Comparison

Being Boring vs Slow Bloom

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

Slow Bloom

Features
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Slow Bloom Grow time gently. Tap to gather light. Nurture flora. Watch your garden evolve through seasons of consciousness. Slow Bloom is a meditative idle experience where patience becomes beauty. No timers. No pressure. Just the gentle accumulation of light and the gradual transformation of your personal garden. - Tap to gather light - Grow six unique flora: Moss, Fern, Vine, Bush, Willow, and cosmic Starbloom - Watch your garden evolve from dawn to transcendence - Gentle ambient soundscapes that breathe with your garden - Haptic feedback tuned for meditation What we don't include: - No ads. Ever. - No notifications demanding your return - No timers or energy systems - No social pressure or leaderboards - No dark patterns This is not a game to win. It's a garden to tend. Eternal Bloom ($4.99) unlocks Starbloom flora, cosmic visual themes, and iCloud sync for gardeners who wish to support continued development. "Peace over pressure."

Screenshots

Being Boring4 screens
Slow Bloom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Being Boring at 4 against Slow Bloom's 2. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Being Boring versus Slow Bloom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeing BoringSlow Bloom
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (22 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS27.026.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter Borg Apps ABAgam Brahma

In-app purchases

None

Being Boring

No in-app purchases

None

Slow Bloom

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Being Boring free?
Being Boring is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Slow Bloom free?
Slow Bloom is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Being Boring or Slow Bloom have ads?
Neither Being Boring nor Slow Bloom shows ads.

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