Comparison

BuddhaMind vs Carry

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

Head to head
About

BuddhaMind

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BuddhaMind is a meditation app from the London Buddhist Centre, designed to help you develop greater awareness, wisdom and compassion. Whether you’re new to meditation or have been practising for years, BuddhaMind offers high-quality guided meditations, structured courses, and teachings for modern life β€” all rooted in the Buddhist tradition. This isn’t just another meditation app. It’s a doorway into a living spiritual community. All content is created by experienced Buddhist teachers, grounded in their own practice of the Buddha’s teachings. What you’ll find inside β€’ Guided meditations, including mindfulness, loving-kindness (mettā), compassion, body awareness, and practices for working with difficult emotions β€’ Structured, multi-week courses that support depth and continuity in practice β€’ A simple meditation timer for daily practice β€’ Teachings from experienced Buddhist teachers connected with the London Buddhist Centre β€’ A sense of connection to a living Buddhist community

About

Carry

Features
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Get it out of your head in seconds. Voice, screenshot or type β€” Carry catches everything so your brain doesn't have to. Most of what you're managing never makes it onto a list. It just lives in your head β€” the school thing, the appointment, the thing you nearly forgot, the shopping list. Carry is the app that gets it out. Just tap the mic and say everything on your mind. Carry listens, categorises, and organises it β€” instantly. No typing, no forms, no friction. Just say it and it's done. VOICE FIRST Speak naturally. "Leo has football Thursday at 4pm" β€” Carry hears it, files it, and reminds you an hour before. Say everything at once. Carry sorts it out. LISTS IN SECONDS "Shopping list β€” milk, eggs, bread, butter" becomes one tidy card with everything on it. Works for pharmacy lists, packing lists, gift lists β€” whatever you need to remember. UPLOAD ANYTHING Screenshot a confirmation email, a booking, a school letter. Carry reads it and pulls out everything that matters. CALENDAR SYNC Anything with a date goes straight to your Apple Calendar with one tap β€” pre-filled and ready. MORNING BRIEFING At 7am, if you have things on that day, Carry sends a quiet heads up. Not an alarm. Just a nudge. SIGN IN WITH APPLE One tap, Face ID, you're in. No email, no password, nothing to remember. SIX CATEGORIES Family. Home. Health. Errands. Me. Work. Everything sorted, nothing lost. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE Not another productivity app. Not another list. Carry is for the person who's holding everything in their head and just needs somewhere to put it down. Free to download. No subscription needed to get started.

Screenshots

BuddhaMind4 screens
Carry4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Carry at 13.0 against BuddhaMind's 15.1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BuddhaMind ships an update every 3 weeks, Carry monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
BuddhaMind versus Carry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuddhaMindCarry
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks β€” betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size35 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLondon Buddhist CentreTIFFANY MACRAE

In-app purchases

None

BuddhaMind

No in-app purchases

None

Carry

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BuddhaMind free?
BuddhaMind is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Carry free?
Carry is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BuddhaMind or Carry have ads?
Neither BuddhaMind nor Carry shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BuddhaMind or Carry?
BuddhaMind ships an update every 3 weeks, and Carry monthly. Most recently, BuddhaMind was updated on October 24, 2026 and Carry on October 24, 2026.

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