Comparison

Mindful vs Soothify

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

Head to head
About

Mindful

This app helps you become more present and less distracted throughout your day. Receive customizable notifications to pause your thoughts and feel calmer, more connected, and focused. It also offers a journaling feature for personal affirmations and reminders.

Highlights
  • Customizable mindfulness reminders
  • Adjustable reminder frequency
  • Selectable reminder tones
  • In-app journaling
  • Personalized message creation
  • Reminder scheduling view
Features
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Mindful is about helping you find a way to become more present and less distracted in your day-to-day life. The objective is to feel calmer, connected with those around you and to be balanced and focused. This is achieved by being reminded to be mindful throughout the day. Whenever a notification is received, this is the time to stop your thoughts and just be present. The app could also be used to provide regular affirmations or reminders of what sort of person you would like to be. You can select how often you want to be reminded each day: seldom, sometimes or often. This corresponds to roughly every 3 hours, 2 hours or hourly. There is a plus or minus variance of 20% on the reminder period. Tap on settings (the blue gear icon) to select the start and stop time for reminders. You can also choose your reminder tone from this screen. You can select multiple tones and these will be allocated to your messages. Using multiple reminder tones helps prevent notification fatigue. The green journal contains messages, which will be randomly included when your reminder is displayed. You can edit or delete these (swipe left) or add your own messages. The Calendar Icon provides a list of what messages are scheduled when. When you want the reminders to start, tap on the Start button. To stop all reminders, tap Stop!

About

Soothify

This app offers a unique audio experience with a single, soulful voice to guide users through transformation, rest, and reconnection. It features daily affirmations, inspiring video Reels, manifestation journeys, and mood check-ins to help rewire the subconscious and shift mindset.

Highlights
  • Daily affirmations
  • In-app video Reels
  • Manifestation journeys
  • Mood check-ins
  • Calming breath timer
  • Sleep stories and meditations
Features
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Wake up feeling lucky and abundant. Soothify gives you daily affirmations, manifestation journeys, and messages from the Universe — designed to train your subconscious mind so you start living the life you're calling in, instead of just hoping for it. Whatever energy you need — self-love, abundance, confidence, gratitude — there's a track built for that exact moment. Short, powerful lines rooted in the law of attraction, made to return to again and again until they become who you are. How it works: Every track is layered with music designed to help the words go deeper than the surface, straight into the subconscious mind — rewiring old patterns and shifting them toward success, abundance, happiness, and prosperity. No journaling, no overthinking. Just press play and let it work. Use it as your morning ritual to set your energy for the day, or your night time routine before sleep, when your subconscious drops into theta and is most ready to receive. Turn your lock screen into a manifestation tool with exclusive Soothify wallpapers designed for visualization — so the life you're calling in is the first thing you see, every time you pick up your phone. 5 minutes a day is all it takes to align with your dream life. Start free. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://soothify.app/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Mindful4 screens
Soothify4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Soothify at 5.0 against Mindful's 4.0. Soothify also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). Mindful's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Soothify sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Mindful asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Soothify holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mindful ships an update every 3 months, Soothify every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mindful versus Soothify: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindfulSoothify
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB115 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperReefwing SoftwareSerene Mind Body and Souls Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Mindful

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Soothify

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mindful

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Soothify

Subscriptions2
  • Premium - Monthly2 variants$5.991 Month
  • Premium - Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Mindful free?
Mindful is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Soothify free?
Soothify is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mindful or Soothify?
Soothify is rated higher. Mindful averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Soothify averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Mindful or Soothify have ads?
Neither Mindful nor Soothify shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mindful or Soothify?
Mindful ships an update every 3 months, and Soothify every 2 weeks. Most recently, Mindful was updated on October 13, 2026 and Soothify on October 8, 2026.

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