utmbHealthyBrain vs Mandala
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
utmbHealthyBrain
This app combines Eastern and Western wisdom to promote mindfulness through activities like fingertip writing, Tai-Chi, meditation, and prayer reading. It aims to help users delay aging and share their practice outcomes with loved ones.
- Fingertip writing exercises
- Tai-Chi and meditation guidance
- Prayer reading activities
- Combines Eastern and Western wisdom
- Share practice outcomes
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This app, Healthy Brain, is a joint project between the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in the US (representing academia) and the Fo Guang Shan International Buddhist Order (representing charity). This app provides an important function – mindfulness – as a result of combining both Eastern and Western cultures. Such an app with wisdom may delay the progress of aging by its three activities: (1) fingertip writing, (2) Tai-Chi and meditation, and (3) prayer reading. Integrating the studies done by the University of Texas Medical Branch and the wisdom words made by Venerable Master Hsing Yun (1927-2023), we are very pleased to offer this app to the public. We hope this app allows you to share your practice outcomes with your family and friends so that the spring of life can continue forever. Finally, UTMB and Fo Guang Shan would like to thank the UTMB Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) staff and all those who provided user feedback on the prototype of this app. Contact us for any questions you may have: cehd@utmb.edu
Mandala
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Provides mantras and thanks to help beginner to practice visualizing and chanting mantras.
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Verdict
utmbHealthyBrain and Mandala are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
utmbHealthyBrain ships an update every 10 days, Mandala every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | utmbHealthyBrain | Mandala |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | UltraBrave Technology Co., Ltd. | Chen-Hai Teng |
In-app purchases
utmbHealthyBrain
No in-app purchases
Mandala
No in-app purchases
