Pause with Panda vs Pause & Purpose
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pause with Panda
This application works with a companion device to help children develop emotional regulation skills. It offers guided exercises to teach self-regulation, focus, and mindfulness. Users can personalize content, record custom messages, and track usage.
- Personalize stored exercises
- Add new exercises by category
- Listen to exercises without device
- Record custom exercises
- View usage statistics
- Access learning resources
- Receive new exercise notifications
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This app requires a Pause with Panda device, available at https://www.pausewithpanda.com/ Pause with Panda is a comforting and customizable friend that helps children learn to pause, identify and respond to their thoughts and feelings. Through audible, bite-sized exercises called "Pauses", Panda teaches children concepts that help them develop self-regulation, focus, awareness, kindness, mind-body connections and better sleep. This app allows you to personalize the content stored on Pause with Panda, record your own Pause and more. Features: - Personalize which Pauses are stored on Panda - Search for and add new Pauses by Pause category or topic - Listen to Pauses if Panda is not nearby - Record your own Pause and store it on Panda - View usage stats and battery levels - Get helpful tips and resources for learning and teaching emotional regulation - Get notified when new Pauses are released - Receive reminders to take Pauses throughout the day and at bedtime
Pause & Purpose
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The Pause & Purpose app makes it very easy for you to manage your Pause & Purpose account, book into our classes and events and keep in touch with us. You can easily message us if you have a question or want to share something with us. You can also follow our public feed to see any announcements we make, promos we run, or content we share.
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Verdict
Pause with Panda and Pause & Purpose are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
| Parameter | Pause with Panda | Pause & Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pause with Panda, Inc. | Momence, Inc. |
In-app purchases
Pause with Panda
No in-app purchases
Pause & Purpose
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Pause with Panda free?
Is Pause & Purpose free?
Do Pause with Panda or Pause & Purpose have ads?
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