Comparison

Q vs Mave

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

Head to head
About

Q

Easily bypass queues at local partnered venues. Search for a venue, purchase a pass, and show it at the entrance to skip the wait and get straight to the experience.

Highlights
  • Skip lines at partnered venues
  • Search for local venues
  • Purchase passes easily
  • Show pass at entrance
  • Avoid long wait times
Features
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Skip the line with Q! With a simple search and purchase, you can easily skip the line of your local partnered venues and avoid the long wait times. Show your pass at the entrance and skip to the good part!

About

Mave

Enhance focus and calm with guided stimulation sessions. This wellness app, designed to work with a companion device, offers an intuitive interface for tracking progress and real-time guidance. It integrates neuroscience-inspired technology into a simple daily routine.

Highlights
  • Guided stimulation sessions
  • Focus and calm enhancement
  • Intuitive session control
  • Real-time guidance
  • Progress tracking
  • Neuroscience-inspired technology
Features
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Mave is a wellness app designed to pair with the Arc device, helping you enhance focus and calm through guided stimulation sessions. The app provides an intuitive interface to start, pause, and track sessions, while offering real-time guidance and progress insights. Built with safety and simplicity in mind, Mave brings neuroscience-inspired technology into an effortless daily wellness routine. This app and its companion hardware are designed for general wellness and lifestyle support only. They are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical condition. The product is not a medical device and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice or care.

Screenshots

Q3 screens
Mave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Q at every 6 days against Mave's every 2 weeks. Q also leads on device support (3 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Q against 5.0 for Mave. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Q ships an update every 6 days, Mave every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Q versus Mave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQMave
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB128 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJohan KrantzMave Health Private Limited

Customer experience

Q

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mave

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Q

No in-app purchases

None

Mave

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Q free?
Q is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mave free?
Mave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Q or Mave?
Q and Mave are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Q or Mave have ads?
Neither Q nor Mave shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Q or Mave?
Q ships an update every 6 days, and Mave every 2 weeks. Most recently, Q was updated on November 4, 2026 and Mave on November 5, 2026.

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