Comparison

Boean vs Groundwell

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

Head to head
About

Boean

This AI-powered companion app enhances your smart audio devices. Create music, transcribe recordings, summarize audio, and translate conversations in real-time. Connect with a community of creators and access a help center for support.

Highlights
  • AI-powered music creation and editing
  • One-tap audio recording and transcription
  • Smart audio summarization
  • Real-time cross-language translation
  • User community for sharing creations
  • Help Center for support
Features
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Boean - Your Intelligent Audio Companion Boean App is an AI-powered app built exclusively for Boean smart devices, including AI headphones, translators, and voice recorders. It unlocks the full potential of your Boean hardware, delivering a smarter, more personalized audio experience. Make your Boean device not just easy to use—but truly intelligent. What you can do with the Boean App: Smart Music Creation Create and edit music with AI-powered tools that spark creativity and turn inspiration into finished work—anytime, anywhere. Recording, One-Tap Transcription & Smart Summaries Record audio, convert speech to text instantly, and generate clear, structured summaries—ideal for meetings, studying, and content creation. Real-Time Cross-Language Conversations Communicate effortlessly with real-time, multilingual translation for smooth, natural conversations across languages. User Community Make your sound, share your creations, and connect with a vibrant community of creators. Need help? Our Help Center has you covered. Note: Please refer to the functions supported within the app for your specific Boean device. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Groundwell

Features
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Find the best places near you to take your shoes off—and know exactly what's under your feet. Groundwell is a grounding and earthing tracker for people who'd rather be outside. It maps the parks, trails, beaches, and riverbanks around you, times your barefoot sessions, and reads the live soil, sun, air, and space-weather conditions of the ground you're standing on. All from public data. All on your device. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Find real outdoor spots near you—parks, trails, beaches, lakes, riverbanks, gardens, and peaks—drawn from OpenStreetMap. • Time your grounding sessions with a calm, dependable timer that remembers where you stood and on what surface. • See your live "Area Grounding Score," an at-a-glance read on how favorable the nearby ground is right now. • Earn Earth Connectivity Points (ECP) and collect bronze-to-platinum achievements as you explore new terrain. LIVE LOCAL CONDITIONS Tap any number to learn what it means: • Temperature, humidity, and the UV index • Soil moisture for your exact spot • US Air Quality Index • The planetary Kp geomagnetic index SPACE WEATHER, WATCHED FOR YOU Groundwell keeps an eye on the Sun. When NOAA detects a notable solar flare (M-class or stronger), you'll get a calm, plain-language heads-up—flares can spark auroras a day or two later, so it's your cue to watch the sky. No hype, no doom: just the official NOAA reading and what it actually means. BUILT FOR PRIVACY Groundwell runs entirely on your device. No account, no sign-up, no ads, and no third-party tracking. Your location is used only to look up public weather and map data—it never leaves your phone for storage, because we don't run servers. The App Store privacy label says it plainly: Data Not Collected. WHERE THE DATA COMES FROM Every number has a public source you can check: • Weather, UV, and soil moisture — Open-Meteo • Air quality — Open-Meteo Air Quality • Geomagnetic Kp and solar flares (GOES X-ray) — NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center • Places and maps — OpenStreetMap and CARTO GROUNDWELL PRO Go deeper with premium map layers, solar-flare alerts, and your full session history with export. Choose monthly or annual access—cancel anytime. AN HONEST NOTE Groundwell is an educational, exploratory tool. The scores it shows describe the environment around you—estimated from public soil, weather, and geological data. They are not measurements of your body. Groundwell is not a medical device and makes no health claims. We just think the outdoors is worth your time on its own merits. Groundwell Pro is an auto-renewable subscription at $2.99/month or $29.99/year (USD). Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation, and it renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms: https://jtrlabs.com/groundwell/terms · Privacy: https://jtrlabs.com/groundwell/privacy

Screenshots

Boean4 screens
Groundwell4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Groundwell at 100% against Boean's 33%. Groundwell also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). Boean's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (107 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Boean sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Groundwell sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Groundwell holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Boean has 107 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Boean's written reviews are positive against 100% of Groundwell's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Boean ships an update fortnightly, Groundwell every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Boean versus Groundwell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoeanGroundwell
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (107 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings107 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOTIUM MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS CO., LIMITEDJTR Labs LLC

Customer experience

Boean

All ratings97 ratings
Positive82.5%
Neutral4.1%
Negative13.4%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral22.2%
Negative44.4%

Groundwell

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Boean

Subscriptions10
  • Weekly Subscription2 variants$4.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription2 variants$4.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$6.991 Month
Show 7 more
  • Monthly Subscription2 variants$9.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$14.991 Year
  • Monthly Subscription$19.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription3 variants$29.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription$39.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription2 variants$49.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription$99.991 Year
One-time4
  • 120 Minutes$0.99
  • 600 Minutes$2.99
  • 3000 Minutes$11.99
Show 1 more
  • 6000 Minutes$19.99
2 purchases

Groundwell

Subscriptions2
  • Groundwell Pro$2.991 Month
  • Groundwell Pro$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Boean free?
Boean is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Groundwell free?
Groundwell is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Boean or Groundwell?
Groundwell is rated higher. Boean averages 4.4 out of 5 from 107 ratings, while Groundwell averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Boean or Groundwell have ads?
Groundwell shows ads; Boean does not.
Which is updated more often, Boean or Groundwell?
Boean ships an update fortnightly, and Groundwell every 5 days. Most recently, Boean was updated on October 24, 2026 and Groundwell on October 24, 2026.

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