Comparison

BePresent vs Mind Partner

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

BePresent

This app helps you reduce screen time through app blocking, gamification, and real-life rewards. It offers individual and group sessions, goal setting with monetary stakes, and leaderboards to motivate users. Earn points redeemable for wellness services by limiting phone usage.

Highlights
  • App blocking sessions (individual, group, BEAST MODE)
  • Set daily goals and build streaks
  • Monetary stakes for commitment
  • Weekly leaderboards and friend challenges
  • Earn real-life rewards
  • Hourly scrolling awareness reminders
  • Time tracking and daily reports
Features
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BePresent is the #1 app to control your screen time and supercharge your productivity, mental health, and quality of life. Experience life beyond the screen as you reclaim Your Time and earn rewards that improve your life with BePresent! 25 years. That’s the average time you will spend on your phone. With a combination of app blocking, gamification, social competition with friends, and real-life rewards, you will reclaim YEARS of your life like thousands of BePresent members already have. We know you’ve tried to solve this problem before. But we’re not like other screen time apps. ▶ WHAT USERS ARE CELEBRATING ◀ • “I was able to go from 7+ hours per day to less than 2 hours! 10/10 would recommend” - Andrew M. • “FINALLY an app that actually curbs my screen addiction instead of time limits that I just ignore!” - Gina V. • “I’ve tried everything but nothing has worked. I almost gave up before I used BePresent! Thank god I tried it as I’ve reduced my screen time by over 3 hours a day!” - Jack W. Download now to experience life to the fullest. Instead of annoying app blockers or time limits, BePresent makes it fun and easy to stay off your phone. ▶ FEATURES ◀ [ BePresent App Blocking Sessions - Individual, Group, & BEAST MODE ] • Dive into Present Sessions! Dedicate breaks from screens, whether it's a focused study session or a no-phone night out. Team up with friends for Group Sessions and joint tech time-outs. Share updates, cheer, and keep one another accountable—all from within the app. Need a stringent break? Enter BEAST MODE, ensuring unwavering commitment [ Set Daily Goals and Build Your Streak ] • Choose your digital boundaries. Maintain your streak by sticking to set screen time limits. Back your commitment with a monetary stake — overshoot, and that stake's gone. Customize reminders and design your journey to digital well-being. [ Compete on Weekly Leaderboards and Challenge Your Friends] • Show off your productivity prowess by competing against others on weekly leaderboards. Advance tiers so you’ll feel like a productivity superhero every day. Practicing mindful phone habits has never been so motivating and rewarding! [ Earn Real-Life Rewards ] • The ultimate motivation - earn points you can redeem for real-life rewards by limiting your screen time. Best of all, your rewards will also improve your life. Learn to meditate with a premium Headspace subscription. Redeem free workout classes with ClassPass. Schedule discounted therapy sessions with BetterHelp. Earn these rewards and more all by staying off your phone. [ Never Doomscroll Again ] • Set hourly scrolling awareness reminders so you never lose track of time doomscrolling again [ Time Tracking & Daily Reports ] • Measure the moments you're truly present. Access daily and weekly breakdowns, complemented by a comprehensive day-before report, amplifying your adherence to reality. [ Improve Your Well-Being ] • By reducing screen time, you'll improve your overall well-being and gain access to educational content that explains how reducing screen time can benefit you in multiple ways. Learn how to manage ADHD better, improve your mental health, and be more present with your loved ones, all while improving your sleep and becoming less distracted. [ Complete Privacy and Data Security ] • Data dignity, delivered. All of your data is private and safe with Apple’s Screen Time API. We do not have access to any specific content you access on your iPhone, and none of your personal data ever leaves your device. ▶ WE'RE HERE FOR EVERY QUERY ◀ Questions or feedback? Reach us at https://www.getpresentapp.com/ or shoot an email at contact@getpresentapp.com. Let's journey to mindful tech use together. Note: All rewards are sponsored by BePresent and our partners. Apple does not sponsor any of the in-app rewards. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.getpresentapp.com/privacy-policy

About

Mind Partner

This AI-powered thought partner helps you identify and break through mental and behavioral patterns that hold you back. It learns your thought processes over time to provide personalized insights and guide you toward lasting change and personal growth.

Highlights
  • AI thought partner
  • Identify mental and behavioral loops
  • Long-term memory learning
  • Personalized goal and habit building
  • Progress tracking
  • Secure data encryption
Features
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Mind Partner: Become Who You Want to Be Most people can tell you what they did last week but not why they keep doing it. Mind Partner is an AI thought partner built to close that gap. It maps your mental and behavioral patterns, connects what you do to why you do it, and helps you turn self awareness into lasting behavior change. Most AI tools respond to what you ask in the moment, then forget. Mind Partner remembers. Long-term memory lets it learn how you think over time, surface the loops running in the background, and close the distance between who you are today and how you want to show up. If you have tried habit trackers and journaling apps and watched the same patterns come back anyway, that returning loop is exactly what Mind Partner is built for. Tracking tells you what happened. Pattern recognition tells you why it keeps happening. HOW IT WORKS Reflect with your AI partner: You bring what is keeping you stuck. Mind Partner listens, organizes, and helps you find the words. Spot the patterns holding you back: Across every conversation, Mind Partner helps you see the mental and behavioral loops shaping your decisions, named in plain language. Build a plan for real change: Goals shaped by your patterns, with steps shaped by you, so the plan finally fits how you actually work. Build goals and habits: Mind Partner builds your routines from the patterns you have named, then keeps them connected to the change you are working toward. Track your progress: See the signals that show real shifts rather than just activity, including streaks, clarity, and time invested. See yourself grow: Watch your personal growth move over time across the parts of yourself that matter. Grounded in evidence-based behavioral science, and written in plain language that is conversational. PRIVACY FIRST Your conversations are protected with the same level of encryption used by banks and government agencies. Only you can access your information. We will never sell your data or use it to train models without your explicit consent. What you share with Mind Partner stays with Mind Partner. AI DATA PROCESSING Mind Partner AI uses third-party AI services to power its features. Your conversation messages, reflections, and goals are processed by OpenAI (primary provider), with Anthropic and Google as supplementary providers. Voice and image features are opt-in, which means audio and images are only sent when you actively use those features. Full details are disclosed in the app before you begin, and your explicit consent is required. Whether you're processing your day, planning your next step, or exploring "what keeps happening here?", Mind Partner AI is built to meet you where you are, with clarity, continuity, and respect for your data. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Mind Partner AI requires a paid subscription. A 3-day free trial is available for new subscribers. Starter: $6.99/month Essential: $16.99/month Pro Month: $22.99/month Starter Year: $69.99 ($5.83/month) Essential Year: $169.99 ($14.16/month) Pro Year: $229.99/year ($19.16/month) New subscribers receive a 3-day free trial. You will not be charged during the trial period. If you do not cancel before the trial ends, your subscription will automatically begin and your Apple ID account will be charged. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscription by going to your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://mindpartnerai.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://mindpartnerai.com/terms EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

BePresent4 screens
Mind Partner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: BePresent at free with in-app purchases against Mind Partner's subscription. BePresent also leads on ratings volume (72K vs 7) and chart position (#40 vs unranked). Mind Partner's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 69%). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BePresent sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Mind Partner sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $16.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mind Partner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BePresent has 72K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of BePresent's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mind Partner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BePresent ships an update every 5 days, Mind Partner every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
BePresent versus Mind Partner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBePresentMind Partner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (72K ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings72K — better7
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
Best chart rank#40 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB36 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperScreen Detox IncMind Partner AI LLC

Customer experience

BePresent

All ratings71,694 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral1.3%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews4,016 reviews
Positive68.7%
Neutral6.3%
Negative25.1%

Mind Partner

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

BePresent

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Freezing and crashing issues
  • Inaccurate screen time reporting
  • Inability to restore purchases
  • Persistent app blocking even after uninstallation
  • Setup process getting stuck on permissions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow selective app blocking
  • Exclude certain apps from screen time tracking
  • More customization options for notifications
  • Expand to iPad and other devices
  • Improve overall stability and reliability

Mind Partner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

BePresent

Subscriptions10
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Monthly (1-Week Free Trial)7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Annual (1-Week Free Trial)7 Days trial$24.991 Year
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  • BePresent Pro (Annual)$24.991 Year
  • BePresent Pro (Annual)$29.991 Year
  • Annual (3-Day Free Trial)3 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Annual (30-day Trial)1 Month trial$59.991 Year
  • Annual (1-Week Free Trial)7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Annual (2-week Free Trial)14 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • BePresent Pro Family (iCloud)7 Days trial$99.991 Year
4 purchases

Mind Partner

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Plan14 Days trial$16.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$16.991 Month
  • Annual Plan14 Days trial$169.991 Year
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  • Yearly Subscription14 Days trial$169.991 Year

Questions

Is BePresent free?
BePresent is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mind Partner free?
Mind Partner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BePresent or Mind Partner?
Mind Partner is rated higher. BePresent averages 4.8 out of 5 from 72K ratings, while Mind Partner averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do BePresent or Mind Partner have ads?
BePresent shows ads; Mind Partner does not.
Which is updated more often, BePresent or Mind Partner?
BePresent ships an update every 5 days, and Mind Partner every 2 days. Most recently, BePresent was updated on November 11, 2026 and Mind Partner on November 5, 2026.

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