UCLA Mindful vs CraveBreak
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UCLA Mindful
Practice mindfulness meditation with guided sessions and educational content from UCLA Health. Learn to manage stress, reduce anxiety, and cultivate positive emotions through regular practice. Explore various meditation types, informative videos, and weekly recordings to enhance your well-being.
- Guided basic meditations
- Wellness meditations for health conditions
- Informative videos on mindfulness
- Weekly live/virtual meditation recordings
- Talks on mindfulness topics
- Customizable meditation timer
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With this easy-to-use app, you can practice mindfulness meditation anywhere, anytime with the guidance of UCLA Mindful, the mindfulness education center of UCLA Health. Scientific research shows mindfulness can help manage stress-related physical conditions, reduce anxiety and depression, and cultivate positive emotions. Mindfulness is paying attention to our present moment experiences with openness and curiosity and a willingness to be with our experience. Through regular practice, taught through this app, you can develop a meditation practice and learn to bring more mindfulness into your daily life. This app offers: • Basic Meditations for getting started in multiple languages. Languages include Arabic, Armenian, Cantonese, Farsi, Filipino, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Mixteco, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese, American Sign Language • Wellness Meditations for people suffering from challenging health conditions • Informative videos exploring how to get started, supportive meditation postures, and the science of mindfulness • Weekly recordings from our live and virtual drop-in meditations -- a 30-minute meditation on different themes you can search for and bookmark • Talks on mindfulness-related topics • A timer to meditate on your own • A list of our current events and classes that you can add to your calendar UCLA Mindful, the mindfulness education center of UCLA Health, is dedicated to advancing mindfulness education to promote individual and cultural well-being and resilience world-wide. Our mission is to provide innovative, evidence-based mindfulness programs that empower individuals and institutions to manage stress, enhance health, and cultivate inner and outer peace. Through educational programs, we strive to inspire transformative growth and contribute to a culture of compassion and wellness for all. Due to UCLA Mindful’s mission of radical accessibility, this app is entirely free to use. Disclaimer: These meditations are for educational purposes and are not clinical treatments.
CraveBreak
This app helps you manage cravings for substances like nicotine by guiding you through short breathing exercises. It offers a simple, distraction-free experience to help you regain control during difficult moments.
- Guided breathing exercises
- Manage cravings
- Distraction-free experience
- Short session options (1-3 minutes)
- No login required
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Craving right now? You are not alone. CraveBreak helps you pause, breathe, and move through the moment - right when it matters most. Whether it’s vaping, smoking, or nicotine cravings, CraveBreak is here to help. No login. No setup. Just open the app and start breathing. How it works: • Open the app and choose your moment (1, 2, 3 minutes) when a craving hits • Follow a simple guided breathing rhythm • Let the urge pass, one breath at a time Why it works: Cravings rise and fall like waves. By slowing your breath, you give your body a chance to reset — and the urge fades. What you’ll get: • Calm, focused breathing guidance • A simple, distraction-free experience • A small win every time you use it No pressure. No judgment. Just a moment to take back control. You don’t have to go through it alone. Move through it with CraveBreak.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CraveBreak at 5.0 against UCLA Mindful's 4.5. CraveBreak also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (13 vs 15.0). UCLA Mindful's advantage is ratings volume (176 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CraveBreak holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UCLA Mindful has 176 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
UCLA Mindful ships an update every 3 months, CraveBreak every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UCLA Mindful | CraveBreak |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (176 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 176 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | UCLA Health | Brightness Labs LLC |
Bugs and requests
UCLA Mindful
Reported bugs
6 issues- 🐛 Loop repeat did not replay when screen is locked
- 🐛 Audio stops when iPhone screen locks/turns off
- 🐛 Back button disappears on search podcast tab
- 🐛 Search in previous podcast is slow to respond
- 🐛 Custom timer doesn't work as intended
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- 🐛 Meditations won't load (show 0 time)
Requested features
6 requests- Offline access/downloadable sessions
- More voice diversity (ethnicity and gender)
- Add to Apple Health for tracking mindful minutes
- Improve pausing points for Vietnamese meditations
- Remove the ding at the end of tracks
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- Wider selection of UCLA courses/Diana Winston meditations
CraveBreak
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
UCLA Mindful
No in-app purchases
CraveBreak
No in-app purchases
Questions
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