Comparison

HelloMind vs Valora

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

Head to head
About

HelloMind

This app offers guided hypnosis sessions to address issues like stress, sleep problems, phobias, and low self-esteem. It uses a method called Result Driven Hypnosis to help users identify and resolve the root causes of their challenges, aiming to improve motivation and overall well-being.

Highlights
  • Stress and anxiety reduction
  • Improved sleep quality
  • Phobia treatment
  • Confidence and self-esteem boosting
  • Habit and craving management
  • Guided hypnosis sessions
Features
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HelloMind helps you battle problems like stress, bad sleep, weight gain and low self-esteem. Choose a treatment, then relax and listen to the sessions. HelloMind helps you take back control from negative emotions, cravings, fears and bad habits and it can improve your motivation and enjoyment of life. Try the Sleep Boosters: - Have a good night’s sleep - Sleep more peacefully Or boost your confidence with the sessions: - Have more confidence - Improve your self-worth - Become self-confident Or kick that anxiety for good with sessions like: - Be more calm - Get rid of your fear of panicking - My ability to de-stress Or get rid of your phobia eg.: - Spiders - Dentists - Enclosed spaces MORE Low self-esteem, stress, fear, bad sleep and unhealthy habits sometimes hold us back in life and prevent us from enjoying things to the fullest.  The good news is these negative patterns can be broken or eliminated. We created the HelloMind app to help you make a change. We want you to be able to think better and feel stronger. Anywhere, any time without having to spend a lot of time and money on treatment. The key to happiness lies within you. And HelloMind works because you are making the change yourself. Choose a treatment with 10 sessions if you want help to remove or change something like a craving, a habit or a fear. Each session takes about 30 minutes, and your series of 10 sessions should be completed within about 30 days. Choose a Booster if you’d like to reinforce good emotions boost motivation or strengthen a certain area of yourself. HelloMind uses a method called RDH - Result Driven Hypnosis, a form of guided hypnosis. RDH is especially effective because it helps you go to the root cause of your problem. The theory behind it says that when you’re consciously able to define the problem, your subconscious can find the solution. That’s why you’re gently guided into your subconscious towards the root of your problem then given the tool to fix it. The ten sessions in a treatment or the sessions in a Booster are variations on the same theme, so you’ll hear something different every time you listen. But listening to all 10 sessions in treatment is the only way to ensure that you go deep enough into your subconscious to discover the root of the problem. Every time you listen, you’ll feel a little more safe, because the process is underway and you’ve become accustomed to it. That’s why you relax more as the hypnosis stages become more profound. When choosing a hypnotherapy treatment, you should always begin with your main problem. The app will guide you to the right treatment or Booster with simple questions. Choosing the right treatment is actually an important part of the process. When you can consciously define the problem, your subconscious will know the solution. HelloMind integrates with the Apple Health app counting mindfullness minutes. RECENT AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS ** Finalist (Mental Health category) ** — UCSF Digital Health awards 2019 ** Finalist (Consumer Wellness & Prevention category) ** — UCSF Digital Health awards 2019 PRICING HelloMind offers 3 auto-renewal subscription periods: 2 Family subscriptions and 1 single subscription. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable - You can cancel your subscription via this url: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039 - Privacy policy and Terms of use: http://hellomind.com/legal/

About

Valora

Access hypnotherapy sessions designed to help you overcome fears, reduce anxiety, and build confidence while you sleep. Explore guided programs, sleep stories, and soothing sounds for lasting personal transformation.

Highlights
  • Sleep Learning System
  • Hypnotherapy programs
  • Customizable playlists
  • Built-in alarm clock
  • Offline functionality
  • Sleep stories and sounds
Features
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Valora is a sleep hypnosis app for an anxious mind: 20 Sleep Learning programs by Joel Thielke, C.Ht., for fear, worry, stress and confidence, played whole while you sleep. Joel Thielke is a certified clinical hypnotherapist, certified instructor, and NLP coach and trainer. His voice is the one you hear, start to finish, on every hypnosis program here. HOW SLEEP LEARNING WORKS Each program plays in one piece, start to finish. Press play at bedtime, get comfortable, and let it carry you down. There is no wake-up inside the program, so you drift off while it plays and it keeps working through the night. Repeat it all night, give it a sleep timer, or let the built-in wake alarm bring you up gently in the morning. ANXIETY & FEAR • Face Your Fears — included with the app, plays in full from the first open • No More Anxiety • Stop Your Fear of Flying • Stop Stage Fright • Stop Obsessing • Overcome Stress CONFIDENCE & STRENGTH • Total Confidence • Inner Strength • Empower Yourself SLEEP & CALM • Deep Sleep • Pure Meditation SLEEP STORIES • Old World Essex, narrated by Rachael Meddows • Travel to Maui, narrated by Catherine Perry SLEEP SOUNDS • Beach Campfire • Rain on Umbrella • Soothing Storm Sounds SUBLIMINAL AFFIRMATIONS Four tracks in a section of their own, made to repeat all night: • Anxiety Relief Subliminal Affirmations — low cello-like drones and Tibetan bowls on one steady key • Calm Sleep Subliminal Affirmations — a low drone under warm pads and resonant bowls • Deep Rest Subliminal Affirmations — warm velvety pads, soft distant strings and a faint high shimmer • Peaceful Dreams Subliminal Affirmations — a very low drone, shimmering pads and single distant piano notes THE SOUND MIXER Put a steady sound beneath the voice, at your own level: rain, a storm, ocean waves, a campfire, crickets, wind, chimes and more. One sound is included. Layer up to six, save your mixes, and let them keep playing after the program ends, with the Sound Mixer purchase or Unlock All. The mixer also plays on its own from Home, with no program at all. TONIGHT The Tonight card lines up your night in one tap: a program, a wind-down, a night sound, and the wake alarm. Build playlists, mark favorites, and search by what you feel ("worry", "plane", "can't sleep"). A FREE GUIDE "The Quiet Hours" is the companion guide Joel wrote for this app: a seven-night calm plan, exercises you can do in the day, a worry log for the evening, and a 21-night log. Tap it in the app and this app's own page opens in Safari, where your email address gets you the PDF. Home then offers one item from it each day on the Today card. UNLOCK ALL One purchase opens every program, all four Subliminal Affirmations tracks and the Sound Mixer, for good. Unlock All includes everything we add to this app, now and later, and it is available through Family Sharing. Programs can also be bought one at a time. No subscription, nothing renews. ABOUT JOEL THIELKE Joel has worked with thousands of clients in his practice, from athletes and actors to parents and students, and millions of people have listened to his programs. His method is simple: relax the body, quiet the critical mind, and let the subconscious take in the words. A NOTE ON SAFETY These programs are for relaxation and personal growth. They are not a substitute for medical or psychological care. Listen only in bed or somewhere safe to rest, never while driving. Questions? support@motivationalhypnotherapy.com

Screenshots

HelloMind4 screens
Valora4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Valora at 4.8 against HelloMind's 4.1. Valora also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 66%). HelloMind's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 42 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. HelloMind sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month and Valora sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Valora holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 157 and 74 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of HelloMind's written reviews are positive against 100% of Valora's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HelloMind ships an update weekly, Valora every 42 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
HelloMind versus Valora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHelloMindValora
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (157 ratings)4.8 (74 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings157 — better74
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 42 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHelloMind APSHypnosis and Meditation for Success, LLC

Customer experience

HelloMind

All ratings157 ratings
Positive77.1%
Neutral3.8%
Negative19.1%
Written reviews290 reviews
Positive65.5%
Neutral7.6%
Negative26.9%

Valora

All ratings74 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral2.7%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

HelloMind

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashes or sessions not loading
  • Issues with account management and syncing

Requested features

5 requests
  • More variety in narrator voices
  • Free trial period or sample sessions
  • Option to purchase individual sessions
  • Better organization and navigation of content
  • Ability to resume progress across devices

Valora

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

HelloMind

Subscriptions3
  • Acces to all content7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • All treatments and Boosters7 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • all the HelloMind treatments and Boosters7 Days trial$119.991 Year
11 purchases

Valora

One-time11
  • Ease your Anxiety$1.99
  • Stop Obsessing$3.99
  • Stop Stage Fright$3.99
Show 8 more
  • Deep Sleep$4.99
  • Empower Yourself$4.99
  • Pure Meditation$4.99
  • Stop Your Fear of Flying$4.99
  • Total Stress Relief$4.99
  • Total Confidence$4.99
  • Inner Strength$4.99
  • Unlock All Programs$23.99

Questions

Is HelloMind free?
HelloMind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Valora free?
Valora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HelloMind or Valora?
Valora is rated higher. HelloMind averages 4.1 out of 5 from 157 ratings, while Valora averages 4.8 from 74 ratings.
Do HelloMind or Valora have ads?
Neither HelloMind nor Valora shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HelloMind or Valora?
HelloMind ships an update weekly, and Valora every 42 months. Most recently, HelloMind was updated on October 29, 2026 and Valora on October 29, 2026.

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