworks?
Hemi is rated higher. Hemi averages 4.4 out of 5 from 2.6K ratings, while Elevate Audioworks averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Hemi or Elevate Audioworks have ads?
Neither Hemi nor Elevate Audioworks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hemi or Elevate Audioworks?
Hemi ships an update every 2 weeks, and Elevate Audioworks weekly. Most recently, Hemi was updated on October 29, 2026 and Elevate Audioworks on October 24, 2026.

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