Comparison

Commune vs Mindful Design

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

Head to head
About

Commune

Access a curated collection of video courses from world-renowned experts in personal growth and societal well-being. Learn yoga, mindfulness, healthy eating, sustainability, and more. Download content for offline viewing and enjoy seamless streaming to your TV.

Highlights
  • Video courses from leading teachers
  • Topics: yoga, fitness, mindfulness, food, health, sustainability, civic engagement
  • Offline viewing
  • Create video playlists
  • Screencast via Chromecast, Airplay, Bluetooth
Features
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Commune is a course platform for personal and societal well-being. We create video courses with the world’s leading teachers across yoga and fitness, mindfulness, food and health, sustainability, and civic engagement. Our courses help people bring their best selves into the world: Ease into a yoga practice with Adriene Mishler, explore the nature of reality with Deepak Chopra, take control of your healthcare with Dr. Mark Hyman, learn how to improve your relationships with Marianne Williamson, unwind implicit racial bias with Evelyn Carter, and much more. With the Commune app you can now watch and listen to courses offline, make playlists of your favorite videos, and screencast via Chromecast, Airplay, or Bluetooth. Subscription & Pricing Terms Commune is free to download. Ongoing use requires an active subscription, available on a monthly or yearly basis. New customers who choose a monthly or yearly subscription are eligible for a free trial period. - $95.99 USD per year with free 14-day trial* ---- This video app / vid-app is proudly powered by VidApp. If you need help with it, please head to: https://vidapp.com/app-vid-app-user-support/ Terms of Service: https://www.onecommune.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.onecommune.com/privacy

About

Mindful Design

Features
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Mindfulness was never the breath. It's the notice. That half-second where a reflex turns into a choice. Five short courses for the working day, five lessons in each. Every lesson starts from one ordinary moment: a meeting that turned tense, a message you nearly sent, a room you walked into too fast. This is practice, not meditation. Almost none of it happens sitting still, so almost none of it asks you to. The five courses Under Pressure. Attention. Listening. Difficult Moments. Leadership. Five lessons in each, and a short introduction that says what the app is before you start. Leadership here means how your attention and your decisions land on other people. Not a title, and not having anyone report to you. If you have seen the word in a job description and decided it meant somebody else, it also means you. How a lesson goes A lesson is a handful of cards you tap through, a few minutes end to end. Something to try, a question about what you noticed, and a short line of meaning. Then back to your day. They are called courses, but there is nothing to pass, nothing due, and nobody grading you. Take them in any order. What it does not do There is no account. No sign-in, no email, nothing to log in to, and nothing to buy. Every lesson is already inside the app, so all of it works with no connection at all. No ads, no analytics, no third-party tracking. Your progress stays on your device. One reminder a day, if you want one. The app asks after your first lesson, not before, because that is the first moment a reminder means anything. Ask the Guide A chat in the menu answers questions about the courses and about what you just read. The answers are AI-generated and they can be wrong, so treat the Guide as another view rather than the last word. It is not a substitute for HR, IT, or your manager. Who made it Matthew Grunewald, a certified mindfulness teacher trained by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield, with more than ten years of daily practice. Years of designing e-learning taught him two things worth keeping: keep it short, and start from a real moment rather than an idea. Mindful Design is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 41-3044531. It exists to make practical mindfulness education free for everyone, paid for by donations. The app is free and stays free. Donating is optional, it happens in your browser through Givebutter, and nothing in the app is held back if you do not. ```

Screenshots

Commune4 screens
Mindful Design4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mindful Design at none against Commune's 10. Mindful Design also leads on update cadence (every 6 days 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. Commune sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Mindful Design asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Commune ships an update every 2 months, Mindful Design every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Commune versus Mindful Design: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCommuneMindful Design
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (376 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings376 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCommune Media IncThe Mindful Design

Bugs and requests

Commune

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices
  • Courses won't load
  • Pages won't load
  • Buttons don't work
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  • Can't log out
  • No ability to save progress

Requested features

5 requests
  • Bookmarks for videos
  • Progress tracking
  • Dark mode
  • Advanced analytics dashboard
  • Apple TV app

Mindful Design

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Commune

Subscriptions6
  • Commune Membership - Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Commune Monthly Membership14 Days trial$24.991 Month
  • Commune Membership - 6-Month$149.996 Months
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  • Commune 6 Month Membership$149.996 Months
  • Commune Annual Membership14 Days trial$149.991 Year
  • Commune Membership - Annual$179.991 Year
One-time4
  • Unwinding Prejudice with Evely$49.99
  • Easy Does It$49.99
  • Relationships with Marianne$99.99
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  • Empowered Birth hosted by Schu$499.99
None

Mindful Design

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Commune free?
Commune is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mindful Design free?
Mindful Design is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Commune or Mindful Design have ads?
Neither Commune nor Mindful Design shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Commune or Mindful Design?
Commune ships an update every 2 months, and Mindful Design every 6 days. Most recently, Commune was updated on October 24, 2026 and Mindful Design on October 24, 2026.

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