Atom vs Beads
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Atom
This app helps beginners build a daily meditation habit with guided sessions, breathing exercises, and gratitude practices. It uses gamification to motivate users and offers short, easy-to-follow tracks to improve mental well-being, reduce stress, and enhance focus.
- Guided meditation journeys
- Breathing exercises
- Gratitude techniques
- Gamified habit building with rewards
- Short meditation tracks (as short as 2 minutes)
- No ads or sign-ups required
- Simple and clutter-free interface
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The Atom: Build a habit of meditation for beginners app is a Meditation App that will help improve your mental wellbeing & achieve Greater Mindfulness with the help of Guided Meditations, Breathing Exercises, Gratitude Techniques, Mindfulness Practices, Positive Psychology, and more. Features: No ads. No sign ups. Ads and sign-ups do the opposite of relaxing and calming the users; and that is not what we want you to experience. A clean interface to help us keep the experience soothing for you. Simple design. Easy to use. A very straightforward approach to achieving more happiness; no clutter, no distraction. Just press play.. It’s as simple as it can get. Short meditation tracks. Take a quick break from your routine with meditation tracks as short as 5 minutes and recharge yourself thoroughly with meditation tracks Forming Habits Was Never More fun! We apply the power of game design to motivate you in every step. Get rewarded with beautiful, calming trees for staying consistent at your meditations. Your forest grows with you on your journey to daily mindfulness Atom helps you take just a few minutes of the day to keep aside your worries, relax and enjoy being present and in the moment. We believe in keeping things #Atomic- small, easy, and convenient for people on the go, using technology, encouragement and motivation to build mindfulness in your daily routine. If you’re a beginner looking for a meditation app to finally start your habit the right way, mindfulness awaits! Even just two minutes of daily mindfulness can change your life, helping improve the quality of your sleep and overall mental health, and keeping anxiety and stress at bay while improving health, happiness and gratitude by keeping you in the present moment. Our main goal is to make you build a daily habit of meditation. We use self reflection and positive psychology to keep you motivated while you performing our meditations, journals and courses. We help you focus, become happier, lower sadness, improve mood, create a positive mindset, breathe, stay calm, and create more head space. The perfect guide to health and happiness, this app offers work and productivity meditation, focus and body scan meditations, gratitude meditations. Start your journey towards a calmer, more focused, productive and more present you with Atom’s meditation course! - Guided meditation journeys to help build your mindfulness practice - Learn to manage distractions and find your inner calm - Short and easy daily meditations to help keep you consistent - Starting simple (with meditations as short as 2 minutes!) and gradually increasing duration as you build up your practice - Get daily bite-sized insights, motivation with research-backed techniques on how to make your meditation practice into a habit. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Beads
A minimalist digital counter designed for repetitive practices like meditation, prayer, or habit building. It offers a serene, ad-free experience with satisfying haptic feedback and customizable presets to help you focus.
- Ad-free experience
- Satisfying haptic feedback
- Minimalist design
- Progress tracking
- Customizable presets
- Home screen widgets (Pro)
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Find your center in a distracted world. Beads is a beautifully crafted, deeply tactile digital counter designed for any repetitive practice—whether you are reciting a mantra, saying a prayer, counting breaths, or simply building a new habit. Built with a commitment to peace, there are no intrusive advertisements and no visual clutter. Just a serene, premium environment built to help you disconnect from the noise and focus entirely on your practice. Feel every count with masterfully engineered haptic feedback. Use the app with your eyes closed, guided purely by touch and gentle interval chimes, allowing you to stay completely present in the moment. UNIVERSAL PRESETS With customizable modes, Beads adapts to your unique journey: • Tasbeeh & Zikr (33, 99 counts) • Rosary (10, 50 counts) • Mantra & Affirmations (21, 108 counts) • Focus & Breathwork (Custom intervals) • Free Flow (Infinite counting) CORE FEATURES • Zero Ads: A completely distraction-free experience. Your focus should never be interrupted. • Satisfying Haptics: Masterfully tuned vibrations that make digital counting feel physical and deeply rewarding. • Minimalist Design: Uninterrupted OLED-optimized Night Mode and stunning visual ripples with every tap. • Progress Tracking: Automatically log your daily totals and visualize your consistency over time with insightful journey charts. BEADS PRO Unlock the ultimate experience with a simple, one-time lifetime upgrade. No monthly subscriptions. • Premium Themes: Personalize your app with curated, soothing accent colors like Gold, Forest, Rose, and Ocean. • Home Screen Widgets: Track your daily goal and current streaks directly from your home screen. • Detailed History: View your complete session archives, daily averages, and lifetime tracking. • Daily Reminders: Set gentle nudges to keep your practice consistent. Whether you are seeking spiritual connection, mindful repetition, or a beautifully simple tally counter, Beads is designed to support your journey. Download today and find your rhythm.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Atom at 31 against Beads's 1. Atom also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.5). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Atom sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and Beads sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Beads holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Atom has 31 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Atom | Beads |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (31 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 200 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Samvid Sharma | Waqar Chaudhry |
In-app purchases
Atom
- Upgrade to Atom Plus7 Days trial$8.991 Month
- Upgrade to Atom Plus7 Days trial$59.001 Year
- Small Contribution$3.00
- Medium Contribution$5.00
- Large Contribution$10.00
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- Very Large Contribution$19.99
- Giant Contribution$60.00
- Atom Plus Lifetime Plan$109.99
- Huge Contribution$120.99
Beads
- Beads Pro Lifetime$4.99









