Marshmallows vs BodyState
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Marshmallows
This app uses the Pomodoro technique and intermittent reinforcement to boost productivity. Set focused work timers and receive random rewards for breaks, helping you balance work and rest to avoid burnout.
- Pomodoro technique timer
- Intermittent reinforcement rewards
- Focus on tasks without distractions
- Balance work and rest cycles
- Productivity overview and tracking
- Avoid burnout and stress
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Marshmallows helps you build better daily habits by making restraint visible. Choose the apps that distract you most, set your day-start time, and let Marshmallows help you pause before impulsively unlocking them. Earn willpower through: Staying away from selected distracting apps Constructive activities, like sports and breathing exercises When you try to open a blocked app, Marshmallows gives you a short interruption screen before you decide whether to resist or unlock. Your daily score updates throughout the day, showing how much willpower you’ve earned from phone restraint and constructive activity. Marshmallows is designed for people who want a simple, honest way to train self-control one day at a time. Health data is only used to read workout activity and calculate fitness-based willpower credits. Marshmallows does not write Health data.
BodyState
This app provides a daily energy score based on your fitness metrics, helping you manage stress, plan workouts, and understand your body's condition. It tracks sleep, recovery, stress levels, and training load, offering personalized insights to optimize your well-being.
- Personalized Energy Score
- Sleep & Recovery Tracking
- Stress Insights via HRV
- Acute Training Load (ATL)
- Personalized Baseline Learning
- All-in-One Dashboard
- Apple Health Sync
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Monitor Your Energy, Every Day with BodyState! BodyState gives you a daily energy score from 1 to 100, combining your most important fitness metrics into a single, clear signal. Whether your goal is to manage stress, plan workouts, or simply feel better, BodyState helps you make smarter choices in tune with your body. Key features: - Personalized Energy Score: Track your body’s condition with a single score, powered by sleep quality, HRV, resting heart rate, and recent physical exertion. No guesswork, just real insights. - Sleep & Recovery Tracking: Discover how restful your sleep truly was and how well your body recovered overnight. - Stress Insights via HRV & Resting Heart Rate: Monitor your stress level over time and stay ahead of burnout. - Acute Training Load (ATL): See the impact of recent physical activity on your body. Know when to push harder and when to pull back. - Know What’s Normal for You: BodyState doesn’t rely on generic health data. Instead, it learns your personal baseline over time to give context-specific insights. Understand how today's numbers compare to your standard. - All-in-One Dashboard: Get your energy, stress, sleep, and training signals all in one intuitive view. - Effortless Syncing: Works seamlessly with Apple Health to gather the metrics you already track, no extra setup needed. How It Works: 1. Sync with Apple Health to pull in key health metrics. 2. Get your daily score and see how each input affects your energy. 3. Check f you’re balanced, depleted, or primed for performance. 4. Track trends over time and adjust your habits. This App is intended for general wellness and information purposes only. BodyState does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult healthcare professionals for medical guidance. Subscribe to access to premium app features; subscription details are the following: - Length: weekly, yearly. - Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase. - You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Account Settings after the purchase. - Your subscription will renew automatically, unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - The cost of renewal will be charged to your account in the 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. - When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BodyState at 4.7 against Marshmallows's 3.8. BodyState also leads on ratings volume (1.7K vs 4) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Marshmallows's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment 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. BodyState sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Marshmallows asks for nothing beyond the download.
BodyState holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BodyState has 1.7K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Marshmallows's written reviews are positive against 77% of BodyState's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Marshmallows ships an update every 4 days, BodyState every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Marshmallows | BodyState |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 4.7 (1.7K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 77.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 1.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 170 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Sebastian Vogt | Fitness & Sports apps SRL |
Customer experience
Marshmallows
BodyState
Bugs and requests
Marshmallows
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
BodyState
Reported bugs
2 issues- Inability to access app due to Health permissions
- App not working after updates
Requested features
4 requests- Longer data history
- Automatic Apple Watch complication updates
- Customization options
- Ability to manually log feelings/recovery
In-app purchases
Marshmallows
No in-app purchases
BodyState
- Weekly premium7 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Weekly premium$2.997 Days
- Weekly premium$4.997 Days
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- Weekly premium7 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Yearly premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Yearly premium$39.991 Year
- Yearly premium7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Yearly premium$49.991 Year
- Supporter$4.99
- Patron$9.99
- Champion$14.99









