Comparison

Moment vs Shift

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

Head to head
About

Moment

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Stress pulls us out of the present. Moment helps you notice it, and come back. Apple Watch quietly records heart rate variability (HRV) throughout the day. Moment reads those saved readings from Apple Health and does one thing with them: compares each one with your own personal baseline - never a chart-topping stranger's, never a universal "good" number. The result is a single word, a friendly face named Momo, and a short sentence in plain language. YOUR BASELINE, NOT A LEADERBOARD Moment builds a personal baseline from your last 28 days of readings and waits until it has enough of them before saying anything at all. Every level - settled, typical, elevated - is relative to you. TODAY, AT A GLANCE One screen answers the question you actually have: how am I doing? The latest reading, where it sits in your usual range, the last six hours against your baseline, today against yesterday, and this week against last - with the day's shape drawn hour by hour beside your heart rate. TRENDS THAT SPEAK Seven, thirty, and ninety days of daily medians, your baseline drawn through them, and short written observations - mornings versus evenings, easier weeks and heavier ones - so you're never left to interpret a chart alone. GENTLE NOTIFICATIONS, OFF BY DEFAULT If you'd like, Moment can tap you on the shoulder: a note when a new reading arrives, a note when one lands unusually high or low against your own range, and a morning summary of yesterday at a time you choose. Alerts appear on your Apple Watch whenever your iPhone is locked. TAKE A MOMENT A one-, three-, or five-minute guided breathing exercise with Momo our flower, which opens as you breathe in and folds as you breathe out, with haptics that swell and settle on the same curve. ON YOUR WRIST The watch app gives you the now, the week's rhythm, and a breathing pause - three pages, one turn of the Digital Crown apart. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No analytics. No ads. No uploads. Your health data is read from Apple Health with your permission, stays on your devices, and is never transmitted anywhere. Moment reads only HRV and heart rate - nothing else. Moment is a wellness experience, not a medical device. It does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition. Apple Watch decides when HRV is recorded; Moment cannot start a measurement. Requires an Apple Watch for HRV readings, and permission to read Heart Rate Variability and Heart Rate from Apple Health.

About

Shift

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Shift is an interval timer made as simple as possible (but not any simpler). Set up in seconds: β€’ Work β€’ Rest β€’ Repeat How long you exercise – how long you recover – how many rounds. That’s all. Tap Start and Shift takes it from there. Finished workouts stay in History, so your last workout can be your next preset. Load it and go. A few essentials: β€’ Voice cues or simple tones that don’t lower your music β€’ Keeps time in the background β€’ A Live Activity on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island β€’ A workout display you can turn sideways β€’ Made for iPhone and iPad Completely free. No ads, no paywall, no subscriptions. No accounts, analytics or tracking. Your workouts stay on your device.

Screenshots

Moment4 screens
Shift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Shift at 2 against Moment's β€”. Moment's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Moment versus Shift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMomentShift
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 4 days
Adsβ€”No
In-app purchasesNoNo
Devicesβ€”iPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS17.0 β€” better26
Further details β€” not scored
Size5 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPerspective Global Pty LtdJorick van Meijeren

In-app purchases

None

Moment

No in-app purchases

None

Shift

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Moment free?
Moment is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shift free?
Shift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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