Comparison

The Mindfulness App vs Rouse

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

Head to head
About

The Mindfulness App

Access over 500 guided meditations, sleep stories, and courses from global experts. Customize silent or guided sessions with various background sounds and durations. Track your progress and integrate with Apple Health and Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • 500+ guided meditations and courses
  • Sleep stories for relaxation
  • Customizable silent or guided sessions
  • Multiple background sounds
  • Personalized user statistics
  • Apple Health and Apple Watch integration
Features
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With over 500 guided meditations, sleep stories and courses from experts around the world, we have options for every mood, time of the day and for everyone from beginners to experienced. • Guided meditations and courses of different topics in over 10 different languages. • Sleep Stories for a gentle closing of the day. • Reminders to help you remember to meditate. • Daily Notices to keep you mindful throughout the day. • Personalized user statistics. • The Mindfulness App saves your meditation sessions to your Apple Health App. • Apple Watch Integration. If you find that you enjoy a silent meditation, or simply want to include a personalized meditation into your practice, you can pick and choose between: • 3-99 minute meditations. • Option of silent or guided. • Inclusion of bells and a guided introduction. • Different background sounds such as forest, rain, waves and more. • Possibility to save your favorites for quick access. As a new user, you have the option to take advantage of our Free Trial that allows you to test the app and access all premium content for a full seven days. Included in our Premium Subscription: • Unlimited access to all meditations and courses in over 20 different topics. • Make meditations and course sessions available offline. • Regularly updated content allows you to discover new favorite meditations and teachers. For those that wish to have access to our premium version, we offer auto-renewable subscription: • $79.99 per year These prices are for US customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. We’re here to help you find what meets your needs and make meditation work for your daily life to improve your inner well-being. We want to be a part of your mindfulness journey, making it possible to meditate wherever you may be! Read the terms and conditions here: https://themindfulnessapp.com/terms-of-service Read the privacy policy here: https://themindfulnessapp.com/privacy-policy

About

Rouse

Features
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Rouse reads your own Apple Health sleep data — live — and plans a wake-up window for tomorrow morning, tuned to your personal sleep-cycle length. Never a generic 90-minute rule: Rouse calibrates to you, and keeps updating as new sleep data arrives. WHAT ROUSE DOES • Learns your personal sleep-cycle length from your recent nights. • Suggests tonight's bedtime and predicts tomorrow's wake-up window — always with a plain-language confidence indicator, no false precision. • Updates live: as Apple Health receives new sleep data, your window quietly refreshes. • Shows your sleep cycles for any night, honestly framed (consumer stage estimates are approximate). • Tracks wake-time regularity — one of the best-evidenced levers for better mornings. • Evidence-based sleep-hygiene guidance. ROUSE PREMIUM (optional subscription) • Live gentle wake — a soft, in-window escalation on iPhone or Apple Watch, never a jarring alarm. • Confidence-ranked alternate windows (the earlier and later cycle boundaries). • Morning check-in — rate your mornings and Rouse tunes your window from your own data. • Sleep-debt awareness — your own sleep need, your current shortfall, and an earlier-bedtime nudge to recover. • Chronotype & social jet lag — estimated from mid-sleep on your free days. • Full Sleep Regularity Index — the minute-by-minute two-week SRI from the research literature. Monthly or yearly (7-day free trial on yearly). Payment via your Apple ID; cancel anytime in Settings. HONEST BY DESIGN Rouse is a personalized planning tool, not a medical device. It doesn't diagnose anything and never promises a "perfect" morning. Your sleep data is processed on your device and never leaves it. Requires sleep data in Apple Health (e.g. from Apple Watch). Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://jeremylawrance01-web.github.io/rouse/

Screenshots

The Mindfulness App4 screens
Rouse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: The Mindfulness App at 4 against Rouse's 2. The Mindfulness App also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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. The Mindfulness App sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Rouse sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Mindfulness App ships an update fortnightly, Rouse every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
The Mindfulness App versus Rouse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Mindfulness AppRouse
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (7.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings7.6K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperReflective Technologies ApSMary-Ellen Sea'a Bonser

In-app purchases

12 purchases

The Mindfulness App

Subscriptions12
  • Stress Relief with Mindfulness$2.991 Month
  • Sleep Better$2.991 Month
  • Monthly Membership7 Days trial$4.991 Month
Show 9 more
  • 1 Month Premium$9.991 Month
  • Premium Library7 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • 1 Year Premium1 Year trial$59.991 Year
  • Annual Membership7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • 1 Year Premium1 Month trial$59.991 Year
  • Premium Full Access1 Year trial$59.991 Year
  • Annual Membership1 Year trial2 variants$79.991 Year
  • Annual Membership7 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Annual Membership1 Year trial$99.991 Year
2 purchases

Rouse

Subscriptions2
  • Rouse Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Rouse Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is The Mindfulness App free?
The Mindfulness App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rouse free?
Rouse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do The Mindfulness App or Rouse have ads?
Neither The Mindfulness App nor Rouse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Mindfulness App or Rouse?
The Mindfulness App ships an update fortnightly, and Rouse every 3 weeks. Most recently, The Mindfulness App was updated on October 21, 2026 and Rouse on October 23, 2026.

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