Comparison

Enchanted Wave Recorder vs FocusCalm

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

Head to head
About

Enchanted Wave Recorder

This app pairs with a specific headband to capture and display brainwave data in real-time. Users can view raw signals and spectrograms, and record data for extended periods. Additional details are available on the developer's website.

Highlights
  • View raw brainwave signals
  • Real-time spectrogram display
  • Record brainwave signals
  • Companion to Wave-1 headband
  • Supports iPhone and iPad
Features
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A companion app for the “Wave-1” brainwave headband. The app allows users to view the raw signal, the spectrogram of brainwave signals in real time, and record signals for a full night. Please visit https://enchantedwave.square.site/ for more details.

About

FocusCalm

Train your brain for improved focus and a calmer mind with science-backed exercises and real-time feedback. This app helps you manage stress, enhance mental performance, and track your progress towards a more focused and tranquil state.

Highlights
  • Brain training exercises
  • Real-time brain activity feedback
  • FocusCalm score tracking
  • Neurofeedback technology
  • Stress management techniques
  • Performance tracking metrics
Features
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Now it's easier than ever to train your brain for better focus and a calmer mind. Your brain is like a muscle...with training, you can make it stronger and better able to handle the stress and pressure in your life. Sleep, relationships, productivity, and even your performance at work, school, and in sports are all affected by your mental state. But you CAN learn how to get control of your mindset and manage feelings of stress, no matter how crazy life gets. FocusCalm trains your brain to enter a powerful state of mind that is focused, engaged, aware, and mindful, without the stress that makes you feel poorly. --BACKED BY SCIENCE-- In a recent study by the FocusCalm team, users who completed 25 exercises in the app had a 21% improvement in their feelings of well-being as reported on the respected WHO Wellness Index. For many years, studies have shown that neurofeedback training like the exercises in FocusCalm can literally change the way your brain works. Through the power of neurofeedback, you can learn how to control your mental state. FocusCalm's games, activities, and exercises are developed by neuroscientists, sports psychologists, and physicians to help teach you how to manage your mindset, while our lightweight, wearable EEG (electroencephalogram) headband accurately shows you how well you're doing in real-time (sold separately). --MORE THAN MEDITATION-- Meditation apps help you relax and unwind. FocusCalm does more. It starts with your FocusCalm score...a real-time display of your brain activity on a scale from 0 - 100. A low score means your brain is active or stressed. A high FocusCalm score means your brain is calm and tranquil. Through our meditations and expert-developed content, FocusCalm helps you LEARN how to put your mind in a FocusCalm state. Then, with our games and activities, you PRACTICE getting into that state more quickly, consistently and deeply. Over time, as you improve your skills, you can then CHALLENGE yourself to keep your FocusCalm high as you perform mental tasks that simulate stressful or difficult situations in life. --RESULTS IN JUST A FEW MINUTES PER DAY-- FocusCalm is a wearable that you wear only when you're using the app. Our programs are quick 15 minute sets of exercises designed to help you reach a goal: • Getting energized for the day • A quick break during stressful times • Gently winding down after a stressful day • Preparing for sleep • Gearing up for athletic competition or a big meeting --TRACK YOUR IMPROVEMENT-- Like any skill, FocusCalm is all about practice. FocusCalm provides detailed results after each exercise so you can see a variety of metrics about your performance: • Depth - Measures your peak FocusCalm score to indicate how calm your brain became during an exercise or meditation. • Consistency - Shows the percentage of time during the exercise that you were able to keep your FocusCalm score above 65. • Speed - Indicates how quickly you were able to reach a score above 65 in the exercise. • FocusCalm Minutes - The length of time you spent in a FocusCalm state. Like a goal of 10,000 steps, 7 minutes in FocusCalm has been shown to have positive benefits in your life. FocusCalm tracks all of these metrics on your profile so you can see your progress over time. --THE FOCUSCALM HEADBAND-- • Available at www.focuscalm.com • Bluetooth connection is quick, reliable and simple • Lightweight and comfortable so you can use it anytime • Accurately monitors up to 1200 EEG data points per second • Up to 8 hours of use on a single charge FOCUSCALM | BRAIN TRAINING FOR BETTER FOCUS AND A CALMER MIND FocusCalm saves your meditation data to the Apple Health app. FocusCalm Subscription plans for full access to the App: - FocusCalm Annual Subscription: $69.99 (12 month) - FocusCalm Monthly Subscription: $9.99 (1 month) Terms of service: https://focuscalm.com/terms/ Privacy policy: https://focuscalm.com/focus-calm-privacy-policy

Screenshots

Enchanted Wave Recorder3 screens
FocusCalm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Enchanted Wave Recorder at 100% against FocusCalm's 24%. Enchanted Wave Recorder also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). FocusCalm's advantage is ratings volume (54 vs 6). On price, update cadence, 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. FocusCalm sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Enchanted Wave Recorder asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Enchanted Wave Recorder holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FocusCalm has 54 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Enchanted Wave Recorder's written reviews are positive against 24% of FocusCalm's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Enchanted Wave Recorder versus FocusCalm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEnchanted Wave RecorderFocusCalm
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better3.9 (54 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better23.5% of reviews
Number of ratings654 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size140 MB190 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEnchanted Wave LLCBrainCo Inc

Customer experience

Enchanted Wave Recorder

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FocusCalm

All ratings53 ratings
Positive69.8%
Neutral7.5%
Negative22.6%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive23.5%
Neutral11.8%
Negative64.7%

In-app purchases

None

Enchanted Wave Recorder

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

FocusCalm

Subscriptions2
  • FocusCalm Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
  • FocusCalm Annual Subscription$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Enchanted Wave Recorder free?
Enchanted Wave Recorder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FocusCalm free?
FocusCalm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Enchanted Wave Recorder or FocusCalm?
Enchanted Wave Recorder is rated higher. Enchanted Wave Recorder averages 5.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while FocusCalm averages 3.9 from 54 ratings.
Do Enchanted Wave Recorder or FocusCalm have ads?
Neither Enchanted Wave Recorder nor FocusCalm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Enchanted Wave Recorder or FocusCalm?
Enchanted Wave Recorder ships an update monthly, and FocusCalm monthly. Most recently, Enchanted Wave Recorder was updated on October 24, 2026 and FocusCalm on October 23, 2026.

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