Comparison

UCLA Mindful vs Yogrig

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Guided basic meditations
  • Wellness meditations for health conditions
  • Informative videos on mindfulness
  • Weekly live/virtual meditation recordings
  • Talks on mindfulness topics
  • Customizable meditation timer
Features
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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.

About

Yogrig

This app guides users through yoga practices with personalized, structured, and multilingual sessions. It aims to help users practice safely, progress steadily, and maintain consistency in their yoga journey.

Highlights
  • Personalized yoga sessions
  • Structured practice plans
  • Multilingual guidance
  • Safe practice focus
  • Steady progress tracking
  • Consistency building
Features
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Your personal yogi avatar — blending ancient practice with modern technology. With personalized, structured, and multilingual sessions, Yogrig helps you practice yoga safely, grow steadily, and stay consistent.

Screenshots

UCLA Mindful4 screens
Yogrig4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Yogrig at 5.0 against UCLA Mindful's 4.5. Yogrig also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 months). UCLA Mindful's advantage is ratings volume (172 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Yogrig holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UCLA Mindful has 172 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UCLA Mindful ships an update every 3 months, Yogrig every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
UCLA Mindful versus Yogrig: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUCLA MindfulYogrig
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (172 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings172 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUCLA HealthSourav Dutta

Customer experience

UCLA Mindful

All ratings172 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral0.6%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive76.7%
Neutral5.0%
Negative18.3%

Yogrig

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Yogrig

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

UCLA Mindful

No in-app purchases

None

Yogrig

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UCLA Mindful free?
UCLA Mindful is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Yogrig free?
Yogrig is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, UCLA Mindful or Yogrig?
Yogrig is rated higher. UCLA Mindful averages 4.5 out of 5 from 172 ratings, while Yogrig averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do UCLA Mindful or Yogrig have ads?
Neither UCLA Mindful nor Yogrig shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UCLA Mindful or Yogrig?
UCLA Mindful ships an update every 3 months, and Yogrig every 6 days. Most recently, UCLA Mindful was updated on October 12, 2026 and Yogrig on October 14, 2026.

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