Resolve vs MindSpire Focus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Resolve
This app offers a method to address issues like stress, trauma, pain, and cravings by stimulating brain plasticity. It aims to reset over-sensitized brain circuits that maintain persistent sensations.
- Stimulates brain plasticity
- Addresses chronic stress
- Helps with trauma recovery
- Manages pain sensations
- Supports addiction cravings relief
- Resets over-sensitized brain circuits
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RESOLVE-It! is a proven, tested method to solve problems by gently and safely stimulating brain plasticity. Research has shown that enduring problems produced by chronic stress, trauma, pain, and addictive cravings alter brain function - creating over sensitized brain circuits. These delicate circuits fire at higher volume keeping the experienced sensation such as anxiety or pain strong and activated until they reset back to their original state.
MindSpire Focus
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Transform your focus and find your calm with MindSpire Focus - a science-inspired brain training and mindfulness companion that helps you concentrate longer, sleep better, and build a daily calm habit in five minutes a day. HOW IT WORKS: Today's Training Three short games a day, picked for your weakest skill. Finish the set in about five minutes and watch your Focus Score move with you. Your Owl Grows With You Your owl companion moves up a stage as your training days add up. Every set gives it energy, and a mood check-in gives it a little happiness. A Home That Stays Out Of The Way Your owl, Today's Training, your streak and Focus Score, a one-tap mood check-in, and Explore for everything else. No popups. One Streak, One Reminder Any activity keeps your streak alive. One daily reminder, at the time you choose, opens Today's Training. Calm Break and Games by Skill An optional two-minute breathing break after the set, and a games library grouped by Memory, Attention, Speed and Control. CORE FEATURES: • Today's Training: three short games a day and a Focus Score • 13 brain-training games with adaptive difficulty, grouped by skill • Your owl companion, growing with your training days • Guided courses with daily video lessons • AI breathing coach with ambient sounds • Body Scan and Progressive Muscle Relaxation with voice guidance • Sleep Wind-Down, a 9-minute bedtime flow • Mood check-ins, micro-journaling and a CBT Thought Record • Streaks, heatmaps, personal bests and detailed statistics • Multiple themes, light and dark • Face ID for quick, secure access • Full data export and account control 13 BRAIN-TRAINING GAMES: Memory - Memory Pattern, Verbal Memory, N-Back Memory, Memory Span Attention - Color Focus, Number Sequence, Attention Network, Focus Endurance Speed - Quick Tap, Reaction Time Control - Aim Trainer, Dual-Task Focus, Task Switching FRIENDS (18+) - on Home, under Explore: • Add friends and see their progress • Global and friends leaderboards • Focus challenges with friends • Send encouragement PERFECT FOR: • Students sharpening study focus (13+) • Professionals seeking deeper concentration • Anyone building a mindfulness or meditation habit • Brain training and cognitive fitness enthusiasts • Meditation beginners and experienced practitioners • People managing stress, anxiety, or sleep challenges TRACK YOUR PROGRESS: • Focus Score and training days • Daily streaks and completion heatmaps • Activity performance breakdown • AI insights • Personal bests and detailed statistics PRIVACY FIRST: GDPR and CCPA compliant. Your data stays yours. No tracking without your explicit consent. Start your focus transformation today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Resolve at none against MindSpire Focus's shown. Resolve also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). MindSpire Focus's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 7 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Resolve ships an update every 7 months, MindSpire Focus every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Resolve | MindSpire Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rich Bruursema | Java Mantra Corp |
In-app purchases
Resolve
No in-app purchases
MindSpire Focus
No in-app purchases









