Comparison

iZen Garden 3 vs Mysaic

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

Head to head
About

iZen Garden 3

Create a tranquil digital Zen garden with a vast array of objects, plants, and creatures. Rake the sand into intricate patterns while listening to soothing ambient soundtracks. Perfect for relaxation, meditation, or stress relief.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of objects, plants, and creatures
  • Customizable sand raking
  • Nine ambient meditation soundtracks
  • Meditation and sleep timers
  • Daily Zen sayings
  • Save garden designs
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For less than the price of a latte, iZen Garden™ gives you all the peace and tranquility of a beautiful Zen Garden without the sandy mess! Choose from 100s of objects, plants and creatures to place in your garden, then rake the sand. Now Universal. iZen Garden is available for iPhone and iPad in a single app bundle. One price gets you both platforms. New audio track, "Merced River" featuring the sounds of the Yosemite valley. ** Selected as one of the "500 Best Apps in the World" by the Sunday Times of London. ** ** TOP PICK! Featured in O'Reilly's "Best iPhone Apps" ** ** As Featured on iPhones in Apple store displays! ** ** Editor's Choice by ItaliaMac ** ** Selected as one of the Best 100 Apps by iLounge.com 2 years running! ** The tradition of the Zen Garden goes back nearly a thousand years in Japanese and asian culture. iZen Garden brings this beautiful artform to your iPhone or iPod Touch. Choose from over 100 different types of stones, shells, fossils and plants to place in your garden and then use your finger to “rake” the sand into intricate abstract patterns. All while listening to the soothing sounds of one of our 9 built-in meditation soundtracks. iZen Garden™ is perfect for long meetings, train rides, or meditation practice. It helps you to center your mind, relax your psyche and relieve your stress. iZen Garden™ was chosen as a staff favorite it's first week in the App Store. Listen to what others have said: "The best by far... a true rarity: it’s an app that we continue to enjoy many months after the initial purchase." - iLounge "Out of all the Zen Garden applications, this is clearly the most thorough and precise, and the system is clear-cut." - iPhone Alley Features: * 100 different stones, seashells, fossils and plants, all professionally photographed from real objects and beautifully rendered to place in your garden. * Add fluttering and resting butterflies to your garden which will fly around from place to place. * Rotate, scale, and move the objects to place them using a pinch gesture with your fingers. * Four different colors of sand, from beach white, to volcanic black. * Nine different soothing ambient soundtracks to help still your mind while you tend your garden. Relax to the gentle lapping of ocean waves at your feet, the quiet solitude of a forest, or the soft twinkling of bells and wind chimes. * Completely customizable rake with variable width and depth settings. * "Daily Zen" a daily Zen saying or Koan is presented when you enter your garden. * Save your design to your camera roll by holding the Home button and pressing the lock button. * Built-in documentation and help system makes using the app a breeze. * To access the Information Screen double tap anywhere on the sand, or touch the "i" button. * Meditation Timer. Create your garden and then sit in quiet contemplation until the timer finishes and brings you back with a gentle ringing of a bell. * Sleep Timer. Puts your phone to sleep after a set period of time so you can listen to the relaxation sounds to fall asleep without worrying about your battery dying. * Share your garden and your Daily Zen on Twitter, Email, or through your film roll. Includes beautiful themes that frame your garden artfully with different trays and handmade papers. * Save multiple gardens and recall them at any time to continue to tend and change them. And now, with the re-release of iZen Garden, we're offering on-going updates with new objects, new ambiance, and more! See what everyone is talking about, buy iZen Garden™ today!! A monthly subscription to iZen Garden is a doorway to daily zen, and greater peace and happiness. End user license agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Mysaic

This app helps you chronicle your life experiences by organizing photos, journaling memories, and creating visual timelines. Collaborate, share, and build a rich personal history with a focus on privacy and ease of use.

Highlights
  • Photo organization
  • Timeline creation
  • Memory journaling
  • Collaborative sharing
  • Customizable privacy controls
  • Import Facebook and Instagram feeds
Features
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Welcome to Mysaic, chronicling a lifetime of experiences in a meaningful way. Tell your story. Collaborate, organize and share. Catalog your memories. Build a rich history and watch the patterns emerge with this completely custom photo manager and timeline creation app. What you create is private. Imagine that - you're in control of who sees what! We believe you should feel comfortable managing your data. Whether you’re journaling your travels, sharing photos from major life events, creating a photo diary, or simply using this as a photo organizer app for your 1000s of miscellaneous pictures, Mysaic makes it easy. Besides offering photo organization & journaling, Mysaic is one best apps for sharing photos and memories. In a messy and scattered world of social postings and archives, let Mysaic's visual platform delight your senses. Forget endless scrolling to find what you're looking for - Mysaic cuts the clutter and swiftly lands you where you want to be. Ease of organization is the backbone of Mysaic's architecture. So go ahead.. and track.. - classes you're taking - concerts with friends - your work history - family holidays - a lifetime of pets - health and maintenance records - this can even become your personal travel journal app! - & the list goes on! Mysaic is your digital photo diary, personal digital scrapbook, life resume, history of achievements, timeline app, birds eye view of the moments that matter, and app to organize your photos. Stop getting lost in the noisy chatter of most platforms, spend your time wisely with meaningful memories. Share with family and friends - Mysaic generates web pages for you. We even added Facebook and Instagram feeds to make jumping onboard quick and easy! Mysaic is one of the best free photo journal apps for iPhone and comes with an In-App upgrade option that unlocks Premium features such as creating custom groups for greater level of privacy, unlimited storage for your Mysaic library (all users start out with 5GB), custom ordering of your photos within an experience, and unlimited category labeling for your experiences. Premium In-App purchasing details: - Price USD 99¢ per month (first month is free to new users) - Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at purchase confirmation - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before end of current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to end of current period at USD 99¢ per month - Manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase - Any unused portion of your first free month will be forfeited when you purchase Premium Terms of Service: https://portal.mysaic.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://portal.mysaic.com/privacy-policy Contact us at support@mysaic.com for issues or inquiries.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mysaic at 5.0 against iZen Garden 3's 4.1. Mysaic also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). iZen Garden 3's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, 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. iZen Garden 3 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Mysaic sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mysaic holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of iZen Garden 3's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mysaic's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iZen Garden 3 ships an update every 3 months, Mysaic weekly. The most recent releases landed on July 25, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
iZen Garden 3 versus Mysaic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriZen Garden 3Mysaic
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (14 ratings)5.0 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size167 MB110 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJiva DeVoeLifelinea LLC

Customer experience

iZen Garden 3

Written reviews20 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Mysaic

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

iZen Garden 3

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$29.991 Year
1 purchases

Mysaic

Subscriptions1
  • Mysaic Premium1 Month trial$0.991 Month

Questions

Is iZen Garden 3 free?
iZen Garden 3 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mysaic free?
Mysaic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iZen Garden 3 or Mysaic?
Mysaic is rated higher. iZen Garden 3 averages 4.1 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Mysaic averages 5.0 from 12 ratings.
Which is updated more often, iZen Garden 3 or Mysaic?
iZen Garden 3 ships an update every 3 months, and Mysaic weekly. Most recently, iZen Garden 3 was updated on July 25, 2026 and Mysaic on September 10, 2026.

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