Unbounded vs Daruma
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Unbounded
This app offers a customizable meditation timer with segmented sessions and various sounds. It allows users to track their mindfulness activity and connect with others for mutual support. Integration with Apple Health logs mindful minutes automatically.
- Customizable meditation timer
- Segmented session times
- Variety of sound options
- Activity tracking
- Social support features
- Apple Health integration
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Unbounded is an elegant meditation timer that lets you set time segments and sounds, track your activity, and engage with colleagues and friends to support each other’s meditation practice. Integrates with the Apple Health app to log mindful minutes.
Daruma
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Complete ten sessions to see your Daruma become whole, then begin the cycle anew. Daruma is a breath-awareness meditation timer built around the Japanese Daruma tradition of commitment and perseverance. Complete ten sessions and your Daruma doll transforms — a living record of the intention you keep returning to your practice. Each session guides you through a simple, traditional breathing practice. When you're ready to sit in silence, an unguided timer mode is one tap away. Choose your duration, sit, and begin. Your progress stays visible on your Home Screen throughout the journey in a widget. Begin your first session today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Daruma at every 5 days against Unbounded's every 2 months. Unbounded's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Unbounded ships an update every 2 months, Daruma every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Unbounded | Daruma |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (72 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 72 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peak Leadership | Michal Sverak |
In-app purchases
Unbounded
No in-app purchases
Daruma
No in-app purchases
