Comparison

State vs Equa

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

Head to head
About

State

This app offers guided breathing exercises designed to help you manage stress, improve focus, and enhance overall well-being. It personalizes exercises based on your needs and adapts over time, utilizing neuroscientific principles for effective self-regulation.

Highlights
  • Customizable breathing exercises
  • Visual and auditory guidance
  • Adaptive algorithm
  • Progress tracking
  • Neuroscience-based methods
  • State-shifting exercises
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Accomplish More. Stress Less. Intuitive breathing exercises to shift your state in record time. State creates custom exercises based on your stress response and continues to evolve dynamically with use. When you change your breath, you can alter not just your state of mind, but your physical and emotional health as well. FEATURES Six exercises designed to create specific, desired physiological states: Feel calm, Feel alert, Be present, Wake up, Recover quickly, Fall asleep. - Breathing exercises supported by visuals and sound to let you focus/defocus efficiently - “Fingerprinting” that primes the exercises to your physical and emotional needs from the first time you use the app - The State algorithm keeps adapting and evolving the exercises the more you use the app - Track progress with key metrics - Helpful reminders to keep you in the state you want - Method based on the latest neuroscientific findings - Created by world-renowned strength and conditioning coach Brian Mackenzie SUBSCRIPTION AND PRICING State offers a subscription with a two weeks free trial. After the two weeks free trial this subscription automatically renews for $3.99 monthly or $34.99 yearly unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the trial period. These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. Payment will be charged at subscription automatic renewal. Your subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. Read more about our terms and conditions and privacy policy here: https://shiftstate.io/terms

About

Equa

This app offers a personalized mindfulness training experience with interactive feedback to build attentional control, mental resilience, and overall well-being. It addresses common challenges faced by new meditators by providing guidance and support throughout the practice.

Highlights
  • Attentional control training
  • Mental resilience building
  • Personalized mindfulness coaching
  • Interactive feedback system
  • Well-being improvement
  • Guided meditation practice
Features
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Build your attentional control skills, mental resilience and well-being with Equa – a mindfulness coach in your pocket. A key reason many new meditators fall off is because they do not receive feedback in their learning process, or guidance on what is working for them and why. This can lead to confusion, agitation and often, a clean break from their practice. Equa's interactive experience provides the feedback you need to make your training experience relevant and impactful. Because meditation is not meant to be practiced alone. SUBSCRIPTIONS & PRICING Prior to subscribing, we welcome you to see how it feels to train with Equa – completely free of charge. Your first three days in Equa (we call these Units) are on us! After this, Equa offers two auto-renewing subscription options: Six Month Intro Series Subscription Price - $29.99 This subscription is for six months and auto-renews after six months. - Title of auto-renewing subscription: Six Month Intro Series Subscription - Length of subscription: Six months - Price of subscription: $29.99 - Privacy policy can be found here https://equahealth.io/privacy-policy. - Terms of Use (EULA) can be found here https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula. Year Subscription Price - $64.99 per year This subscription is for 12 months and auto-renews after 12 months. - Title: Annual Membership - Length of subscription: 1 year - Price of subscription: $64.99 - Privacy policy can be found here https://equahealth.io/privacy-policy. - Terms of Use (EULA) can be found here https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula. The prices above are for U.S. based customers. Pricing may vary by country and charges may be converted to local currencies depending on the country of residence.

Screenshots

State4 screens
Equa4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Equa at 4.9 against State's 3.9. Equa also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 8 months) and review sentiment (68% vs 50%). On price, ratings volume, 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. State sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Equa sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Equa holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 129 and 240 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of State's written reviews are positive against 68% of Equa's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

State ships an update every 8 months, Equa fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
State versus Equa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStateEqua
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (129 ratings)4.9 (240 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews67.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings129240 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB94 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMy StateEqua Health, Inc.

Customer experience

State

All ratings129 ratings
Positive67.4%
Neutral7.0%
Negative25.6%
Written reviews96 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral11.5%
Negative38.5%

Equa

All ratings240 ratings
Positive97.9%
Neutral0.8%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive67.9%
Neutral10.7%
Negative21.4%

User reviews

State

From 129 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple, intuitive, and clean interface design
  • 🎯 Effective breathing exercises for anxiety and stress management
  • 🔄 Adaptive algorithm that adjusts difficulty based on user improvement
  • ⚡ Quick, short exercises easy to incorporate into daily routine
  • 🎨 Beautiful visuals and immersive audio cues

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription pricing ($30-35/year) compared to competitors
  • 🐛 Audio/sound glitches and synchronization issues
  • 🐛 Subscription recognition failures after payment
  • 🐛 App crashes and requires frequent restarts
  • ⚠️ Limited content (only 6 core breathing exercises)

Equa

From 240 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Innovative real-time breath feedback
  • 👍 Great for carving out mindful time
  • 👍 Helps improve state of mind
  • 👍 Great structure for mindfulness
  • 👍 Developers listen to feedback

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Tapping feedback inaccurate
  • 🐛 Login doesn't work
  • 🐛 Lack of instructions/guidance
  • 🐛 No dashboard guidance
  • 🐛 Inconsistent session logging

Bugs and requests

State

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Audio/metronome randomly stops or becomes out of sync with visuals
  • Sound doesn't work without app restart
  • Subscription payment processed but app doesn't recognize access
  • Difficulty adjustment buttons (easier/harder) don't change exercise timing
  • Algorithm doesn't properly adjust exercises based on max exhale test
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  • Free trial not accessible after skipping initial onboarding
  • Date of birth picker won't accept current date or future dates
  • Tips screen text doesn't fit on smaller devices (iPhone SE)
  • Day counter stops tracking at 397 days
  • Password reset emails not received
  • Subscription features not unlocking despite payment confirmation
  • App freezes on payment confirmation screen
  • Sound countdown rhythm changed and now confusing to users
  • Transition sounds between breathing phases unclear

Requested features

10 requests
  • Customizable exercise duration (10-20 minute sessions)
  • Apple Watch compatibility
  • HealthKit/Health app integration for mindful minutes tracking
  • Landscape mode support for iPad
  • Custom breathing pattern creation
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  • Haptic feedback option for silent use
  • Sound effect options/preferences
  • In-app feature request submission tool
  • Apple Health data export
  • Longer meditation sessions for advanced users

Equa

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Login page not working
  • Tapping feedback not detecting double taps
  • Accomplishments not logging accurately
  • Cannot proceed past lesson 13 as a premium subscriber
  • App redirects to subscribe screen for premium content
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  • No way to reset user's meditation experience level

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add more content/lessons
  • Sync with Apple Health
  • Improve tapping detection accuracy
  • Provide more guidance on dashboard usage
  • Offer more than one reminder for micro-exercises
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  • Add ability to reset profile/experience level
  • Clarify course structure/outline
  • Add more lessons beyond the initial 41

In-app purchases

2 purchases

State

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Protocols (Monthly)14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Premium Protocols (Annual)14 Days trial$34.991 Year
12 purchases

Equa

Subscriptions12
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscriptoin7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
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  • Monthly Subscriptoin7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$11.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$17.991 Month
  • Resilience Starter Kit7 Days trial$29.996 Months
  • Yearly Subscription1 Year trial$39.991 Year
  • Annual Membership7 Days trial$64.991 Year
  • Yearly Equanaut7 Days trial$149.991 Year

Questions

Is State free?
State is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Equa free?
Equa is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, State or Equa?
Equa is rated higher. State averages 3.9 out of 5 from 129 ratings, while Equa averages 4.9 from 240 ratings.
Do State or Equa have ads?
Neither State nor Equa shows ads.
Which is updated more often, State or Equa?
State ships an update every 8 months, and Equa fortnightly. Most recently, State was updated on September 16, 2026 and Equa on September 21, 2026.

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