Hearth.fish vs Meditations
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hearth.fish
Discover books and connect with readers in your area. Browse virtual shelves, share your library, and find your next favorite read through real people. It also functions as a robust book tracker with ratings, reviews, and reading statistics.
- Explore nearby readers on a map
- Browse friends' book shelves
- Message friends and compare libraries
- Track reading with ratings and reviews
- Import library from Goodreads
- Find books through people
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Hearth puts readers on a map. See who's reading what near you, explore their shelves, and find your next book through people — not algorithms. It's also a seriously good book tracker. A clean, fast library with ratings, reviews, and reading stats. - Explore nearby readers on a map and browse their shelves - Message friends and compare libraries - Beautiful library with ratings, reviews, and stats - Import your existing library from Goodreads - Find your next read through real people
Meditations
Access the timeless wisdom of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations in a peaceful, ad-free reading experience. This app offers a distraction-free environment to explore Stoic philosophy and principles for living a virtuous life.
- Read Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
- Distraction-free reading environment
- No ads
- No accounts required
- Focus on Stoic wisdom
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Read Meditations by Marcus Aurelius — a timeless reflection on discipline, virtue, and the art of living — in a calm, distraction-free environment. No ads. No accounts. Just Stoic wisdom.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hearth.fish at 5.0 against Meditations's 4.4. Hearth.fish also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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.
Hearth.fish holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 9 respectively.
Hearth.fish ships an update fortnightly, Meditations every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hearth.fish | Meditations |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.4 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Samuel Ellis | Pedro Moitinho |
Customer experience
Hearth.fish
Meditations
In-app purchases
Hearth.fish
No in-app purchases
Meditations
No in-app purchases
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