Comparison

SilenceMind vs Dew

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

Head to head
About

SilenceMind

This app offers a unique Zen-inspired experience to help users find inner peace. By interacting with a virtual wooden fish, users can accumulate merits, track their progress, and make wishes. It features a minimalist design and supports Apple Watch for on-the-go practice.

Highlights
  • Virtual wooden fish cultivation
  • Merit accumulation and tracking
  • Personalized wish list creation
  • Apple Watch standalone support
  • Zen minimalist design
  • Haptic and sound feedback
Features
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Still Mind is a mindfulness app inspired by Zen aesthetics and modern design. Tap a virtual wooden fish, listen to calming audio, and make space for a quiet moment in your day. 【Wooden Fish Practice】 • Tap the wooden fish with animation, sound, and haptic feedback • Enable motion-based tapping by gently swinging your phone • Use immersive practice mode to focus on the present moment • See real-time “Merit +1” effects and track each practice session 【Merit Tracking & Progress】 • Automatically track today’s merit, total merit, available merit, and released merit • Browse daily practice history and activity sources • Unlock practice titles and follow your progress • Optionally join the merit leaderboard and share your practice record 【Wish List】 • Create and manage personal wishes • Set a merit goal and visualize progress • Dedicate available merit to a wish • Wishes are automatically marked complete when their goal is reached 【Buddhist Music, Meditation & Audiobooks】 • Browse and play Buddhist music, meditation audio, and audiobooks • Supports background playback and player controls • Cache audio locally for later offline listening • Save favorite audiobooks and manage offline downloads 【Apple Watch Support】 • Practice independently on Apple Watch • Tap the screen, move your wrist, or use the Digital Crown • Receive haptic feedback and record merit on your wrist • Sync data with iPhone; cached data remains available when disconnected 【Design & Privacy】 • A refined dark interface with bronze-gold Zen styling • Smooth animations and immersive interactions • Practice records, wishes, and cached content are stored locally on your device Still Mind — a quiet moment, whenever you need it.

About

Dew

This alarm clock requires users to type a positive affirmation to dismiss it, encouraging a kinder start to the day. It offers customizable sounds, wallpapers, and a "Reflect" tab to review past affirmations. Optional Pro features include personalized affirmations and widgets.

Highlights
  • Type affirmation to dismiss alarm
  • Customizable alarm sounds
  • Beautiful wallpapers
  • Reflect tab for past affirmations
  • Built-in affirmation suggestions
  • Personalized affirmations (Pro)
  • Widgets (Pro)
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Dew is an alarm that builds morning momentum on your own terms. Whether you start your day with a kind sentence about yourself, a quick mental warmup, or physical movement, Dew ensures your morning begins with intention and not panic. Most alarms yank you into the day. Dew invites you in. How it works Set your alarm the night before and choose your morning mission (or no mission). When it rings, the alarm won't turn off until your mission is complete. Your completed missions unlock your local Progress Dashboard, while your typed affirmations get saved to a quiet Reflect feed, giving you a space to look back on every morning you showed up for yourself. What's inside: Interactive Missions: Choose between typing positive affirmations, mindful text copying, focused math problems, or motion-tracked physical movements like pushups and squats. Progress Dashboard: Track your morning consistency and view lifetime volume metrics for your completed missions. A real alarm that rings through Silent mode and Focus Sounds across four moods: Gentle, Uplifting, Classic, and Loud Beautiful wallpapers: Morning Light, Calm & Grounded, Affirmations, and Simple Colors Built-in affirmation suggestions when you're too tired to think of something A Reflect tab that saves every affirmation you've typed, so you can look back on your journey Dark and light mode Push notifications to send yourself your positive message Dew Pro (optional, there is a lifetime option and also a recurring subscription option) grants you: - Access to all missions - Personalized affirmations crafted for how you think and feel - New daily affirmations generated just for you - Small and Medium Widgets which display your next alarm time and your latest affirmation - Support ongoing development 7-day free trial, then $19.99/year or $4.99/month. Cancel anytime in Settings. Subscription auto-renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account settings. Who Dew is for: - Anyone who wakes up hard on themselves - People looking to build a consistent, intentional morning routine - Anyone who's tried alarm apps that feel like a punishment - Morning journalers who want something lighter Privacy first Your affirmations and mission metrics stay securely synced to your account. We don't sell your data. Pro affirmation generation uses OpenAI with no personally identifying information attached. Privacy Policy: [https://dewalarm.com/privacy] Terms of Use: [https://dewalarm.com/terms] Made with care by a small team. Thank you for waking up with us.

Screenshots

SilenceMind4 screens
Dew4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dew at 100% against SilenceMind's 0%. Dew also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). SilenceMind's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. SilenceMind sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Dew sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dew holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dew has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of SilenceMind's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dew's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SilenceMind ships an update every 3 weeks, Dew weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SilenceMind versus Dew: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSilenceMindDew
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB202 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShaolie LinRenat Norderhaug

Customer experience

SilenceMind

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Dew

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

SilenceMind

One-time5
  • 一念随喜$0.99
  • 莲灯供养$0.99
  • 莲灯供养$2.99
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  • 福慧供养$9.99
  • 长明供养$24.99
3 purchases

Dew

Subscriptions2
  • Dew Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Dew Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Dew Pro - Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is SilenceMind free?
SilenceMind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dew free?
Dew is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SilenceMind or Dew?
Dew is rated higher. SilenceMind averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Dew averages 5.0 from 9 ratings.
Do SilenceMind or Dew have ads?
Neither SilenceMind nor Dew shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SilenceMind or Dew?
SilenceMind ships an update every 3 weeks, and Dew weekly. Most recently, SilenceMind was updated on September 6, 2026 and Dew on September 10, 2026.

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