Comparison

Pause vs RapidStep10

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

Head to head
About

Pause

This app provides short, guided sessions to help you slow down, breathe, and reconnect with your faith amidst a busy life. It offers various session lengths and guided programs to foster inner peace and spiritual connection.

Highlights
  • Short guided prayer sessions
  • Customizable session lengths (1-10 mins)
  • Daily rhythm reminders
  • Guided soul check-ins
  • Multi-day guided programs
  • Focus on spiritual connection
Features
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Life moves fast. Your soul doesn’t. The Pause App offers a simple way to step out of the noise, release what you’re carrying, and reconnect with God in the middle of your busy day. Built around short, guided pauses, the app helps you slow down, breathe, and return to a grounded place of peace and presence. Whether you have one minute or ten, these gentle moments create space for your soul to recover. Inspired by the practice shared in Get Your Life Back, Resilient, and Experience Jesus. Really., the Pause App began as a tool our team used every day—and has become a daily rhythm for people around the world. What you can do with the Pause App • Take short “Pauses” to reset your mind and heart - Choose from 1-, 3-, 5-, or 10-minute sessions designed to help you let go, recenter, and reconnect with God. • Build simple daily rhythms - Set reminders that fit your life—morning, evening, or anytime you need a breath. • Check in with your soul - A quick, guided way to name where you are and receive a gentle next step. • Go deeper with guided programs - Explore multi-day journeys like 30 Days to Resilient and Experience Jesus. Really.—designed to strengthen your inner life and help you walk with God in a grounded, honest way. Why people love the Pause The Pause App is simple on purpose. No pressure. No performance. Just small, honest moments to breathe again, reconnect with God, and recover the life of your soul. If you’re feeling tired, overwhelmed, distracted, or simply hungry for a deeper connection with God in the flow of real life, the Pause is a gentle place to begin.

About

RapidStep10

This app offers a private, guided method for conducting daily personal inventories. It helps users process their feelings by identifying who they are upset with, what it affects, and their character defects, then suggests positive replacements. Users can save, share, or copy their completed inventories.

Highlights
  • Guided daily personal inventory
  • Character defect identification
  • Asset replacement suggestions
  • Customizable 7th-Step prayer
  • Offline functionality
  • Save, copy, and share inventories
  • Multilingual support
Features
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RapidStep10 is a fast, private way to take your daily Step 10 personal inventory. When something is bothering you, walk through it in a minute: • Who are you upset at, and what happened? • What does it affect — your pride, security, relationships, ambitions? • What are your defects of character in it — and the assets to replace them? • Pray the 7th-Step prayer, personalized to how you address your Higher Power. • Do you owe an amends? Who can you help next? Then copy or share the finished inventory, or save it to your private history to look back on. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything you enter stays on your device. No account, no analytics, no ads, no tracking, and nothing is ever sent to a server. The app works completely offline. BUILT FOR DAILY USE • A quick, guided form modeled on the Step 10 spot-check inventory • 80+ character defects paired with their opposite assets • The 7th-Step prayer, with the wording you choose for your Higher Power • Save, revisit, copy, and share past inventories • Available in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Arabic, and Hebrew (right-to-left supported) RapidStep10 is an independent personal tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.

Screenshots

Pause4 screens
RapidStep104 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: RapidStep10 at none against Pause's shown. RapidStep10 also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Pause's advantage is ratings volume (5.9K vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Pause against 5.0 for RapidStep10. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pause has 5.9K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pause ships an update every 2 months, RapidStep10 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pause versus RapidStep10: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPauseRapidStep10
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (5.9K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews98.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings5.9K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRansomed Heart MinistriesDovid Cohen

Customer experience

Pause

All ratings5,347 ratings
Positive98.6%
Neutral0.8%
Negative0.6%
Written reviews807 reviews
Positive98.3%
Neutral0.6%
Negative1.1%

RapidStep10

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Pause

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App freezing or not opening on certain devices
  • Inability to progress through 30-day program when encountering technical issues

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to control volume of background music
  • Option to continue background music after meditation ends
  • Offline access to download individual pauses

RapidStep10

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pause

No in-app purchases

None

RapidStep10

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pause free?
Pause is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RapidStep10 free?
RapidStep10 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pause or RapidStep10?
RapidStep10 is rated higher. Pause averages 4.9 out of 5 from 5.9K ratings, while RapidStep10 averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pause or RapidStep10 have ads?
Pause shows ads; RapidStep10 does not.
Which is updated more often, Pause or RapidStep10?
Pause ships an update every 2 months, and RapidStep10 every 3 weeks. Most recently, Pause was updated on November 7, 2026 and RapidStep10 on October 31, 2026.

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