Comparison

KURE vs LightDays

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

Head to head
About

KURE

Reprogram your mind to achieve your goals with a 15-minute daily hypnosis program. This app helps you naturally heal from past experiences, break free from habits, and boost self-confidence. It offers a personalized, scientifically proven path to lasting change for a healthier mind and body.

Highlights
  • Personalized 21-day hypnosis program
  • 15-minute daily audio sessions
  • Heal relationships with food and alcohol
  • Break compulsive habits
  • Boost self-confidence and esteem
  • Mind-body connection restoration
  • Booster sessions for cravings and affirmations
Features
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Retrain the patterns shaping your mind, body, and habits. Most of what runs your life isn't a choice — it's a pattern. The 3pm sugar craving. The thought spiral before sleep. The flinch before you speak up. The reach for your phone, the doubt before the gym, the apology you didn't owe. These patterns live below willpower. That's why discipline rarely fixes them. KURE works at the layer where they actually live — through guided hypnosis designed to rewire the loops that keep replaying. How it works. You put on headphones, get comfortable, and listen. That's it. Each session guides you into a focused, relaxed state where your mind is open to new patterns — and then plants them, gently, on repeat. Over time, the old loop loses pull. The new one starts to feel familiar. What KURE can help you retrain: • Cravings and emotional eating • Anxiety, overthinking, racing thoughts • Sleep that won't come or won't stay • Confidence, self-talk, social fear • Procrastination and avoidance loops • Smoking, drinking, screen habits • Stress that lives in your body • Focus, motivation, follow-through Why hypnosis — and why now. Hypnosis isn't theatre. It's a clinically studied state of focused attention, used for decades to help people change habits, manage pain, sleep better, and quiet anxiety. KURE brings that same approach into a daily practice you can do from your couch — no clinic, no clock, no pressure. What's inside: • Guided pathways tailored to each focus area • Core sessions, 10 to 30 minutes • Booster sessions to deepen the work • Sleep hypnosis tracks that keep working overnight • Daily affirmations to carry the shift into the day • Daily check-ins so you can see what's changing • Sobriety counters for habits you're leaving behind • Offline listening for travel, flights, and dead zones • Light mode for daytime use Built for repeated listening. Patterns formed over years don't dissolve in one session. KURE is designed for the long game — short enough to actually do daily, deep enough to actually work. Put the headphones in. Let the pattern change. Terms of Use: https://kureapp.health/general-conditions Privacy Policy: https://kureapp.health/privacy-policy

About

LightDays

Engage in reflective conversations with a chat-based companion designed for self-understanding. Complete short lessons to cultivate personal growth, visually represented by blooming flowers in your progress window. This app is for general informational purposes and not a substitute for professional medical advice.

Highlights
  • Chat-based companion
  • Short self-understanding lessons
  • Visual progress tracking with blooming flowers
  • Paced, private conversations
  • Optional brief questions
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DISCLAIMER: This app does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. It is for general informational and self-reflection purposes only. Always consult a licensed healthcare professional before making decisions related to your health or mental well-being. Seek a doctor’s advice in addition to using this app. ABOUT LIGHTDAYS LightDays is a chat-based companion for quiet, reflective conversation. It offers short lessons to deepen self-understanding — and with each one you complete, new flowers bloom in your progress window. HOW IT WORKS • Start whenever you're ready • Answer a few brief, optional questions • Chat at your own pace, in your own time SUBSCRIPTION LightDays is free to download but requires an subscription to use. Full pricing, subscription length, and renewal terms are shown on the purchase screen before you buy. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled, and you can manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. NOTE This app is not a substitute for professional help. If you're in distress, please contact a licensed medical or mental health provider. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://policies.lightdays.app/privacy-policy.html

Screenshots

KURE4 screens
LightDays4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: KURE at weekly against LightDays's every 3 months. KURE also leads on ratings volume (9.5K vs 38). LightDays's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. KURE sells 19 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month and LightDays sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $64.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LightDays holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KURE has 9.5K ratings behind it against 38, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KURE ships an update weekly, LightDays every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
KURE versus LightDays: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKURELightDays
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (9.5K ratings)4.8 (38 ratings) — better
Positive reviews15.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings9.5K — better38
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionSubscription
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size143 MB52 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperGreatnessCalmio, UAB

Customer experience

KURE

All ratings9,502 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral5.5%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews755 reviews
Positive15.6%
Neutral6.4%
Negative78.0%

LightDays

All ratings29 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

KURE

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Sessions not loading
  • App freezing after 3 weeks
  • Unable to update weight
  • Subscription issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to choose sessions
  • Playback speed control
  • Session variety after day 21
  • Ethnic voice diversity

LightDays

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

19 purchases

KURE

Subscriptions13
  • 1 month subscription$11.991 Month
  • 1 month subscription1 Month trial$19.991 Month
  • 1 month$19.991 Month
Show 10 more
  • 1 month$24.991 Month
  • 3 months$39.993 Months
  • 3 Months Subscription7 Days trial$39.993 Months
  • 12 months$59.991 Year
  • 12 months7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • 6 Months Subscription7 Days trial$59.996 Months
  • 12 months subscription1 Year trial$69.991 Year
  • 12 months7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • 6 months sub3 Days trial$77.996 Months
  • 12 months7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time6
  • Deep balance$14.99
  • Self Love$14.99
  • Soothe Menopause$14.99
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  • Weightloss$14.99
  • Quit smoking$14.99
  • No alcohol$14.99
10 purchases

LightDays

Subscriptions10
  • LightDays Smoking | Month1 Month trial$64.991 Month
  • Lightdays Divorce | Month1 Month trial$64.991 Month
  • LightDays Identity | Month1 Month trial$64.991 Month
Show 7 more
  • LightDays Cognitive | Month1 Month trial$64.991 Month
  • Lightdays Hypnotherapy | Month1 Month trial$64.991 Month
  • LightDays Grief | Three Month3 Months trial$114.993 Months
  • LightDays Smoking | Three Month3 Months trial$114.993 Months
  • LightDays Identity | Three Month3 Months trial$114.993 Months
  • LightDays Cognitive | Three Month3 Months trial$114.993 Months
  • LightDays Hypnotherapy | 3 Month3 Months trial$114.993 Months

Questions

Is KURE free?
KURE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LightDays free?
LightDays is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, KURE or LightDays?
LightDays is rated higher. KURE averages 4.6 out of 5 from 9.5K ratings, while LightDays averages 4.8 from 38 ratings.
Do KURE or LightDays have ads?
Neither KURE nor LightDays shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KURE or LightDays?
KURE ships an update weekly, and LightDays every 3 months. Most recently, KURE was updated on November 1, 2026 and LightDays on October 31, 2026.

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