Mesmerize vs Five Elements
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mesmerize
Experience a unique audio-visual meditation to calm your mind, reduce anxiety, and improve sleep. Engage with hypnotic visuals, soothing music, and guided sessions for deeper relaxation and enhanced self-awareness.
- Engaging hypnotic visuals
- Psycho-acoustic music
- Guided meditations and hypnosis
- Nature sounds and white noise
- Sleepy stories
- Visual breathing patterns
- Offline compatibility
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Clear your mind and relax with a unique audio-visual meditation experience. Mesmerize combines engaging visuals with relaxing music and expertly crafted guided meditations to give you an all encompassing meditation experience. BENEFITS • Relieve Stress • Lower Anxiety • Better Sleep • Overcome Depression • Enhance Self-Awareness • Deeper Relaxation • Reduce Pain • Overcome Addiction • Increase Focus • In fact, there are many more proven benefits to meditation. The impact of a consistent meditation practice can have a profound impact on the overall quality of your life. FEATURES • Engaging Visuals; uniquely hypnotic visuals designed to mesmerize you. Control their speed with a pinch gesture. • Soothing Psycho-Acoustic Music; designed based on clinically validated principles to ease your body into a state of relaxation. • Guided Meditations & Hypnosis; expertly crafted to help you on a range of topics. • Nature Sounds and White Noise; including rain, ocean, thunder, train, fan and much more • Sleepy Stories; doze off quickly with drowsy tales. • Focus Music; music designed to help you beat distractions and concentrate. • Visual Breathing; the speed of visuals will automatically adjust to your selected breathing pattern. • 3D Voice • Narration speed control • Audio Fusion; mix outside audio with Mesmerize playback. • Sleep Timer; set Mesmerize to automatically stop after a period of time. • Variable Volumes; control the voice and music volumes separately to get your perfect balance between the two. • Offline Compatible; download your favorite content to listen later in airplane mode. • Random Modes; don't like choosing? Automatically chose a random from your favorites or a particular content category. • Healthkit; track your "Mindful Minutes" when using Mesmerize • Privacy Focused; no ads, no marketing emails, no logins or passwords, no accounts, no crazy permissions. In the age of information intrusion, Mesmerize is specifically designed to leave you alone. MEDITATION & HYPNOSIS TOPICS • Mindfulness • Anxiety • Gratitude • Loving Kindness • Emotional Wellbeing • Forgiveness • Self Care • Affirmations • Ease Pain • Compassion • Healing • Sleep • Chronic Pain • Depression • Addiction • ADD & ADHD • Focus & Study • Sports Performance • Quit Smoking & Vaping • Breaking bad habits • Erectile Dysfunction • Dating Confidence • Breathwork • and more! SCIENCE Interested in learning the science behind Visual Meditation? You can learn more at www.MesmerizeApp.com/Science SUBSCRIPTION AND TERMS When you download Mesmerize you can opt into a 7-day free trial. Mesmerize offers auto-renewing monthly/yearly/weekly subscription options for access to the app's features and content. Your Mesmerize subscription will automatically renew at the end of each term and payment will be charged through your iTunes account. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings but refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. To avoid renewal, you must cancel at least 24 hours before your subscription or trial ends. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. As with all of our apps, if you would like to use Mesmerize but have trouble affording it please email us at support@mesmerizeapp.com so we can help you with our financial assistance program. While we can't keep bringing great experiences to the world without making money, we know not everyone that needs access to our content can afford it, and we're happy to help. Read more about our terms, conditions and privacy here: https://mesmerizeapp.com/terms Safety Warning: we present content that may not be appropriate for people with a history of seizures or epilepsy. Additionally do not use while driving, operating heavy machinery, or any settings where your full attention is required. Viewer discretion is advised.
Five Elements
This app helps you achieve calmness, relaxation, and concentration by aligning with the natural cycles of the five elements. It offers natural sounds, a five-element calendar with daily tips, and simple games to soothe emotions and cope with stress.
- Natural soundscapes for relaxation
- Five-Elements daily energy calendar
- Personalized mood and color tips
- Soothing five-element based games
- Focus and concentration tools
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Five Elements-Stress Relieve is a unique app that combines the ancient wisdom of Chinese philosophy and the modern science of mental health. It helps you achieve calmness, relaxation and concentration by aligning yourself with the natural cycles of the five elements: wood, fire, earth, metal and water. According to the Chinese five elements theory, everything in the universe is composed of these five elements, and they interact with each other in different ways. By following their patterns and energies, you can harmonize your body, mind and spirit with nature. Five Elements-Stress Relieve offers you various features to help you cope with stress, anxiety, insomnia, distraction and other challenges in your daily life. Whether you need a quick break or a deep meditation, you can find something suitable for you in this app. #special function# 1.Natural sound: calm body and mind with nature -Listen to high-quality natural sound effects that create different natural space-time experiences for you -Mix and match different sounds to create your own customized soundscapes -Use the original music playback function to listen to nature songs -Sound scenes include: bird song, thunderstorm, running water, forest wind. 2.Five-Elements Calendar: Follow nature and get good luck - Follow the daily energy of the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire, earth) in accordance with natural laws - Get tips for a good mood based on your personal elemental traits - Choose lucky clothing colors based on the relationships of generation and conquest among the five elements. 3.Relax with games: Research shows that simple thinking is more conducive to a blank and calm mind. Playing a simple game based on the generation and conquest relationships of the five elements can help you quickly soothe your emotions. # Suitable for the following people # ● Urban people who suffer from poor sleep quality and insomnia ● Creative people who need to focus in a noisy environment ● High-pressure workers who feel exhausted and frustrated ● Chronic patients who struggle with attention and concentration ● Meditation practitioners who seek a peaceful mind ——We hope you enjoy using Five Elements-Stress Relieve app and benefit from its features. We welcome your feedback and suggestions to make our app better and more useful for you. Feedback: support@mm4d.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Five Elements at free with in-app purchases against Mesmerize's subscription. Five Elements also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (50% vs 34%). Mesmerize's advantage is ratings volume (57K vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Mesmerize sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Five Elements sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Five Elements holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mesmerize has 57K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Mesmerize's written reviews are positive against 50% of Five Elements's.
Mesmerize ships an update every 3 weeks, Five Elements every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mesmerize | Five Elements |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (57K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.4% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 57K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 259 MB | 133 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rockwell Ventures | Painter AR Ltd. |
Customer experience
Mesmerize
Five Elements
Bugs and requests
Mesmerize
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login issues and account restoration problems
- Visuals getting stuck or not playing continuously
Requested features
4 requests- Add more nature-based visuals
- Allow filtering by narrator
- Implement a queue feature
- Expand to VR support
Five Elements
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mesmerize
- Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Weekly$4.997 Days
- Weekly7 Days trial$4.997 Days
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- Monthly$12.991 Month
- Monthly3 Days trial$12.991 Month
- Monthly7 Days trial$12.991 Month
- Yearly1 Year trial2 variants$49.991 Year
- Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Yearly$49.991 Year
- Yearly3 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
Five Elements
- Five elements PRO$4.99









