Metacognium vs Reframe Mind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Metacognium
This program uses neuroscience to help adults, especially college students, train cognitive abilities and understand how external factors impact brain health. It offers structured sessions to build awareness, mental resilience, and knowledge about cognitive impairment.
- Neuroscience-informed training
- Cognitive ability training
- Understanding brain function
- Impact of external stressors
- Building mental resilience
- Protecting brain health
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Metacognium is a neuroscience-informed cognitive training program designed for adults, with a focus on college students. Through four structured sessions, users learn how the brain works, train core cognitive abilities, and discover how external stressors like drugs and alcohol can impair mental performance. Each session targets specific cognitive functions including building awareness, strengthening mental resilience, and giving users the knowledge to protect their brain health. Whether you're looking to sharpen your thinking or better understand the science behind cognitive impairment, Metacognium puts the tools in your hands.
Reframe Mind
This program teaches you to identify, control, and regulate emotions using behavioral psychology and neuroscience. It offers daily tasks and teachings to help you master your internal locus of control and combat stress, anger, and more.
- Identify, control, and regulate emotions
- Behavioral psychology and neuroscience education
- Daily tasks and teachings
- Harness internal locus of control
- Apple Health integration for step tracking
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Welcome to Reframe Mind, a program to help you master your emotions— brought to you by the creators of Reframe, the #1 Alcohol Reduction Smartphone Application. With a core, evidence-based education program, Reframe Mind teaches you how to identify, control, and regulate your emotions using the power of behavioral psychology and neuroscience. You will learn new tools and techniques to harness your internal locus of control by completing daily tasks, teachings, and more! APPLE HEALTH INTEGRATION: Reframe reads your health-kit data to track your daily steps as part of the step counter functionality Try Reframe Mind FREE for 7 days, and learn how to master your emotions. SUBSCRIPTION AND PRICING TERMS Reframe currently offers auto-renewing subscriptions for accessing the app. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Account will be charged for renewal 24-hours prior to the end of the current payment period. Prices listed in the app are USD and may differ outside of the United States, depending on country of residence. You may turn off auto-renew at any time by accessing your iTunes account settings. Payment must be canceled at least 24 hours prior to renewal. To read Reframe’s terms of use & privacy policy, please visit: https://www.theglucobit.com/terms-of-use and https://www.theglucobit.com/privacy For more information or feedback, please contact us at support@reframeapp.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Metacognium at 100% against Reframe Mind's 37%. Metacognium also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). Reframe Mind's advantage is ratings volume (240 vs 4) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads 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. Reframe Mind sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Metacognium asks for nothing beyond the download.
Metacognium holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reframe Mind has 240 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Metacognium's written reviews are positive against 37% of Reframe Mind's.
Metacognium ships an update every 3 weeks, Reframe Mind every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Metacognium | Reframe Mind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.3 (240 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 36.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 240 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 286 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Metacognium LLC | Glucobit Inc. |
Customer experience
Metacognium
Reframe Mind
In-app purchases
Metacognium
No in-app purchases
Reframe Mind
- Reframe Mind (Monthly)7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Reframe Mind (Monthly)7 Days trial$8.991 Month
- Reframe Mind (Monthly)7 Days trial$11.991 Month
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- Reframe Mind (Annual)7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Reframe Mind (Annual)7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Reframe Mind (Annual)7 Days trial$64.991 Year
- Reframe Mind (Annual)1 Month trial$64.991 Year
- Recoins $1.99$1.99
- Recoins $3.99$3.99
- Recoins $5.99$5.99
