Comparison

SitFirst vs Awe Well

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

Head to head
About

SitFirst

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SitFirst gives you one guided meditation each day - so you can pause, breathe, and come back to yourself before the noise begins. No endless library. No overwhelming choices. Just press play and practice. Why SitFirst is different Most meditation apps give you thousands of sessions and expect you to choose. SitFirst gives you one. Today's meditation is waiting when you wake up. That's it. The simplicity is the point. Features One new guided meditation every day Calming breathing circle animation that moves with you Background audio - keep listening when you switch apps or lock your screen Streak tracking - watch your daily practice grow Focus Mode - block social media until you finish your morning meditation, Monday through Friday or every day Share today's meditation with a friend in one tap Beautiful, minimal design that feels like a deep breath No account required for your first 3 sessions Built for the person who wants less, not more. SitFirst was made by meditation teachers who believe consistency matters more than variety. Ten minutes. One meditation. Every day. That's a practice. Morning begins within.

About

Awe Well

This app helps you rediscover wonder in your daily life with a single, personalized invitation each day. It encourages mindful observation and reflection through various interactive methods, fostering a sense of presence and warmth. The practice is designed to be simple, guilt-free, and beneficial for your mental well-being.

Highlights
  • Daily personalized wonder invitations
  • Audio-based wonder experiences
  • Exploration of new places with interesting facts
  • Guided reflection through voice companion
  • Journaling via typing or speaking
  • iPad-specific reading and writing room
  • Searchable journal of observations
Features
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Wonder is the first thing a busy life takes. The same commute, the same ceiling, a hundred remarkable things a day that stopped registering years ago. The capacity to be moved does not disappear. It just stops getting used. Awe Well puts it back to work. Once a day, one small invitation: something specific enough to actually do, written to fit your kind of wonder, and when you allow it, the weather and the hour you are in. Notice something, keep one line about what you noticed, and get on with your day. That is the whole practice. No streaks, no guilt, no scores. The research is unusually strong and the practice is unusually small. In study after study, people who feel awe regularly get out of their own heads, feel less pressed for time, and treat the people around them more warmly. You do not need a view for that. You need a minute. HOW IT WORKS - One invitation a day, written to fit your sources of wonder. When conditions outside aren't safe, Awe Well keeps you comfortably indoors. - Listen moments. Some days the wonder arrives as sound: a humpback singing in the open Atlantic, lightning at Jupiter caught by a passing spacecraft, dawn breaking over Yellowstone. - Somewhere new. Arrive somewhere you haven't been and Awe Well can point out one nearby thing worth a look, led by a true story about it. - Talk it through. Say what you noticed out loud, and a gentle voice companion asks the next question, until you find why the moment landed. - Reflect by typing or speaking. Your voice becomes editable text on your device, and no audio is ever kept. - On iPad, the journal becomes a reading and writing room. Sit back with what you wrote, or write with your pencil. - A journal of everything you noticed, searchable, newest first. - Save an invitation for later. The good ones come back around. - A gentle daily reminder at the hour you choose. - And for the days wonder feels far away, something quieter: grounding invitations with nothing to get right. NOBODY READS IT BUT YOU Your reflections belong to you. They sync to your account so they survive a new phone, and they are never sold and never used to train AI. Voice transcription happens on your device and no audio is kept. What the spoken companion is allowed to know and remember is a consent you control, change, or erase in Settings. Location is optional, approximate, and never stored. Delete your account and everything goes with it, right from Settings. THE PLAN Awe Well is free for 7 days, full practice, nothing held back. Then it's $7.99 a month or $39.99 a year. Cancel anytime in your Apple account settings and you won't be charged. Privacy policy: https://awe-well.com/privacy.html Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SitFirst4 screens
Awe Well4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SitFirst at none against Awe Well's 2. Awe Well's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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. Awe Well sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. SitFirst asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
SitFirst versus Awe Well: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSitFirstAwe Well
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMeditation School Inc.Awe Well, LLC

In-app purchases

None

SitFirst

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Awe Well

Subscriptions2
  • Awe Well Pro7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Awe Well Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

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

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