Blackfullness vs Empowered
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blackfullness
This app offers mindfulness practices tailored to the unique stressors faced by African Americans. It provides immediate access to culturally-relevant techniques designed to reduce stress and improve health outcomes.
- Culturally-relevant mindfulness practices
- Stress reduction techniques
- Addresses common African American stressors
- Immediate access to content
- Focus on health disparities
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African Americans experience more stress-related health disparities than any other racial or ethnic groups. Blackfullness provides IMMEDIATE ACCESS to culturally-relevant stress reducing mindfulness practices that address the common stressors of African Americans.
Empowered
Manage premenstrual syndrome (PMS) with daily affirmations, cycle tracking, and curated wellness products. Discover holistic remedies and gain insights into your hormonal health. Designed by women for women, it aims to empower and bring balance.
- Daily wellness affirmations
- PMS cycle tracking
- Cycle calculator and notifications
- Curated wellness marketplace
- Holistic remedy finder
- Cycle insights
- Social community support
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Empowered: PMS Wellness is a mobile application designed to manage premenstrual syndrome (PMS) with holistic remedies, and ultimately to bring more joy in our lives. 3 out of 4 women experience PMS, yet many do not know when their cycle is approaching or how to treat the symptoms that can impact their mood, energy, and general wellbeing. There are many tools and conversations about tracking a woman’s menstrual cycle, mostly in the capacity of family planning. But we noticed a gap around a tool that focuses on PMS, specifically how to track and manage PMS symptoms. Empowered: PMS Wellness is a tool designed for women/by women, to feel empowered about their bodies and to find natural solutions to produce balance between mind and body! With this tool you can: * View daily wellness affirmations * Track your PMS cycle with a cycle calculator and opt-in notifications * Shop our curated wellness marketplace Plus premium features, that allow you to: * View insights about your cycle * Find holistic remedies to treat symptoms * Engage in a social community for support And much more! This app is designed for all menstruating people, but specifically Black women and other women of color that have typically been marginalized and have data-backed evidence of reduced outcomes of care due to bias and barriers of access. We believe that knowledge is power and by learning to manage our hormone health, we can empower our minds and relax our souls! After a week-long trial period, users can continue access to the Empowered app with auto-renewing subscriptions that are offered as in-app purchases. You can select between a monthly or annual subscription. Subscriptions allow you access to all basic and premium features. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto renewals may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Blackfullness at none against Empowered's 2. Blackfullness also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Empowered's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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. Empowered sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Blackfullness asks for nothing beyond the download.
Empowered holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 32 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Blackfullness's written reviews are positive against 100% of Empowered's.
Blackfullness ships an update every 2 weeks, Empowered every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blackfullness | Empowered |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (32 ratings) | 5.0 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Special Sauce, Inc. | Empower Mind Soul Incorporated |
Customer experience
Blackfullness
Empowered
In-app purchases
Blackfullness
No in-app purchases
Empowered
- Monthly Plan7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Yearly Plan7 Days trial$24.991 Year
