Practice vs Prana
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Practice
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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.
Prana
This app offers a visual pacer for guided breathing exercises with clear cues for inhale, hold, and exhale. It provides various breathing techniques and can be used on iPhone and Apple Watch, with optional integration into Apple Health.
- Visual breathing pacer
- Inhale, hold, exhale cues
- Multiple breathing techniques
- Sound and haptic cues
- On-device practice history
- Apple Health integration
- iPhone and Apple Watch support
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Make room to breathe. Prana is a quiet visual pacer for the moment you are in, not another meditation library. Short practices on iPhone and Apple Watch, with clear inhale, hold, and exhale cues. Choose a moment: before a call, after a workout, at bedside, or whenever you need a reset. Free to start (may include ads). Prana Plus is a one-time unlock: ad-free practice plus more flexibility. No account. No subscription. No tracking of your practice history off-device. • Follow clear inhale, hold, and exhale phases with a calm animated field. • Practice Box Breathing, gentle paced breathing, 4-7-8, Cyclic Sigh, prolonged exhale, and Alternate Nostril breathing. • Use sound and haptic cues, or practice silently. • Review your practice history on-device. • Optionally save completed practices to Apple Health as Mindful Minutes. • Use Prana on iPhone or Apple Watch. Prana is a breathing pacer for wellness and focus. It does not diagnose, treat, or prevent any medical condition. Choose a comfortable pace and stop if a technique feels uncomfortable.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Practice at none against Prana's 1. Practice also leads on ads (none vs shown). Prana's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price 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
Both are free to download. Prana sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Practice asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Practice | Prana |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Myroslava Verbytska | Shubhranshu Kumar |
In-app purchases
Practice
No in-app purchases
Prana
- Prana Plus$5.99









