Comparison

Thoughtful vs Humane Space

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

Head to head
About

Thoughtful

This app consolidates your favorite podcasts, YouTube channels, blogs, and books into one focused platform. Save content from any app and pick up where you left off, transforming downtime into productive learning and growth.

Highlights
  • Consolidates podcasts, YouTube, blogs, and books
  • Save content from any app
  • Resume playback/reading where you left off
  • Discover content for any mood
  • Focused learning and personal growth
Features
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You spend 14 hours a week scrolling through feeds. How much of it would you do again? Thoughtful is your personal corner of the internet. One place for videos, podcasts, and reads for all your hobbies & interests—organized into collections you curate yourself. No algorithm. No ads. WHAT THOUGHTFUL DOES Build Focuses—personal collections around the things you care about most. Technology. Fitness. Cooking. Parenting. Whatever matters to you right now. Save content from anywhere—YouTube, Reddit, podcasts, Substack, Kindle, Audible—and it goes straight into the Focus where it belongs. Find the Best Content—search across YouTube, Reddit, podcasts, the entire internet, all at once. Just type what you want to learn about and Thoughtful pulls results from every platform. Spend less time bouncing between apps and more time on what's actually good. Jump Back In—every time you open Thoughtful, you pick up where you left off. No ads. No distractions. No recommendations you didn't ask for. Just the content you already picked, ready when you are. HOW IT WORKS • Organize everything into Focuses—collections built around your interests • Just type what you want to learn—search across YouTube, Reddit, podcasts, etc. • Save content from any app or website using the share extension • Follow your favorite YouTube channels, podcasts, and blogs in one place • Pick up where you left off on long videos, podcasts, articles, and books • Discover content through people you trust, not an algorithm WHY THOUGHTFUL EXISTS Social media feeds are designed to keep you scrolling. Thoughtful is designed to make you feel glad you opened it. Every minute you’re here is a minute you chose to build the life you want to live. No ads. No tracking. No engagement-based algorithm. Just a subscription that keeps your interests aligned with ours: your time well spent. Built by an engineer who helped build the first Facebook iPhone app almost 14 years ago—who eventually left Facebook to build what he wished existed. That’s Thoughtful. Terms of Use: https://thoughtful.community/terms Privacy Policy: https://thoughtful.community/privacypolicy

About

Humane Space

This app offers a daily ritual of curiosity and wonder, replacing mindless scrolling with human-made discoveries. It uses research-backed practices to enhance well-being, offering diverse content formats like learning, reflection, and guided visualizations.

Highlights
  • 2,000+ human-made discoveries
  • Research-backed well-being practices
  • Lifelong learning on 600+ topics
  • Guided visualizations and soundscapes
  • Short guided exercises for daily life
  • Ad-free and pressure-free experience
Features
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CURIOSITY ISN’T JUST FOR CHILDHOOD Trade mindless scrolling for a few minutes of real curiosity and wonder. The Humane Space helps you turn curiosity into a relaxing daily ritual, with 2,000+ human-made discoveries designed to support greater well-being in just a few minutes a day. RESEARCH-BACKED PATHWAYS TO WELL-BEING The Humane Space draws on research-backed practices related to curiosity, awe, lifelong learning, guided visualization, reflection, walking, and nature connection. Research has associated these practices with outcomes such as increased well-being, lower stress, improved mood, creativity, focus, connection, and a greater sense of meaning. WHAT YOU’LL FIND INSIDE The Humane Space is designed for different moods, moments, and energy levels. You can read, listen, watch, walk, reflect, or try a short practice depending on what you need that day. Immerse: Lifelong learning on 600+ topics from fungi to philosophy. Deep Think: Thoughtful prompts to deepen awareness of yourself, others, and the world. Lingo: Fascinating stories behind interesting words. Mind Journeys®: Guided visualizations to ease stress and spark creativity. Awe Walks: Relaxing guided walks to connect with your environment. Soundscapes: Original calming audio for sleep, unwinding, focus, and rest. CULTIVATE A CURIOUS MINDSET FOR EVERYDAY LIFE Curiosity in Practice offers short guided exercises created with thoughtful guides, artists, writers, scientists, and experts. Each practice helps you see the familiar in a different way, notice more deeply, and bring curiosity into everyday life through simple 2–5 minute prompts. Explore practices like awakening your creativity with a cartoonist, discovering the alchemy of color with an award-winning artist, connecting with trees alongside an ecologist, or reflecting on your personal myth with a mindfulness expert. A MORE MEANINGFUL WAY TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES Start your morning with reflection or discovery. Refresh your mind with a quick, energizing learning experience. Relax at night with soothing soundscapes or guided visualization. Bring curiosity into your morning routine, a walk, or time with friends and family. Fill idle time with something more nourishing than doomscrolling. 100% HUMAN-MADE AND HUMANE Every discovery is created by real people: writers, artists, researchers, sound composers, voiceover artists, and thoughtful humans. No AI-generated filler. No ads interrupting your experience. No pressure-based engagement. No notification bombardment. No guilt-laden streaks. Our goal is not to keep you hooked. It’s to give you a calmer, more enriching way to spend a few meaningful minutes each day. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Download The Humane Space and try it for free. Subscribe for unlimited access to our full library of discoveries and practices. Premium access includes 2,000+ activities, the Daily Discovery, Curiosity in Practice, multimodal formats, curated collections across 600+ topics, and a calming, ad-free experience. Pricing will be converted to your local currency. Subscriptions automatically renew and are charged to your mobile device’s subscription payment account unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage your subscription anytime in your device settings. Apple: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039 Terms of service: https://www.thehumane.space/terms Privacy policy: https://www.thehumane.space/privacy Download The Humane Space and turn curiosity into a daily ritual.

Screenshots

Thoughtful4 screens
Humane Space4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Thoughtful at free against Humane Space's free with in-app purchases. Thoughtful also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Humane Space's advantage is review sentiment (76% vs 63%) and ratings volume (344 vs 36). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Thoughtful sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month and Humane Space sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Thoughtful against 4.7 for Humane Space. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Humane Space has 344 ratings behind it against 36, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of Thoughtful's written reviews are positive against 76% of Humane Space's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thoughtful ships an update every 10 days, Humane Space every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Thoughtful versus Humane Space: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThoughtfulHumane Space
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (36 ratings)4.7 (344 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews76.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings36344 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size157 MB112 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperThoughtful, IncorporatedThe Humane Space

Customer experience

Thoughtful

All ratings36 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%

Humane Space

All ratings340 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral2.1%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive76.1%
Neutral6.0%
Negative17.9%

Bugs and requests

Thoughtful

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Humane Space

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App crashes when opening after update
  • App crashes on first use
  • Text unreadable with images
  • App keeps crashing when manually scrolling
  • Cannot click through 'My Space' to review previously watched segments
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  • Login loop when signing in with Apple/Google
  • App doesn't work after update
  • Cannot delete the app

Requested features

12 requests
  • Add a tutorial
  • Implement a search function for 'Lingo'
  • Add a tab to revisit Liked segments
  • Fix app crashing issues
  • Improve text readability with images
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  • Clarify pricing upfront
  • Address AI content concerns
  • Make the app deletable
  • Refine niche topics
  • Improve UI navigation
  • Offer more light content options
  • Add dark mode

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Thoughtful

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$119.991 Year
9 purchases

Humane Space

Subscriptions9
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial2 variants$8.991 Month
  • Quarterly Subscription7 Days trial$15.993 Months
  • Quarterly Subscription7 Days trial$19.993 Months
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  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription$29.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$31.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$33.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Thoughtful free?
Thoughtful is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Humane Space free?
Humane Space is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Thoughtful or Humane Space?
Humane Space is rated higher. Thoughtful averages 4.6 out of 5 from 36 ratings, while Humane Space averages 4.7 from 344 ratings.
Do Thoughtful or Humane Space have ads?
Neither Thoughtful nor Humane Space shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Thoughtful or Humane Space?
Thoughtful ships an update every 10 days, and Humane Space every 3 weeks. Most recently, Thoughtful was updated on November 3, 2026 and Humane Space on November 3, 2026.

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