Comparison

Soul Activation vs Ombience

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

Head to head
About

Soul Activation

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A 10-week journey to connect with clarity, your inner power and a flow of abundance – unlocked through the transformative power of your breath. Discover weekly breathwork practices, gentle guidance, and space for reflection. Let your breath lead the way to calm, insight, and inner strength.

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Ombience

Features
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Ombience is your personal space for meditation, mindful listening, rest, focus, and everyday calm. Discover inspiring audio, create layered soundscapes, and shape a routine that feels entirely your own. Whether you want to slow down, concentrate, sleep, breathe, or simply make room for a quiet moment, Ombience helps you find the right experience without the noise. DISCOVER WHAT YOU NEED β€’ Explore meditations, mantras, musical compositions, instruments, and ambient sounds. β€’ Browse experiences for sleep, nature, meditation, music, focus, wisdom, guidance, and breathing. β€’ Receive personalized suggestions based on your goals and preferences. β€’ Return to recent sessions, discover new releases, and explore daily recommendations. β€’ Search content, sounds, mixes, playlists, tags, and creators. CREATE YOUR OWN OMBIENCE β€’ Layer a meditation or mantra with music and ambient sounds. β€’ Mix multiple sound layers and adjust each layer’s volume and stereo position. β€’ Save your favorite combinations as custom mixes. β€’ Explore mixes and playlists shared by creators. LISTEN YOUR WAY β€’ Build playlists from meditations, mantras, compositions, and saved sound layers. β€’ Reorder playlist items to create the flow you want. β€’ Save favorites, create a Listen Later list, and manage your playback queue. β€’ Download supported audio for listening when you are offline. β€’ Keep audio playing in the background. β€’ Use smooth fade in and fade out playback. β€’ Set a sleep timer for evening and bedtime sessions. MEDITATE TOGETHER Enter the live Meditation Hall to share the current session with others. See who is present, send a lotus, experience the hall’s shared soundscape, and revisit the day’s messages. BUILD A MINDFUL ROUTINE β€’ Set reminders to return to your practice. β€’ Check in with your mood and follow changes over time. β€’ View listening statistics for meditations, mantras, compositions, and sounds. β€’ See active days, total listening time, session counts, and your most-listened experiences. β€’ On supported iOS devices, create wake-up alarms with repeat days, custom snooze timing, and your choice of meditation, mantra, composition, or ambient sound. CONNECT WITH CREATORS Discover meditation guides, mantra artists, musicians, and sound creators. Visit creator profiles, explore their published content, mixes, and playlists, and follow the people whose work resonates with you. MAKE THE APP YOURS Choose a personalised or minimalist experience, switch on Zen Mode when you want fewer distractions, and customise Ombience with different themes, palettes, and visual shapes. Ombience brings meditation, mindful audio, creative sound mixing, and personal reflection together in one beautifully focused experience. Some content and features require an optional Ombience Premium subscription. Feature availability may vary by device and operating-system version. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Soul Activation4 screens
Ombience4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Soul Activation at none against Ombience's 5. Ombience's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Ombience sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Soul Activation asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Soul Activation ships an update monthly, Ombience fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Soul Activation versus Ombience: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSoul ActivationOmbience
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.0.016.4 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size45 MB103 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFloris van den HeuvelOlivier Colonna

In-app purchases

None

Soul Activation

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Ombience

Subscriptions4
  • Referral Premium Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Ombience Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Referral Premium Yearly$79.991 Year
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  • Premium Yearly$99.991 Year
One-time1
  • Ombience Lifetime$419.99

Questions

Is Soul Activation free?
Soul Activation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ombience free?
Ombience is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Soul Activation or Ombience have ads?
Neither Soul Activation nor Ombience shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Soul Activation or Ombience?
Soul Activation ships an update monthly, and Ombience fortnightly. Most recently, Soul Activation was updated on October 24, 2026 and Ombience on October 24, 2026.

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