Comparison

Seeking Balance vs Practice

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

Head to head
About

Seeking Balance

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Poker tests your mind more than your cards. Seeking Balance is a calm, audio-first trainer for the mental side of the game — short guided sessions for focus, tilt, and composure, before, during, and after you play. No streaks. No pressure. Just a quiet place to steady yourself and come back to center. WHAT'S INSIDE • Field Kit — short guided audio organized by the moment you're in: before a session, mid-hand, after a tough beat, or anytime. • In-Game Reset — a one-tap breathing reset with a simple visual to slow down at the table. • Courses — guided, sequential journeys. Begin with "The Mental Game, From Scratch," a ground-up introduction to seeing what's happening and reading what you need, then go deeper with "The Retreat." • Focus check-ins — a gentle, streak-free way to notice how you're showing up over time. MEMBERSHIP Your first week is free, with no card required — it unlocks the entire library, every session and course, including "The Mental Game, From Scratch." After that, keep full access with a membership: • Monthly — $49.99 • Annual — $449.99 • Lifetime — $999.00 (one-time) Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Monthly and annual memberships renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Lifetime is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://jaredalderman.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://jaredalderman.com/terms

About

Practice

Features
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A meditation timer should be the one thing you do not have to check. Practice is a quiet, reliable meditation timer for people who prefer to meditate on their own. Choose a familiar duration or build a multi-stage preset, select starting and ending sounds, silence or ambience – and put your phone down. The active timer is saved on your iPhone, keeps accurate time while the app is in the background, and restores the exact state when you return. Pauses and interruptions are not counted as meditation. For extra reassurance, you can enable a system alarm as a backup shortly after the practice ends. Practice stays out of the way while you sit. Dim the screen with one tap, or control the timer from Live Activity, Dynamic Island, and the Lock Screen. When you finish, see the time you actually meditated. A simple calendar and clear statistics show your total time, average practice length, completed practices, and days meditated – to notice a habit forming, without pressure or competition. HIGHLIGHTS • Unlimited custom presets with multiple timed stages • Four distinct bowl and gong sounds • Silent meditation and optional ambience sound • Background timing and accurate recovery • Live Activity, Dynamic Island, and Lock Screen controls • Progress calendar and practice statistics • iCloud sync, data export, and restore No separate account is required. Your data is stored locally and, when sync is enabled, in your private iCloud. We do not keep a separate copy of your meditation history or use third-party analytics SDKs. No courses. No feed. Just a dependable place to meditate on your own.

Screenshots

Seeking Balance4 screens
Practice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Practice at none against Seeking Balance's 3. Seeking Balance's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Seeking Balance sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $49.99 per month. Practice asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Seeking Balance versus Practice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeeking BalancePractice
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB41 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJared AldermanMyroslava Verbytska

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Seeking Balance

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Membership$49.991 Month
  • Yearly Membership$449.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Membership$999.00
None

Practice

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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