Comparison

Namaste Friend vs Empty Fasting

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

Head to head
About

Namaste Friend

Access over 100 guided Yoga Nidra and meditation practices tailored to your mood and time. Track your progress, journal your emotions, and connect with a global community. Deepen your rest and reduce stress with personalized series and weekly exclusive content.

Highlights
  • 100+ guided Yoga Nidra practices
  • Weekly exclusive practices
  • Filter practices by time and mood
  • 3, 7, and 30-day practice series
  • Mood tracking and journaling
  • Personalized progress profile
  • Global community connection
Features
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Begin, grow, or deepen your Yoga Nidra and meditation journey with Namaste Friend. Guided Yoga Nidra - 100+ Practices: Access a diverse collection of over 100 guided Yoga Nidra practices. - Weekly Exclusive Practices: Enjoy new exclusive practices without the ads or distractions of YouTube. Yoga Nidra of All Lengths - Filter by Time and Mood: Find the right practice based on your available time or mood. - Series: Take on 3-day, 7-day, or 30-day series to deepen your practice. Yoga Nidra Based on Mood - Search by Mood: Discover practices tailored to your mood or interest. - Categories: Explore categories like sleep, deep rest, vagus nerve, healing, nervous system reset, stress relief, full moon, and new moon. Be Consistent - Personalized Profile: Check your progress, streaks, and practice habits on your individualized profile and calendar. Track Your Mood and Journal - Mood Tracking and Journaling: Stabilize your mood by journaling and using fun emojis to capture emotions beyond words. Find Community - Connect Globally: Join a compassionate community of practitioners from around the world. Personalization - Create Your Own Series: Customize and save your favorite practices by hearting videos for easy access. Meet the App Creators Namaste, We are Chelsea and Gabor. We created this app with love and compassion in our hearts. Chelsea, my wife, is the voice that guides your Yoga Nidra practices. She is a certified RYT 500 yoga and Yoga Nidra teacher, reiki practitioner, and sound healer. Gabor, my husband, is the tech wizard who built this app from scratch. Our hope is that this app brings deep moments of silence and rest to your day. You have the seed of perfection within you. May you use this app often to nurture that seed of perfection and extend happiness to someone else in your life. About Namaste Friend Premium: • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • The account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription • Subscriptions may be managed by the user, and auto-renewal may be turned off, by going to iTunes Subscriptions after purchase Privacy policy: https://yomba.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-1a948e13d9ee4cc5a976425fab27d4dd Terms of Use: https://yomba.notion.site/Terms-of-Use-d085842a32e241119bc43d4e04220832

About

Empty Fasting

This app helps users focus on a single fasting period at a time, offering both overnight and daytime schedules. It provides customizable themes and icons, home screen widgets, and tracks fasting streaks and trends with encouraging messages.

Highlights
  • Single fast focus
  • Home screen widgets
  • Overnight and daytime schedules
  • Customizable themes and icons
  • Streak and trend statistics
  • Encouragement during fasts
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· Full-focus on one fast at a time · Home screen widgets & live activities · Overnight and daytime fasting schedules · Make it yours with 6 themes and 18 icons · Statistics for your streaks and trends · Encouragement throughout your fasts

Screenshots

Namaste Friend4 screens
Empty Fasting4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Empty Fasting at none against Namaste Friend's 2. Empty Fasting also leads on ratings volume (68 vs 1). Namaste Friend's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). 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. Namaste Friend sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Empty Fasting asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Namaste Friend holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Empty Fasting has 68 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Namaste Friend's written reviews are positive against 83% of Empty Fasting's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Namaste Friend versus Empty Fasting: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNamaste FriendEmpty Fasting
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (68 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better83.3% of reviews
Number of ratings168 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB169 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperYomba LimitedLight Nudge

Customer experience

Namaste Friend

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Empty Fasting

All ratings68 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral1.5%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral5.6%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Namaste Friend

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Annual with 7-day free trial7 Days trial$59.991 Year
None

Empty Fasting

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Namaste Friend free?
Namaste Friend is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Empty Fasting free?
Empty Fasting is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Namaste Friend or Empty Fasting?
Namaste Friend is rated higher. Namaste Friend averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Empty Fasting averages 4.7 from 68 ratings.
Do Namaste Friend or Empty Fasting have ads?
Neither Namaste Friend nor Empty Fasting shows ads.

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