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.
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.
- 3,000+ mindfulness quotes
- Periodic interruptions for centering
- Deeper quote insights
- Chat with source material
- Book recommendations
- iOS Widget and App Clip
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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.
Mindful Widget
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. The Now Mindfulness App sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mindful Widget asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
| Parameter | The Now Mindfulness App | Mindful Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (594 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 594 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brevify 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
The Now Mindfulness App
- Unlock All Features$1.99
Mindful Widget
No in-app purchases
Questions
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