Take a Break! Meditations vs ACT Coach
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Take a Break! Meditations
Find immediate stress relief and deep relaxation with guided meditations. Choose from two distinct audio sessions, with options to include or exclude calming music and nature sounds. Enhance your practice with clear instructions and support.
- Guided meditation sessions
- Stress relief audio
- Relaxation music
- Nature sounds
- Adjustable audio options
- Step-by-step voice guidance
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Take a break now and let your stress melt away! You can enjoy the deep relaxation, stress relief and benefits of meditation now with this app by Meditation Oasis™. Featuring two popular meditations from the the Meditation Oasis podcast, the app gives you the option to listen with or without music or nature sounds. You can also listen to the relaxing music and nature sounds alone. ***************************** WITH THIS APP YOU CAN: RELAX EASILY and quickly as you are voice-guided step by step CHOOSE from two relaxing audios: Work Break Relaxation (7 min.) Stress Relief Meditation (13 min.) LISTEN with or without MUSIC or NATURE SOUNDS READ instructions to support and enhance your experience Get support on the Meditation Oasis website ***************************** Created by Mary Maddux, MS, HTP and Richard Maddux, best known for their popular Meditation Oasis podcast, CDs and smartphone apps. Mary and Richard bring over 30 years of meditation practice and teaching to the creation of their guided meditations and music. In addition to teaching meditation, Mary has worked in both conventional and alternative settings as a counselor, stress management consultant and healing arts practitioner. Richard has played and composed music all of his life. His music is composed especially for meditation, relaxation and healing.
ACT Coach
This app helps users practice Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to manage difficult thoughts and feelings. It provides exercises, tools, and tracking logs to support living a value-driven life. Developed in consultation with therapists, it's designed for individuals undergoing ACT.
- ACT exercises
- Tools for managing thoughts
- Commitment to values
- Tracking logs
- Information on ACT
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) aims to help you live with unpleasant thoughts, feelings, and impulses without avoiding them or being controlled by them. In ACT, you are encouraged to commit to actions so that you can live your life by your values, even in the face of these unpleasant experiences. This app was developed for Veterans, Service members, and other people who are in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in consultation with a therapist. It offers exercises, tools, information, and tracking logs so you can practice what you’re learning in your daily life. ACT Coach was created by VA’s National Center for PTSD.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ACT Coach at none against Take a Break! Meditations's 1. Take a Break! Meditations's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 14 months) and review sentiment (89% vs 67%). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Take a Break! Meditations sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ACT Coach asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Take a Break! Meditations against 4.6 for ACT Coach. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Take a Break! Meditations has 238 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Take a Break! Meditations's written reviews are positive against 67% of ACT Coach's.
Take a Break! Meditations ships an update monthly, ACT Coach every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Take a Break! Meditations | ACT Coach |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (238 ratings) | 4.6 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 238 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 145 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Meditation Oasis | US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) |
Customer experience
Take a Break! Meditations
ACT Coach
Bugs and requests
Take a Break! Meditations
Reported bugs
2 issues- Ads interrupting the meditation
- Compatibility issues with older devices
Requested features
4 requests- More variety of background sounds and music
- Longer meditation options
- Ability to use own music/sounds
- Additional guided meditations
ACT Coach
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Take a Break! Meditations
- Ad Free Take a Break$0.99
ACT Coach
No in-app purchases
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