Comparison

Potential vs PureWaves

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

Head to head
About

Potential

This app helps you live more intentionally by transforming your phone's home screen and structuring your day. It tracks habits automatically, offers curated routines, and integrates with over 200 apps to make wise choices easier.

Highlights
  • Home screen widget integration
  • Daily schedule structuring
  • Automatic habit tracking via Apple Health
  • Curated lists and routines
  • 200+ app integrations
  • Persuasive design for behavior change
Features
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We believe technology can and should help you do the things you truly want to do. We’ve designed Potential to do just that — because we can all use a little help in living our best lives. Potential helps you live intentionally. We’re using persuasive design for intentionality and behavior change. With your wellbeing in mind, Potential is designed to make wise choices easier. We believe that if we get to do more of the things that we really want to do, we’ll live happier, healthier lives — and become more of the people that we want to be. Potential transforms your Home Screen, helps you structure your day, tracks your habits automatically, and gives you new insights into your behavior. It also comes with some great social features, so you can share your daily choices with your friends and loved ones. How you use your phone is how you live your life... and Potential will improve both. Try it free 14 for days with a monthly or annual subscription. HOW POTENTIAL FITS INTO YOUR LIFE • Mindfulness: Make your daily meditation easier than ever. • Fitness: The right playlist for your workout, at just the right time. • Self-Care & Wellbeing: Make time for what makes you feel good. • Digital Wellbeing: Use your phone, instead of being used by your phone. • Creativity & Deep Work: Remove the distractions and focus on what really matters. • Sleep: Build routines that help you sleep better. POTENTIAL UPGRADES YOUR HOME SCREEN Use widgets to sync Potential to your Home Screen. Replace attention-hungry apps with wise choices. Your phone is a part of you. It is central to how you allocate your attention and go about your day. Potential uses integrations to make your intentions 1-tap-easy. And that makes all the difference. You will feel it. INTEGRATIONS MAKE INTENTIONS EASIER Apps: With 200+ app integrations you can open your favorite apps via Potential. Shortcuts: Start a workout, Open your daily meditation, Start your fast, Start your sleep tracking, put your phone into airplane mode... and so much more. Links: Spotify playlists, YouTube videos, Notion pages, reading lists, and even controls for your ToDo App… plus the rest of the internet. STRUCTURE YOUR DAY WITH SCHEDULES You’ll get a full view of your day on the Today screen. ENJOY CURATED LISTS & ROUTINES Want to improve your fitness? Find athletes’ lists of daily practices. Want to deepen your mindfulness practice? Meditation teachers share their intentions with you. Want to be more focused? Productivity coaches got you covered. AUTOMATIC HABIT TRACKING Automatically complete your habits when data has been logged to Apple Health. Our integration supports workouts, sleep, mindful minutes and more! — WHAT PEOPLE SAY “Just want to say that I am LOVING this app. In the first two days I've already noticed a significant change in my behavior...” Dave, Software Engineer “Finally it feels like my phone is on my side instead of playing against me.” Elisabeth, Art Director “The amount of willpower depletion this stops is unbelievable. I can't believe this hasn't been done before.” Chris, Psychologist — HOW IT WORKS Getting started is simple. Download Potential now & sign up for a free 14-day trial. We have monthly & annual plans available. If you don’t love it, you’ll get a full refund, questions asked. With your Potential membership you’ll have access to: • 200+ app integrations • A better home screen • Automatic Habit Tracking • Sharing & Accountability • Curated Lists & Intentions • Public Profile at potential.app/steve • Definitely no ads — Ready to unlock better choices? Download Potential and start living your best life today! Terms of Use: https://potential.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://potential.app/privacy Questions? Suggestions? We are just an email away. Simply write us at team@potential.app

About

PureWaves

Features
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PureWaves generates real binaural beats — pure tones, nothing else. Most binaural beat apps mix the tones with rain, ocean waves, or ambient pads. PureWaves doesn't. Just the two tones your ears need, so the beat frequency reaches your brain exactly as intended. FIVE BANDS, FIVE STATES • Delta (0.5–4 Hz) — deep sleep and recovery • Theta (4–8 Hz) — deep meditation and creativity • Alpha (8–13 Hz) — relaxed calm, wide awake • Beta (13–30 Hz) — alertness and active focus • Gamma (30–100 Hz) — sharp focus, peak performance A REAL SYNTHESIZER, NOT A PLAYLIST Every tone is generated live by an audio oscillator — nothing is pre-recorded. Watch the actual waveform on a live oscilloscope display, and fine-tune the base frequency, beat frequency, and volume with synth-style knobs. Move a knob and it always springs back to the frequency chosen for that band, so you can explore without losing the intended effect. HOW TO USE IT Stereo headphones are required — binaural beats only work when each ear receives its own tone, and speakers mix the two together in the air. Wired headphones give the cleanest, uncompressed signal. Sessions of at least 15 minutes work best, and the effect builds with consistent daily use over about a week. PureWaves is free to try for 24 hours. Unlock it once for a small one-time payment — no subscriptions, and every future update is included for free.

Screenshots

Potential4 screens
PureWaves1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Potential at 14.0 against PureWaves's 16.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Potential sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and PureWaves sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Potential ships an update fortnightly, PureWaves every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Potential versus PureWaves: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPotentialPureWaves
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews22.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPotential, Inc.Daniel Alberto Martinez Martel

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Potential

Subscriptions4
  • Potential (1 Month)14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Potential Plus (1 Month)14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Potential (1 Year)14 Days trial$49.991 Year
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  • Potential Plus (1 Year)14 Days trial$99.991 Year
1 purchases

PureWaves

One-time1
  • Full Unlock$8.99

Questions

Is Potential free?
Potential is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PureWaves free?
PureWaves is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Potential or PureWaves have ads?
Neither Potential nor PureWaves shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Potential or PureWaves?
Potential ships an update fortnightly, and PureWaves every 10 days. Most recently, Potential was updated on October 27, 2026 and PureWaves on October 31, 2026.

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