Comparison

The Now Mindfulness App vs Mindful Widget

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

Head to head
About

The Now Mindfulness App

This app offers a mindfulness companion with over 3,000 quotes and observations to help you find peace in the present. It provides deeper insights into quotes, allows direct chat with the source material for guidance, and recommends further reading.

Highlights
  • 3,000+ mindfulness quotes
  • Periodic interruptions for centering
  • Deeper quote insights
  • Chat with source material
  • Book recommendations
  • iOS Widget and App Clip
Features
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The Now is a helpful companion on your mindfulness journey, completely rebuilt for iOS 26. You can have it periodically interrupt and recenter you with insightful quotes and observations, or you can just use it sporadically when you need some inspiration. When a quote peaks your interest the app will give you deeper insights into its meaning as well as allow you to chat directly with the source material. It can answer your questions, provide guidance, as well as recommend books if you wish to explore a topic further. No subscriptions, no in-app purchases. FEATURES: * 3,000+ mindfulness quotes * iOS Widget and App Clip * Mindfulness exploration via Apple’s Foundation Models * Share your favorite quotes beautifully TESTIMONIALS: Happiness = Mindfulness. Don't take our word for it, some of the greatest authors, philosophers, scientists, and leaders of all time agree: "You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment." - Henry David Thoreau "Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment." - Buddha "I never think of the future. It comes soon enough." - Albert Einstein "We are always getting ready to live but never living." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "Confine yourself to the present." - Marcus Aurelius APPLE TECHNOLOGIES: * Designed for iOS 26 Liquid Glass * Widgets * App Clip * Apple Foundation Models * Spotlight integration (search all authors, quotes, etc) SUPPORT INDIE DEVELOPERS: Beautiful imagery and personally curated content. Downloaded over 150k times with a lifetime 4.8 star rating. Helping people live more mindfully since 2010! If you find a bug, need help, or have a feature suggestion, please just email me at support@thenow.app. I check this email but I rarely check App Store reviews. Plus, I need to correspond with you to be able to get to the bottom of any issue. Thanks.

About

Mindful Widget

Features
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Mindful shows you a calm image with a short mindful sentence right where you already look every day: on your screen. Just add the widget, choose how often it changes, done. No goals, no daily streak to keep up, no sign-up. WHAT THE APP OFFERS - Home Screen widget in two sizes - Full-screen view in the app for a longer mindful moment - Optional reminders, off by default and at most four per day - Share image and text with one tap CUSTOMIZE - 37 nature photographs: forest, water, flowers, stone and light - Calm flat colors or your own photos as an alternative - Built-in mindful sentences, or write your own - Filter images by season and mood - Change rhythm from once to nine times a day SEVEN LANGUAGES The app and its texts are available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Dutch. You can switch on several languages at once, and the mindful texts are then drawn from all of them. PRIVACY No account, no ads, no tracking. Photos, sentences and settings stay on your device, and the app works completely offline. Free, with no in-app purchases.

Screenshots

The Now Mindfulness App4 screens
Mindful Widget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mindful Widget at none against The Now Mindfulness App's 1. The Now Mindfulness App's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months). On price, ads, device support 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. The Now Mindfulness App sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mindful Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Now Mindfulness App ships an update every 3 weeks, Mindful Widget every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
The Now Mindfulness App versus Mindful Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Now Mindfulness AppMindful Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (594 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings594 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.0 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrevify Inc.Lars Gregori

Bugs and requests

The Now Mindfulness App

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Images and fonts not loading
  • Quotes not displaying properly
  • Compatibility issues with newer devices
  • Notification problems

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to save/share quotes
  • More font and customization options
  • Improved notification system
  • Expanded quote/image library

Mindful Widget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

The Now Mindfulness App

One-time1
  • Unlock All Features$1.99
None

Mindful Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Now Mindfulness App free?
The Now Mindfulness App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mindful Widget free?
Mindful Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do The Now Mindfulness App or Mindful Widget have ads?
Neither The Now Mindfulness App nor Mindful Widget shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Now Mindfulness App or Mindful Widget?
The Now Mindfulness App ships an update every 3 weeks, and Mindful Widget every 9 months. Most recently, The Now Mindfulness App was updated on October 22, 2026 and Mindful Widget on October 14, 2026.

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