Comparison

SHIFT vs Hoom | Mindful Humming

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

Head to head
About

SHIFT

This app offers guided EFT tapping sessions to manage stress, overthinking, and low energy. Choose sessions based on your current feeling and follow audio and visual cues for quick emotional resets throughout your day.

Highlights
  • Guided EFT tapping sessions
  • Sessions categorized by feeling, focus, time, style, and voice
  • Clear tapping-point visuals
  • Optional background music
  • Save favorite sessions
  • Track practice and activity
  • Onboarding for learning tapping points
Features
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Less stress. More you. SHIFT makes EFT tapping simple and accessible for moments of stress, anxiety, racing thoughts, tension, or everyday overwhelm. Choose how you’re feeling, find a session that fits the moment, and follow calming audio with clear visual guidance through each tapping point. No tapping experience required. FEEL BETTER RIGHT FROM YOUR HOME SCREEN Add the SHIFT widget for quick access whenever you need a reset. Choose a full guided session or try a Quick Shift—a short, one-round tapping experience for moments when you only have a few minutes. WHY SHIFT • Guided EFT tapping and affirmations • Quick Shifts for fast resets • Sessions for stress, sleep, confidence, focus, and motivation • Clear visual guidance for every tapping point • Multiple guided voices and optional background music • Filters to help you quickly find the right session • Favorites, practice history, and progress tracking • Beginner-friendly tapping-point guidance HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose what you’re feeling or want to shift. 2. Pick a session that fits your time and focus. 3. Follow the guided audio, words, and tapping-point visuals. Whether you’re starting your day, preparing for a difficult moment, rebuilding confidence, or winding down for sleep, SHIFT gives you a practical reset you can use whenever you need it. SHIFT is designed for everyday wellness and self-guided emotional resets. It is not medical care, therapy, or emergency support.

About

Hoom | Mindful Humming

This app offers quick, guided humming sessions to help you reset your nervous system and reduce stress in under a minute. It provides instant sessions for immediate relief and live group sessions for a shared experience.

Highlights
  • Guided humming sessions
  • Instant stress reset
  • Live group sessions
  • Vagus nerve activation
  • Improved focus and clarity
  • Faster emotional reset
Features
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Reset your nervous system in seconds. HOOM is a faster, simpler way to shift your state using guided humming. When stress rises, your body leads. HOOM gives you a tool to respond in real time. No long sessions. No complicated techniques. Just a simple, powerful reset you can feel in under a minute. WHY HOOM WORKS Humming activates your vagus nerve, helping regulate your nervous system and move you out of stress mode. The result: • Reduced stress and anxiety • Improved focus and clarity • Faster emotional reset • Better sleep readiness You don’t need to learn meditation or control your breath. Just press play and hum. HOW IT WORKS HOOM Now Instant guided sessions you can use anytime. Perfect before a meeting, after a stressful moment, or when you need to reset fast. HOOM Live Join daily guided sessions with others around the world. A shared reset experience designed to help you feel grounded and connected. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE Use HOOM when you are: • Feeling anxious or overwhelmed • Struggling to focus • About to enter a high-pressure moment • Trying to wind down at night • Looking to reset your mood quickly Most sessions take just 1 to 5 minutes. SIMPLE. FAST. EFFECTIVE. No experience needed. No pressure to “clear your mind.” Just follow the guidance, hum along, and feel the shift. FREE TO START Get started with free daily sessions. Upgrade to HOOM Unlimited for full access to all sessions and live experiences. A NEW WAY TO RESET Meditation can take time. Breathwork can be hard to follow. HOOM is different. It’s immediate. It’s natural. And it works with your body, not against it.

Screenshots

SHIFT4 screens
Hoom | Mindful Humming4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: SHIFT at free against Hoom | Mindful Humming's freemium. SHIFT also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Hoom | Mindful Humming's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and ratings volume (224 vs 10). On price, review sentiment, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SHIFT holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hoom | Mindful Humming has 224 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SHIFT ships an update weekly, Hoom | Mindful Humming every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SHIFT versus Hoom | Mindful Humming: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSHIFTHoom | Mindful Humming
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings) — better4.8 (224 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10224 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size623 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZaylin TsakirisHoom, Incorporated

Customer experience

SHIFT

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Hoom | Mindful Humming

All ratings224 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral2.7%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SHIFT

No in-app purchases

None

Hoom | Mindful Humming

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SHIFT free?
SHIFT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hoom | Mindful Humming free?
Hoom | Mindful Humming is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SHIFT or Hoom | Mindful Humming?
SHIFT is rated higher. SHIFT averages 5.0 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Hoom | Mindful Humming averages 4.8 from 224 ratings.
Do SHIFT or Hoom | Mindful Humming have ads?
Neither SHIFT nor Hoom | Mindful Humming shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SHIFT or Hoom | Mindful Humming?
SHIFT ships an update weekly, and Hoom | Mindful Humming every 2 days. Most recently, SHIFT was updated on October 15, 2026 and Hoom | Mindful Humming on October 15, 2026.

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