Comparison

ZenMonkey vs Mindful.

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

Head to head
About

ZenMonkey

This app offers a guided meditation timer with gentle bells and practice tracking. It integrates with Apple Watch to monitor heart rate changes and provides detailed insights into your mindfulness journey. Advanced features include HRV analysis and long-term practice trends.

Highlights
  • Self-guided meditation timer
  • Apple Watch heart rate integration
  • Practice tracking and history
  • Home Screen widgets
  • HRV and resting heart rate analysis
  • Long-term practice insights
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Meditate at your own pace. ZenMonkey brings together a simple self-guided timer, gentle bells and a record of your practice. With Apple Watch, you can also review heart rate changes during your sessions. [ Record and Reflect ] ○ Free-form or timed practice, with Apple Watch support. ○ Choose sitting, walking, standing, body scan or other practice, and arrange favorites on iPhone and Watch. ○ Practice on iPhone Duo with layouts that adapt as you fold, unfold and rotate. ○ Review daily practice in the Mindful Continuity dot canvas, also available in Home Screen widgets. ○ Review individual sessions and the calendar in Journey, and your practice rhythm in a dedicated Trends tab. ○ See today's and the past seven days' practice in Home Screen widgets. Unrated records use the default green. ○ Share a session and revisit weekly and monthly reports. [ ZenMonkey Pro · Body & Mind Awareness ] ○ Read existing HRV (SDNN) and resting heart rate from Apple Health, with 7-, 30-, 90-, 180-day and one-year views. ○ Review personal reference states, rings, change bars and period baselines, without a numeric health grade. ○ View practice records alongside body measurements. Associations do not establish cause or prove practice effects. ○ Glance at HRV references in Home Screen and Watch-face widgets. The Watch HRV widget opens the app home; the monkey shortcut opens practice. ○ Choose optional HRV awareness practice reminders. Member shares can include the session's recorded heart rate chart. ○ Keep long-term practice insights and optional iCloud sync. ○ Weekly and monthly reports and shared images include available HRV, resting heart rate and Mindful Continuity. [ Health Connections You Choose ] HRV is off by default and needs membership, Health reading permission and existing measurements. Refresh reads existing data; it does not take a new measurement. Control mindful-minute writes, Watch workout saves and Health reading separately. Turning off writing does not delete existing Health records. The basic timer does not require Health access. [ Personal References ] HRV and resting heart rate depend on measurement context and other factors. States and trends support personal reflection, not medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, continuous stress monitoring or emergency assistance. [ Membership and Terms ] Monthly and annual subscriptions and lifetime access are available. Prices and conditions appear on the purchase screen. Manage subscriptions and auto-renewal in your Apple account settings. Lifetime access does not automatically cancel an existing subscription. Terms of Use: https://iiisle.studio/zenmonkey/terms Privacy Policy: https://iiisle.studio/zenmonkey/privacy Support: https://iiisle.studio/zenmonkey/support

About

Mindful.

Features
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Mindful. is a meditation timer built for Apple Watch - simple, distraction-free, and designed to get out of your way. Choose a timed session or meditate freely with infinity mode. Set your duration, pick your bell sound, and begin. Features: • Circle and infinity timer modes • Customizable starting and ending bell sounds • Optional countdown before sessions • Mindful minutes saved to Apple Health • Session history with streaks and stats • Designed for always-on display No accounts. No subscriptions. No clutter. Just breathe.

Screenshots

ZenMonkey4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mindful. at none against ZenMonkey's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. ZenMonkey sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Mindful. asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ZenMonkey versus Mindful.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZenMonkeyMindful.
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeriiisle StudioTHE FRONT SIA

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ZenMonkey

Subscriptions2
  • ZenMonkey Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • ZenMonkey Pro Yearly7 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • ZenMonkey Pro Lifetime$24.99
None

Mindful.

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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