Comparison

Boabom vs Sober Lantern

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

Head to head
About

Boabom

This app combines ancient Tibetan self-defense techniques with meditation and mindful movement. It offers progressive video lessons to build strength, balance, and inner peace through gentle and energetic practices.

Highlights
  • Progressive video lessons
  • Seamm-Jasani (Gentle Way)
  • Boabom (Self-defense & Energy)
  • Jassu workout sequences
  • Guided meditation techniques
  • Build strength and balance
Features
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Boabom: Meditation, relaxation and self-defense from ancient Tibet. Combining breathing with both gentle and energetic movements, Boabom builds health and mindfulness, strength and balance, inner power and positive energy. In a unique place between active Yoga, martial arts, and Tai Chi, Boabom builds progressively from simple movements through complex coordinations, building a whole practice one step at a time. Study from teachers with decades of experience as you learn through Boabom's unique progressive teaching. Each class you'll learn something new and review earlier movements, so you can build a deep Boabom practice! •Practice Seamm-Jasani, the Gentle Way, with slow movements, stretches, and coordinations to build quietude and centeredness. •Study Boabom, the path of Self-defense and Energy, with powerful movements that build health, confidence, and inner power. •Practice Jassu, sequences of exercises designed as a warm up and every day workout, whether slow and flowing or fast and energetic. •Experience Boabom Meditation techniques though guided meditations that will help you find tranquility, mindfulness, and inner calm. Learn this ancient Art in its deep, expansive way, through progressive video lessons, not summarized or abridged for mass consumption. All our best energies and enjoy the way! To access all features and content you can subscribe to Boabom: Mindful Movement on a monthly or yearly basis with an auto-renewing subscription right inside the app.* Pricing can vary by region and will be confirmed before purchase in the app. In app subscriptions will automatically renew at the end of their cycle. * All payments will be paid through your iTunes Account and may be managed under Account Settings after the initial payment. Subscription payments will automatically renew unless deactivated at least 24-hours before the end of the current cycle. Your account will be charged for renewal at least 24-hours prior to the end of the current cycle. Any unused portion of your free trial will be forfeited upon payment. Cancellations are incurred by disabling auto-renewal. Terms of Service: https://journey.boabom.com/tos Privacy Policy: https://journey.boabom.com/privacy

About

Sober Lantern

This app helps individuals in sober living navigate their recovery journey. It offers daily motivation, a sobriety counter, and tools to organize legal documentation and proof of residency. It also simplifies payments, overnight requests, and finding local meetings.

Highlights
  • Daily motivationals
  • Sobriety counter
  • Legal documentation organization
  • Proof of residency
  • Payment processing
  • Overnight request management
  • Local meeting finder
Features
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Let’s face it… Entering sober living is a huge adjustment. Lots of new rules, new environment, learning the area… It’s a lot to navigate. Lantern Sober Living Management can help light the path for your recovery journey. Daily motivationals, along with a sobriety counter are just some of the tools available with this program. Lantern helps to organize important documentation for legal issues and provides proof of residency. It essentially becomes a one stop option to make payments, requests overnights and find local meetings. From a provider standpoint, Lantern delivers an overview of your program including open beds, total bed count, smart drug screen monitoring, financial tracking and geo-specific meeting check-ins. Communication with management and staff is simplified, making sure everyone gets important notifications and stays on the same path. Lantern Sober Living Management was created by sober living owners, for sober living owners. Our systems are intuitive and simple, providing the most relevant information for your Program in real time, at all times. Entering Sober living is typically a life saving decision. Using a quality management system is a decision which enables your Program to be more effective in saving those lives.

Screenshots

Boabom4 screens
Sober Lantern3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sober Lantern at none against Boabom's 2. Sober Lantern also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). Boabom's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 1). 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. Boabom sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Sober Lantern asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Boabom against 5.0 for Sober Lantern. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boabom has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Boabom ships an update every 3 months, Sober Lantern every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Boabom versus Sober Lantern: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoabomSober Lantern
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (11 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB8 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBoabom International, IncCode & Cakes LLC

Customer experience

Boabom

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sober Lantern

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Boabom

Subscriptions2
  • Boabom Monthly7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Boabom Yearly7 Days trial$89.991 Year
None

Sober Lantern

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Boabom free?
Boabom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sober Lantern free?
Sober Lantern is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Boabom or Sober Lantern?
Sober Lantern is rated higher. Boabom averages 4.9 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Sober Lantern averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Boabom or Sober Lantern have ads?
Neither Boabom nor Sober Lantern shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Boabom or Sober Lantern?
Boabom ships an update every 3 months, and Sober Lantern every 3 weeks. Most recently, Boabom was updated on October 25, 2026 and Sober Lantern on October 27, 2026.

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