Sugar Studio vs Upliftly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sugar Studio
Organize your schedule, track recurring payments, and manage all your subscriptions in one place. This app simplifies personal finance and appointment management.
- Appointment management
- Membership tracking
- Payment organization
- Subscription management
- Personal finance tools
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Manage your appointments, memberships, and payments with our new mobile app!
Upliftly
This app offers neuroscience-backed mental health tools to cultivate a positive mindset. It combines mindfulness, meditation, affirmations, and reframing techniques to foster well-being and personal transformation. Sessions are flexible and customizable to fit your daily routine.
- Guided meditation and mindfulness sessions
- Positive reframing techniques
- Customizable voice, music, and visuals
- Post-session journaling
- Progress tracking and reminders
- Flexible session lengths (5, 10, 15 min)
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UPLIFT YOUR MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT Discover positive mindfulness at your fingertips with Upliftly—a neuroscience-backed mental health app that blends mindfulness, meditation, affirmation and positive reframing to build a more positive mindset and achieve a sustained transformation to be your highest self. By providing heartfelt encouragement, powerful perspective shifts, elevated resilience, to reframing negative thoughts, Upliftly empowers your well-being and positive outlook through flexible “Uplifts” tailored to fit your life: - ANYTIME, ANYWHERE: Practice guided meditation and mindfulness at home, on a walk, at work, or while commuting. - UPLIFTLY ON YOUR TERMS: Choose from a growing library of session topics and lengths of 5, 10, or 15 minutes. - CUSTOMIZABLE FEATURES: Enhance your experience by choosing a voice, calming music, and optional visual aids. - KEEP THE GROWTH GOING: Reflect on your journey with a post-session journal, crafted to help you stay mindful. - REMINDERS: Stay on track with progress reports and reminders to build a daily habit of practicing mindfulness. WHO IS UPLIFTLY FOR? Whether you’re new to mindfulness or a seasoned practitioner, Upliftly meditation sessions meet you where you are to help foster more joy and brightness in your life. POPULAR TOPICS INCLUDE: - Strengthening self-love and gratitude - Mindful parenting and family harmony - Building confidence and resilience at work - Coping with anxiety and stress - Managing life transitions with positivity - Relaxing the mind and body for sleep YOUR PARTNER IN POSITIVE MINDFULNESS Ready to reframe your mindset? Download Upliftly and start your FREE TRIAL today to unlock your path to a brighter, more balanced you. If you have any questions, please reach out to us here: hello@upliftly.app MEDICAL DISCLAIMER While mindfulness practice can enhance your life, meditation is not a replacement for mental health services. If you are experiencing severe anxiety or medical conditions, please contact a mental health provider or call 911 if you need immediate assistance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Upliftly at none against Sugar Studio's shown. Upliftly also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (43 vs 2). Sugar Studio's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sugar Studio against 4.9 for Upliftly. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Upliftly has 43 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Sugar Studio ships an update every 5 months, Upliftly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sugar Studio | Upliftly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.9 (43 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 43 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 132 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Studio Sugar LLC | Andrew Dillon |
Customer experience
Sugar Studio
Upliftly
In-app purchases
Sugar Studio
No in-app purchases
Upliftly
No in-app purchases
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