Humane Space vs Loop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Humane Space
Engage in over 1,500 human-made activities designed for lifelong learning, reflection, and growth. Explore diverse topics, practice mindfulness, and discover new passions through immersive content formats.
- Lifelong learning activities
- Guided visualizations
- Mindful walking exercises
- Contemplation prompts
- Calming soundscapes
- Interactive multimedia content
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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.
Loop
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Loop is a study timer that shows the time instead of taking it. Five full-screen pages, swiped between, and nothing else: a clock, a stopwatch, a countdown, an interval timer for focus and break blocks, and a settings page that fits on one screen. ONE THING TO LOOK AT The whole app has a single progress indicator — a block of colour that rises from the bottom of the screen as time runs out. No rings, no bars, no percentage. Everything it passes through is redrawn so it stays readable against it. INTERVALS THAT GET OUT OF THE WAY Set a focus length, a break length and a number of rounds. Loop runs them and tells you where you are. One tone when a block ends, a different one when the next begins, so you can tell them apart without looking at the screen. Breaks can be skipped. Focus blocks cannot — that is the point of them. IT KEEPS TIME PROPERLY Every timer works out where it is from a timestamp rather than counting seconds, so a countdown survives being backgrounded, the screen locking, or the app being closed entirely. Start one, put the phone down, come back an hour later: it is right. Countdowns run from one minute to thirty hours, in one-minute steps up to two hours and five-minute steps beyond. ON THE LOCK SCREEN Countdowns and intervals appear on the lock screen and in the Dynamic Island, counting on their own without draining anything. NOTHING ELSE No account. No sign-up. No streak to break. No leaderboard, no badges, no tree that dies when you check a message, and no subscription to keep any of it alive. Loop never connects to the internet, because there is nothing it would have to say. Four accent colours, light and dark, iPhone and iPad, portrait and landscape.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Loop at none against Humane Space's 17. Humane Space's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.2). 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
Both are free to download. Humane Space sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Loop asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Humane Space | Loop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (327 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 76.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 327 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Humane Space | Julius Grimm |
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
Loop
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Humane Space
- 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 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
Loop
No in-app purchases









