UCLA Mindful vs Protein Simple
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.
Protein Simple
Effortlessly track your daily protein intake with a focus on speed and simplicity. Log protein in seconds with quick add and custom amounts, monitor your progress, and receive helpful reminders. Ideal for anyone aiming to increase protein consumption for fitness or health goals.
- Quick Add for one-tap logging
- Custom protein amounts
- Daily progress tracking
- Simple history view
- Helpful reminders
- No food database or barcode scanner
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The fastest way to track protein. Open. Tap. Done. Protein Simple is built for one thing: helping you hit your protein goal without turning every meal into a research project. Quick Add for one-tap logging. Custom amounts in seconds. Daily progress. Simple history. Helpful reminders. No food database. No barcode scanner. No unnecessary taps. Whether you're building muscle, losing weight, or simply trying to eat more protein, Protein Simple gets out of your way so you can get on with your day. Log protein before your food gets cold. Privacy Policy: https://proteinsimpleapp.carrd.co/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Protein Simple at 5.0 against UCLA Mindful's 4.5. Protein Simple also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 77%). UCLA Mindful's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (172 vs 2). On price and ads 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. Protein Simple sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. UCLA Mindful asks for nothing beyond the download.
Protein Simple 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of UCLA Mindful's written reviews are positive against 100% of Protein Simple's.
| Parameter | UCLA Mindful | Protein Simple |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (172 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 172 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | UCLA Health | Clayton Johnson |
Customer experience
UCLA Mindful
Protein Simple
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
Protein Simple
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
UCLA Mindful
No in-app purchases
Protein Simple
- Protein Simple Pro$1.991 Month
- Protein Simple Pro$14.991 Year
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