Thought Records vs Idle.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Thought Records
This app assists in managing stressful situations by helping users challenge automatic thoughts. It promotes healthier responses and offers guidance across multiple Apple devices.
- Cope with stressful situations
- Challenge automatic thoughts
- Develop healthier responses
- Guidance anytime, anywhere
- Available on multiple Apple devices
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The Thought Records app helps you to cope with stressful or triggering situations. Develop a milder and healthier response to these situations by challenging your automatic thoughts. With apps available for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision, the Thought Records app guides you anytime, anywhere.
Idle.
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Idle offers one 7-minute guided meditation per day. Made for people with little time who want to reduce mental load and support concentration through a short, consistent practice. The session structure stays the same. There are no routines to learn and no choices to make, just a simple daily reset. A personal streak supports consistency. No performance metrics. No comparison. Intentionally minimal, easy to use, and no collection of personal data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Idle. at none against Thought Records's 1. Thought Records's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Thought Records sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Idle. asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Thought Records | Idle. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bas Oppenheim | Jette Schreiber |
In-app purchases
Thought Records
- Full version$4.99
Idle.
No in-app purchases
