Comparison

Humane Space vs Know

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

Head to head
About

Humane Space

This app offers a daily ritual of curiosity and wonder, replacing mindless scrolling with human-made discoveries. It uses research-backed practices to enhance well-being, offering diverse content formats like learning, reflection, and guided visualizations.

Highlights
  • 2,000+ human-made discoveries
  • Research-backed well-being practices
  • Lifelong learning on 600+ topics
  • Guided visualizations and soundscapes
  • Short guided exercises for daily life
  • Ad-free and pressure-free experience
Features
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CURIOSITY ISN’T JUST FOR CHILDHOOD Trade mindless scrolling for a few minutes of real curiosity and wonder. The Humane Space helps you turn curiosity into a relaxing daily ritual, with 2,000+ human-made discoveries designed to support greater well-being in just a few minutes a day. RESEARCH-BACKED PATHWAYS TO WELL-BEING The Humane Space draws on research-backed practices related to curiosity, awe, lifelong learning, guided visualization, reflection, walking, and nature connection. Research has associated these practices with outcomes such as increased well-being, lower stress, improved mood, creativity, focus, connection, and a greater sense of meaning. WHAT YOU’LL FIND INSIDE The Humane Space is designed for different moods, moments, and energy levels. You can read, listen, watch, walk, reflect, or try a short practice depending on what you need that day. Immerse: Lifelong learning on 600+ topics from fungi to philosophy. Deep Think: Thoughtful prompts to deepen awareness of yourself, others, and the world. Lingo: Fascinating stories behind interesting words. Mind Journeys®: Guided visualizations to ease stress and spark creativity. Awe Walks: Relaxing guided walks to connect with your environment. Soundscapes: Original calming audio for sleep, unwinding, focus, and rest. CULTIVATE A CURIOUS MINDSET FOR EVERYDAY LIFE Curiosity in Practice offers short guided exercises created with thoughtful guides, artists, writers, scientists, and experts. Each practice helps you see the familiar in a different way, notice more deeply, and bring curiosity into everyday life through simple 2–5 minute prompts. Explore practices like awakening your creativity with a cartoonist, discovering the alchemy of color with an award-winning artist, connecting with trees alongside an ecologist, or reflecting on your personal myth with a mindfulness expert. A MORE MEANINGFUL WAY TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES Start your morning with reflection or discovery. Refresh your mind with a quick, energizing learning experience. Relax at night with soothing soundscapes or guided visualization. Bring curiosity into your morning routine, a walk, or time with friends and family. Fill idle time with something more nourishing than doomscrolling. 100% HUMAN-MADE AND HUMANE Every discovery is created by real people: writers, artists, researchers, sound composers, voiceover artists, and thoughtful humans. No AI-generated filler. No ads interrupting your experience. No pressure-based engagement. No notification bombardment. No guilt-laden streaks. Our goal is not to keep you hooked. It’s to give you a calmer, more enriching way to spend a few meaningful minutes each day. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Download The Humane Space and try it for free. Subscribe for unlimited access to our full library of discoveries and practices. Premium access includes 2,000+ activities, the Daily Discovery, Curiosity in Practice, multimodal formats, curated collections across 600+ topics, and a calming, ad-free experience. Pricing will be converted to your local currency. Subscriptions automatically renew and are charged to your mobile device’s subscription payment account unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage your subscription anytime in your device settings. Apple: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039 Terms of service: https://www.thehumane.space/terms Privacy policy: https://www.thehumane.space/privacy Download The Humane Space and turn curiosity into a daily ritual.

About

Know

Features
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Buzz Aldrin Doesn't Know Any Better (Best experienced on the iPad) Buzz Aldrin Doesn't Know Any Better is a conversation with an old intralocutor, Pretty Jesus, about the contents of a pawn shop street-side display window in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. It was written to be read through touch interaction with a street-side gallery display window, creating a contextual resonance between the original event and the installed work. The poem formed the central panel of the large-scale print + touchscreen triptych Things You've Said Before But We Never Heard. Prints: The poem forms the central panel of the large-scale print + touchscreen triptych Things You've Said Before But We Never Heard. The left-hand panel of the triptych is a 5’ x 13’ digital text-image called An Abrupt Hardening of Awareness, and the right-hand panel is a 60" x 168" digital text-image called Show Me A Map of the Sun, both made with Mr. Softie.

Screenshots

Humane Space4 screens
Know4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Know at none against Humane Space's 18. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Humane Space sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Know asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Humane Space versus Know: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHumane SpaceKnow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (340 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings340 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB18 MB
Age rating17+9+
DeveloperThe Humane SpaceJason Lewis

Bugs and requests

Humane Space

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App crashes when opening after update
  • App crashes on first use
  • Text unreadable with images
  • App keeps crashing when manually scrolling
  • Cannot click through 'My Space' to review previously watched segments
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  • Login loop when signing in with Apple/Google
  • App doesn't work after update
  • Cannot delete the app

Requested features

12 requests
  • Add a tutorial
  • Implement a search function for 'Lingo'
  • Add a tab to revisit Liked segments
  • Fix app crashing issues
  • Improve text readability with images
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  • Clarify pricing upfront
  • Address AI content concerns
  • Make the app deletable
  • Refine niche topics
  • Improve UI navigation
  • Offer more light content options
  • Add dark mode

Know

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

16 purchases

Humane Space

Subscriptions16
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial3 variants$8.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Quarterly Subscription7 Days trial$15.993 Months
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  • Quarterly Subscription$19.993 Months
  • Annual Subscription$19.991 Year
  • Quarterly Subscription7 Days trial$19.993 Months
  • Quarterly Subscription7 Days trial$23.993 Months
  • Quarterly Subscription7 Days trial$24.993 Months
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription$29.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$31.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$33.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$46.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$59.991 Year
None

Know

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Humane Space free?
Humane Space is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Know free?
Know is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Humane Space or Know have ads?
Neither Humane Space nor Know shows ads.

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