U1 vs Moonrise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
U1
This mindfulness app offers a unique haptic meditation experience, allowing users to meditate for any duration without timers. It prioritizes privacy with no registration or ads, and seamlessly integrates mindful minutes into Apple Health.
- Haptic meditation experience
- Unlimited meditation duration
- No registration required
- No advertisements
- Apple Health integration
- Privacy-focused design
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U1-MA is a mindfulness app designed to ease your meditation routine. It doesn't ask you to set up a timer. You can meditate for as long as you want. Instead of field recordings or spiritual sounds, it uses haptics that gives you a tactile experience comparable to thumbing through a loop of prayer beads. The app is made with your privacy in mind. No registration. No ads. Mindful minutes are recorded directly to Apple Health. There is no subscription or in-app purchases.
Moonrise
Understand your sleep patterns with a nightly score, estimated sleep debt, and sleep stage analysis. This app uses Apple Health data or manual logs to provide on-device insights and a smart wake alarm. It also helps you track nightly habits and their impact on your rest.
- Nightly sleep score with duration, consistency, and restfulness breakdown
- Rolling sleep debt estimate
- Smart wake alarm with optional early-wake window
- Detailed sleep stage view (awake, REM, core, deep)
- History tracking by week, month, and year
- Wind Down pre-sleep routine
- Nightly habit tagging (caffeine, exercise, screens)
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Understand your nights with a sleep score, estimated sleep debt, stages and a routine that fits your life. Moonrise turns Apple Health records or manual sleep logs into clear, on-device insights. WHY MOONRISE • Your data stays yours — every score, debt figure, and correlation is computed on your device. No account or ads. Apple processes purchases. Optional purchase reporting sends RevenueCat purchase information and technical request information, including a vendor device identifier, after you allow it. You control exports and sharing. • Your sleep over time — review recorded nights by week, month, or year. • Numbers with meaning — a plain-language read on each night. WHAT YOU GET • Nightly sleep score — one number for the night, broken into duration, consistency, and restfulness so you can see what moved it. • Sleep debt — a rolling estimate of the rest you're carrying, with recent nights counting more. A wellness estimate, not a medical figure. • Wake alarm — set a wake time and optional early-wake window. Early wake uses an awake signal from Apple Health when available; it does not predict your live sleep stage. Your scheduled alarm remains the fallback. • Sleep stages — a clear, stepped view of awake, REM, core, and deep sleep for each night. • History — every night by week, month, or year, with the trend in view. • Wind Down — a calm pre-sleep step to help you land your bedtime. • Nightly habits & check-ins — tag caffeine, exercise, screens, a late meal, or a nap, and note whether you felt rested. • Free CSV export — take all your data with you, any time. MOONRISE PREMIUM Unlock habit correlations ("what helps"), weekly and monthly reports, week-over-week comparisons, and a 30-day rhythm view. A 7-day free trial, then an annual subscription — or a one-time lifetime purchase, no subscription at all. Moonrise reads your sleep from Apple Health with your permission, and writes back only the entries you add by hand. Every score, every debt figure, every correlation is computed on your device. Moonrise has no account or ads. Apple processes purchases. Optional purchase reporting sends RevenueCat purchase information and technical request information, including a vendor device identifier, after you allow it. Sleep data is processed on your Apple devices. Apple backups and Health synchronization follow your Apple settings, and you control exports or sharing. Removing the app does not delete Apple Health or purchase records. Moonrise supports wellness awareness. It is not a medical device and gives no medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Sleep scores and sleep-debt figures are estimates. — SUBSCRIPTION & PURCHASE DETAILS Moonrise Premium (Annual) — $29.99 / year with a 7-day free trial, an auto-renewable subscription. Moonrise Lifetime — $39.99, a one-time purchase (not a subscription). Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. After the 7-day free trial, the annual subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, at the price above. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Account Settings (Settings › Apple ID › Subscriptions) after purchase. Any unused portion of the free trial is forfeited when you buy the subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://clearforgesoftware.com/moonrise/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: U1 at none against Moonrise's 3. U1 also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Moonrise sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per 3 months. U1 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for U1 against 5.0 for Moonrise. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
U1 ships an update every 2 weeks, Moonrise fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | U1 | Moonrise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dima Koskin | Clearforge Software LLC |
Customer experience
U1
Moonrise
In-app purchases
U1
No in-app purchases
Moonrise
- Moonrise Premium Quarterly3 Months trial$14.993 Months
- Moonrise Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Moonrise: Lifetime$39.99









