MindCore vs Amble
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — 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 (Monday–Sunday), 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 — 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.
Amble
Turn your daily steps into a friendly competition with friends and family. Compete in live step races, maintain streaks with a unique step wallet, and track workouts with integrated mapping and heart rate data.
- Live step leaderboards
- Head-to-head step races
- Streak protection with Step Wallet
- Workout tracking and mapping
- Integrated group chat
- Apple Health sync
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Walking is boring alone. Amble turns your daily steps into a race with the people you actually know. Start an Amble with friends, family or workmates. Everyone's steps land on one live leaderboard, the day closes at midnight, and someone wins. Tomorrow you go again. RACE THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW Create a group - an Amble - and invite anyone with a link or a QR code. Steps sync from Apple Health all day, so the board moves while you move. No manual logging, ever. HEAD TO HEAD STEP RACES Challenge one person to a step race over a day or a week. Pick the target, pick the opponent, and watch it play out live. Winner takes the bragging rights. STREAKS THAT ACTUALLY MEAN SOMETHING Hit your daily goal and your streak grows. Miss it and it's gone - which is exactly why it works. Set the goal yourself, from a gentle 5,000 to a serious 20,000. THE STEP WALLET Every step past your goal is banked. Fall short on a bad day and your wallet quietly covers the difference, and your streak survives. Because one late meeting shouldn't undo three weeks. A GROUP CHAT THAT KNOWS THE SCORE Every Amble has its own chat - photos, reactions, replies. Poke someone who's slacking. Send a step race straight into the conversation. YOUR WORKOUTS, NOT JUST YOUR STEPS Record a walk, run, ride or hike and Amble maps the route and charts your heart rate. Or import everything you have already recorded on your Apple Watch and elsewhere - your feed starts full, not empty. WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE Your step counts come from Apple Health and the iPhone's motion coprocessor, and we never touch them. Not to flatter a leaderboard, not to save a streak. The number you see is the number you walked. AMBLE PRO - Unlimited Ambles and step races - The Step Wallet, to protect the streak you have built - Full workout history import - Everything, with a 7 day free trial Amble is free to use. Amble Pro is an optional auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly, charged to your Apple ID. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends, and you can cancel any time in your App Store settings. Terms of Use: https://myamble.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://myamble.com/privacy Apple Health is required for step tracking. Amble is not a medical device and gives no medical advice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: MindCore at none against Amble's shown. MindCore also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Amble's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. MindCore sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Amble sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MindCore ships an update every 2 months, Amble every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MindCore | Amble |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 77.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | CS TECHNOLOGIES, LDA | SPRRRINT NEXTGEN GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LLP |
In-app purchases
MindCore
- Monthly Premium$3.991 Month
- Annual Premium$29.991 Year
Amble
- Amble Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Amble Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
- Amble Pro yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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- Amble Pro Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year









