Astral Mastery vs Backdrop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Astral Mastery
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Most people never achieve astral projection. Not because it's impossible, but because they never trained for it. Astral Mastery is a structured training system built to take you from your first conscious breath to a fully realized out-of-body experience. No guesswork. No scattered techniques. Just a clear, progressive path. Session by session, stage by stage. THE TRAINING Four stages. Forty sessions. One destination. BREATH (Sessions 1 to 10) Master the foundation. Every deep experience begins with the breath. MIND (Sessions 11 to 20) Train the observer. Silence the noise. Take control of your inner world. ENERGY (Sessions 21 to 30) Feel beyond the physical. Develop awareness of what lies beneath the surface. ASTRAL (Sessions 31 to 40) Advanced practices designed to take your awareness to its outermost edges. HOW IT WORKS Each session trains one precise skill. Each skill feeds the next. Nothing is skipped. Nothing is rushed. Unusual sensations like heaviness, tingling, vibration, and floating are signs the practice is working. You don't chase them. You let them come. The only requirement is consistency. Everything else follows. LIFETIME ACCESS Astral Mastery is free to download. A one-time purchase unlocks all 40 meditation sessions permanently. No subscription, no recurring charges. Pay once, own forever. This is not a relaxation app. This is training.
Backdrop
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Astral Mastery at 3 against Backdrop's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Astral Mastery sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Backdrop sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Astral Mastery | Backdrop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | ā |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch ā better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 ā better | 26.2 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 124 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guvenc Gurcan | Fernan Ochoa Amador |
In-app purchases
Astral Mastery
- Astral Mastery Lifetime Access$17.99
Backdrop
- Monthly Plan$4.991 Month
- Annual Plan7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Lifetime Access$89.99









