NeuralStack.io™ vs Awakened Mind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NeuralStack.io™
Create personalized audio experiences for focus, sleep, and mindset enhancement. Combine brainwave entrainment, guided breathing, and ambient sounds to build custom 'Stacks'. Listen offline and alongside other apps.
- Customizable Stacks with multi-stage elements
- Brainwave entrainment (0.5-100 Hz)
- Guided breathing programs
- Layered ambience and nature sounds
- Offline listening
- Integration with other apps
- Stack playlists
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Shape your mindset with customizable Brainwave Entrainment Stacks. Listen in Binaural, Monaural, Isochronic, or combined Binaural + Isochronic Tone Modes. Headphones are optional when listening to Monaural or Isochronic tones. Start with 100+ included Explore Stacks, or create your own by combining any of 300+ Multi-Stage Brainwave Entrainment programs with Guided Breathing and background audio elements into an integrated Stack. NeuralStack.io is designed for people who want more than fixed audio tracks. Instead of locking you into pre-made sessions and pre-mixed tones, NeuralStack.io provides advanced tone modulation and flexible tools to create custom soundscapes, so you can shape your ideal mindset for any situation. Includes 300+ advanced brainwave entrainment programs for focus, relaxation, stress relief, memory, insomnia relief, sleep, meditation, anxiety relief, and much more. Create custom multi-stage brainwave entrainment programs for your Stacks: * Add or remove stages, fine-tune stage durations. * Specify any beat frequency from 0.5–100 Hz. * Specify fractional frequencies with 2-decimal precision. * Choose carrier frequencies from 100–1000 Hz with automatic power equalization. * Listen in 4 Tone Modes: Binaural, Monaural, Isochronic, or phase-synchronized Binaural + Isochronic modes. * Supports Schumann Resonance frequencies (ex 7.83 Hz). Listen alongside other audio/video apps: * Set your preference to allow other apps at the app-level or the stack-level. Listen Offline: * Audio resources are synchronized to the device instead of being streamed, eliminating network traffic, saving battery life, and allowing you to listen offline. Guided Breathing: * Remix the included breathing programs to match your pace. * Create custom multi-stage breathing programs with adjustable tempo, text, and visuals. * Supports fractional breathing patterns, such as Coherent 5.5 second cycles. Advanced Global Settings * Use the app's Global Settings to modify tone characteristics, such as cycles-per-pulse and gain to sharpen or soften isochronic and monaural modulation. Stack Playlists * Organize your Stacks into playlists to support your daily routine. * Create sequences of Stacks that use different Tone Modes. Ambience and Nature * Layer dynamic ambience and nature sounds. * Remix programs, combining them to create multi-stage ambient and nature programs, and reuse them across different Stacks. Solfeggio and Schumann Frequencies * Includes single and multi-stage entrainment programs utilizing Solfeggio carrier frequencies and Schumann resonant beat frequencies to be remixed and customized. Color Noise * Layer a color noise element into your stack for sound masking and tinnitus relief. Pure Sine Waves * Create pure sine waves from 100 to 1000 Hz with power equalization and 2-decimal precision. * Remix and combine programs to create multi-stage Solfeggio progressions. Custom Audio Programs * Integrate personal audio files into your Stacks. * Note: This feature is only intended for personal audio files, such as those recorded with voice recording apps, and cannot access copy-protected audio or audio from streaming services. Subscription Required NeuralStack.io offers a free trial. Continued access to all features and content requires an auto-renewing subscription. Subscription options: $2.99/month or $24.99/year. These prices are for the United States, pricing in other countries may vary. Subscription will automatically renew unless turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can go to your App Store Account settings to manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Your App Store Account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. If you subscribe before your free trial ends, the rest of your free trial period will be forfeited as soon as your purchase is confirmed. Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy https://neuralstack.io/#privacy
Awakened Mind
This performance audio app supports four distinct mental states: clarity, focus, stress reset, and sleep. It offers curated audio programs designed to help users achieve peak mental performance and restorative rest without overwhelming choices.
- Four mental state programs (clarity, focus, reset, sleep)
- Frequency-tuned audio for peak performance
- Simple, program-based interface (no playlists)
- Daily streak tracking
- Mood logging and pattern insights
- Supports entrepreneurs and high-performers
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Your mind isn't in one mode all day. Most productivity apps ignore that. Awakened Mind is a performance audio app built around four mental states — clarity, focus, reset, and sleep. Choose your state. Press play. Take the next action. FOUR PROGRAMS. ONE MIND. ▸ AWAKENED MIND Clear thinking before your most important work. Start the day with a sharper signal. ▸ DEEP WORK Settle into focused work without forcing it. Sustained concentration for demanding cognitive tasks. ▸ STRESS RESET Interrupt the stress cycle so pressure doesn't follow you into the next task. Restore nervous-system balance in minutes, not hours. ▸ SLEEP SUPPORT Help your brain shift out of work mode before bed. Drift into deep, restorative rest. WHY PROGRAMS, NOT PLAYLISTS Most meditation and focus apps drop you into a confusing library of tracks and ask you to figure it out. Awakened Mind does the opposite. Four programs, each tuned to a specific mental state. No overwhelming library. No decision fatigue at 6 am or 11 pm. Just the right tool for the moment you're in. HOW IT WORKS Each program runs a frequency-tuned audio layer designed to support the mental state for that part of your day. The science draws on C. Maxwell Cade's Awakened Mind research and over four decades of work on brainwave states associated with peak performance. You don't need to understand the science. Just press play. FOR BEST RESULTS ▸ Use headphones — frequency audio works through stereo separation ▸ Find a 10–20 minute window in your schedule ▸ Match the program to your state — don't force one for the wrong moment TRACK YOUR PATTERNS ▸ Daily streaks — the simple metric of "did you show up today?" ▸ Mood logs — capture how you feel before and after each session ▸ Insights — see your patterns build over weeks and months WHO THIS IS FOR Built for entrepreneurs, founders, operators, and high-performers — minds that think for a living. If your day requires clarity at 7 am, deep focus at 10 am, recovery after a hard call at 2 pm, and sleep after a long day, Awakened Mind is for you. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.awakenedmind.app/privacy-terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Awakened Mind at free against NeuralStack.io™'s free with in-app purchases. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. NeuralStack.io™ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Awakened Mind sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $35.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for NeuralStack.io™ against 5.0 for Awakened Mind. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
NeuralStack.io™ ships an update every 3 weeks, Awakened Mind every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | NeuralStack.io™ | Awakened Mind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 179 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Banzai Labs | RAUL ERROL VAUGHN |
Customer experience
NeuralStack.io™
Awakened Mind
In-app purchases
NeuralStack.io™
- NeuralStack.io Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$2.991 Month
- NeuralStack.io Annual Subscription14 Days trial$24.991 Year
Awakened Mind
- Awakened Mind Annual7 Days trial$35.991 Year
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