Unwind vs Escape
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
Escape
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You pick up your phone to check one thing. Forty minutes later, you're still scrolling — and you feel worse than before. Escape is the app that fights back. Instead of giving you more content to consume, Escape gives you small, meaningful things to do. 1–3 minute challenges across five categories: breathing, movement, mindset, creativity, and real social connection. Complete a quest. Earn XP. Build a streak. Feel the difference. HOW IT WORKS Every day you get 10 fresh quests carefully designed micro-actions: Breathe — Box breathing, 4-7-8 breathing, and other exercises to calm your nervous system Body — Push-ups, jumping jacks, cold water splash to activate your body Mind — Gratitude lists, sensory awareness, mindfulness exercises to improve focus Social — Send a message, make a call, reconnect with someone Create — Draw, write, or sketch to engage creativity Start a quest, follow the timer, and earn XP when done. Each one takes less time than a scrolling session. GAME-LIKE PROGRESS XP and Levels — Earn XP for every completed quest and level up over time Streak Tracking — Maintain your daily streak. Missing a day resets it Weekly Calendar — Track your consistency visually Milestone Badges — Unlock achievements at 3, 7, 14, 30, 60, and 100 days THE USEFUL FEED A curated feed of quotes, insights, and tips about focus, attention, and digital wellbeing. No infinite scroll. Only 15 carefully selected items designed to be actually useful. DESIGNED WITH INTEGRITY No ads. No in-app purchases. No account required. No sign-up. No tracking. No analytics. No cloud sync. All data stays on your device. Works completely offline. Escape is built to help you reclaim your attention one small action at a time. Ready to break the scroll loop?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Escape at none against Unwind's 10. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Escape asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Unwind | Escape |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (593 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 84.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 593 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 159 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mystical Bits, LLC | Abdallah Omar |
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
Escape
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
Escape
No in-app purchases









