braintronics® II vs Rise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
braintronics® II
This app offers guided meditations to help you relax, reduce stress, and improve your overall well-being. It uses a combination of music and binaural beats to guide you into a deep state of relaxation in just a few minutes.
- Guided meditation sessions
- Relaxing music accompaniment
- Binaural beats for deep relaxation
- Stress management programs
- Personal development guidance
- Letting go exercises
- Regeneration and recovery sessions
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Braintronics App: complete relaxation with guided meditation Finally you can switch off, leave your stress behind you and fully recover - who doesn’t long to do this after a tiring day at work? With the Braintronics relaxation app, total relaxation is only a few minutes away. Leave tension and restless thoughts behind you and look forward to glorious relaxation in the rhythm of your own breathing. Our app gently guides you through meditations which are accompanied by melodious music and binaural beats and which generate a deep state of relaxation in just a few minutes. If you use meditation techniques regularly, you can increase your stress resistance and improve your health in the long term. Breaking down stress and achieving more balance in life and at work Just 21 minutes per day is sufficient to recharge your batteries and feel calmer. Every track is broken down into three stages: For the first eight minutes you will hear relaxing music which slows down your pulse and makes you feel pleasantly relaxed. In the following seven minutes you will hear high and low relaxation tones, binaural beats which deepen your state of relaxation. More than a few users will drift into a relaxing half-sleep during this stage. The third phase brings you back to your normal resting pulse rate, so that you feel refreshed and full of energy. Download Braintronics now FOR FREE and create your own personal wellness zone for body and mind. You will quickly discover how beneficial meditation with relaxation music can be. Choose between five different categories: 1. Stress Management Stress is the cause of many acute and chronic illnesses. Those who reduce their stress levels are healthier and live longer. With guided meditation you can immediately break down stress and reduce your susceptibility to stress in the long term. 2. Personal Development Do you keep getting worked up about negative behaviour patterns which are hindering your progress? Guided meditation supports you as you unlearn harmful patterns of thought and behaviour, and helps you to take important steps in your own personal development. 3. Letting Go Being able to let go is a skill which frees us from our shackles. But it is not easy to shut off our merry-go-round of thoughts. With the sensitive, guided meditation from the Braintronics app, you will learn how to do just that. Soon you will leave many of your worries and fears behind you and live just like you’ve always wanted to. 4. Regeneration It is no coincidence that meditation has been an integral part of Asian medicine for thousands of years, as when used correctly it proves to be a source of real health benefits. With our guided Braintronics meditation you can recharge your batteries and deal with stress in a much better way. 5. Pure Sound These fascinating soundscapes are as clear and pure as a mountain stream and carry you off into a relaxing fantasy world. Use our app to go on a relaxing journey that will do you a world of good and reinvigorate your mind. Tip: If you own a massage chair from the Casada family, you can connect the tracks to the chair via Bluetooth. The combination of acoustic stimulation and full-body massage leads to an even deeper state of relaxation.
Rise
This app provides a simple meditation timer and tracker for iPhone and Apple Watch. It uses heart rate data to offer insights into your mind and body's calm during sessions. Track your progress with detailed statistics and access guided courses.
- Simple meditation timer
- Apple Watch heart rate tracking
- Mind and body insights
- Meditation progress tracker
- Guided video courses
- Widgets and Siri integration
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Rise is a simple meditation timer for iPhone and Apple Watch, and a meditation tracker that shows what each session did for your mind and body. Sit in silence with a singing bowl or a gentle vibration. With Apple Watch, Rise records your heart rate while you sit and turns it into clear insights: how still your mind was, how calm your body became, and how your practice grows over time. No guided voices, no music, no distractions. Just you, the timer and your progress. HOW IT WORKS • Set your time, add a Delay to settle in, and let the singing bowl mark the start and the end. • Want to keep sitting? Extra Time keeps counting after the final bell. • Turn the volume down and the bell becomes a vibration you can feel through your clothes. • Start from iPhone or Apple Watch. Sessions are saved to Apple Health as Mindful Minutes. SEE WHAT EACH SESSION DID With Apple Watch, Rise records your heart rate while you meditate and shows how the session affected you: • Mind: Stillness, from how steady your heart rate stays. Drifting, Gathering, Present, Immersed, Absorbed. • Body: Calm, compared with your own resting heart rate from Apple Health. Settled, Softened, Relaxed, Restored, Released. • Calm Time, a heart rate chart, session and lowest heart rate, and heart rate variance. No Apple Watch? Rate how your mind and body feel after each session. Rise builds the same progress from your reflections. TRACK YOUR PRACTICE • Weekly calendar, streaks, total sessions and average session length • Best Session of the week, month and year • Practice Depth: Mind, Body and Rhythm, how regularly you sit • Smart hints that find your patterns: the time of day and session length that take you deepest, and how fast your body calms • Practice Trend: every session as a dot, with a smooth line that shows how your practice changes • A full meditation log: add, edit or delete sessions by hand LEARN WITH A TEACHER Video courses with meditation teacher Haejung Ocean, including Bongwoo: Tao Breathing Meditation, plus articles and wisdom quotes. APPLE WATCH A full Rise app on your wrist: meditation timer with the Digital Crown, singing bowl, your live heart rate as you sit, and, with Rise Premium, Mind and Body results right after you sit. Sessions reach your iPhone on their own. WIDGETS AND SIRI • Watch face and Lock Screen widgets: today's minutes, your streak, and one-tap Quick Start • A Rise button for Control Center and the Action button • Siri and Shortcuts: "Start Rise", "Set Rise timer", "Show Rise stats", "Stop Rise" ALSO Practice reminders on the days you choose and Sunrise and Sunset themes. Sign in with Apple or Google to keep your practice safe and synced across your devices; you can delete your account anytime. FREE AND PREMIUM Free: the meditation timer, vibration, the Apple Watch app with heart rate recording, reminders, courses and articles, weekly stats, Apple Health and sync across your devices with a Rise account. Rise Premium: Mind and Body insights from Apple Watch (Stillness, Calm, Calm Time, heart rate variance), monthly, yearly and all-time stats, Practice Depth and Trend, session summaries, and offline courses. The annual plan starts with a 7-day free trial and supports Family Sharing: $49.99 per year. Monthly: $8.99 per month. Prices are in US dollars and may vary by country. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.risemeditation.app/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://www.risemeditation.app/privacy-policy Support: info@risemeditation.life
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rise at 100% against braintronics® II's 21%. Rise also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and update cadence (monthly vs every 10 months). braintronics® II's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and iOS requirement (11.2 vs 16.0). On price, ads 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. Rise sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. braintronics® II asks for nothing beyond the download.
Rise holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rise has 30 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of braintronics® II's written reviews are positive against 100% of Rise's.
braintronics® II ships an update every 10 months, Rise monthly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | braintronics® II | Rise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 30 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 11.2 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Casada International GmbH | Yauheni Barkouski |
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braintronics® II
Rise
In-app purchases
braintronics® II
No in-app purchases
Rise
- Rise Monthly Premium7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Rise Monthly Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Rise Monthly Premium2 variants$8.991 Month
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- Rise Annual Premium14 Days trial$12.991 Year
- Rise Annual Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Rise Annual Premium$49.991 Year
- Rise Annual Premium7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Rise Annual Premium1 Year trial$49.991 Year
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