Comparison

Mindful vs Ventory

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

Ventory

Features
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Ventory – Calm Ventory is a private AI-powered journal and mental wellness app designed to help you better understand your thoughts, emotions, and recurring patterns. Speak or write what’s on your mind, and Ventory helps you organize your thoughts, track your mood, and uncover emotional patterns that influence your daily life. You can also build calm and awareness through breathing exercises, meditation sessions, and mindfulness practices. Ventory is not social media. It does not diagnose. It is a calm, private space for better self-understanding. Features • Voice and text journaling • AI-powered insights • Mood tracking • Emotional pattern recognition • Breathing exercises • Meditation sessions • Mindfulness practices • PDF export • Private and secure experience Your thoughts matter. The patterns you discover can change the way you see yourself. Terms of Use: https://ventory.hu/en/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://ventory.hu/en/privacy-policy End User License Agreement (EULA): https://ventory.hu/en/eula

Screenshots

Mindful4 screens
Ventory4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mindful at none against Ventory's 2. Mindful also leads on iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.0). Ventory's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads and device support 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. Ventory sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.49 per month. Mindful asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mindful ships an update every 3 months, Ventory every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mindful versus Ventory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindfulVentory
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB106 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperReefwing SoftwareSzigeti Balazs

In-app purchases

None

Mindful

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Ventory

Subscriptions2
  • Ventory Pro Monthly$6.491 Month
  • Ventory Pro Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Mindful free?
Mindful is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ventory free?
Ventory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mindful or Ventory have ads?
Neither Mindful nor Ventory shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mindful or Ventory?
Mindful ships an update every 3 months, and Ventory every 2 days. Most recently, Mindful was updated on October 13, 2026 and Ventory on October 15, 2026.

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