Comparison

Mindful Widget vs MindFlipOut

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

Head to head
About

Mindful Widget

Features
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Mindful shows you a calm image with a short mindful sentence right where you already look every day: on your screen. Just add the widget, choose how often it changes, done. No goals, no daily streak to keep up, no sign-up. WHAT THE APP OFFERS - Home Screen widget in two sizes - Full-screen view in the app for a longer mindful moment - Optional reminders, off by default and at most four per day - Share image and text with one tap CUSTOMIZE - 37 nature photographs: forest, water, flowers, stone and light - Calm flat colors or your own photos as an alternative - Built-in mindful sentences, or write your own - Filter images by season and mood - Change rhythm from once to nine times a day SEVEN LANGUAGES The app and its texts are available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Dutch. You can switch on several languages at once, and the mindful texts are then drawn from all of them. PRIVACY No account, no ads, no tracking. Photos, sentences and settings stay on your device, and the app works completely offline. Free, with no in-app purchases.

About

MindFlipOut

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MindFlipOut is a Mental Step tool for thoughts that keep replaying. Capture the thought. Flip it once. Choose what happens next. Keep it. Send it to Mental Steps. Schedule it for later. Move it into a quiet Zone. Send it to Thought Space. Or simply let it go. A DIFFERENT WAY TO LOOK AT A REPLAYING THOUGHT A comment. A mistake. An awkward moment. A future worry. A β€œWhy did I say that?” loop. Sometimes a thought keeps coming back even when you don't want to keep thinking about it. MindFlipOut gives you a simple place to do something with it: 1. Capture the Heavy thought as it is. 2. Flip it and write a Light response. 3. Decide what you want to do with it next. The goal isn't to prove the Heavy thought wrong. A Flip can simply give you another way to look at it. WHAT YOU CAN DO NEXT Sometimes writing a Light response is enough. When it isn't, MindFlipOut can hand the thought somewhere else in MINDBEBOP. β€’ Keep the Heavy and Light versions together β€’ Schedule the thought for later β€’ Send it to Mental Steps in MindEntry β€’ Move it into a quiet Zone in MindZoneOut β€’ Send it to Thought Space in MindBackyard β€’ Or let it go You can also search and sort your saved thoughts when you want to find one again. WHAT IT CAN HELP WITH β€’ Thoughts that keep replaying β€’ Overthinking β€’ Regret and awkward moments β€’ Self-critical thoughts β€’ Future worries β€’ β€œDon't forget this” thoughts β€’ Thoughts that may need another action later β€’ Looking at the same thought from another angle PART OF MINDBEBOP MINDBEBOP is a modular system designed to reduce Thought Noise, support Mental Navigation, and anchor successful mental states. MindFlipOut is one Mental Step tool within that system. A thought can stay in MindFlipOut, move into Mental Steps, become something to return to later, or move into another MINDBEBOP space. DESIGNED TO STAY LIGHTWEIGHT β€’ 100% free β€’ No subscriptions β€’ No accounts β€’ No tracking β€’ No cloud storage β€’ Everything stays on your device β€’ Optional tips are available if you'd like to support a solo developer MindFlipOut doesn't require every thought to become a task or something to solve. Sometimes you just want to change your relationship with a thought enough to decide what happens next. Flip it. Keep it. Move it somewhere else. Or let it go. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Mindful Widget4 screens
MindFlipOut4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mindful Widget at none against MindFlipOut's 3. MindFlipOut's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 27.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. MindFlipOut sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Mindful Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mindful Widget ships an update every 9 months, MindFlipOut every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Mindful Widget versus MindFlipOut: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindful WidgetMindFlipOut
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 4 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS27.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size25 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLars GregoriKentaro Yamauchi

In-app purchases

None

Mindful Widget

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

MindFlipOut

One-time3
  • Tip (optional)$4.99
  • Tip (optional)$19.99
  • Tip (optional)$99.99

Questions

Is Mindful Widget free?
Mindful Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MindFlipOut free?
MindFlipOut is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mindful Widget or MindFlipOut have ads?
Neither Mindful Widget nor MindFlipOut shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mindful Widget or MindFlipOut?
Mindful Widget ships an update every 9 months, and MindFlipOut every 4 days. Most recently, Mindful Widget was updated on September 29, 2026 and MindFlipOut on October 3, 2026.

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