Comparison

Meditations vs Bushido

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Read Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
  • Distraction-free reading environment
  • No ads
  • No accounts required
  • Focus on Stoic wisdom
Features
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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.

About

Bushido

Features
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The classics that built disciplined minds — finally in language you can use. Bushido: The Path is a library of the great manuals of strategy, business, discipline, and self-command, each rewritten in a clear modern voice for entrepreneurs, creators, and builders. No academic distance. No museum prose. Every chapter ends in something you can carry into Monday morning. THE LIBRARY • Hagakure — Yamamoto Tsunetomo's 1716 manual of resolve, in 102 distilled chapters. Free, complete, text and audio. • The Book of Five Rings — Miyamoto Musashi's treatise on strategy, in 62 chapters. One-time unlock. • Meditations — Marcus Aurelius's private journal of self-command, in 163 chapters. One-time unlock. The app is free, and Hagakure is yours in full at no cost — every chapter and every hour of its narration. The other two volumes are one-time purchases, not a subscription. Nothing renews, and you keep what you buy. READ IT, OR HEAR IT Every chapter is fully narrated — over 35 hours of audio across the library. Switch between reading and listening anytime. Download chapters and listen offline, with lock-screen controls and background play. BUILT FOR PRACTICE, NOT ADMIRATION • Every chapter: a principle, its teaching, its shadow side, and concrete practices • A journal to capture what lands — with formatting, highlights, and iCloud sync • Streaks and challenges to keep the practice daily • Insights to track your reading practice • A calm, luminous reading experience designed for long-form focus Your journal stays yours. Entries live on your device and in your own private iCloud — we never receive them. Create a free account to carry your progress across devices, keep a streak, and join the challenges. Sign in with Apple is all it takes. Download and begin. The way is walked, not admired.

Screenshots

Meditations4 screens
Bushido4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Meditations at none against Bushido's 5. Meditations also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Bushido sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Meditations asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Meditations versus Bushido: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeditationsBushido
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (10 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB31 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPedro MoitinhoFilmtelligentsia, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Meditations

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Bushido

One-time5
  • Coffee$2.99
  • Supporter$5.99
  • Five Rings Modern$5.99
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  • Meditations Modern Edition$9.99
  • Patron$9.99

Questions

Is Meditations free?
Meditations is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bushido free?
Bushido is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Meditations or Bushido have ads?
Neither Meditations nor Bushido shows ads.

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