Comparison

bebored vs PathQuest

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

Head to head
About

bebored

Features
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A few empty minutes. You do not have to fill them. bebored is a simple place to pause. Pick attention, relaxation or sleep, choose your time, and let a little guidance leave room for quiet. MEET YOUR PAUSE PAL A small green character welcomes you in. Make its shape, colour and name yours. Your pal breathes, settles down and takes a break with you. A LITTLE QUIET COMPANY When other people are here, you can share a space with up to two of them. Tap a pal to wave. Everyone follows their own session and timer, with quiet arrivals during meditation. After overlapping sessions, send a friendly reaction. Not everyone will meet someone on every visit. A note left by another meditator can welcome you, and after a completed session you can choose a note for whoever comes next. Notes and reactions use a curated set; there is no open chat or social feed. Prefer your own space? Turn on “sit unseen” in Settings. THREE WAYS TO TAKE A BREAK • Attention: notice breathing, sounds, sensations and thoughts, then gently come back. • Relax: move through a body scan, one area at a time. • Sleep: settle into a practice that fades into silence, with no wake-up cue. START SIMPLE. KEEP GOING. Each goal starts with three introductions, then rotates through three ongoing sessions. Eighteen guided sessions, without a library to scroll through. Choose 5, 10 or 15 minutes for attention and relaxation, or 10, 20 or 30 minutes for sleep. Longer sessions leave more space between the words. Narration uses prerecorded AI-generated voices. YOUR PAL, YOUR DAYS Start as a guest with no sign-in required. See your minutes, calendar and streak, and add an optional reminder. Save your pal with an email code if you want to keep your identity, history and pass across devices. Social features need a connection. Sessions can begin once the first instruction is downloaded, while the remaining recordings download ahead. Fully cached sessions can be replayed offline while retained on your device. FREE SESSIONS. TWO OPTIONAL EXTRAS. All goals, starting durations and social features are free. The one-time boredom pass adds Brian’s narration alongside Sarah and lets you add five minutes during attention or relaxation, before closing guidance. No subscription. Your store shows the local price before you buy. You can block or report another pal, export your account data, or request account deletion in Settings. No microphone recording or GPS permission is required. bebored is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent medical conditions. Questions? support@beboredapp.com Privacy: https://beboredapp.com/privacy Terms: https://beboredapp.com/tos

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PathQuest

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Turn everyday walks into journeys you can actually see. PathQuest uses your Apple Health steps to move a small avatar along illustrated routes and story quests, right on your Home Screen widget. No streaks. No leaderboards. No noisy pressure. Just a calm reason to enjoy watching your steps add up. — HOW IT WORKS — Choose a journey. Walk as usual. Follow your progress along a unique illustrated path on your Home Screen widget. Complete stages. Reach the finish. Start another. Explore journeys inspired by real routes and imagined worlds: the Camino de Santiago, the 88-temple Shikoku pilgrimage, the Storm March across windswept moors, or a hidden academy at the edge of the woods. — FEATURES — • Automatic step tracking via Apple Health — no manual logging • A calm Home Screen widget — your journey, always visible • Illustrated paths and milestones for every journey • A Collection that grows with you: every completed fantasy quest earns a unique coin • Designed for iPhone, with a calm, nature-inspired palette • Private iCloud sync across devices (Voyager) • Up to three active journeys at once (Voyager) • Hero Mode and extended routes for deeper journeys (Voyager) • Built for hands-free use — works with VoiceOver and Voice Control across the entire app • No ads. No data sales. No social pressure. — THE COLLECTION — Complete fantasy quests to earn unique coins. Replay them in Hero Mode to unlock Hero variants, and uncover hidden conditions to reveal secret ones. Build a Collection that records where your steps have taken you. — PATHQUEST VOYAGER — Unlock the full journey library. The free version of PathQuest includes one active journey and a starter library. Voyager unlocks the full experience: every route, every story quest, private iCloud sync, Hero Mode, extended routes, and up to three active journeys at once. — PRIVACY — PathQuest reads only the steps and walking distance you allow through Apple Health, and uses them to advance your journeys. Your Apple Health data stays on your device. If you enable iCloud sync, your app progress is stored in your private iCloud account. We can’t see your iCloud data, and we don’t sell your data. — ABOUT — PathQuest is built independently for people who like walking, stories, and apps that don't yell. Privacy Policy: https://pathquest.castellet.dev/policy/ Terms of Use: https://pathquest.castellet.dev/terms/ Contact: pathquest@castellet.dev

Screenshots

bebored4 screens
PathQuest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: bebored at weekly against PathQuest's every 2 weeks. bebored also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. bebored sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and PathQuest sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

bebored ships an update weekly, PathQuest every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
bebored versus PathQuest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterbeboredPathQuest
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerhitaya kollektivJUAN CARLOS CASTELLET FERNANDEZ

In-app purchases

3 purchases

bebored

Subscriptions2
  • boredom pass$5.991 Month
  • boredom pass7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • boredom pass$4.99
3 purchases

PathQuest

Subscriptions3
  • Voyager$1.997 Days
  • Voyager$2.991 Month
  • Voyager$24.991 Year

Questions

Is bebored free?
bebored is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PathQuest free?
PathQuest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do bebored or PathQuest have ads?
Neither bebored nor PathQuest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, bebored or PathQuest?
bebored ships an update weekly, and PathQuest every 2 weeks. Most recently, bebored was updated on October 24, 2026 and PathQuest on October 25, 2026.

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