Comparison

Being Boring vs Stress Duck

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

Head to head
About

Being Boring

Engage in simple, repetitive tasks to promote relaxation, reduce stress, and enhance focus. This app offers various interactive exercises designed to clear the mind and boost creativity through mindful engagement.

Highlights
  • Interactive touch-based exercises
  • Gravity-sensitive dot manipulation
  • Swipe-based dot interaction
  • Line drawing connection game
  • Magnet-like dot attraction
  • Finger painting within shapes
  • Number matching game
  • Number counting exercise
Features
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Just be, right now. Relax and meditate for a short while with Being Boring for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Apple TV. Concentrate on a repetitive and monotone task for a few minutes - like a game without a goal. Being Boring can help you reduce stress, focus, clear your mind and to kickstart your creativity. So the next time you have a few moments to spare, practice mindfulness by being boring. Here are the different things you can do in Being Boring (double tap or long press on the screen to choose): • Touch - Touch a dot and it disappears to appear somewhere else and then you can touch that and so on • Gravity - Three dots move depending on how you move your device • Swipe - Swipe the dot and it will glide away and bounce off the edges of the screen • Connect - By touching a dot a line between that dot and the previous dot is drawn • Magnet - Drag a dot from the center of the screen and release it and will be drawn back by a magnet • Paint - Draw with your finger within a shape and it will empty a few seconds after the last touch • Numbers - Choose the correct number from 1 to 9 from random buttons • Count - Scroll a list of numbers from 1 to 999

About

Stress Duck

This app helps you manage daily stress and track your mood. It integrates with Apple Health to display health data like step count and sleep, offering a simple way to monitor your well-being and encourage happiness.

Highlights
  • Daily mood and stress status check
  • Apple Health data integration
  • View step count, sleep, and calorie info
  • Privacy-focused data handling
  • Encourages happiness and stress reduction
Features
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We wave goodbye to the pressure in life and work, and let the pressure GO! GO! GO! Life is complicated enough, so we hope to bring you a simple and brisk interactive experience. We promise not to obtain any of your private information for uploading or sharing it with other third parties. Please feel free to use it as it will not cause you any new anxiety or irritability. Easily check your daily mood and stress status, adjust yourself every day, and remember to stay happy. Never punish yourself for other people’s mistakes~ Supports viewing partial health information for each week and specified days, Now supports viewing, step count, sleep, mindfulness, and calorie information. At last - The heart rate variability (HRV) and other heart rate-related data obtained are obtained with authorization from Apple Health. We only display them and do not store and forward them. Be sure to protect your privacy. - The data information provided in the APP is for reference only and is not recommended for use in any medical advice or diagnostic results. Before making any health-related decisions, always seek the advice of a physician; only a physician can make an accurate diagnosis of your individual situation. - Finally, I hope you say goodbye to stress. Come on~ Remember to authorize us to access your health data~

Screenshots

Being Boring4 screens
Stress Duck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Being Boring at 81% against Stress Duck's 0%. Stress Duck's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 27.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Being Boring ships an update every 6 months, Stress Duck every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Being Boring versus Stress Duck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeing BoringStress Duck
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (22 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS27.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB27 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPeter Borg Apps AB子龙 郭

Customer experience

Being Boring

All ratings22 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative12.5%

Stress Duck

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Being Boring

No in-app purchases

None

Stress Duck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Being Boring free?
Being Boring is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stress Duck free?
Stress Duck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Being Boring or Stress Duck have ads?
Neither Being Boring nor Stress Duck shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Being Boring or Stress Duck?
Being Boring ships an update every 6 months, and Stress Duck every 2 days. Most recently, Being Boring was updated on October 23, 2026 and Stress Duck on October 23, 2026.

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