Sonal vs Neuraform
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sonal
This application connects to a specialized device to administer brain optimization sessions. It allows users to manage their profile, set session parameters, and monitor progress. The app facilitates the transfer of session data to the connected device.
- Connect to Sonal Device
- Administer brain optimization sessions
- Access Braincare profile
- Transfer session parameters
- Monitor session progress
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The Braincare app allows you to connect to Wave Neuroscience's Sonal Device to administer Sonal sessions for brain optimization. Current features include access to your Braincare profile and Sonal session parameters, transfer of Sonal session parameters to Sonal Device and monitor session progress.
Neuraform
This app uses binaural beats played through headphones to help users achieve specific mental states like relaxation, sleep, or enhanced focus. Create and share custom sound sessions with a built-in studio and background tracks.
- Binaural beat technology
- Relaxation and sleep sessions
- Concentration and focus enhancement
- Custom session studio
- Background track library
- Community sharing
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Neuraform brings digital brainwave entrainment tools to the masses without the need for any additional equipment other than a pair of headphones and a mobile device. This capability is enabled through a phenomenon known as binaural beats, which occurs within the brain when two separate frequencies are played into each ear. The brain receives these sounds and perceives a third tone – the difference between the two frequencies. The difference in frequencies played in each ear correlates to the desired brainwave of the user. These effects are welcoming, not overwhelming, and typically take around fifteen minutes to be felt by most users. For example, the Neuraform plays at 510hz within the left ear, and 516hz within the right ear. The difference in frequencies is 6hz, whose correlating brainwave is associated with REM sleep, thus this particular session would aid users in neurologically slipping into a sleepy state of consciousness and would engage the brainwaves responsible for REM sleep. Neuraform’s relaxation and sleep sessions deliver a frequency within the Delta and Theta brainwave spectrum between 2hz-8hz. By targeting specific frequencies known to induce certain mental states, Neuraform is able to help users fall asleep quicker, induce REM sleep, enhance lucid dream states, meditate, or even just simply de-stress. Neuraform’s concentration sessions enable enhanced concentration and focus – and are a perfect pairing with study or work. These sessions increase and enhance brainwaves within the alpha range – the dominant brainwave during study and work. Create your own sessions with the session studio, and add some background noise with Neuraform's curated library of background tracks. Perfect the mix with Neuraform's mixer palette, and share your session with friends and the wider Neuraform community.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sonal at 5.0 against Neuraform's 4.2. Sonal also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Sonal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 10 respectively.
Sonal ships an update every 3 weeks, Neuraform every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Sonal | Neuraform |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | 4.2 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Wave Neuroscience, Inc | Outtakes |
Customer experience
Sonal
Neuraform
In-app purchases
Sonal
No in-app purchases
Neuraform
No in-app purchases









