Comparison

Inner Balance vs 4Meds

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

4Meds

Features
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4Meds is the simple, private medication tracker that helps you stay on top of your health — without accounts, subscriptions, or cloud sync. Whether you take daily prescriptions, weekly supplements, or the occasional painkiller — 4Meds keeps everything organized in one clean, easy-to-use app. YOUR DAY AT A GLANCE Open the app and instantly see what's scheduled for today. A progress ring shows how you're doing, and every dose is just one tap away. Mark medications as taken, missed, or skipped — with satisfying haptic feedback that makes logging feel effortless. Past-due doses are highlighted so nothing slips through the cracks. FLEXIBLE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT Add recurring medications with custom schedules — choose specific days, set multiple times per day, and define the dosage for each. Track on-demand meds like painkillers or allergy pills with built-in dosage limits per day, week, or month. The app warns you before a dose would exceed your maximum — because safety matters. SUPPLY & REORDER REMINDERS Optionally add a pack size and the amount on hand to any medication. 4Meds counts down with every dose you log and, for scheduled medications, shows how many days each supply will last. Get a reorder reminder a set number of days before a supply runs out, or when only a few are left. The supply calendar and overview keep every pack in view, with a history of refills. SMART REMINDERS Set up push notifications for every scheduled dose. Enable or disable reminders per medication or turn them all off globally. You're always in control. STATISTICS THAT MATTER See your adherence rate at a glance. View weekly intake charts, spot missed-dose patterns, and identify your most-used on-demand medications. Switch between 1-week, 2-week, 4-week, and 3-month views to find the insights you need. HEALTH JOURNAL Log symptoms, side effects, mood, and pain levels right alongside your medication data. Over time, see how what you take connects to how you feel. A valuable tool for conversations with your doctor. PROFESSIONAL PDF REPORTS Generate clean, detailed medication reports with your name, date range, adherence data, and charts — ready to share with your doctor, pharmacist, or caregiver. Export via AirDrop, email, print, or save to Files. YOUR DATA. YOUR DEVICE. PERIOD. 4Meds stores everything locally on your iPhone. No cloud. No account. No tracking. No analytics. Not a single byte leaves your device. Export your data as JSON anytime for safekeeping, and import it back whenever you need to. FIVE LANGUAGES 4Meds speaks English, German, French, Spanish and Italian. The app follows your iPhone's language. To change it, open Settings > Apps > 4Meds > Language on your iPhone, or use the Language row in the app's settings. BUILT FOR EVERYONE Full Dynamic Type support for all text sizes VoiceOver compatible for all key interactions A calm, always-dark design that's easy on the eyes Clean, native iOS design that feels right at home 4Meds is a personal project built with care. No venture capital, no growth metrics, no data monetization — just a useful app that respects your privacy. One-time purchase. No subscriptions. No ads. Ever.

Screenshots

Inner Balance4 screens
4Meds4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Inner Balance at Free against 4Meds's $1.99. Inner Balance also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). 4Meds's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Inner Balance is free to download; 4Meds costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Inner Balance ships an update every 4 months, 4Meds every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Inner Balance versus 4Meds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInner Balance4Meds
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.8 (18K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings18K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB6 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperHeartMath Inc.Robert Poetzsch

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

4Meds

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Inner Balance

No in-app purchases

None

4Meds

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Inner Balance free?
Inner Balance is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 4Meds free?
4Meds costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Inner Balance or 4Meds have ads?
Neither Inner Balance nor 4Meds shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Inner Balance or 4Meds?
Inner Balance ships an update every 4 months, and 4Meds every 3 days. Most recently, Inner Balance was updated on October 30, 2026 and 4Meds on October 28, 2026.

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