Comparison

8 vs Brainbit App

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

Head to head
About

8

This app uses advanced brainwave technology and voice guidance to help users reduce anxiety and negative emotions. It records brainwave data, provides feedback, and offers various guided meditation courses.

Highlights
  • Brainwave data recording
  • Voice-guided meditation courses
  • Mindfulness and breathing exercises
  • Music healing sessions
  • NLP meditation
  • Zone state tracking
  • Apple HealthKit synchronization
Features
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Disclaimer: This app has been connected to apple health. We kindly remind all users to seek a doctor’s advice in addition to using this app and before making any medical decisions. In daily life, our brains, more or less, would encounter anxiety, restlessness and any other negative emotions due to various reasons. “8 Min Meditation” is a professional pressure reduce application which based on advanced brainwave technology. Voice guided through a step-by-step approach, combined with BrainLink series products, 8 Min Meditation can record the brainwave data accurately, provide professional feedback and suggestion for beginner, and bring a relaxed learning experience. ◉ Master Courses 1. Happiness Meditation Voice guidance created by founder of yoga online Sha Jin, voice healing mentor and experienced yoga teacher Shiva, and yoga teacher Zhang Yidan. 2. Mindfulness Meditation Breathing and meditation exercise for 8 minutes guided by Dr. Eunice Chan in each chapter, synchronizing the meditation progress and brain data every time in the personal data center. 3. Music Healing Recording by teacher Angelo Castagneto. Integrated all the beautiful music and transfer it to people that how it affects our life positively. 4. Breathing- NLP Meditation Courses are conducted by teacher Kangkang and Ashlee, which provides aromatherapy/NLP meditation, helps mental and physical growth. ◉ Special features 1. Brainwave Data Record every meditation results and total length scientifically. Fatigue test, data acquisition, relaxation and attention recording, eSense state graph recording accurate to per second. 2. Zone State Zone is a state of mind when you focus on something, it is a personal feeling of spiritual force. BrainLink can calculate the time of Zone based on the brainwave. 3. Synchronize to Apple HealthKit Synchronizing the meditation time to the Apple HealthKit to do the mindfulness training, and learn about the positive energy by yourself. ◉ Note 8 Min Meditation need to match BrainLink headband to get the complete brainwave training data, which helps you to get: 1. Get accurate and complete brainwave data report; 2. Fatigue test and analysis; 3) Unlock advanced courses more quickly. ◉ For more information about BrainLink, you can access: Official Website: http://o.macrotellect.com/ Facebook: Macrotellect Instagram: macrotellect Twitter: BrainLink

About

Brainbit App

This app visualizes your brainwave activity in real-time, helping you enhance meditation, train focus, and monitor sleep. It requires a compatible headband device for full functionality.

Highlights
  • Real-time EEG brainwave data
  • Monitor functional states (relaxation, concentration)
  • Enhance meditation practice
  • Analyze sleep stages and quality
  • Medical quality EEG
  • Professional grade spectrogram
Features
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BRAINBIT: Use your brain like never before Created by a team of scientists with more than 25 years of experience in professional medical equipment engineering. The free BrainBit app can only be used with BrainBit Headband device - available at https://brainbit.com/ BrainBit app is here to help you to see and understand what is going on inside the brain: enhance meditation practice with brain insight, train focus, monitor sleep, play with your mind! Put on your BrainBit Headband device, it connects to your mobile device via Bluetooth. Once connected, simply start the BrainBit app and choose what you want to do: Get your real time EEG brainwave data * Monitor and control your current functional state (relaxation, concentration, normal) * Meditate and watch your meditation level (we have 3 levels of meditation) (demo) * Analyze stages and quality of your sleep (demo) FEATURES * Medical Quality EEG * Real-time monitoring and recording of electrical bio signals produced by the brain, eye movements and muscles. * Track & measure state monitoring with easy to understand results and analytics * Professional grade spectrogram * Real time Level of delta, theta, alpha, beta rhythms * BrainBit headband is accompanied by Software Development Kit

Screenshots

84 screens
Brainbit App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: 8 at 4.3 against Brainbit App's 3.7. 8 also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 50%). Brainbit App's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. 8 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Brainbit App asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

8 holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of 8's written reviews are positive against 50% of Brainbit App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

8 ships an update every 2 months, Brainbit App every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
8 versus Brainbit App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter8Brainbit App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings33
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShenzhen Macrotellect LimitedBRAINBIT INC.

Customer experience

8

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

Brainbit App

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

8

One-time10
  • 声音冥想$9.99
  • 身体冥想$9.99
  • 音乐治疗 — 平静之旅$9.99
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  • 音乐疗愈(英文)$25.99
  • 呼吸间-NLP冥想(中文)$37.99
  • 正念冥想(英文)$45.99
  • 正念冥想(粤语)$45.99
  • 中文课程礼包$109.99
  • 英文课程礼包$109.99
  • 全部课程大礼包$249.99
None

Brainbit App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 8 free?
8 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Brainbit App free?
Brainbit App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 8 or Brainbit App?
8 is rated higher. 8 averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Brainbit App averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do 8 or Brainbit App have ads?
Neither 8 nor Brainbit App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 8 or Brainbit App?
8 ships an update every 2 months, and Brainbit App every 3 weeks. Most recently, 8 was updated on November 1, 2026 and Brainbit App on November 3, 2026.

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