Comparison

Glow vs Vaken

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

Head to head
About

Glow

Features
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Benyt GLOW app’en I dit lokale solcenter. Du kan selvfølgelig betale med Kreditkort og MobilePay, men vigtigst af alt, så kan du opnå store rabatter. Ved at benytte app’en som betalingsmiddel, så kan du opnå løbende rabat. Dit favoritsolcenter vil tilbyde dig disse rabatter direkte i app’en. Bliv en af vores loyale kunder og modtage disse tilbud…download allerede i dag.

About

Vaken

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Vaken is a breathing app with one job: help you take the control back. A ring grows when you inhale. Shrinks when you exhale. That's it. No voices, no timers to set, no streaks to lose. Just a ring that breathes with you. WHY VAKEN EXISTS Dan built Vaken after three tours in Afghanistan and a PTSD diagnosis in 2017. Breathing was the tool that carried him through. Vaken is the app he wished he'd had back then. Vaken is not a wellness app. It doesn't promise to cure anything. It gives you access to the oldest tool we have as humans, your own breath, in the simplest form it can be delivered. WHAT YOU GET (FREE) • The ring, breathes with you, with haptic feedback • Mild · 3·5 rhythm, 3 sec in, 5 sec out (daily use) • Six languages: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, English, German That's it. Try the ring. See if it works for you. CALM FOR ADHD (FREE, ALWAYS) One swipe away lives a whole page for ADHD brains: • Kids mode: a gentle snake that breathes along with your child. Its belly fills as you breathe in and empties as you breathe out, so children learn belly breathing just by breathing along. No numbers, no pressure, and a grown-up lock keeps the child inside the kids view • Focus sounds for grown-ups: brown and white noise, can help concentration • Made to be used together with an adult None of it sits behind a paywall. Vaken was built to help children with ADHD too. WHAT YOU DON'T GET • No ads • No subscriptions • No dark patterns • No push notifications pressuring you to open the app • No AI analyzing your breathing • No social feed, no competition, no streaks to lose PREMIUM (LIFETIME ONE-TIME PURCHASE) Pay once. Own it all. No subscription, ever. • More rhythms: Medium · 4·7, Deep · 5·8, Sleep · 4·7·8, Box · 4·4·4·4, custom • Crisis mode, one tap away from calm, even with the screen locked • Sleep routine, 4-7-8 breathing before bed • Training plan and focus timer • Apple Watch companion, the ring on your wrist • StandBy widget, calm display while your iPhone charges • Lock Screen widget • Apple HealthKit, sessions in the Health app • Stress detection via wearables (Oura, Whoop, Garmin, Fitbit, Polar, Samsung) • Sounds: nature sounds, brown noise, binaural beats • Weekly insights Buy premium on your iPhone, it unlocks on your Apple Watch too. Purchase follows your Apple ID. FOR THOSE WHO KNOW THE FIGHT If you're a veteran, a first responder, dealing with stress, anxiety, insomnia, or just tired, this is built by someone who has sat in that chair. No polish, no promises that can't be kept. One ring. Your breath. The control back. Vaken is designed and developed in Denmark/Norway. Built by Dan Kristoffer Holmstad, Norwegian-Danish veteran, three ISAF tours to Helmand Province. Contact: dan@vaken.dk Web: vaken.dk

Screenshots

Glow3 screens
Vaken4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Glow at none against Vaken's 1. Glow also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Vaken's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, 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. Vaken sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Glow asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Glow ships an update every 2 months, Vaken fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Glow versus Vaken: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlowVaken
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperComfort TanDan Kristoffer Holmstad

In-app purchases

None

Glow

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Vaken

One-time1
  • Vaken Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Glow free?
Glow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vaken free?
Vaken is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Glow or Vaken have ads?
Neither Glow nor Vaken shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Glow or Vaken?
Glow ships an update every 2 months, and Vaken fortnightly. Most recently, Glow was updated on October 5, 2026 and Vaken on October 19, 2026.

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