Comparison

CosmicWellness vs Backdrop

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

Head to head
About

CosmicWellness

This app provides personalized daily wellness plans based on Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Five Movements & Six Qi system. It offers guidance on food, drinks, exercise, acupressure, and emotional balance, along with a daily fortune score and name numerology analysis.

Highlights
  • Personalized daily wellness plans
  • Food therapy recommendations
  • Herbal tea and drink suggestions
  • Qigong and exercise routines
  • Acupressure point guidance
  • Daily fortune score
  • Name numerology analysis
  • Aura camera visualization
Features
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CosmicWellness decodes your personal energy blueprint using Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and the ancient Five Movements & Six Qi system - then gives you practical, daily guidance to live in harmony with your natural rhythm. Just enter your name and birthday. Everything else is handled for you. YOUR DAILY WELLNESS PLAN Each day, CosmicWellness delivers a fully personalized wellness plan across five pillars: - Food Therapy: Foods matched to your elemental imbalances, with TCM properties, meridians, and benefits explained. - Tea & Herbal Drinks: Herbal teas and drinks selected for your constitution, with preparation instructions and best drinking times. - Exercise & Movement: Qigong, stretching, breathing, and cardio exercises aligned to your element type and daily energy. - Acupressure Points: Specific pressure points with exact locations, technique, and duration to rebalance your qi. - Emotional Wellness: Mindfulness and emotional practices that address the feelings associated with your imbalanced elements. YOUR DAILY FORTUNE SCORE Know before the day starts. CosmicWellness calculates a daily Fortune Score (0-100) from four dimensions: - Seasonal Qi alignment with your elemental constitution - Today's celestial stem interaction with your name grids - Daily earthly branch harmony with your birth element - Your name's Three Talents configuration Get notified the evening before a peak energy day or a challenging one, so you can plan accordingly. NAME NUMEROLOGY CosmicWellness analyses your name using the classical Five Grids system: - Heaven Grid: Inherited luck and background energy - Person Grid: Core character and life path - Earth Grid: Relationships and early life - Outer Grid: Social presence and opportunity - Total Grid: Overall destiny number Chinese names: Automatically calculates stroke counts for 3,000+ characters. English names: Uses Pythagorean numerology with the same five-grid framework. AURA CAMERA Visualise your elemental energy. The built-in Aura Camera overlays your current element balance as a living colour field in real time. Capture and save your aura photo directly to your camera roll. 100% PRIVATE - ALWAYS Your name and birthday never leave your device. All calculations are done locally - no accounts, no cloud sync, no data collection. Ever. BEGINNER & EXPERT MODES New to TCM? Beginner Mode surfaces only what is actionable and hides the theory. Already familiar with the system? Switch to Expert Mode for full technical details, element breakdowns, and classical terminology. CosmicWellness is for wellness guidance only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. CosmicWellness is inspired by the classical TCM teachings of David Chi at Five Branches University.

About

Backdrop

Features
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You unlock your phone over 80 times a day. Backdrop reclaims those moments, using your existing screen time to quietly rewire your subconscious. Unlike traditional habit trackers that rely on push notifications and willpower, Backdrop operates entirely in the background. By leveraging clinical autosuggestion and psychological priming, your environment quietly reprograms your habits while you focus on living. FEATURES: • Ambient Reprogramming: Dynamic Home & Lock screen widgets that rotate your cues passively. • The Mental Library: Over 100 clinical autosuggestions for focus, anxiety, and breaking bad habits. • StandBy Mode Integration: Transform your nightstand into a subconscious anchor while you sleep. • Zero Friction: No annoying push notifications. Set it once, and let your subconscious do the rest. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://fernanochoa.com/Backdrop/privacy

Screenshots

CosmicWellness4 screens
Backdrop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CosmicWellness at none against Backdrop's 3. CosmicWellness also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Backdrop sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. CosmicWellness asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CosmicWellness versus Backdrop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCosmicWellnessBackdrop
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB16 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperHugo ChienFernan Ochoa Amador

In-app purchases

None

CosmicWellness

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Backdrop

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plan$4.991 Month
  • Annual Plan7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$89.99

Questions

Is CosmicWellness free?
CosmicWellness is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Backdrop free?
Backdrop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CosmicWellness or Backdrop have ads?
Neither CosmicWellness nor Backdrop shows ads.

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