iOSHO vs Return to Self
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iOSHO
This app offers a modern approach to meditation and mindfulness, featuring active meditations to release stress and discover inner silence. It includes guided OSHO Talks, transformative tarot games for clarity, and a wealth of audio and video content.
- Active meditations for stress release
- Guided OSHO Talks audio
- Transformative tarot card games
- OSHO Radio (24/7 talks)
- OSHO iMeditate (guided meditations)
- OSHOPlay (audio series & playlists)
- OSHO TV (video talks)
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iOSHO – Revolutionary Meditation Approach for Contemporary People iOsho represents a revolution in making meditation, mindfulness, awareness and consciousness available as a daily life experience for contemporary people. It has tools to help you dissolve whatever is blocking your meditation with active meditations that allow you to express and release your accumulated stress and tensions – and then discover the silent center within. You can learn the “knack” of being a witness to the body and then the mind, with its thoughts and feelings while listening to OSHO Talks. And if you need support with a personal issue, you can use two transformative tarot card games to gain clarity and understanding. What Your Subscription Includes: OSHO Radio Silence Shared in Words – 24/7 OSHO Radio plays Osho Talks continuously. A new series is uploaded every week. Your subscription includes English and Hindi talks. OSHO iMeditate Enjoy 17 Key OSHO Meditations – plus the daily OSHO Evening Meeting You have tried just sitting, and it drives you nuts. Those sitting meditations were not created for contemporary people, but for people who lived a long time ago, in a very different world. That is why these OSHO Active Meditations were created. You release whatever emotions are rumbling inside, you dance, you hum, you just let go and feel the delight of then being able to be silent. OSHOPlay OSHO Audio Series, Curated Playlist and Music from the World of OSHO Discover the true essence of Tantra, Yoga, Zen or the Eastern or Western Mystics with hundreds of Osho Talks in English and Hindi. Delve into meditation, learn what it means to understand love, ego, life and death from 17 playlist of most searched topics, create your own playlists – including music from the World of OSHO. OSHO TV OSHO Talks on Video On OSHO TV you can access fifty different OSHO videos at any one time. Answers to questions from seekers, his replies to the press and some very intimate biographical talks. A new video is added each week. OSHO Zen Tarot Award Winning Game of Zen The world’s most popular Zen-based, Tarot Deck. OSHO Transformation Tarot 60 Illustrated Parables for Everyday Life OSHO No-Thought for the Day Start your day from your center – where your life really happens! A nudge from Osho on audio & text ABOUT OSHO Osho defies categorization. His thousands of talks cover everything from the individual quest for meaning to the most urgent social and political issues facing society today. Osho has been described by the Sunday Times in London as one of the “1000 Makers of the 20th Century” and by American author Tom Robbins as “the most dangerous man since Jesus Christ.” Sunday Mid-Day (India) has selected Osho as one of ten people – along with Gandhi, Nehru and Buddha – who have changed the destiny of India. About his own work Osho has said that he is helping to create the conditions for the birth of a new kind of human being.. Osho is known for his revolutionary contribution to the science of inner transformation, with an approach to meditation that acknowledges the accelerated pace of contemporary life. His unique OSHO Active Meditations are designed to first release the accumulated stresses of body and mind. If you subscribe via Apple, payment will be charged to App Store Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the rate of the selected plan. Subscriptions and auto-renewal may be managed by going to Account Settings after purchase. Privacy policy: https://iosho.osho.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://iosho.osho.com/terms-and-services
Return to Self
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Return to Self is your pocket-sized sanctuary — designed to help you pause, breathe, and reconnect with your inner peace, no matter where life takes you. Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed, unbalanced, or simply need a moment of stillness, this beautifully crafted app offers calming tools to support your emotional well-being. What You’ll Find Inside: - Return to Self: A gentle, one-tap experience to help ground and center you instantly. - Mindful Exercises: Guided practices like Box Breathing, Body Scan, and Loving Kindness to ease stress and restore calm. - Calming Sounds: Soothing soundscapes including ocean waves, forest ambience, gentle rain, and more. - Daily Affirmations: Gentle and empowering messages to start your day with intention and love. We believe peace shouldn’t be interrupted — so you’ll never see forced ads here. If you’d like to support us, you can choose to view an ad only when you feel like it. With a minimalist design and a soul-soothing atmosphere, Return to Self is more than just an app — it’s a safe space to come home to yourself.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Return to Self at none against iOSHO's 2. iOSHO's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, 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. iOSHO sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Return to Self asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | iOSHO | Return to Self |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (55 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 53.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 55 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Osho International Corp. | Furkan Kolcu |
In-app purchases
iOSHO
- Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$69.991 Year
Return to Self
No in-app purchases
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