Comparison

Mesmerize vs Stilldraw

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

Stilldraw

Features
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Stilldraw turns touch into color, sound, and moving visual fields. Draw directly on the canvas and each gesture becomes a living composition. Explore twelve distinct Worlds, shape marks with nine materials, and let color, symmetry, physics, and light change the way your drawing behaves. With Stilldraw you can: • create with responsive sound and color • explore 12 visual Worlds • choose from 9 drawing materials • use symmetry, field effects, and dynamic color • follow Guided creative experiences • record, replay, and loop your gestures • export your artwork as an image • use Parent Mode and first-run guidance The free canvas is ready to explore immediately. A one-time Full Instrument purchase unlocks additional Worlds, materials, tools, and deeper creative controls. Stilldraw is made for quiet creative breaks, playful experimentation, and anyone who wants to make something without needing to know how to draw or play an instrument. No scores. No pressure. Just touch, listen, and create.

Screenshots

Mesmerize4 screens
Stilldraw4 screens

Verdict

The call

Mesmerize and Stilldraw are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 Stilldraw sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mesmerize ships an update every 3 weeks, Stilldraw every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Mesmerize versus Stilldraw: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMesmerizeStilldraw
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (57K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews34.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings57K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size259 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRockwell VenturesELLIOTT JOAKIM DAHLGREN STRAAT

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

Stilldraw

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
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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
1 purchases

Stilldraw

One-time1
  • Stilldraw Full Unlock$4.99

Questions

Is Mesmerize free?
Mesmerize is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stilldraw free?
Stilldraw is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mesmerize or Stilldraw have ads?
Neither Mesmerize nor Stilldraw shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mesmerize or Stilldraw?
Mesmerize ships an update every 3 weeks, and Stilldraw every 2 weeks. Most recently, Mesmerize was updated on November 1, 2026 and Stilldraw on October 24, 2026.

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