Comparison

Mesmerize vs viBBes

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Engaging hypnotic visuals
  • Psycho-acoustic music
  • Guided meditations and hypnosis
  • Nature sounds and white noise
  • Sleepy stories
  • Visual breathing patterns
  • Offline compatibility
Features
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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.

About

viBBes

Immerse yourself in nature with soothing visuals and ambient sounds to enhance mindfulness and reduce anxiety. Customize your experience with playlists and enjoy passive audio mode. Stream to multiple devices, including Apple Vision Pro.

Highlights
  • 100% Ultra HD/4K Immersive Experience
  • Passive Sound Mode
  • Customizable Playlists & Collections
  • New Content Added Weekly
  • Lifetime Ad-Free Experience
  • Stream to Multiple Devices
Features
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### viBBes: Good viBBes only! Reconnect with nature and regenerate with positivity wherever you are with a true immersive nature experience, soothing music, and ambient sounds—ideal for enhancing mindfulness and relieving anxiety. **Versatile and Customizable** Build your own playlists, collections, and favorites. Use the passive audio mode to listen to your own music while enjoying viBBes visuals. You can even control viBBes from your iPhone to broadcast to multiple TVs at once, including AirPlay-compatible TVs and Apple Vision Pro. **Works on Nearly 3 Billion Devices** Seamlessly compatible with iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Airplay TVs and Apple Vision Pro, viBBes ensures you can reconnect with nature wherever you are. **Top Features:** - 100% Ultra HD/4K Immersive Experience - New Content Added Weekly - Passive Sound Mode so that you can listen to your choice of music while enjoying the viBBes visuals - Collections: Create your own Favorites, Custom Playlists, Recent, Likes, and Staff Picks - Lifetime Ad-Free Experience and no data sharing pledge Get away from all the noise, come and get some good viBBes! Subscription pricing and terms: viBBes offers an auto-renewing monthly subscription at 99cts/month and an auto-renewing yearly subscription at $9.99/year to provide you with unlimited access to the Vibbes Collection while you maintain an active subscription. Payment will be charged to the credit card connected to your iTunes Account when you confirm the initial subscription purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and the cost of the renewal will be identified. You may manage your subscription and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after the purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. Read more about our terms and conditions here: Terms of service: https://zyscompany.com/terms-of-services/ Privacy policy: https://zyscompany.com/privacy-policy-2/

Screenshots

Mesmerize4 screens
viBBes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: viBBes at 100% against Mesmerize's 34%. viBBes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mesmerize sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and viBBes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

viBBes 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 100% of viBBes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mesmerize ships an update every 3 weeks, viBBes every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mesmerize versus viBBes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMesmerizeviBBes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (57K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews34.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings57K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS18.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size259 MB142 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRockwell VenturesZysco

Customer experience

Mesmerize

All ratings56,933 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.2%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews637 reviews
Positive34.4%
Neutral4.2%
Negative61.4%

viBBes

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

viBBes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Mesmerize

Subscriptions11
  • Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Weekly7 Days trial$4.997 Days
Show 8 more
  • 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
2 purchases

viBBes

Subscriptions2
  • Vibbes Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
  • Vibbes Yearly Subscription$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Mesmerize free?
Mesmerize is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is viBBes free?
viBBes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mesmerize or viBBes?
viBBes is rated higher. Mesmerize averages 4.7 out of 5 from 57K ratings, while viBBes averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Mesmerize or viBBes have ads?
Neither Mesmerize nor viBBes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mesmerize or viBBes?
Mesmerize ships an update every 3 weeks, and viBBes every 5 weeks. Most recently, Mesmerize was updated on November 2, 2026 and viBBes on September 30, 2026.

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