Comparison

Mindfulness Bells vs ShakeIt Pill Tracker

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

ShakeIt Pill Tracker

Features
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ShakeIt reminds you when to take your medication, and keeps a record of what you took and when. It was built alongside a Parkinson's regimen, where the timing of a dose matters and the day is not the same all the way through. It works just as well as a plain reminder app. ONE TAP TO LOG A DOSE • Today is a checklist: the time, the medication, and one large circle to tap • Tap it again to clear a mistake — nothing asks you to confirm anything • Every dose is its own row, numbered within its own medication — “Dose 3 of 4” — so a tick means one pill and nothing else • What still needs taking sits above what is already done, and reorders itself as the day goes on • Skip a dose, or record that you took it at a different time, from the button beside it REMINDERS THAT FIT A REAL SCHEDULE • Fixed times, or a repeating interval that re-spaces itself from the dose you actually took, so a late morning pushes the whole day rather than bunching it up • As-needed medications sit on the main screen as one-tap buttons • Mark a medication Urgent and it keeps reminding you — eight times over two hours — until the dose is logged, with its own sound. Urgent reminders break through Focus. • Log a dose or snooze it straight from the notification, without opening the app • Eight reminder tones, all short and calm TRACK ON AND OFF, IF IT HELPS • Two buttons record ON (medication working) or OFF (symptoms returning) • Add symptoms and severity with a tap, or skip it — the entry is already saved • Correct the time afterwards, because a change is usually noticed some minutes after it starts • Turn the whole thing off in Settings if all you want is reminders PATTERNS, ONCE THERE ARE ENOUGH TO TRUST • After a fortnight of doses, Insights points out the time of day that runs late and the one that gets missed • Every finding says what it rests on — "across 14 doses" — so you can weigh it yourself • Notices when OFF episodes gather around a particular hour • Says what is going well, too • Hours ON and OFF across your waking day, and adherence over the last week or month TAKE IT TO YOUR APPOINTMENT • Export your whole history as a CSV spreadsheet • Opens in Numbers, Excel or Google Sheets • Send it to a doctor straight from the share sheet • Back up everything to Files or iCloud Drive, and restore it later ON YOUR HOME SCREEN • A widget counting down to the next dose • ON and OFF buttons on the widget, and in Control Centre EASY ON THE HANDS Large targets throughout — the circle you tap to log a dose is half again the size Apple asks for, because that minimum assumes a steady hand. Times are chosen in five-minute steps, so there is no hunting for a single minute. Light or dark, or follow your phone. Undo instead of confirmation prompts. PRIVATE BY DESIGN There is no account and no server. Everything stays on your iPhone. The app contains no networking code at all, collects nothing, and tracks nothing. Delete the app and the data goes with it. ShakeIt is a personal record-keeping tool. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment, and nothing it shows should be used to change a medication regimen. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist about your treatment.

Screenshots

Mindfulness Bells4 screens
ShakeIt Pill Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ShakeIt Pill Tracker at none against Mindfulness Bells's 6. ShakeIt Pill Tracker also leads on ads (none vs shown). Mindfulness Bells's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price 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. ShakeIt Pill Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mindfulness Bells versus ShakeIt Pill Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindfulness BellsShakeIt Pill Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (635 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings635 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLang HoangRahul Kassel

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

ShakeIt Pill Tracker

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
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  • Medium support$4.99
  • Large support$9.99
  • Supporter$19.99
None

ShakeIt Pill Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mindfulness Bells free?
Mindfulness Bells is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShakeIt Pill Tracker free?
ShakeIt Pill Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mindfulness Bells or ShakeIt Pill Tracker have ads?
Mindfulness Bells shows ads; ShakeIt Pill Tracker does not.

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