Comparison

Mindfulness Bells vs Napling

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

Head to head
About

Mindfulness Bells

This app provides gentle bell sounds at set or random intervals to help you practice mindfulness and return to your breath. It offers a minimalist interface with customizable bell sounds and timing, supporting a more conscious and present day.

Highlights
  • Interval bell ringing
  • Random interval ringing
  • Hourly chime
  • Customizable bell sounds
  • Minimalist interface
  • Background operation
Features
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Mindfulness Bell is a very simple tool that help to: - Ring the bell at the given interval - Ring the bell at random interval - Ring bell as a regular hourly chime app Useful for those who are practicing mindfulness. It's a bell to remind you to return to your conscious breathing. Help you to keep mindful the day long. KEEP IN MIND PLEASE: App can work when you put the app to the background by click home button, but it won't work if you kill the app (remove app from recent app list). If you want something to work even the app got killed then Mindfulness Bell is not for you. Mindfulness Bell is a very simple application that rings the bell at fixed interval, random time or as a hourly chime. Helpful for those who are practicing mindfulness, or practicing other meditation methods. Benefits of practicing mindfulness Practicing mindfulness has been shown to have beneficial effects on both physical and mental health. Helps reduce anxiety, control stress, increase concentration, control emotions... to improve quality of life. How to Use the Bell of Mindfulness Choose the bell and the interval according to your needs then turn on the bell. Every time the bell rings, no matter what you're doing, pause everything and return to your breath, to yourself. Practice until every sound in your life becomes a bell of mindfulness. Why you should choose the Bell of Mindfulness - There are many pleasant bells available. - Minimalist interface, easy to use, no extra configuration steps - One click to go - Full customizable: bell sound, interval, start-end time - Support ring the bell at fixed interval (5 mins, 10mins, 15mins, 20mins, 25mins, 30mins, 1 hour, 2 hours...) - Support random ringing. - Support ringing the bell at the beginning of every hour (Blip blip, hourly chime, grandfather clock) - Does not ask for unnecessary/crazy permissions. https://apps.langhoangal.dev/en/mindfulness-bell

About

Napling

Features
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Know when the next nap is coming. Napling starts with age-based guidance, learns your baby's own rhythm, and keeps the next nap easy to see and log — right from your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or Dynamic Island. Napling is the calm, one-tap way to track your baby's feeding and sleep — built for the exact moment you actually need it: one-handed, half-asleep, at 3am, without ever unlocking your phone. Newborns don't come with a manual, but their days follow patterns. Napling surfaces those patterns clearly, so you spend less time guessing and more time with your little one. Track in one tap • Feeds — tap once to log; add an amount only if you want to • Pumping sessions, tracked right alongside feeds • Naps — start and stop, with the duration calculated for you • Amounts in ounces or milliliters, converted automatically Log without opening the app • Live status on your Dynamic Island and Lock Screen, with tap-to-log buttons • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets showing time since the last feed and nap • Control Center and Action Button controls for feeds and naps • Siri and Shortcuts — "Log a feed in Napling," "Baby woke up" See the patterns • Today's stats, always free — feeds, volume, and sleep at a glance • A running Timeline of every event — edit or delete any entry after the fact Free, including nap guidance • Age-based nap-window guidance — general guidance, not medical advice • Share tracking with your partner via iCloud, free • Today's stats, always free — feeds, volume, and sleep at a glance Napling Plus — one small one-time purchase, never a subscription • Personalized nap predictions that learn your baby's own rhythm, not just a generic age chart • Weekly and monthly trend charts with built-in comparisons: this week vs. last, this month vs. last • Pay once, keep it forever. No ads, no accounts, no recurring charges — ever. Made for tired parents • One-thumbed logging you can do half-asleep, in the dark • Dark by default — dim and glare-free at 3am — with Light and System themes • Add your baby's photo and see their age at a glance • Instant undo for the inevitable mis-tap • No ads, no clutter, no distractions Private by default • Your baby's logs and photos stay on your device and in your private iCloud • No account, no sign-up • Partner sharing (free) and personalized predictions (Plus) both use your own iCloud — we never see your baby's logs • Napling collects limited product analytics tied to a random ID (no account or name), which you can disable at any time in Settings — never your baby's data Whether you're bringing a newborn home or settling into a rhythm with an older infant, Napling is a quiet, reliable companion for the day-to-day basics.

Screenshots

Mindfulness Bells4 screens
Napling4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Napling at none against Mindfulness Bells's shown. Napling also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). Mindfulness Bells's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Mindfulness Bells sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Napling sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mindfulness Bells ships an update every 2 weeks, Napling weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mindfulness Bells versus Napling: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindfulness BellsNapling
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (634 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings634 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLang HoangTom Weiss

Bugs and requests

Mindfulness Bells

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • No sound or alert when chime is set
  • Chime not ringing at the correct time

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to set specific chime days
  • Option to choose quieter chime sounds
  • Customizable chime duration

Napling

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Mindfulness Bells

One-time6
  • A cup of coffee$1.99
  • Small support$1.99
  • A dinner$2.99
Show 3 more
  • Medium support$4.99
  • Large support$9.99
  • Supporter$19.99
1 purchases

Napling

One-time1
  • Napling Plus$19.99

Questions

Is Mindfulness Bells free?
Mindfulness Bells is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Napling free?
Napling is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mindfulness Bells or Napling have ads?
Mindfulness Bells shows ads; Napling does not.
Which is updated more often, Mindfulness Bells or Napling?
Mindfulness Bells ships an update every 2 weeks, and Napling weekly. Most recently, Mindfulness Bells was updated on November 7, 2026 and Napling on November 1, 2026.

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