Comparison

Meditation | Down Dog vs MessageGarden

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

Head to head
About

Meditation | Down Dog

Discover a new guided, sleep, or walking meditation daily. Customize your practice with adjustable durations, instructor guidance, and background music. Integrates with Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Daily new meditations
  • Customizable duration and guidance
  • Multiple instructor voices
  • Variety of music and soundscapes
  • Sleep and walking meditations
  • Available in multiple languages
  • Apple Health integration
Features
Read full description

Whether you’re looking to calm your mind during your day, or sleep better during your night, with Meditation you get a brand new guided, sleep, or walking meditation every time. As with all of Down Dog’s apps, Meditation is fully customizable and gives you the power to build a meditation practice you love! BEGINNER FRIENDLY Start in the comfort of your own home with guided and sleep meditations under 5 minutes. Or lace up your shoes and go for a mindful walk with our walking meditations. CUSTOMIZABLE Set your meditation time. Whether you only have a few minutes between meetings or need 90 minutes to yourself every day, create the practice that works for you. Guided, Sleep, or Walking Meditations. Find some inner peace with our guided meditations, drift off to dreamland with our sleep meditations, or get the body moving and find calm with our walking meditations. Choose a specific topic for your guided, sleep, or walking meditation to focus on, such as Self Love or Release Stress. Or turn off the theme entirely. Select how much (or how little) our instructors guide you through your meditation. Set the duration of silence you’d like and we won’t disturb your zen. CHOOSE VOICES Choose from 6 different meditation instructors and be guided by a voice you love. DYNAMIC CHANGING MUSIC Choose between our calming music, nature sounds, brainwaves and spiritual playlists. Or bliss out in silence. SYNC BETWEEN DEVICES Automatically syncs across all your devices. MULTIPLE LANGUAGES In addition to over 12 English-speaking voices, all practices are available in 9 other languages! "A beautiful way to start my day. Thank you!" - Fiona "Yesterday I tried a sleep meditation and it was so good I fell asleep immediately." - Laura "It was amazing. Thank you for this content, you really help me through my day more than you can imagine." - K.R. "First time trying a walking meditation! Loved it." - Erika Integrates with the Apple Health app! Down Dog's terms and conditions can be found at https://www.downdogapp.com/terms Down Dog's privacy policy can be found at https://www.downdogapp.com/privacy

About

MessageGarden

Read full description

MessageGarden delivers one short, positive message a day — written for you, based on a few simple questions about who you are. No feed. No accounts. No noise. Just a quiet daily moment. HOW IT WORKS Answer a few quick questions about your world — your companion, what grounds you, who you love spending time with. Each day, MessageGarden sends a message shaped around your answers. REVEAL AND COLLECT Your message is revealed the moment you open the app. Want more? Reveal a bonus card once a day. Every card you reveal joins your Garden — a growing, collectible archive of everything you've received. YOUR GARDEN Cards carry their own visual identity — color, pattern, and stars that reflect their rarity. Filter by your favorites, revisit any card, and watch your collection grow over time. SHARE WHAT MOVES YOU Found a message worth keeping? Share any card as an image, styled exactly as it appears in your Garden. DAILY REMINDER A gentle push notification lets you know when your message is ready — once a day, nothing more. MessageGarden is a subscription with a 3-day free trial. Cancel anytime before your trial ends and you won't be charged. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://messagegarden.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://messagegarden.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Meditation | Down Dog4 screens
MessageGarden4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MessageGarden at every 2 days against Meditation | Down Dog's every 9 days. On price, ads, 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. Meditation | Down Dog sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month and MessageGarden sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meditation | Down Dog ships an update every 9 days, MessageGarden every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Meditation | Down Dog versus MessageGarden: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeditation | Down DogMessageGarden
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (16K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews89.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings16K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYoga Buddhi Co.MSS DESENVOLVIMENTO DE SOFTWARE LTDA

Bugs and requests

Meditation | Down Dog

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Compatibility issues with Apple TV screen mirroring
  • Inconsistent categorization in health tracking apps

Requested features

3 requests
  • Sleep timer option for sleep meditations
  • More diverse representation in imagery
  • Guided meditations on grief and loss

MessageGarden

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Meditation | Down Dog

Subscriptions4
  • All Access Subscription2 variants$12.991 Month
  • All Access Subscription$79.991 Year
  • All Access Subscription2 variants$99.991 Year
Show 1 more
  • All Access Subscription$119.991 Year
2 purchases

MessageGarden

Subscriptions2
  • MessageGarden Weekly3 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • MessageGarden Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Meditation | Down Dog free?
Meditation | Down Dog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MessageGarden free?
MessageGarden is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Meditation | Down Dog or MessageGarden have ads?
Neither Meditation | Down Dog nor MessageGarden shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meditation | Down Dog or MessageGarden?
Meditation | Down Dog ships an update every 9 days, and MessageGarden every 2 days. Most recently, Meditation | Down Dog was updated on November 12, 2026 and MessageGarden on November 5, 2026.

Other comparisons