Comparison

Drift vs Medito

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

Head to head
About

Drift

This app offers quick, 60-second calming experiences designed to combat endless scrolling and promote relaxation. It features interactive visuals, guided breathing exercises, ambient soundscapes, bite-sized puzzles, and short narrated interludes for moments of decompression. The app is built for real-life use, requiring no sign-up or lengthy tutorials.

Highlights
  • 60-second calming experiences
  • Dedicated Sleep Mode with soundscapes and timers
  • Interactive visual exercises
  • Guided breathing exercises
  • Ambient soundscapes with full-screen visuals
  • Bite-sized brain games
  • Short narrated interludes
Features
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It's late, and you meant to be asleep an hour ago. Put on the rain, a box fan or a slow piano, set a timer, and let Drift play you to sleep. Every sound in Drift has its own scene, drawn live and slow enough to fall asleep to: snow over a line of pines, embers lifting off a fire, moon jellies drifting up through dark water. Watch it, or hide the controls and let it fill the screen. 34 SOUNDS, SEVEN KINDS Rain, Water, Noise, Nature, Night, Ambient and Instrumental. Thunderstorms and rain on leaves, ocean waves and a stream, a box fan and a deep drone, crickets and cicadas, a crackling fire, a singing bowl, a cat purring, even the clack of a mechanical keyboard. INSTRUMENTAL Eight calm tracks for the end of the day, from Night Piano and Violin Lullaby to Banjo Blues. Every sound in Drift loops without a seam, so there's no pause or jump to wake you. A TIMER FOR FALLING ASLEEP Choose 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes, or play until you stop it. The sound fades out over the last half minute, the screen dims while it plays, and it keeps going with your phone locked. Play and pause right from the lock screen. MIX YOUR OWN Layer up to four sounds, like rain over crickets with a fan underneath, and set each one's volume. Save the sounds and mixes you reach for and start them in one tap. A NIGHTLIGHT Turn your screen into a soft, even light in one of six colors, and dim it down to a faint glow. Your sound keeps playing underneath. WHAT'S FREE AND WHAT'S PREMIUM Six sounds are free, with every timer and the mixer: Rainy Night, Ocean Waves, Forest Morning, Singing Bowl, Night Piano and Violin Lullaby. Premium opens all 34 sounds, the nightlight, and new sounds as they land. Try it free for 7 days with the yearly plan. After that it's 29.99 a year, or 3.99 a month, and you can cancel anytime. NOTHING TO SET UP No sign-up and no account. Open Drift, tap a sound, and put the phone down. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://basicapps.tech/privacy

About

Medito

This app offers a tranquil space for daily mindfulness, featuring guided breathing exercises, meditation sessions, and sleep aids. It integrates with Apple devices and HealthKit, with a focus on gentle progress tracking and privacy.

Highlights
  • Guided breathing exercises
  • Meditation sessions
  • Sleep wind-down modes
  • Ambient soundscapes
  • Apple Watch companion
  • HealthKit integration
  • Gentle progress tracking
Features
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Medito is a quiet space for your day — designed for people who want meditation to feel like a soft place, not another habit tracker. THREE MODES, ONE BREATH Choose Breathe to settle your nervous system, Meditate to sit with awareness, or Sleep to wind down. Each mode is guided by a living orb that gently expands and softens with your breath, paired with subtle haptics and a phase-locked breath cue you can feel as much as hear. HAND-PICKED AMBIENT SOUNDSCAPES Layer in rain on a window, ocean at low tide, a forest at dawn, a flowing stream, a crackling fireplace, or crickets at dusk. All recordings loop seamlessly with a soft cross-fade. Explore the Sound Lab to preview and mix. MINDFUL PHONE — NEW Meditate your phone, not just your mind. Mindful Phone is the fourth orb on Home. • A calm home screen of words — launcher widgets with only the apps you choose, a clock and a plain wallpaper • A pause before the apps that pull you in, with a slow breath before you go on — and on iOS 26.4 or later, a moment to say why now and how long you need • Pause all day or on a schedule, go strict when it matters, or let your iPhone's Sleep or Work Focus switch it on • Describe your goal in words and get a plan, using on-device Apple Intelligence where available • Insights that compare today with a usual day: pickups, your hardest hours and the time your pauses won back Screen Time data is worked out on your iPhone and never leaves it. Mindful Phone needs Screen Time access. ACROSS YOUR APPLE DEVICES • Apple Watch companion — start a session straight from your wrist with haptic-only breath cues • Widgets — your streak, total minutes, and per-mode quick-start tiles right on your Home Screen and Lock Screen • Live Activities — see your remaining time on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island while you sit • iCloud sync (Pro) — your streak, stats, and preferences follow you to every device, instantly • Awake Display — Medito gently keeps the screen on during a session so the orb stays with you GENTLE PROGRESS, NEVER PRESSURE • Track your streak, total minutes, and total sessions • Log a one-tap mood after each session and watch patterns emerge over time • Set a soft daily reminder at the time that suits you — it nudges, it doesn't nag • Open Health to write your mindful minutes back to Apple Health automatically MEDITO PRO • Every session length — up to 15 minutes to breathe, 30 to meditate and 45 to sleep • The full ambient sound library • iCloud sync of your streak, stats and preferences Choose yearly or monthly, both with a 2-week free trial for new subscribers, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions can be shared with your family through Family Sharing. The free tier always includes Breathe, Meditate and Sleep at core lengths, your streak and stats, widgets, Live Activities, the Apple Watch app, Apple Health and two ambient sounds. No ads, ever. MEDITO + MINDFUL PHONE Everything in Medito Pro, plus Mindful Phone. Yearly or every 3 months, both with a 2-week free trial for new subscribers, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Moving up from a Medito Pro subscription replaces it, so you're never billed for both. Own Medito Pro Lifetime? Add Mindful Phone for life on its own. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage them in your App Store account settings. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-up, no email • No analytics, no advertising, no third-party trackers • Your stats live on your device and in your private iCloud — never on our servers, because we don't run servers • HealthKit data is read and written only with your explicit permission and never leaves Apple's protected store DURATIONS THAT FIT YOUR LIFE From a one-minute reset before a meeting to a forty-five-minute wind-down on a slow Sunday evening, Medito meets you where you are. Open it. Breathe once. See how you feel. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Drift4 screens
Medito4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Drift at 5.0 against Medito's 4.5. Drift also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium). Medito's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Drift sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Medito sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Drift holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Drift ships an update every 5 days, Medito every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Drift versus Medito: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDriftMedito
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size167 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSean TrapaniRaghava Naidu

Customer experience

Drift

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Medito

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Drift

Subscriptions2
  • Drift Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Drift Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
3 purchases

Medito

Subscriptions2
  • Medito Pro Monthly14 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Medito Pro Yearly14 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Medito Pro$49.99

Questions

Is Drift free?
Drift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Medito free?
Medito is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Drift or Medito?
Drift is rated higher. Drift averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Medito averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Drift or Medito have ads?
Neither Drift nor Medito shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Drift or Medito?
Drift ships an update every 5 days, and Medito every 4 days. Most recently, Drift was updated on October 20, 2026 and Medito on October 9, 2026.

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