Inner Freedom vs Marcus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Inner Freedom
This app offers a comprehensive 6-week program to help users break free from chronic stress and anxiety. It provides practical tools and evidence-based strategies like mindfulness, hypnotherapy, and guided meditations to cope with daily challenges and foster emotional well-being.
- 6-week stress and anxiety program
- Breathing practices
- Mindfulness and meditation
- Strategic hypnotherapy
- Guided yoga sessions
- Psycho-education
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Break the cycle of Chronic Stress and Anxiety for good. Inner Freedom app guides you every step of the way. Includes a 6 week program to target stress and anxiety from all angles and create a life you love. You'll have practical tools and strategies to cope with everyday challenges with ease and feel better faster. It comes with a step-by-step plan, short daily sessions and evidence based tools such as: - Breathing Practices - Mindfulness - Strategic Hypnotherapy - Guided Meditations - Psycho-education - Deep Relaxation - Gentle Yoga by qualified expert Liisa Halme. De-stress and even prevent cycles of chronic stress and anxiety with quick-to-do practices and guided sessions. Interrupt old, dysfunctional patterns and speed-learn new, functional, life-transforming processes through hypnosis. Programs in the App include: Anxiety Free in 6 Weeks Mindfulness & Meditation (including guided sessions and brainwave technology) Yoga for Inner & Outer Health Inner Freedom App includes sessions to help with: Stress Anxiety Focus Energy Sleep Confidence Emotions Relationships Negative Thinking Anxiety Free Membership Options: Anxiety Free Program: - Short Daily Practices Following the InnerFreedom Method - Inner Freedom App to Create Clarity, Calm and Focused Energy Anywhere, Anytime - Psycho-education on Emotions, Relationships and Mind Stuff InnerFreedom Plan: - ALL the InnerFreedom Programs - The Book: A Crash Course In Emotional Freedom - Anxiety Free Nutrition & Supplement Guide Download Inner Freedom App to start feeling (and doing) better today! Created by Strategic Psychotherapist, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Breathwork Practitioner, Yoga Therapist Liisa Halme. INFORMATION ABOUT THE APP AND PURCHASE OPTIONS By signing up, you will get access to subscription(s) that include features such as progress tracking, and offline sync. The download of Inner Freedom is free of charge. Should you use Inner Freedom app to access in-app content, we offer one of the following options: Free plan(s) - available to subscribe free of charge. Subscription based plan(s) - a recurring payment will be charged to your credit card after the trial period ends and when a subscription renews. A subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the subscription period. There is no increase in price when renewing. Subscription(s) can be managed and auto-renewal turned off in Account Settings in the App Store after purchase. One-time purchase based plan(s) - a payment will be charged to your credit card only once. Read our full Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy: https://passion.io/terms-of-service https://passion.io/privacy-policy
Marcus
This app offers a structured daily practice rooted in Stoic philosophy to foster self-improvement and living well. It includes morning and evening journaling, daily readings, and emotion logging, all designed to encourage honest self-examination and virtue.
- Morning journaling with Stoic prompts
- Daily Stoic quotes with reflections
- Evening self-examination journal
- Emotion logging and Stoic reframing
- Weekly review of virtues practiced
- No account required, data stays on device
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Most self-improvement apps make you feel good about yourself. Marcus asks whether you are. That's the difference. Marcus is a daily Stoic practice app built on the same system Marcus Aurelius used to govern the Roman Empire, and that Epictetus used to find freedom as a slave. Not a habit tracker. Not a meditation timer. A structured daily practice rooted in two thousand years of the most tested philosophy for living well. THE PRACTICE HAS FOUR PARTS. Morning journal. Five Stoic prompts including premeditatio malorum, the ancient negative visualization technique that modern psychology echoes as a way to reduce anxiety and sharpen decision-making. Begin each day with intention instead of noise. Daily reading. A passage each morning from Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, or Seneca, chosen against what you have said you are working on, with a practical reflection. It never gives you the same passage twice. Every quote is checked against its source: we audited our own library and removed fifty-five that were not what they claimed to be. Evening journal. The nightly self-examination Seneca practiced: examine where you acted with virtue, confess where you fell short, release what you're carrying before sleep. The gap between who you are and who you admire only closes when you look at it honestly. Emotion logger. Between stimulus and response, there is a space. This is that space. Log what moved you, identify the cognitive distortion, read the Stoic reframe. The same discipline the Stoics practiced, two thousand years before cognitive behavioral therapy gave it a name. THE STOIC COMPASS. At the center of the practice is your compass, in four parts. Why you practice. What pattern in yourself you will overcome. Who you are becoming. And your roles: the relational positions you actually occupy, parent, partner, colleague, citizen, and what each one asks of you. The Stoics called these your kathekonta. Marcus Aurelius reminded himself of his every morning. Your compass is what the daily reading is matched against, so the practice gets more specific to you the longer you keep it. BUILT DIFFERENTLY. Marcus doesn't punish you for missing a day. Your longest streak remains. Your total days practiced remain. The current streak resets, and then you begin again. That's the Stoic response to failure. Not shame. Not starting over on Monday. The return. No account required. Your journal, reflections, and logs never leave your device. The only thing collected is anonymous, aggregate usage to improve the app, never tied to you. WEEKLY REVIEW. Once a week, examine the whole. In the ledger you name the Virtue you most embodied and the one you fell short on. Week after week, the record accumulates into an honest picture of who you're becoming, not who you imagine yourself to be. THE FOUR VIRTUES. Wisdom, Courage, Temperance, Justice. The frame the whole practice hangs on. Not goals. Not habits. Ways of being you either embody in a given moment, or you don't. MEMENTO MORI. "You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do." — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Marcus Premium is an auto-renewable subscription with monthly and annual options and a 7-day free trial. Prices are shown in the app and on this product page in your local currency. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.getmarcus.app/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Marcus at none against Inner Freedom's shown. Marcus also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). Inner Freedom's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Inner Freedom sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month and Marcus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Inner Freedom holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Inner Freedom ships an update every 2 months, Marcus fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Inner Freedom | Marcus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.7 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Liisamarja Halme | Harvana |
Customer experience
Inner Freedom
Marcus
In-app purchases
Inner Freedom
- Monthly Subscription$19.991 Month
- Inner Freedom Plan7 Days trial$38.991 Month
- InnerFreedom For Life$299.99
Marcus
- Marcus Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Marcus Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year









