MindCore vs How Now
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
MindCore
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Take Control of Your Anxiety with MindCore MindCore is your daily guide to managing anxiety, reshaping unhelpful thought patterns, and building emotional resilience. Designed by mental health professionals, MindCore offers simple, evidence-based tools that fit into your life - helping you feel calmer, clearer, and more in control. Key Features: - Tune Up Your Thoughts: Transform anxious thoughts into balanced perspectives using our interactive cognitive restructuring tool, inspired by proven CBT techniques. - Guided Journaling: Reflect on your emotions with thoughtfully designed templates including gratitude, emotional awareness, self-care check-ins, and more. - Mood Tracking: Monitor your mood, anxiety levels, and symptoms with daily check-ins. Identify patterns that influence your mental wellbeing. - Find Calm: A dedicated space you can open whenever anxiety rises, offering tools designed to help you settle and regain control. - Psychological Tests: Discover more about yourself through science-based assessments. - Expert Articles: Learn about anxiety, thought patterns, and self-care through concise, accessible articles grounded in psychology. - Book Recommendations: Discover curated books on mental health, resilience, and personal growth from trusted sources. MindCore offers two access levels so you can explore freely or unlock full functionality: 1. Explore Mode (Free): - Submit 3 full Tune Up sessions per calendar month. - Write up to 3 journal entries per week (MondayβSunday), shared across all templates. - Submit unlimited entries in Mood Tracker. - Access psychological tests, expert articles, and book recommendations freely. - Use following Find Calm tools: "Box breathing", "Leaves on a Stream", "Muscle Unwind" and "Grounding 5-4-3-2-1" 2. MindCore Premium (Full Access with Subscription): - Access unlimited Tune Up sessions. - Unlock unlimited Journal entries across all templates. - Get full access to Mood Tracker analytics β including mood progress, top mood influencers, anxiety insights, symptom trends, and weekly mood reports. - Back up and restore your data with iCloud. Subscription Information: MindCore offers an auto-renewing subscription (MindCore Premium) to unlock full functionality: $3.99/month and $29.99/year (United States pricing). Prices may vary by region and are charged to your iTunes Account upon confirmation. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your iTunes Account settings at any time. Read more about out terms and conditions here: Terms of Use: https://www.carrotsauce.com/mindcore-app/terms-and-conditions Privacy Policy: https://www.carrotsauce.com/mindcore-app/privacy-policy MindCore is not a replacement for professional mental health care but offers supportive tools to help you manage everyday anxiety and emotional challenges.
How Now
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How are you, right now? Most mood apps hand you a slider from sad to happy. But feelings don't live on a single line. How Now gives you a small, honest grid β two directions, energy and pleasantness β and you place one dot for exactly where you are in this moment. Then you get one thing. Not a feed, not a score β a single, plainly-worded card of advice for the state you're actually in. Something you can read in a breath and carry with you. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT β’ A grid, not a slider. "Tired but content" and "wired but anxious" are real, different places to be β and How Now respects that. β’ The mood becomes the screen. A soft, living gradient re-tunes its color to whatever you pick. The feeling you chose is the thing you're looking at. β’ One card at a time. For your state, you get a single piece of advice β paraphrased in plain language from real psychology books and research. You read it, you close the app. That's the whole idea. β’ Calm by design. Serif headlines, warm dark palette, generous space. Closer to a good notebook than to a productivity tool. No streaks, no guilt, no numbers to chase. HOW IT WORKS 1. Open the app and mark how you feel now on the grid. 2. Get a short, human piece of advice for that exact state. 3. Come back whenever you want to check in. That's it. HOW NOW PLUS Your first 14 days include full Plus β no card required, nothing charged. After that the app continues on a free plan; your entries stay with you, and nothing is charged automatically. If you'd like Plus later, you can choose it yourself. A GENTLE NOTE How Now is a tool for reflection and self-care. It is not therapy and not medical advice, and it isn't a substitute for professional help. If you're going through something serious, please reach out to a qualified professional. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: How Now at every 5 days against MindCore's every 2 months. MindCore's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. MindCore sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and How Now sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MindCore ships an update every 2 months, How Now every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MindCore | How Now |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 β better | 18.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CS TECHNOLOGIES, LDA | Aleksei Bogomolov |
In-app purchases
MindCore
- Monthly Premium$3.991 Month
- Annual Premium$29.991 Year
How Now
- How Now Plus (1 Month)$2.991 Month
- How Now Plus (1 Year)$14.991 Year









