Comparison

The Zensory vs Dopamine

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

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About

The Zensory

This app offers an immersive platform to enhance mood, focus, and performance using neuroscience-backed sensory experiences. Explore scientifically curated sounds, breathwork, and interactive touchpads to unlock your potential and achieve inner peace.

Highlights
  • Immersive sense hacking platform
  • Scientifically curated sounds
  • Expert-led breathwork sessions
  • Interactive touchpads for creativity
  • Mood and focus enhancement
  • Stress and anxiety management
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The first ever immersive sense hacking platform designed to super boost your mood to increase focus, performance and recalibration. Use the latest neuroscience to tap into the power of your senses, your body and your mind and help you live and work at your best. Explore new ways to use the power of scientifically curated sounds, breathwork, touchscapes and much more to hack into your unlimited potential. Learn which sensory combinations work best for you to unlock your personal code to your inner genius and your favourite version of you. Who is it for? If you’re looking to super boost your focus and peacefully glide through your working day with clarity and grace, then The Zensory is for you. If you’ve ever wondered if you could be more, do more or be happier or healthier in the process, then let us take you on a journey of exploration to get there. Reduce distraction, get more done in your day and spend more time on recalibration and calm during the chaos of modern living. What does The Zensory App do? The Zensory app helps you to identify which sensory code cracks into your inner genius and inner peace. The app offers a variety of scientifically curated and produced sensory experiences to bring out the best in you so that you can live in control of your moods, focus and performance. The Zensory is currently working with mental health experts, top neuroscientists and universities such as UCL to ensure that the features being developed are backed by the latest and most sophisticated scientific research. Try The Zensory if you’re looking for any of the uses below: Improve Focus for Deep Work Manage Stress Improve Work/Life Balance Create Healthy Habits Understand your own body’s power Sense-hack to improve your mood Calm Anxiety Increasing Creative Thinking Sleep Easier Binaural beats, music and naturescapes - Scientifically curated binaural beats are proven to induce mood states by using sound frequency waves which combined with calming music-scapes with no highs, lows, lyrics or interruptions are having life-changing effects on Zensory users. Touchpads - Our interactive touchpads enable you to turn your phone into a doodle pad so you can release your inner child and play! Research has shown that doodlers can outperform non-doodlers by having a creative outlet for their thoughts (Tadayon et al., 2016 - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305424586_Doodling_Effects_on_Junior_High_School_Students'_Learning). So we have included doodle touchpads in the app to enable clear thinking and recalibration throughout the day. Breathwork - Enjoy our expert led breathwork sessions to relax, reduce adrenaline and lower blood pressure proving to be phenomenal at helping you to get into your zone and then zone out. Movements - Regular movement does not only have phenomenal impacts on your physical health but it also has powerful benefits for relieving stress, improving memory, helping you sleep better, and boosting your overall mood (Segal et al. 2021). We help you stay active between meetings, with at-your-desk stretches and exercises. Pressure Points - We show you which points in your body you can activate if you’re wanting a boost of much needed focus, energy or relaxation. Acupressure acts as a bodywork technique based on the ideas of acupuncture and has been shown to increase energy, relaxation and stimulate greater focus. More … https://thezensory.com/terms-and-conditions/Tastes and Scents - Learn how to improve your diet through our curated mood boosting foods and scents that help you to increase states of focus, relaxation, positivity or creativity whenever you feel you need it. Our gut acts as our second brain and certain smells and tastes will get you deep into your zone. The Zensory guides you through these associated smells and tastes with focus foods and recipes to follow shortly. Terms of Service (EULA): https://thezensory.com/terms-and-conditions

About

Dopamine

Features
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Dopamine helps you do one small useful thing when your brain feels loud, stuck, bored, tired, or all over the place. You open the app, answer three quick questions, and Dopamine gives you one next move. No huge task list. No complicated system. No shame. No judgement. Just one thing to try next. Dopamine checks: How loud is your mind? How much energy do you have? How hard does starting feel? Then it picks a task style that fits your state. You might get a tiny first step, a timer, a checklist, a reset card, a choice, or a simple action to help you get moving. The guidance is shaped around real ADHD feedback, real ADHD friction, and the kind of support ADHD people actually ask for when they are trying to get back on track. There is also a playful dopamine boost built in. Sometimes, after a task, you can unlock a surprise mini reward, fidget toy, sound, game, or little moment of fun. It adds novelty and momentum without turning the app into another thing to manage. The loop is simple: Check in Get one next move Do the task Get a little momentum Go back home and reassess Dopamine is built for ADHD brains that need things to feel smaller, clearer, kinder, and more interesting. Features include: Simple ADHD friendly check ins One recommended task at a time Tiny actions for low energy days Timers and checklists when structure helps Reset cards for overwhelm Playful surprise rewards No shame or judgement A clear loop that brings you back home No account required No ads No tracking Dopamine is not here to judge how you work. It is here to use feedback, novelty, and small steps to help you start, reset, and get back on track.

Screenshots

The Zensory4 screens
Dopamine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dopamine at none against The Zensory's 2. The Zensory's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. The Zensory sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Dopamine asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
The Zensory versus Dopamine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe ZensoryDopamine
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Zensory LimitedJohnathan Mawdsley

In-app purchases

2 purchases

The Zensory

Subscriptions2
  • Zensory Premium$5.991 Month
  • Zensory Premium$49.991 Year
None

Dopamine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Zensory free?
The Zensory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dopamine free?
Dopamine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do The Zensory or Dopamine have ads?
Neither The Zensory nor Dopamine shows ads.

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