Guide vs Return Qigong
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Guide
This app offers personalized meditation sessions to help reduce stress, improve sleep, and enhance overall well-being. Its AI learns from your feedback to adapt and provide more effective guidance over time. Explore a diverse library of tailored sessions for a calmer lifestyle.
- Customized meditation sessions
- AI learning and adaptation
- Diverse meditation library
- Stress and anxiety relief
- Sleep improvement
- Personalized guidance
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Welcome to Guide, your personalized meditation app designed to help you find peace, reduce stress, and improve your overall well-being. Whether you're dealing with anxiety, trouble sleeping, or just need a moment of calm, Guide Meditation is here to support you every step of the way. Key Features Customized Meditations: Guide offers a wide range of sessions catered to your specific needs. Whether you need help with anxiety, sleep, relaxation, or stress relief, our app provides personalized guidance to help you achieve your goals. Learning and Adapting: Our AI algorithm learns from your feedback and usage patterns, continuously improving and adapting to provide more effective meditations. The more you use Guide, the better it becomes at addressing your unique needs. Diverse Meditation Library: Explore a rich library of meditation sessions that are customized to your profile, and easily refer back to your favorites. Download Guide today and start your journey to a healthier, calmer, and more balanced lifestyle. Discover the benefits of personalized meditation and experience the positive impact it can have on your mental and emotional well-being.
Return Qigong
Engage in short, five-minute Tai Chi sessions designed to improve mind-body flow. Progress through levels after each session, making it easy to integrate into your routine. Perfect for enjoying alongside coffee or tea.
- Five-minute Tai Chi sessions
- Mind-body flow improvement
- Progressive level system
- Suitable for coffee/tea breaks
- Standing and sitting options
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Practice returning from Qigong Postures and Mental States until you Return to a healthier you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Return Qigong at 100% against Guide's 75%. Return Qigong also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and device support (4 vs 2). Guide's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Return Qigong holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Guide has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Guide's written reviews are positive against 100% of Return Qigong's.
Guide ships an update every 4 days, Return Qigong every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Guide | Return Qigong |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 176 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Magi, Incorporated | Mind Body Aware Games LLC |
Customer experience
Guide
Return Qigong
In-app purchases
Guide
No in-app purchases
Return Qigong
No in-app purchases
