Meditations vs Bushido
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Bushido
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Bushido sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Meditations asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Meditations | Bushido |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Pedro Moitinho | Filmtelligentsia, Inc. |
In-app purchases
Meditations
No in-app purchases
Bushido
- Coffee$2.99
- Supporter$5.99
- Five Rings Modern$5.99
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- Meditations Modern Edition$9.99
- Patron$9.99









