Comparison

Swayni vs Zen mode

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

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About

Swayni

Features
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Swayni is a workout timer that talks you through every move, so you can put the phone down and just train. Follow illustrated demonstrations for all 86 built-in exercises. Browse exercises by body area, or choose areas and a length from Today to generate a quick workout. VOICE COACHING, HANDS-FREE Swayni announces every exercise, set, round and rest out loud, with an up-next preview before the rest ends. Lock the screen or switch apps and the cues keep playing. Voice guidance works offline. APPLE WATCH COMPANION Start a workout on iPhone and Swayni opens on your Apple Watch. Raise your wrist to see the current move, countdown, heart rate and energy, and pause, resume or skip from your wrist, even with your iPhone locked. Workouts are saved to Health and count toward your Activity rings, with average and max heart rate and energy burned when you finish. SEE EACH BODY AREA GROW Body-area analysis shows which areas you have trained and how each one is changing, on a body map you can switch between male and female figures. OPEN IT AND TRAIN Choose body areas and a length, and Swayni puts a workout together in one tap. Want something different? Shuffle for another. Like it? Save it. EVERY EXERCISE GETS STRONGER Each exercise keeps its own history, so you can see your latest sessions and how the movement is progressing. A WEEKLY PLAN THAT FITS A quick setup arranges what to train on each day of the week. The Today tab shows the day's workout at a glance, and an activity heatmap keeps your consistency in view. BUILD IT YOUR WAY Combine prep time, exercises, reps, holds, rounds and rests, nested however you like. Save your own exercises with photos, notes and left or right sides, and preview the full timeline and duration before you begin. ALSO INCLUDED โ€ข Official workouts by body area, no equipment needed โ€ข A built-in exercise library you can copy from โ€ข Lock Screen and Dynamic Island live status โ€ข Siri and Shortcuts to start a workout hands-free โ€ข Optional background music and rhythm cues โ€ข Made for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch SWAYNI PRO Swayni is free to start. Pro adds unlimited saved workouts and exercises, longer-range body-area and exercise analysis, iCloud sync across your devices, pinning a favorite workout to a weekday, personalized theme colors and app icons, and no app recommendations. Your own workout records stay free to view, even if Pro ends. Pro also includes the Apple Watch companion and linked workouts, so a warm-up you edit once stays in sync everywhere. Pro is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription (the yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers), or as a one-time lifetime purchase that covers offline features; future features that need servers are not included. Prices vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. PRIVACY No account needed. Your workouts, notes, photos and history live on your device, and are synced only through your own iCloud if you turn on Pro sync. Swayni doesn't listen to your microphone, track your movement or assess your form. When you train with Apple Watch, workouts are saved to the Health app with your permission; heart rate and energy are shown on your devices and never uploaded by Swayni. Swayni provides workout guidance, not medical advice. Start conservatively and stop if you feel pain, dizziness or unusual discomfort. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Zen mode

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Take a Break From the Scroll Pause the impulse. Find your calm. We all know the moment: you unlock your phone to check one thing, open a scrolling app, and somehow twenty minutes disappear. This lightweight app helps you interrupt that habit before the scroll begins. When you feel the urge to open a distracting or doomscrolling app, take a moment instead. Start a short Zen Session and let calming music create a quiet space between the impulse and the action. Ikoi: A simpler way to pause - Interrupt automatic scrolling Add the apps you tend to open mindlessly and create a gentle barrier before launching them. - Start a Zen Session Replace the urge to scroll with a focused moment of calm. - Relax with Zen music Listen to soothing sounds and music while you breathe, reset, or simply do nothing. - Lightweight by design No complicated productivity system. No endless statistics. Just a small tool that helps you take back a few moments of your day. Less scrolling. More presence. The goal isn't to make you use your phone less by force. It's to give you a moment to decidewhether you actually want to use it. Inspired by the simplicity of digital wellbeing concepts, this app focuses on one simple idea: Pause before you scroll. Your attention is valuable. Spend it intentionally. This app is free to use. If you enjoy it, consider a small donation to support the developer and future updates. Thank you! https://buymeacoffee.com/sudhanshusharma Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sudhanshu746.github.io/ikoi/

Screenshots

Swayni4 screens
Zen mode4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Zen mode at none against Swayni's 3. Zen mode also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Swayni's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Swayni sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Zen mode asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 2 level
Swayni versus Zen mode: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwayniZen mode
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysโ€”
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size63 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerๅญฆๆ–ฐ ๅމSudhanshu Sharma

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Swayni

Subscriptions2
  • Pro โ€” Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pro โ€” Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro โ€” Lifetime$19.99
None

Zen mode

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Swayni free?
Swayni is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Zen mode free?
Zen mode is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Swayni or Zen mode have ads?
Swayni shows ads; Zen mode does not.

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