Comparison

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.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Guided meditation sessions
  • Stress relief audio
  • Relaxation music
  • Nature sounds
  • Adjustable audio options
  • Step-by-step voice guidance
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • ACT exercises
  • Tools for managing thoughts
  • Commitment to values
  • Tracking logs
  • Information on ACT
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Take a Break! Meditations2 screens
ACT Coach4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Take a Break! Meditations sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ACT Coach asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Take a Break! Meditations versus ACT Coach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTake a Break! MeditationsACT Coach
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (238 ratings)4.6 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings238 — better16
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size145 MB28 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMeditation OasisUS Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

Customer experience

Take a Break! Meditations

All ratings236 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral4.2%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews263 reviews
Positive89.0%
Neutral1.5%
Negative9.5%

ACT Coach

All ratings16 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%

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

1 purchases

Take a Break! Meditations

One-time1
  • Ad Free Take a Break$0.99
None

ACT Coach

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Take a Break! Meditations free?
Take a Break! Meditations is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ACT Coach free?
ACT Coach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Take a Break! Meditations or ACT Coach?
ACT Coach is rated higher. Take a Break! Meditations averages 4.5 out of 5 from 238 ratings, while ACT Coach averages 4.6 from 16 ratings.
Do Take a Break! Meditations or ACT Coach have ads?
Neither Take a Break! Meditations nor ACT Coach shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Take a Break! Meditations or ACT Coach?
Take a Break! Meditations ships an update monthly, and ACT Coach every 14 months. Most recently, Take a Break! Meditations was updated on October 28, 2026 and ACT Coach on October 25, 2026.

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