Comparison

Inner Balance vs Purdue Pegboard Scoring

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

Head to head
About

Inner Balance

This app synchronizes your heart, mind, and emotions to enhance health, well-being, and performance. It requires a HeartMath sensor to measure heart rhythms and provides real-time feedback and guided meditations to help you manage stress and improve focus.

Highlights
  • Real-time HRV monitoring
  • Guided meditations
  • Real-time coaching tips
  • Coherence score
  • Progress tracking
Features
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Inner Balance™ gets your heart, mind, and emotions in sync for greater calm, focus, and a more balanced you in everyday life. HEARTMATH® SENSOR REQUIRED: This is the companion app to the Inner Balance sensor. It requires one of the HeartMath Inner Balance sensors (e.g. Bluetooth® or the Inner Balance Lightning sensor), which connects to your device and clips to your earlobe to pick up your heart-rhythm pattern. Inner Balance™ is a system of software and sensor that helps you strengthen your inner balance through training, guidance, and self-observation. It supports you in bringing your heart, mind, and emotions into a balanced, focused state (coherence), which you create yourself through calm breathing and positive focus. More than 400 independent, peer-reviewed studies have been published on HeartMath technologies and methods. Inner Balance gives you a real-time coherence score as feedback, and guided meditations and dynamic graphics support you toward a calmer, more centered, and more focused state. The HeartMath technology is for stress education and resilience training. It is not a medical device. We encourage you to consult a health professional before making any medical decisions. LEARN HOW TO: • Bring your heart, mind, and body into a calm, balanced state in the moment • Settle reactive emotions and manage everyday stress • Feel calmer, more centered, and more focused • Access clearer thinking to support better everyday decisions Just five minutes of coherence practice, three times a day, fits easily into your routine - and it’s enjoyable. Inner Balance guides you and tracks your progress as you shift your state and watch the changes occur in real time. FEATURES: • Real-time HRV coherence feedback to guide your practice • Guided meditations to support relaxation, focus, and a better wind-down before sleep • Real-time coaching tips with encouraging on-screen prompts • Advanced options: four challenge levels, customizable settings and screens • Access to a free cloud platform to save and review all your sessions and get tips and training WHAT REGULAR COHERENCE PRACTICE CAN SUPPORT: • A calmer way of handling everyday stress • More focus and mental clarity, even under pressure • Shifting more quickly into a state of calm and balance • Quieting the mind and letting go of racing thoughts • Strengthening inner resilience and recovering more quickly • Training coordination and reaction time for athletes • Complementing your own meditation practice Inner Balance Bluetooth sensor: clip the sensor to your earlobe and press the soft button on the sensor pod to activate a blue flashing light. Open the app and press the “Start” arrow to scan for the sensor. When your sensor ID appears and matches the number on the back of the pod, tap to accept and wait 15–20 seconds for calibration to begin your first session. Inner Balance Lightning sensor: follow the same steps to clip the sensor, open the app, and start your session. You can purchase an Inner Balance sensor at https://store.heartmath.com/innerbalance.

About

Purdue Pegboard Scoring

This application standardizes the administration of the Purdue Pegboard Test, aiding in employee selection for jobs requiring motor dexterity. It helps create norms and track individualized data for assembly tasks.

Highlights
  • Standardized test administration
  • Optional read-aloud instructions
  • Creation of organizational norms
  • Individualized data tracking
  • Assists in employee selection
  • Measures motor dexterity
Features
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This scoring application is intended for use with the Lafayette Instrument Company Purdue Pegboard Test (Models 32020 and 32020A). It assists administrators in all areas of the testing process by standardizing administration through easily set up test batteries with optionally read instructions, creating organizational norms, and keeping track of individualized data. The Purdue Pegboard has been used extensively to aid in the selection of employees for jobs that require fine and gross motor dexterity and coordination by measuring gross movements of hands, fingers, and arms, and fingertip dexterity as necessary in assembly tasks.

Screenshots

Inner Balance4 screens
Purdue Pegboard Scoring4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Inner Balance at none against Purdue Pegboard Scoring's 5. Inner Balance also leads on ratings volume (18K vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Purdue Pegboard Scoring sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Inner Balance asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Purdue Pegboard Scoring holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Inner Balance has 18K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Inner Balance ships an update every 4 months, Purdue Pegboard Scoring every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Inner Balance versus Purdue Pegboard Scoring: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInner BalancePurdue Pegboard Scoring
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (18K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings18K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB83 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperHeartMath Inc.Lafayette Instrument Company, Inc.

Customer experience

Inner Balance

All ratings17,907 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral2.2%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews439 reviews
Positive82.7%
Neutral5.5%
Negative11.8%

Purdue Pegboard Scoring

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Inner Balance

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when stopping a session
  • Sensor disconnection issues
  • Inconsistent heart rate readings compared to other devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add audio breath pacing
  • Implement guest mode to separate user data
  • Develop an Apple Watch version
  • Provide more detailed progress tracking and analytics
  • Include more breathing technique options

Purdue Pegboard Scoring

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Inner Balance

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Purdue Pegboard Scoring

One-time5
  • Bundle of 12 trials$0.99
  • Bundle of 120 trials$4.99
  • Bundle of 300 trials$9.99
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  • Bundle of 600 trials$17.99
  • Bundle of 1200 trials$29.99

Questions

Is Inner Balance free?
Inner Balance is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Purdue Pegboard Scoring free?
Purdue Pegboard Scoring is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Inner Balance or Purdue Pegboard Scoring?
Purdue Pegboard Scoring is rated higher. Inner Balance averages 4.8 out of 5 from 18K ratings, while Purdue Pegboard Scoring averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Inner Balance or Purdue Pegboard Scoring have ads?
Neither Inner Balance nor Purdue Pegboard Scoring shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Inner Balance or Purdue Pegboard Scoring?
Inner Balance ships an update every 4 months, and Purdue Pegboard Scoring every 3 months. Most recently, Inner Balance was updated on October 23, 2026 and Purdue Pegboard Scoring on October 7, 2026.

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