Comparison

FlowTraces · Mimo vs Aera

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

Head to head
About

FlowTraces · Mimo

Features
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A glass of water, a few pages, a short walk. FlowTraces lets you record small steps with Mimo, a friendly 3D bear. Mimo’s living home makes the time you give yourself visible. The app interface is currently in Turkish. BUILD YOUR OWN RHYTHM Choose from 10 ready-made habits: water, reading, walking, stretching, a breathing break, meditation, preparing for sleep, journaling, language practice and a screen break. You can also add your own habit. Set personal goals, scheduled days and reminder times. On a difficult day, switch to smaller goals for that day. TAKE A SMALL BREAK WITH MIMO Record your water intake and see the rippling water in Mimo’s belly. Start a timed reading or other habit session while Mimo joins you with its own movement. Keep journal notes on your device. A HOME YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN Tap objects in a home whose light changes with the time of day to open your habits. Choose the home’s colours, room layout and plant position. Complete a reading goal on 3 different days to unlock lamp choices, or a walking goal on 3 different days to unlock garden paths. The days do not have to be consecutive. SEE THE STEPS YOU HAVE TAKEN View your plans and records from the last 7 days. Grow different garden corners through movement, reading and rest habits. Taking a break does not erase previous records. FREE AND PREMIUM Free use supports up to 5 active habits and 3 reminder times per habit. Optional FlowTraces Premium supports up to 15 active habits, 24 reminder times per habit and a monthly history view. The device’s total scheduled-notification limits also apply. Monthly and yearly subscription prices, durations and any offered introductory conditions are shown by Apple before purchase. Manage subscriptions through your Apple account and restore previous purchases. YOUR RECORDS STAY WITH YOU No account is required. There are no ads or in-app tracking. Habits, notes and home choices are stored on your device; you can optionally export them as a JSON file. The app does not operate its own cloud sync service. Privacy: https://arslanaytac11-alt.github.io/flowtraces-privacy/privacy-policy-2.0.html Terms: https://arslanaytac11-alt.github.io/flowtraces-privacy/terms-2.0.html

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Aera

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Aera plans running loops from your door, replays your recent runs in 3D over the real ground, and reads your sleep and recovery against your own usual, on iPhone and Apple Watch, with no account. Aera reads Apple Health on your iPhone. Every run, walk, ride and night is read against your own usual, and every number opens the article behind it. TODAY: HARD, EASY OR REST Your recovery, sleep, stress and recent training decide the call, free for everyone. With Premium, Aera writes today's session: how long and how hard. PICK A DISTANCE. AERA DRAWS THE LOOP. Up to three loops that start and end where you stand: one on ground you know, one new to you, and one off-road, or along cycleways on a ride. Size them by distance or by minutes. Where there is enough to see, a Sights loop passes the best-known places, and a loop past a viewpoint can be timed for the sunset. DRAW YOUR OWN Tap and the line keeps to real paths, or drag to draw freehand. The distance counts as you draw. Open a GPX file and it is ready to follow. EVERY TURN, BEFORE IT COMES Turn by turn on your iPhone and Apple Watch, spoken if you want it, with a word when you leave the route and when you are back on it. EVERY WORKOUT, EXPLAINED Splits, heart rate zones, climb and the effort the session actually cost you, against your own usual. Fly back over any run from the last seven days. READ AGAINST YOU, NOT AN AVERAGE Recovery, stress, strain and sleep are scored against a baseline learned from your own nights and sessions. While your history is thin, Aera says so instead of guessing. YOUR NIGHT, IN ITS OWN SHAPE The stages as they happened, the hours you slept, and how far that sat from the need Aera learned from you. EVERY NUMBER, EXPLAINED The Field Guide explains how each read is built, the research behind it, and where it stops being reliable. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Widgets in every size, on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen. FREE Recovery, stress, strain and your sleep score, every day. Hard, easy or rest. Loops, the route planner and turn by turn. Every workout read, every personal best and your recap films. Flyover for the last seven days. Twelve months of history, and your raw data out as JSON or GPX. PREMIUM Today's session. Your sleep reserve. Your places. Flyover for older routes. Every route you draw kept (the first one is free). History past twelve months. Reports and every export format. Monthly, yearly, or once and yours for good. PRIVACY Health numbers stay on your iPhone. No account, no sign in. Your scores are computed on your iPhone, and there is no language model anywhere in the app. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

FlowTraces · Mimo2 screens
Aera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: FlowTraces · Mimo at 18.0 against Aera's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. FlowTraces · Mimo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Aera sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FlowTraces · Mimo ships an update every 3 days, Aera every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
FlowTraces · Mimo versus Aera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlowTraces · MimoAera
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB111 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAYTAC ARSLANGergo Varga

In-app purchases

2 purchases

FlowTraces · Mimo

Subscriptions2
  • FlowTraces Premium Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • FlowTraces Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
3 purchases

Aera

Subscriptions2
  • Aera Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Aera Premium Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is FlowTraces · Mimo free?
FlowTraces · Mimo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Aera free?
Aera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FlowTraces · Mimo or Aera have ads?
Neither FlowTraces · Mimo nor Aera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FlowTraces · Mimo or Aera?
FlowTraces · Mimo ships an update every 3 days, and Aera every 4 days. Most recently, FlowTraces · Mimo was updated on October 15, 2026 and Aera on October 24, 2026.

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