Comparison

Mesmerize vs Text Here Instead

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

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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 focus. Offline compatibility and customizable features make it a private, all-encompassing wellness tool.

Highlights
  • Hypnotic visuals with speed control
  • Psycho-acoustic music for relaxation
  • Guided meditations and hypnosis sessions
  • Nature sounds and white noise
  • Sleepy stories and focus music
  • Visual breathing guidance
  • Offline content playback
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

Text Here Instead

Features
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Breakups are hard. No contact is harder. You want to text them. You open the chat. You type the message. And then you wonder: "Should I send this?" That moment is exactly why this app exists. Because sometimes what you need is not contact. You need release. BUILT FOR YOUR BREAKUP, WHATEVER YOU WANT NEXT Not everyone starts no contact with the same goal. You can choose your journey whether you want to: • Get your ex back • Heal and move on • Or simply don't know yet You do not need to have your future figured out today. If you want your ex back, give yourself space to stop reacting from panic and start thinking clearly. No contact allows reality to set in and gives you the best shot at turning things around. If you want to move on, use the app to process the heartbreak, get through the urges, and slowly rebuild your life around you again. If you don't know yet, that's okay too. Focus on getting through today without sending the message you may regret tomorrow. YOUR PRIVATE SPACE AFTER A BREAKUP Breakup recovery can be messy. One minute you feel strong. The next you are checking your phone, replaying old conversations, missing your ex, wondering if they miss you too, or convincing yourself that one text will make everything feel better. Text Here Instead gives that urge somewhere else to go. Use it when you are: • following the no contact rule • fighting the urge to text your ex • getting over a breakup or heartbreak • trying to move on from your ex • hoping to reconnect without chasing • dealing with separation anxiety or loneliness • processing a situationship or relationship ending • looking for a private breakup journal WHAT YOU CAN DO • Write (un)sent messages Type exactly what you want to say to your ex without contacting them. • Record voice notes Say it out loud and keep the voice note private. • Track your no contact streak Watch the days build and avoid resetting your progress in an emotional moment. • Remember why it ended Save your reason for the breakup so you can return to it when nostalgia takes over. • Get through the urge Use quick 90-second pattern interrupts instead of opening their chat. • Export your journey Download your breakup journal and unsent messages to reflect on how your thoughts, triggers, emotions, and goals have changed over time. You can put this into your chosen AI model and analyse your progress or ask it to give you the next steps in your journey. You can also talk to your therapist with the summary of your journey so far. WHY TEXT HERE INSTEAD? Most breakup apps try to tell you how you should feel. This one gives you somewhere to put what you already feel. Anger. Love. Confusion. Hope. Regret. The paragraph you rewrote six times. The message you want to send at 2 AM. Put it here instead. No judgment. No need to be "over it." No need to pretend you do not care. Just a private place to pause before acting. PRIVACY MATTERS Your breakup journal can contain some of the most personal things you will ever write. That is why your messages are stored on your device. No sign up needed. Your unsent texts and voice notes are yours. BUILT FROM A REAL BREAKUP Text Here Instead exists because its founder needed this exact app after his own breakup. Not another generic self-care app. Just somewhere to put the message when sending it to your ex is probably not the move. One day, you may realize you have stopped opening the app. You stopped counting the hours. You stopped drafting the text. You stopped wondering what they are doing every minute. That is the goal. Built to be deleted. Until then, when the urge hits: Don't open their chat. Open Text Here Instead. Write it. Feel it. Keep your no contact. Give yourself the space to decide what you truly want next. Pricing: Generous free tier. Weekly and Lifetime plans available per your commitment. Your data is always stored on your device. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Mesmerize4 screens
Text Here Instead4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Text Here Instead at every 10 days against Mesmerize's every 3 weeks. Text Here Instead also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Text Here Instead sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mesmerize ships an update every 3 weeks, Text Here Instead every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mesmerize versus Text Here Instead: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMesmerizeText Here Instead
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (57K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews34.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings57K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size274 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRockwell VenturesHardik Gala

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

Text Here Instead

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Mesmerize

Subscriptions9
  • Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Monthly$12.991 Month
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  • Monthly3 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

Text Here Instead

Subscriptions1
  • Weekly Premium7 Days trial$1.997 Days
One-time1
  • Premium Unlock$19.99

Questions

Is Mesmerize free?
Mesmerize is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Text Here Instead free?
Text Here Instead is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mesmerize or Text Here Instead have ads?
Neither Mesmerize nor Text Here Instead shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mesmerize or Text Here Instead?
Mesmerize ships an update every 3 weeks, and Text Here Instead every 10 days. Most recently, Mesmerize was updated on November 4, 2026 and Text Here Instead on October 31, 2026.

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