10% with Dan Harris vs Pixel Thoughts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
10% with Dan Harris
This app offers guided meditations and live events to help users cultivate focus, calm, and compassion. It provides a supportive community and an ad-free podcast for practical advice on improving life. Practice feels more accessible and less isolating with experienced teachers and shared experiences.
- Guided meditations for stress, focus, sleep, and more
- Live meditation sessions and Q&As with replays
- Ad-free podcast with practical life advice
- Community spaces for sharing and support
- Practices led by experienced teachers
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The world is insane. You don’t have to be. 10% with Dan Harris brings together meditation and community in one simple place, so practice feels doable and way less lonely. The idea behind 10% is simple: the mind is trainable. Qualities like focus, calm, and compassion aren’t fixed traits; they’re skills you can learn. Most meditation apps are libraries of one-way content. 10% is different. It’s about experience and connection with trusted teachers and a community that has your back. What’s Inside • Guided Meditations A library of guided sessions to help with stress, focus, sleep, relationships, self-compassion, and more. Practices vary in length and style and are always led by experienced teachers who keep things practical and grounded. • Live Stream Events Join live meditations and Q&As where you can practice alongside others and ask questions. Replays are always available if you can’t make it live. • Ad-Free Podcast Listen to the 10% Happier podcast ad-free for thoughtful, practical conversations about how to do life better — all without interruptions. Each episode includes a concise summary of insights, time-stamped highlights, and transcripts, so you can easily revisit what matters most. • Community Spaces Join conversations, share reflections, or just read along. A space to feel supported and part of something real.
Pixel Thoughts
This app offers a 60-second guided meditation to help you manage stress. Simply type your worries, watch them dissipate into space, and experience a sense of relief. It's a clinically studied tool for mental well-being.
- 60-second stress relief sessions
- Type and visualize stressful thoughts
- Clinically studied for anxiety reduction
- Calming messages after each session
- Free and ad-free experience
- Simple, intuitive interface
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Pixel Thoughts is interactive mindfulness. Type what's on your mind and watch it shrink into the stars, while a short meditation written for that thought helps you let it go. HOW IT WORKS 1. Type what's weighing on you 2. Watch your thought shrink into the cosmos 3. Read a meditation written for your thought 4. Feel lighter Choose your length, type of meditation and music right under the thought box. Want the original 60-second meditation? Pick Classic. CLINICALLY STUDIED The original Pixel Thoughts meditation was the intervention tool in a randomized controlled trial at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, published in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (Westenberg et al., 2018). It's still in the app as Classic. After a single 60-second session, participants reported: - 29% fewer anxiety symptoms - 30% less depression - 44% less anger - 13% less pain Four research publications, three peer-reviewed, including two randomized controlled trials. CONNECTED BREATH A live meditation you share with the world. Breathe in sync with people everywhere, and join the daily gathering when everyone breathes together at once. EYE OF THE STORM Watch your thoughts roll by like a storm while you rest in the calm at its center. Learn how it works in about 2 minutes, or sit with it for as long as you like. FREE No ads and no subscription. You don't need an account. Just you, a thought, and the night sky. TRUSTED SINCE 2015 Used by millions to clear their minds. No learning curve. Just type and breathe.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Pixel Thoughts at free against 10% with Dan Harris's freemium. Pixel Thoughts also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). 10% with Dan Harris's advantage is ratings volume (1.4K vs 50). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for 10% with Dan Harris against 4.9 for Pixel Thoughts. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 10% with Dan Harris has 1.4K ratings behind it against 50, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of 10% with Dan Harris's written reviews are positive against 88% of Pixel Thoughts's.
10% with Dan Harris ships an update every 3 weeks, Pixel Thoughts every 10 days. Both last shipped on November 9, 2026.
| Parameter | 10% with Dan Harris | Pixel Thoughts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (1.4K ratings) | 4.9 (50 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.1% of reviews — better | 87.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 50 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 10 Percent Media LLC | Marc B |
Customer experience
10% with Dan Harris
Pixel Thoughts
In-app purchases
10% with Dan Harris
No in-app purchases
Pixel Thoughts
No in-app purchases
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