Monkey Meditation vs Tide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Monkey Meditation
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Find your calm with Monkey Meditation โ a guided breathing app that turns daily practice into a journey. JOURNEY TO THE WEST Walk the legendary path of the Monkey King: 21 stops from the Stone Monkey to the Western Heaven. Every minute of practice moves your monkey forward. Unlock hand-painted scenes, read the story of each stop and finish it with a themed story meditation. BREATHING EXERCISES Follow visual breathing guides that walk you through inhale, hold and exhale patterns โ including Wim Hof style rounds with breath retention. Watch the animated circle fill and empty as you breathe along. THREE DIFFICULTY LEVELS - Easy: gentle patterns for beginners - Medium: balanced exercises for regular practice - Hard: advanced sequences for experienced meditators GROW YOUR CHARACTER Keep a daily streak and your monkey grows โ from a novice to a robed guru, with new practice locations to match. AMBIENT SOUNDS Relax with calming background audio that helps you stay present during your practice. PRO SUBSCRIPTION Unlock the full meditation library and the Journey to the West with Pro โ monthly or annual, both with a free 7-day trial. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Terms of Use: https://hackyou.io/terms Privacy Policy: https://hackyou.io/privacy_monkey
Tide
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Tide is a breathing timer, built around your own rhythm. Build a pattern from scratch: set your own hold times, chain together repeatable step sets, and choose whether a session ends after a set number of rounds or after a fixed length of time. Once it's saved, it works exactly like any other pattern in the app. Not sure where to start? Three patterns are ready to go: Box breathing (4-4-4-4): used to reset under pressure. Equal parts inhale, hold, exhale, hold. 4-7-8: a technique for unwinding. A long exhale that signals to your nervous system that it's safe to slow down. Calm (3-2-5-2): a gentle everyday pattern. Slightly longer exhale than inhale, designed for quiet moments and transitions. Tide also runs on Apple Watch. Start a session from your wrist with quick-start presets and rounds mode. Chime and haptic settings sync automatically between your phone and watch. No narration. No scores. Just the rhythm you choose. Tide is made by Quiet Leaf LLC. See what else we're building at quietleaf.dev.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tide at none against Monkey Meditation's 2. Tide also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Monkey Meditation's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Monkey Meditation sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Tide asks for nothing beyond the download.
Monkey Meditation ships an update every 3 days, Tide every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Monkey Meditation | Tide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days โ better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Orlov | Quiet Leaf LLC |
In-app purchases
Monkey Meditation
- Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- Pro Annual$49.991 Year
Tide
No in-app purchases








