Comparison

Beating vs Garden

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

Head to head
About

Beating

Features
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Beating turns the heart-rate data in your Apple Health into clear trends and insights. • Your daily heart rhythm See your whole day across seven segments — late night, early morning, morning, lunch, afternoon, evening rest, and night — to find your calmest and most stressful moments. • Monthly analysis Look back day by day in a calendar view and track resting heart rate, heart-rate variability (HRV), and heart-rate zones over time. • Family & groups Invite family and friends, start challenges around resting HR, recovery speed, or active days, and see whose heart stays steadiest. • Weather context The current local temperature appears next to your home greeting (data from Apple Weather). • iCloud sync Syncs across your devices through your iCloud account by default — your data is there after a new phone or reinstall. • Privacy first All heart-rate data comes from Apple Health. Beating only reads it for display — it never writes, never sells, and never uses it for ads. Beating is a tool for visualizing and tracking your health data and does not provide medical diagnosis or advice. Medical Disclaimer: Beating is for visualizing and tracking data from Apple Health only. It does not provide medical diagnosis, advice, or treatment and is not a substitute for professional medical care. Consult a physician for any health concerns and before making any medical decisions.

About

Garden

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Garden turns staying sober into something you can see. Every day you check in, a flower grows. Over weeks and months those days become a garden you can look at: quiet proof of what you've done. Garden needs a Garden Plus subscription. Start with a 7-day free trial on the yearly plan. HOW IT WORKS Pick the habit you want to leave behind and answer a few questions about your reasons. You get a plan that starts from your own answers. Then check in each day; it takes seconds. A flower is planted, your counter keeps climbing, and the garden fills in. WHAT'S INSIDE • A living garden: one flower for every day you check in, from 10 painted species • Sober counter: days, hours and minutes since you started • Daily check-in: mark the day, and add how you felt if you want to • Calendar: every day laid out; tap one to see its flower and your mood • 30 milestones: from your first day to ten years, each one celebrated • Petals: collect one for every hour you show up, and fill your jar • Money saved: what you're keeping, by week, month and year • A daily reflection to carry with you • Hope: an AI companion to talk to when cravings hit • Your journey: correct your start date, or begin a new streak when you need to. Your garden, check-ins and milestones stay NEED HELP NOW? The "Need help now?" button never needs a subscription. It opens crisis lines for your region, or a directory to find one, and a short breathing exercise that may help you get through a craving. It is free for everyone. HABITS YOU CAN TRACK Alcohol Ā· Tobacco Ā· Vaping Ā· Sugar Ā· Caffeine Ā· Social Media Ā· Gambling and more: 40 habits, each with the same counter, garden and milestones. HONEST ABOUT HARD DAYS Relapsed? Say so. That day plants nothing, but your garden keeps every flower you already grew and your milestones stay yours. When you're ready, begin a new streak. Recovery isn't a clean line, and this app doesn't pretend otherwise. YOURS, ON YOUR DEVICE No account. No sign-up. No email address. Your answers, check-ins, moods and garden are saved on your phone. When you message Hope, that conversation is sent to our AI provider to write a reply. The app also shares anonymous usage statistics to help us improve it. Details are in the Privacy Policy. Available in English, Portuguese and Spanish. Garden is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any medical condition. Talk to a doctor or other health professional for medical advice, and before stopping alcohol or other substances, because stopping suddenly can be dangerous. Garden is not an emergency service. GARDEN PLUS Garden Plus subscription required after a 7-day free trial on the yearly plan. The free trial is for eligible new subscribers, and the monthly plan has no free trial. Prices are shown in the app before you subscribe. The help button and crisis lines are free for everyone, with no subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, or when the free trial ends. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the free trial or the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple Account settings. To avoid a charge, cancel at least 24 hours before the free trial ends. Privacy Policy: https://lucasribeiro.dev/garden/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ One day at a time.

Screenshots

Beating4 screens
Garden4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Beating at none against Garden's 4. Garden's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Garden sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Beating asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beating ships an update every 4 days, Garden weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Beating versus Garden: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeatingGarden
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, Mac, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB73 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer铭 ē½—LVR SERVICES LTDA

In-app purchases

None

Beating

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Garden

Subscriptions2
  • Garden Plus - Monthly Subscription$8.991 Month
  • Garden Plus - Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time2
  • Monthly Subscription$4.99
  • Yearly Subscription$24.99

Questions

Is Beating free?
Beating is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Garden free?
Garden is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Beating or Garden have ads?
Neither Beating nor Garden shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beating or Garden?
Beating ships an update every 4 days, and Garden weekly. Most recently, Beating was updated on November 5, 2026 and Garden on October 31, 2026.

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