Comparison

Pause for Peace vs Ashtak Mantras

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

Head to head
About

Pause for Peace

Find moments of calm with guided commentaries and peaceful imagery. This app offers real-time media updates to support a sense of tranquility for all users.

Highlights
  • Guided commentaries
  • Peaceful imagery
  • Real-time media updates
  • Supports tranquility
Features
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Pause for Peace is a free meditation companion from Meditation Museum (Brahma Kumaris), with centers in Silver Spring, Maryland and Chantilly, Virginia. When life feels uncertain, a short pause can change the rest of your day. Pause for Peace helps you stop, breathe and return to the calm that is already within you. - I need a pause: choose 1, 5 or 10 minutes of gentle guided breathing, in silence, with soft music, or with a guided meditation by Sister Jenna. - Guided meditations: 41 meditations by Sister Jenna in four groups: Inner Peace, Stress Relief, On the Go, and Sleep & Rest. They play offline and keep playing with the screen locked. - Traffic Control: stop for one minute, a few times a day, to calm the traffic of thoughts. Rest on a virtue as the light breathes slowly, with gentle music and reminders every hour or at the times you choose. - Silent Timer: sit in stillness for 5 to 30 minutes, with a breathing guide, in silence, with soft music, or with Sister Jenna. - No ticking clock: a soft ring fills as you pause, so you can let go of time. Tap to see the time left. - My Calm: watch your pauses build day by day toward a gentle daily goal. Kept only on your phone. - Journal: give yourself a blessing and send it to yourself, or let out what you are going through. Entries stay private on your device and fade away after 1, 5 or 10 days. - Virtue Wheel: spin to receive one of 36 virtues, with a simple practice for the day. - Thought for today: 365 thoughts, one for each day of the year, each with a small practice. - Meditation on Wheels: invite our mobile meditation studio to your workplace, campus or community event. - Free events and classes at both centers. - Support for hard times, including the 988 Lifeline and the Veterans Crisis Line. - Light and dark: a white-and-gold look by day and a soft dark look by night. Works on iPhone and iPad. Free. No account. No ads. No tracking. Meditation Museum offers free meditation classes and events to help people experience inner peace and positive change. - Apple Watch: breathing pauses with gentle taps, Traffic Control, a silent timer and guided meditations to your AirPods, with Double Tap and a watch-face complication. - Podcast: listen to America Meditating Radio with Sister Jenna, search episodes and continue where you left off. Everyone is welcome.

About

Ashtak Mantras

Access a collection of Vedic mantras dedicated to nine different deities. Chanting these mantras is believed to condition the mind, elevate consciousness, and lead to spiritual bliss.

Highlights
  • Collection of 9 Ashtak Mantras
  • Mantras for Ganesh, Shiv, Devi, Vishnu, Krishna, Ram, Hanuman, Ayyapa, and Nadi
  • Vedic origins and teachings
  • Spiritual guidance and mental conditioning
  • Path to salvation and eternal bliss
Features
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"Ashtak Mantras" Mantras are Vedic in origin. The teachings of the Vedas consist of various Mantric chants or hymns cognized by different seers or Rishis from the Cosmic Mind. Here is the app that gives you 9 god's Ashtak Mantra. - Ganesh Ashtak Mantras. (5) - Shiv Ashtak Mantras. (8) - Devi Ashtak Mantras. (9) - Vishnu Ashtak Mantras. (8) - Krishna Ashtak Mantras. (7) - Ram Ashtak Mantras. (5) - Hanuman Ashtak Mantras. (2) - Ayyapa Ashtak Mantras. (5) - Nadi Ashtak Mantras. (3) All the above mantras have their own effects.When you chanting this mantras, it conditions the mind and takes up to the higher states and forms the path to salvation - the eternal bliss. Download this App and feel miraculous power of these Ashtak Mantras.

Screenshots

Pause for Peace4 screens
Ashtak Mantras4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pause for Peace at 100% against Ashtak Mantras's 50%. Pause for Peace also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 6). Ashtak Mantras's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 16.4). On price, 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. Ashtak Mantras sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Pause for Peace asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pause for Peace holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pause for Peace has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Pause for Peace's written reviews are positive against 50% of Ashtak Mantras's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pause for Peace ships an update every 7 months, Ashtak Mantras every 15 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Pause for Peace versus Ashtak Mantras: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPause for PeaceAshtak Mantras
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (18 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings18 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 7 months — betterEvery 15 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.47.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size194 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMeditation MuseumVaibhav Kavathekar

Customer experience

Pause for Peace

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Ashtak Mantras

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pause for Peace

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Ashtak Mantras

One-time6
  • Krishna Ashtak$0.99
  • Maha Laxmi Ashtak$0.99
  • Ram Ashtak$0.99
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  • Amba Ashtak$0.99
  • All Mantras$1.99
  • Offline Access$4.99

Questions

Is Pause for Peace free?
Pause for Peace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ashtak Mantras free?
Ashtak Mantras is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pause for Peace or Ashtak Mantras?
Pause for Peace is rated higher. Pause for Peace averages 5.0 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Ashtak Mantras averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pause for Peace or Ashtak Mantras have ads?
Neither Pause for Peace nor Ashtak Mantras shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pause for Peace or Ashtak Mantras?
Pause for Peace ships an update every 7 months, and Ashtak Mantras every 15 months. Most recently, Pause for Peace was updated on November 1, 2026 and Ashtak Mantras on November 1, 2026.

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