NoomaLooma vs Slow Table
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NoomaLooma
Engage in short, mindful creative challenges designed to boost brain health and reduce stress. Each day, receive a playful prompt to create something in just 3-5 minutes, with no experience required. Share your creations and explore others' work on a community wall.
- Daily creative challenges (Noodles)
- 3-5 minute activity format
- AI-powered prompts
- Community sharing wall
- Streak tracking for habit building
- Fave and cheer features
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Turn your phone time into creative play. Making things — anything — is scientifically good for your brain. NoomaLooma gives you 3 minutes to feel it. Every day, you get a Noodle — a short, playful creative challenge designed to fit inside a coffee break, a commute, or the five minutes before your next meeting. No experience needed. No right answers. Just you, your phone, and something genuinely fun to make. Why creativity? Neuroscience has known for years what wellness culture keeps ignoring: creative play lowers stress hormones and triggers dopamine — no artistic talent required. The part of you that made things as a kid didn't disappear. Somewhere along the way you just lost permission to play. NoomaLooma gives it back. What's a Noodle? Draw something. Notice something. Imagine something. Riff on something. Each one is AI-sparked and entirely, wonderfully human. Done before you've had time to second-guess yourself. You don't have to be an artist. You don't have to be a writer. You just have to be willing to play. How it works: Open NoomaLooma when you'd normally reach for social media. You'll find your daily Noodle waiting. Complete the challenge — usually in 3 to 5 minutes. Then unlock the community wall and see what everyone else made from the same prompt. Browsing what others created isn't passive — it's part of the play. Come back tomorrow and do it again. Build your creative habit by playing every day. Small, joyful, repeatable. Who it's for? NoomaLooma is built for the person who: → Needs a study break that doesn't turn into a 3-hour doomscroll → Used to be creative and lost the thread somewhere in adulthood → Wants to do something meaningful with phone time but doesn't know what → Has tried meditation apps but finds sitting still unbearable → Believes there's a version of screen time that actually feels good What makes it different? Most wellness apps tell you to breathe. NoomaLooma tells you to make something. Most creativity apps are built for people who already call themselves artists. NoomaLooma is built for everyone who stopped. Our Noodles are designed around the JAMMA framework — Joyful, Accessible, Micro, Messy, and Alive — because the best creative practice isn't precious or perfect. It's a little weird, a little surprising, and done before you've had time to second-guess yourself. Features → Free to download and play — no catch, no paywall on your daily Noodle → Fresh daily Noodle delivered every morning → 3–5 minute format designed for real life, not ideal life → AI-powered prompts designed to spark human creativity → Complete your Noodle to unlock the community wall — then play in others' creativity too → Streak tracking to build your creative habit, day by day → Fave your favorite noomies and cheer on your creative crew More modes of play — coming soon Noodle is just the beginning. NoomaLooma is building an entire world of creative play modes — each one a different way to make something joyful with your phone time. Moodle — creative calm for your mood Hoodle — play creatively with others Shh...oodle — put your phone down for a playful detox. From the team NoomaLooma is co-founded by Piera Gelardi, Refinery29 co-founder and author of The Playful Way (HarperCollins), and Lakshmi Narayanee, a big tech executive who scaled products to 500M+ users. Our wildly different paths converged around one question: what does it look like when people are truly, joyfully alive? The answer was always the same. It looked like play. Ready to make something? Download NoomaLooma and do your first Noodle today. It takes 3 minutes. You'll be surprised what shows up. As featured in Fitt Insider. Free to download and free to play. No credit card, no paywall, no catch.
Slow Table
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SlowTable helps you slow down, eat with intention, and turn everyday meals into meaningful moments. We rush through food while scrolling, working, or thinking about what’s next. SlowTable creates a quiet pause at the table — helping you reconnect with your meal, your pace, and the present moment. SLOW DOWN WITH SOUND Gentle music guides your rhythm so you can eat calmly and stay present. No timers to race — just a softer pace to follow. BE FULLY PRESENT A simple, mindful structure encourages you to notice each bite instead of rushing through your plate. Eating becomes a moment, not a task. NOTICE HOW IT FELT Capture the feeling in your journal. Focus on the experience — not calories, not perfection. SHARE MEANINGFUL MOMENTS Share your meals with others, centered on presence rather than presentation. Because what matters isn’t what you ate — it’s how you experienced it. NOT A DIET APP. NOT A TRACKER. SlowTable doesn’t measure your meals. It helps you experience them. No calorie counting. No pressure. No performance. Just a quieter way to eat. MADE FOR EVERYDAY LIFE Use SlowTable wherever you are: • morning coffee in quiet light • a quick lunch between meetings • a slow dinner at home • late-night tea or a glass of wine Wherever there is a table, there is a moment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NoomaLooma at none against Slow Table's 1. NoomaLooma also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months). Slow Table's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.5). On price, ads and device support 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. Slow Table sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NoomaLooma asks for nothing beyond the download.
NoomaLooma ships an update fortnightly, Slow Table every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NoomaLooma | Slow Table |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (35 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 95.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NoomaLooma Inc. | BRDY Studios, LLC |
In-app purchases
NoomaLooma
No in-app purchases
Slow Table
- Slow Table Lifetime$2.99









