Comparison

UCLA Mindful vs Protein Simple

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

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.

Highlights
  • Quick Add for one-tap logging
  • Custom protein amounts
  • Daily progress tracking
  • Simple history view
  • Helpful reminders
  • No food database or barcode scanner
Features
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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/

Screenshots

UCLA Mindful4 screens
Protein Simple4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
UCLA Mindful versus Protein Simple: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUCLA MindfulProtein Simple
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (172 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings172 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUCLA HealthClayton Johnson

Customer experience

UCLA Mindful

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

Protein Simple

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
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

Protein Simple

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

UCLA Mindful

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Protein Simple

Subscriptions2
  • Protein Simple Pro$1.991 Month
  • Protein Simple Pro$14.991 Year

Questions

Is UCLA Mindful free?
UCLA Mindful is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Protein Simple free?
Protein Simple is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, UCLA Mindful or Protein Simple?
Protein Simple is rated higher. UCLA Mindful averages 4.5 out of 5 from 172 ratings, while Protein Simple averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do UCLA Mindful or Protein Simple have ads?
Neither UCLA Mindful nor Protein Simple shows ads.

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