Comparison

Steadfast Mindfulness vs Marea

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

Head to head
About

Steadfast Mindfulness

This faith-based mindfulness app offers guided meditations, breathing exercises, and daily reflections rooted in Christian values. It helps users find peace, manage stress, and stay centered by integrating prayer and scripture into their daily routine.

Highlights
  • Faith-based guided meditations
  • Daily scriptural reflections
  • Mindful breathing exercises
  • Spiritual journaling prompts
  • Watch and widget support
  • Personalized daily reminders
Features
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When anxiety feels loud, Steadfast helps you pause, breathe, and return to God. Steadfast is a faith-based meditation and prayer app created to support Christians through anxious moments, daily stress, spiritual growth, and the desire for a more peaceful routine. Through Scripture, guided Christian meditation, prayer, breathing exercises, devotionals, and reflection, Steadfast gives you simple tools to quiet distractions, center your thoughts, and reconnect with God throughout your day. WHAT YOU’LL FIND IN STEADFAST DAILY DEVOTIONALS Begin each day with Scripture, a meaningful faith-based reflection, and an encouraging action step you can carry with you. GUIDED CHRISTIAN MEDITATIONS Choose from Scripture-inspired meditations designed to help you slow down, breathe deeply, focus your thoughts, and rest in God’s presence. SUPPORT FOR ANXIOUS MOMENTS Open Steadfast when you feel overwhelmed, panicked, distracted, or emotionally unsettled. Follow simple guided exercises that help you pause, breathe, pray, and feel grounded in your faith. MINDFUL BREATHING EXERCISES Use calming visual and haptic breathing guidance to steady your breathing and create space for prayer, reflection, and peace. QUICK START SESSIONS Short on time? Begin a simple meditation or breathing exercise whenever you need a brief moment to reset. JOURNALING AND REFLECTION Respond to prompts centered on Scripture, gratitude, personal growth, and your spiritual journey. APPLE WATCH AND WIDGET SUPPORT Keep encouragement close with Apple Watch meditations, Home Screen widgets, daily verses, and quick access to faith-based tools. PERSONALIZED REMINDERS Create a consistent rhythm of prayer and mindfulness with morning, afternoon, and evening reminders. WHY STEADFAST? Many meditation apps focus only on the mind. Steadfast brings together mind, body, and spirit through practices rooted in Christian faith. Use Steadfast to: • Start your morning with Scripture and prayer • Find support during anxious or overwhelming moments • Practice guided Christian meditation • Build a consistent devotional routine • Slow your breathing and quiet racing thoughts • Reflect on gratitude and spiritual growth • Wind down peacefully before sleep Whether you have five minutes or simply need one steady breath, Steadfast meets you where you are and helps turn your attention back toward God. OUR MISSION Our mission is to help believers cultivate greater peace, presence, and spiritual consistency without leaving their faith behind. Stay steadfast. Breathe deeply. Keep God at the center.

About

Marea

Navigate hormonal changes with personalized insights based on your symptoms, cycle, and health data. Understand perimenopause patterns with OB/GYN-authored content and prepare for appointments with clinical summaries. Free to download.

Highlights
  • Personalized daily wellness score
  • Daily AI-driven insights
  • Symptom and cycle tracking
  • Apple Health data integration
  • Clinical summary generation
  • OB/GYN-authored educational content
Features
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Marea is the perimenopause app that reads the patterns in your data — so you can navigate hormonal change with clarity instead of confusion. Built by board-certified OB/GYNs. Free to download. The hormonal shift behind hot flashes, sleep loss, brain fog, and mood swings often starts up to a decade before your final period. Marea brings together your daily symptoms, cycle, and Apple Health data into one personalized picture of where you are — and what's coming. WHAT'S INCLUDED • Marea Index — a daily wellness score from your symptoms, cycle phase, and Apple Health signals (HRV, sleep). Updates as you log. • Today Marea Noticed — one personalized insight every morning, drawn from patterns only your data can write. • Daily Symptom Tracker — log mood, sleep, hot flashes, energy, brain fog, and night sweats in seconds. • Cycle Intelligence — track your cycle, see your phase, and understand how it shapes your symptoms. • Apple Health — automatic sleep and HRV signals from your iPhone, Apple Watch, Oura, Whoop, or any HealthKit-connected tracker. • Appointment Prep — generate a clinical PDF summary of your symptoms, cycle, and patterns to bring to your provider. • Learn — read OB/GYN-authored articles on every aspect of perimenopause, from HRT to bone density. MAREA MEMBER SUBSCRIPTION Marea Member unlocks daily personalized AI insights from day 14, the full Insights archive, the Daily Forecast, the Weekly Letter, the Lab Interpreter, and personalized Marea reads on every score. Available subscriptions: • Marea Member Monthly — auto-renewing every 1 month • Marea Member Annual — auto-renewing every 1 year Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew at the same price unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel anytime in iPhone Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. PRIVACY Your symptoms, cycle, and HealthKit data stay private. We never sell your data. You can disconnect Apple Health, export your data, or delete your account anytime from Profile → Data. Marea was built with women's health expertise — not generic wellness platitudes. We respect your time, your privacy, and the seriousness of what you're going through. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mareahealth.com/privacy Support: https://mareahealth.com/support

Screenshots

Steadfast Mindfulness4 screens
Marea4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Steadfast Mindfulness at none against Marea's 2. Steadfast Mindfulness also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (11 vs 3). Marea's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.2). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Marea sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Steadfast Mindfulness asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Steadfast Mindfulness against 5.0 for Marea. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steadfast Mindfulness ships an update weekly, Marea every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Steadfast Mindfulness versus Marea: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteadfast MindfulnessMarea
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (11 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.215.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size467 MB10 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDarius RedmonMarea Health, LLC

Customer experience

Steadfast Mindfulness

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Marea

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

In-app purchases

None

Steadfast Mindfulness

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Marea

Subscriptions2
  • Marea Member Monthly7 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Marea Member Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Steadfast Mindfulness free?
Steadfast Mindfulness is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Marea free?
Marea is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Steadfast Mindfulness or Marea?
Marea is rated higher. Steadfast Mindfulness averages 4.9 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Marea averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Steadfast Mindfulness or Marea have ads?
Neither Steadfast Mindfulness nor Marea shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Steadfast Mindfulness or Marea?
Steadfast Mindfulness ships an update weekly, and Marea every 2 months. Most recently, Steadfast Mindfulness was updated on October 21, 2026 and Marea on October 9, 2026.

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