Hypno Loops vs 5D Waves
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hypno Loops
Train your brain with personalized audio loops based on neuroscience. Record custom phrases or use pre-developed ones, layered over unique soundscapes, to reduce stress, enhance sleep, and improve focus. This app offers a novel approach to mental wellness through sound.
- Personalized audio loop creation
- Neuroscience-based training
- Clinically developed phrases
- Grammy-artist soundscapes
- Stress reduction
- Sleep improvement
- Performance enhancement
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Training your brain has never been more personal. Hypno Loops is a neuroscience-based brain training app that helps reshape thought patterns using guided voices, your own recordings, and proprietary looping technology. Experience clinically developed phrases layered over immersive soundscapes produced by Grammy Artists—or personalize every session with your own voice. https://hypnoloops.com/terms-conditions/
5D Waves
Enhance your mindfulness journey with immersive soundscapes, soothing visuals, and AI-powered conversations. Explore curated playlists for sleep, focus, and relaxation, and utilize a tone generator for deeper meditation.
- Curated soundscape playlists
- Immersive calming visuals
- Pure tone frequency generator
- AI-powered conversational assistant
- Premium subscription for exclusive features
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Shift your state through sound. 5D Waves pairs pure tone frequencies, immersive ambient soundscapes, and guided rhythmic breathwork to help you quiet mental clutter, drop into deep focus, and restore your nervous system. Whether you are settling into deep creative work, resetting between tasks, or winding down into restorative sleep, 5D Waves provides an intentional audio sanctuary free of visual noise and everyday digital friction. Key Features: *Pure Tone Frequencies: Carefully tuned solfeggio tones, binaural sound, and harmonic frequencies designed to align your mind and body. *Curated Ambient Soundscapes: Dynamic, rich audio spaces crafted for meditation, flow state, and deep relaxation. *Guided Breathwork: Minimalist visual pacing and audio cues to help down-regulate stress and ground your breathing in minutes. *Distraction-Free Design: A clean, unhurried interface that gets out of your way so you can simply press play and breathe. What 5D Waves Is Designed For: *Deep Focus Flow State: Block out chaotic background noise to write, code, create, and study with sustained clarity. *Daily Reset & Nervous System Balance: Take 5-minute pauses during the day to clear tension and regain perspective. *Restorative Sleep: Drift off naturally to soft, resonant low-end tones and steady ambient textures. *Subscription details: Unlock complete access to our full library of premium soundscapes and frequencies via monthly or annual plans. Manage or cancel anytime via your App Store settings. *Privacy & Terms: https://5dwaves.com/support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 5D Waves at 5.0 against Hypno Loops's 4.5. 5D Waves also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 79%). Hypno Loops's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Hypno Loops sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and 5D Waves sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
5D Waves holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Hypno Loops's written reviews are positive against 100% of 5D Waves's.
Hypno Loops ships an update every 10 days, 5D Waves every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hypno Loops | 5D Waves |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 428 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Hypno Loops Inc | William Barksdale |
Customer experience
Hypno Loops
5D Waves
In-app purchases
Hypno Loops
- Individual Plan - Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Duo Plan - Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Family Plan - Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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- Individual Plan - Yearly7 Days trial$52.991 Year
- Duo Plan - Yearly7 Days trial$69.991 Year
- Family Plan - Yearly7 Days trial$89.991 Year
5D Waves
- Monthly3 Days trial$11.991 Month
- Annual3 Days trial$59.991 Year









