Comparison

Heed vs LetBe

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

Head to head
About

Heed

This app offers guided listening exercises designed to improve focus and reduce rumination. It uses spatial audio to create an immersive experience, helping users train their attention through structured sound-based practices.

Highlights
  • Guided spatial audio sessions
  • Attention Training Technique (ATT)
  • Customizable sound mixes
  • Library of crafted soundscapes
  • Practice tracking and session stats
  • Gentle practice reminders
Features
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Heed is a guided practice space for the Attention Training Technique (ATT) — a structured listening exercise described in published metacognitive research, delivered as a 12-minute spatial-audio session. Through regular practice, the goal is to help you interrupt negative thinking patterns and build flexible control over where your focus goes. Put on headphones. Several sounds take their places around you — behind, beside, above. A calm voice guides you through three phases: focus on a single sound while the others compete, switch your attention between sounds on cue, then widen out and hold them all at once. That's the whole practice. It's simple, and it's genuinely hard — that's the point. SPATIAL AUDIO • The original technique places each sound at a different location in the room — a structure no flat recording can reproduce • Heed restores it with true 3D audio — works with any headphones SOUND MIXES • Start with sounds selected to work well together, then preview, swap, or shuffle them if you like • Save combinations you like and return to them anytime SCENES • A growing library of crafted soundscapes — a forge in the rain, a crowded coffeehouse, a reef twelve meters down… • Each scene is a composed atmosphere: sounds chosen to belong together YOUR PRACTICE • Your practice is tracked with session stats and trends over time — stored on your device • Optional questions after each session trace your progress • Gentle reminders help you keep a regular practice, at your own pace FREE & PREMIUM Heed is fully functional for free: the complete guided training, a selection of scenes, and Sound Mixes using a starter sound library — no time limits. Premium unlocks the full scene and sound catalog, available as a monthly or annual subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. DISCLAIMER Heed is a tool for self-guided practice, not a substitute for therapy or medical care. Terms of Service: https://excessive-raptor-1ad.notion.site/Heed-Terms-of-Service-39cca91f51548008997feb22f907c34b

About

LetBe

Features
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Thoughts come. Thoughts move on. LetBe helps you step out of the rumination loop — not by pushing thoughts away, but by learning to let them move on. Based on principles of metacognitive therapy, translated into plain language. PARK YOUR THOUGHTS When a thought starts spinning, park it. It rises into your night sky as a glowing dot — not gone, just waiting. Once a day, at your worry time, you go through what's parked. By then, most of it has taken care of itself. CHECK YOUR WORRIES A worry is a prediction. LetBe remembers it and asks later: how did it actually turn out? Your evidence archive shows you, in black and white, how often your fears actually came true. PRACTICE LETTING GO Guided audio exercises with a calm voice: place thoughts on leaves in a stream, let them drift away as clouds, or send them off on trains. TRAIN YOUR ATTENTION Attention Training (ATT) uses soundscapes to practice deciding where your listening goes — the core of the metacognitive method. PRIVATE, NO ACCOUNT No sign-up, no tracking, no ads. Your thoughts stay on your device. LETBE PLUS The method is free and stays free. A one-time purchase (no subscription) unlocks all soundscapes, additional exercises and the voice choice. Note: LetBe is a self-help tool and no substitute for therapy or treatment. If something weighs on you heavily, talk to a doctor or a counseling service. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://letbe.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Heed4 screens
LetBe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Heed at every 3 days against LetBe's every 2 weeks. LetBe's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Heed sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and LetBe sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Heed ships an update every 3 days, LetBe every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Heed versus LetBe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeedLetBe
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size378 MB108 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSK95 Engineering ABManuel Bucher

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Heed

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Annual$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$49.99
1 purchases

LetBe

One-time1
  • LetBe Plus$8.99

Questions

Is Heed free?
Heed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LetBe free?
LetBe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Heed or LetBe have ads?
Neither Heed nor LetBe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Heed or LetBe?
Heed ships an update every 3 days, and LetBe every 2 weeks. Most recently, Heed was updated on November 1, 2026 and LetBe on October 31, 2026.

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