Unwind vs Ski+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Unwind
This app guides you through mindful breathing exercises to reduce stress, improve sleep, and enhance focus. It offers a distraction-free experience with beautiful visuals, soothing ambiances, and personalized tracking to support your mindfulness journey.
- Guided breathing exercises
- Background ambiances
- Mindfulness history and stats
- iOS widgets
- Voice prompts and haptics
- Daily reminders and quotes
- Sync to Apple Health
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Unwind is a refreshing, delightful, and distraction-free mindful breathing companion to help you with meditation and get you through the day. Unwind combines beautiful illustrations with background ambiances to create an atmosphere that is perfect for mindful breathing. HOW DOES UNWIND WORK? We’ve forgotten the true significance of mindful breathing. We are so busy that we have even forgotten how to breathe correctly—which drastically affects our overall health and happiness. Unwind fixes that. Unwind comes with a number of guided breathing exercises including the following exercises: - Start your day fresh This breathing exercise gets you ready for the day feeling refreshed, relaxed, and also shaking off any lingering remnants of sleep - Relax & unwind This breathing exercise relieves your mind of any stress or anxiety. By the end of this exercise, you’ll feel relaxed and more focused. - Sleep better & faster When you are ready for bed, this deep relaxing breathing exercise helps you get calm, and fall asleep in minutes. ------ And it doesn’t end there! UNWIND COMES WITH THE FOLLOWING EXTRA FEATURES - Mindfulness History Unwind securely backs up all your session details with any notes or mood you’ve logged. Reflect on your past and get better with just a tap. - Stats and Insights Find it hard to stay motivated? Track your mindfulness journey and set daily targets and build streaks to make sure you stay motivated and spend some time daily to be mindful. - Widgets With support for iOS 17 Lock Screen and Home Screen Widgets out of the box, you’ll be able to track your daily mindfulness progress right from your home screen. - Background Ambiances Unwind comes with over 30 background ambiances each with a unique sound and illustrations so that you can craft the perfect atmosphere for your mindful breathing session. The ambiances help reduce distractions and improve focus on the breathing. - Breathing Companion After you begin a session, Unwind breathes with you by animating the background scenes to help you stay mindful and in sync. - Voice Prompts Unwind also supports voice prompts to guide you through the breathing exercises if you prefer to do them with your eyes closed. - Haptics Unwind comes with the best haptic feedback during exercises. - Daily Reminders Enable daily reminders and Unwind will gently remind you when it's time to do your breathing exercise. You can also set custom reminders. - Daily Mindfulness Quotes After each session, Unwind displays a fresh mindfulness quote for you to absorb in the perfect state of mind. - Sync to Apple Health You can choose to track your Mindful Minutes in Apple Health by enabling the “Sync to Apple Health” option. - iCloud Sync Your stats and mindfulness history is backed up privately in your private iCloud account and can only be seen you. So if you decide to switch your phone and use multiple devices, your data will never be lost. --- You can subscribe and pay on the App Store, using your Apple ID. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renew may be turned off after purchase by going to the ‘Manage Subscription’ page in settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. The subscription will renew at the same cost. Privacy Policy: https://github.com/mysticalbits/unwind-tos/blob/main/privacy-policy.md Terms of Use: https://github.com/mysticalbits/unwind-tos/blob/main/terms-of-use.md
Ski+
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Ski+ provides a delightful and magical workout experience optimized for Apple Watch with AirPods! Ski+ represents a giant leap forward in technology that provides real time personalized feedback using an advanced artificial intelligence system that adapts to daily changes in your health & fitness to help maximize your days on the slopes. Ski+ alerts you to critical data: ski & snowboard runs, new best times or efforts, when you should hydrate & fuel for peak performance, and acute or chronic fatigue limits indicating that you should stop to minimize the risk of injury. Additionally, it speaks a summary of your current data when you raise your wrist and provides motivational feedback at critical points throughout your workout. Ski+'s intelligent audio feedback allows you to center your focus on the terrain and the slopes, without the distraction of glancing down at your Watch screen to see your data. Because the artificial intelligence algorithms that power Ski+ execute directly on your Watch, you get both faster, more immediate coaching during your workout, and your privacy & data security is ensured because your data never leaves your Watch for processing on a distant cloud server. Your Apple Watch stays the heart of every workout—now a companion iPhone app helps you explore, search, and understand your training. Free Features: 1. Audio feedback provided through AirPods so that you don't have to disrupt your skiing or snowboarding to look at data on your Watch. 2. Quick audio feedback of current time, speed, and heart rate data when you raise your wrist. 3. Start & stop recordings and segment timers using force touch menus that perform reliably even when wearing winter gloves. 4. Scroll through data screens without swiping by rotating the crown button. 5. Geek out on piles of data and performance metrics. 6. New diary to explore the story of every day on the mountain. 7. Powerful natural language search instantly surfaces your key data—just ask. 8. Automatic ski run detection and categorization. 9. All day battery life for your most epic powder days. 10. Integrates with Apple Health. Coaching Subscription Features: 1. Intelligent coaching insights analyze your training history to guide you toward improved fitness. 2. Comprehensive ski run performance analysis and personalized improvement suggestions. 3. Advanced turn analysis including counting the number of turns, turn radius, and turn G-force! 4. Heart rate analysis with feedback aimed to guide you to your correct target heart rate zone. 5. Speed & effort analysis to help guide you to the optimal effort level to help maximize your skiing & snowboarding. 6. Real time acute fatigue analysis that alerts you when you are getting tired and should consider stopping to reduce the risk of injury. 7. Chronic fatigue analysis that advises you to take rest days or extra recovery days when appropriate to avoid burnout. 8. Alerts to keep you on track with your hydration and keep you topped up with energy during long days of skiing & snowboarding. 9. Frequent audio encouragement to motivate peak performance. 10. Tracking of your all time personal best efforts and performances, with audio notifications when you achieve a new personal best. Coaching subscriptions unlock the coaching features across the entire family of World Champ Tech workout apps, and are available for purchase in-app. A free, 14-day trial of the coaching features is available to demo in-app. Ski+® registered in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, registration number 6745044.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Unwind at weekly against Ski+'s every 5 weeks. 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
Both are free to download. Unwind sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Ski+ sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Unwind ships an update weekly, Ski+ every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 4, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Unwind | Ski+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (590 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 590 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 159 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mystical Bits, LLC | World Champ Tech |
Bugs and requests
Unwind
Reported bugs
3 issues- Restore purchase feature not working consistently
- Apple Watch app stops working when screen dims
- Widget not showing the correct breathing exercise
Requested features
5 requests- Add Chinese language support
- Allow custom background colors and brightness
- Implement more guided meditation options
- Improve haptic feedback on Apple Watch
- Add ability to use own music during sessions
Ski+
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Unwind
- Unwind Pro (Weekly)$1.997 Days
- Unwind Pro (Weekly - Family)$2.997 Days
- Unwind Pro (Monthly)$3.991 Month
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- Unwind Pro (Monthly - Family)$6.991 Month
- Unwind Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Unwind Pro (Yearly - Family)7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Unwind Pro (Lifetime)$24.99
- Unwind Pro (Legacy)$29.99
- Unwind Pro (Lifetime - Family)$29.99
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- Unwind Pro (Lifetime)$56.99
Ski+
- Intelligent Ski Coaching$1.991 Month
- Intelligent Ski Coaching1 Month trial$1.991 Month
- Intelligent Ski Coaching$19.991 Year
- Intelligent Ski CochingFree









