Comparison

Vive With Us vs Glowm

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

Head to head
About

Vive With Us

This app offers short, guided mindfulness sessions for meditation, breathwork, and reflection. It tracks your mood before and after each session to show real progress and includes clinically grounded anxiety tracking with the GAD-7 questionnaire. You can also build custom sessions and engage with friends for motivation.

Highlights
  • Short, guided mindfulness sessions (Boosts)
  • Mood tracking and trend analysis
  • Clinically grounded anxiety tracking (GAD-7)
  • Custom session builder
  • Social features and friend competitions
  • Points, streaks, and achievements
Features
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Vive turns mindfulness into something you actually do — short, focused sessions called Boosts that fit into your day without rearranging it. Guided audio and video across meditation, breathwork, activations, sensory exercises, and reflections. Pick one. Do it. Feel the difference. Track how you actually feel Before and after every Boost, Vive asks for a quick mood check-in. Over time, your Stats dashboard shows which activities actually move the needle for you — not in theory, but in your own data. Mood trends, top-performing Boosts, daily streaks. Real signal, not just good intentions. Clinically grounded anxiety tracking Every two weeks, Vive walks you through the GAD-7 — a brief, validated anxiety questionnaire used by therapists worldwide. Your scores are tracked over time so you can see real change, not just how you feel today. Build sessions your way Chain multiple Boosts into a single custom session with the Session Builder. Breathwork into meditation into reflection — whatever combination fits your headspace. Vive tracks your mood through the whole thing so you can see how each activity builds on the last. Make it social Add friends, see their activity, and compete to see who actually shows up. Vive's social feed and friend competitions make it harder to quietly quit — and a lot more fun to keep going. Points, streaks, and reasons to come back Every Boost earns points. Consistency builds streaks. It's a small thing, but showing up is the whole point — and Vive is designed to make that easier. What's included - Guided audio and video Boosts across five categories - Mood tracking before and after every session - GAD-7 anxiety check-ins with severity tracking over time - Multi-Boost session builder - Friend activity feed and competitions - Stats dashboard with mood trends and insights - Daily points, streaks, and achievements - Scheduled Boosts and push notification reminders - Curated playlists Try it before you commit Tap "Try Free" on the login screen to explore Vive without creating an account. A selection of Boosts is available immediately — no email, no commitment. Vive Pro unlocks the full Boost library, unlimited sessions, and everything above. It's the version worth having. Pricing and subscription details are available in the app. Terms of Service: https://vivewith.us/terms Privacy Policy: https://vivewith.us/privacy

About

Glowm

Create personalized soundscapes by blending white noise, nature sounds, city ambiences, and music. The app visually reacts to your audio mix, transforming into a colorful orb. Designed for sleep and focus, it offers quick mixes and a built-in night light.

Highlights
  • Personalized soundscape mixer
  • Visual color orb that reacts to sound
  • 60+ sounds across six collections
  • Artist soundscapes for remixing
  • Designed for sleep and focus
  • Built-in night light feature
  • No ads, no account, no tracking
Features
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Glowm is your personal soundscape mixer. Blend white noise, nature sounds, city noises, chill beats, and real artist soundscapes into a mix that's entirely yours, then watch the whole app bloom with the colors of your sound. A LIVING GLASS ORB Your mix, visualized. Every sound has a signature color, and the orb (and the entire app) shifts to match your blend. Silence rests in deep purple; sound blooms everything into color. MIX AND BLEND FREELY • 60+ sounds across six collections • Color noise: white, pink, brown, blue, violet, and green • Nature & life: rain, thunder, creeks, crickets, and an owl waking up • City life: coffee shops, wet streets, and NYC nights • Chill beats: lo-fi loops cut to the same bar, so stacked beats stay locked together • Binaural beats: Delta, Theta, and Alpha tones (best with headphones) • Soundscapes: ethereal beds of choir, lunar pads, and starlight ARTIST SOUNDSCAPES Real artists, released as stems you can remix. Fade the layers of one composition in and out; everything stays locked to the pulse. MADE FOR SLEEP AND FOCUS • Runs all night, with Lock Screen and AirPods controls • One-tap quick mixes: Sleep, Focus, Chill, Meditate, and more • Save favorites and bring them back in a tap • A built-in night light: pull down and the orb fills the screen QUIET BY DESIGN No ads. No account. No tracking. A generous free library, sound packs at $1.99 each, and Glowm Unlimited ($3.99/month or $19.99/year) for everything, including every sound we ever add. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://glowm.io/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Vive With Us4 screens
Glowm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Glowm at none against Vive With Us's shown. Vive With Us's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Vive With Us sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Glowm sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Vive With Us against 5.0 for Glowm. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Vive With Us versus Glowm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVive With UsGlowm
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size153 MB101 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZachary NusbaumADAM HAROLD MOORE

Customer experience

Vive With Us

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Glowm

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Vive With Us

Subscriptions2
  • Vive Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Vive Yearly$89.991 Year
7 purchases

Glowm

Subscriptions2
  • English$3.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year
One-time5
  • Chill Beats Collection$1.99
  • Binaural Beats Collection$1.99
  • Soundscapes$1.99
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  • Tarkington2 variants$1.99

Questions

Is Vive With Us free?
Vive With Us is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Glowm free?
Glowm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Vive With Us or Glowm?
Vive With Us and Glowm are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Vive With Us or Glowm have ads?
Vive With Us shows ads; Glowm does not.

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