Being Boring vs NextExercise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
Read full descriptionHide full description
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
NextExercise
Read full descriptionHide full description
If you have a bunch of physical therapy exercises you never find the time to do, and you think you could do one every once in a while if only you could remember which one is next, this app may be for you. Or if you want to do the NPR Body Electric Challenge and want to vary your exercise break activities, this app could be for you. iOS App Features: - Create exercises manually or import them from a text file. - Edit exercise descriptions and colors. - Mark an exercise complete when you finish it. That will send it to the bottom of the list. - Set reminders to take an exercise break over a period of time. watchOS App Features - Mark an exercise complete when you finish it. That will send it to the bottom of the list. For reference, NPR Body Electric Links The Challenge: https://www.npr.org/2024/01/09/1223626389/body-electric-challenge-start-the-new-year-off-with-movement-breaks The Challenge Signup: https://www.npr.org/newsletter/body-electric Body Electric Home: https://www.npr.org/series/1199526213/body-electric This app does NOT send data to store any of your exercises to workouts. This app does not track you.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Being Boring at 4 against NextExercise's —. NextExercise's advantage is iOS requirement (17.4 vs 27.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Being Boring | NextExercise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (22 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 81.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 27.0 | 17.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Borg Apps AB | Sarah Contini |
In-app purchases
Being Boring
No in-app purchases
NextExercise
No in-app purchases









