Comparison

Mindful vs Daboo

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

Head to head
About

Mindful

Calm your mind and improve focus with guided breathing exercises and a distraction-free timer. Track your progress, build habits with daily reminders, and enjoy offline functionality. Unlock premium content with various subscription options.

Highlights
  • Guided breathing exercises
  • Focus timer for work/study
  • Progress tracking and summaries
  • Daily reminders
  • Offline functionality
  • Multiple language support
Features
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Calm your mind in 2 minutes. Mindful Focus is a simple breathing app that combines guided breathing exercises with a focus timer — so you can relax when you're stressed and concentrate when it's time to work. 10 BREATHING EXERCISES FOR EVERY MOMENT • Box breathing (4-4-4-4) — calm the mind and release tension • 4-7-8 breathing — relieve stress and anxiety • Deep Peace, Relaxation and Shavasana breathing — slow down and fall asleep • Kapalabhati, Ocean and Sun breathing (Surya Bhedana) — energy and focus • Gentle and Shamati breathing — quick calm and mindfulness • Pick by goal — calm, sleep, focus or energy — with the pattern and length on every card • Choose a session length and start in one tap • Preview premium practices before you subscribe • Follow the animated guide — no counting needed FOCUS TIMER • Set a focus session and work without distractions • Great for study, deep work and pomodoro-style sprints • Focus and break intervals, with the timer on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island (Live Activity) • Take a guided breathing break between focus sessions TRACK YOUR PROGRESS • Weekly summary with your key numbers • Calendar of your practice days • Breathing and focus totals, streaks, ranks and favorite practices • Mindful minutes saved to Apple Health • Daily reminders to build the habit WHY MINDFUL FOCUS • Clean, distraction-free design • Calming sounds for your practice • Works offline • No account, no data collected • Available in English, Russian, German and Spanish Just a few minutes of mindful breathing a day can help you feel calmer, sleep better and stay focused. MINDFUL FOCUS PREMIUM Unlock all breathing practices, extra sounds, the breathing break after focus and 30-day history. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription (the yearly plan starts with a free 1-week trial) or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://kirillsytkov.github.io/mindful-focus/privacy.html Mindful Focus is not a medical device. If you have a health condition, consult your doctor before doing breathing exercises.

About

Daboo

This app helps you reduce your daily phone usage by turning it into a competition with friends. It automatically tracks your screen time and displays your progress against a set goal, with a leaderboard to see who is using their phone the least.

Highlights
  • Automatic screen time tracking
  • Daily goal setting
  • Friend leaderboards
  • Daily and weekly progress reports
  • Privacy-focused design
  • No ads or trackers
Features
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Your screen time, next to your friends'. Least time wins. 5 hours a day on your phone is 76 days a year. Daboo helps you win them back by turning it into a daily race with the people who'll actually notice. IT TRACKS ITSELF Give Daboo Screen Time access once and it counts your daily total automatically. Nothing to type, nothing to remember. SET A GOAL Pick a daily limit and see every day against it. Time over your goal shows up in orange, so a bad week is obvious at a glance. RACE YOUR FRIENDS A daily leaderboard ranks you and your friends by who used their phone least. Switch between yesterday, your 7-day average and your 30-day average. KNOW WHERE YOU STAND A morning notification tells you how you placed, and a weekly recap shows how your week went. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Only a rounded daily total leaves your phone, never which apps you used, and only friends you add can see it. No ads. No third-party trackers. Delete your account and all your data any time. Put the phone down. Your friends will notice.

Screenshots

Mindful4 screens
Daboo3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Daboo at none against Mindful's 4. Daboo also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Mindful's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Mindful sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Daboo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Daboo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mindful ships an update every 2 weeks, Daboo every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mindful versus Daboo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindfulDaboo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB2 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperKiryl SytskouRyan Tish

Customer experience

Mindful

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Daboo

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Mindful

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Mindful Focus - Premium Year1 Month trial$4.991 Year
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$10.001 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$20.00
None

Daboo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mindful free?
Mindful is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Daboo free?
Daboo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mindful or Daboo?
Daboo is rated higher. Mindful averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Daboo averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Mindful or Daboo have ads?
Neither Mindful nor Daboo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mindful or Daboo?
Mindful ships an update every 2 weeks, and Daboo every 4 months. Most recently, Mindful was updated on November 12, 2026 and Daboo on November 5, 2026.

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