Comparison

Being Boring vs Earplug

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

Earplug

This minimalist relaxation app provides a single, high-quality masking sound designed to cover distracting environmental noises. It offers a distraction-free experience for sleep, meditation, and concentration, with simple controls and no interruptions.

Highlights
  • Masks distracting noises
  • Minimalist design
  • Distraction-free interface
  • High-quality masking sound
  • Simple controls
  • Works with headphones and speakers
Features
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"La semplicità è la suprema sofisticazione" -- Leonardo da Vinci Earplug is a minimalist relaxation app. When you can't sleep, reach for Earplug. It only does one thing... perfectly. Sleep, meditate and concentrate soundly with a buttery–smooth "masking" track that can help to hide: • Snoring • Sirens • Wild animals • Distant screams • Neighbors • Poltergeists • Sadness • Breathing EARPLUG SOUND Earplug Sound is our proudest creation: it's a rarefied blend of pink and white noise looped and spun like silk; Earplug’s Sound pairs up perfectly with almost any source of environmental noise, helping to lessen its impact and free your mind. DISTRACTION-FREE APP When you need Earplug most, you're either half-asleep or you want to be. You don't want to fiddle. You want the app that was created by experts in audio and user interface to guide your experience. Earplug has no options, no popups and no nags... Ever! We made Earplug because we're like you. We love sleep-sound apps but never found what we were searching for, so we built our own: Earplug. It's distraction-free in its sound, design and stability, and it's quality from beginning to end. INSTRUCTIONS • Unlock your iPhone, iPad or Mac • Open the Earplug app Earplug can also be controlled from the Control Center, Apple Watch, and the iPhone lock screen. The App also works great with headphones (especially Sony WH-1000XM3 Wireless Noise-Canceling Headphones and Bose QuietComfort 35 Series II) and external speakers. The App will resume after your alarm or timer goes off, and will respond to the Bluetooth media controls on your lock screen. SLEEP Sleep isn't something you do. Wait for it! TELL US WHAT YOU THINK With all questions, comments and feedback email us at support [at] confusionStudios [dot] com. THANKS Thanks for checking out Earplug and sweet dreams!

Screenshots

Being Boring4 screens
Earplug4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Being Boring at Free against Earplug's $8.99. Earplug's advantage is iOS requirement (14.2 vs 27.0). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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

Being Boring is free to download; Earplug costs $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Being Boring against 4.6 for Earplug. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 53 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Being Boring's written reviews are positive against 76% of Earplug's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Being Boring ships an update every 6 months, Earplug every 9 months. Both last shipped on September 17, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Being Boring versus Earplug: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeing BoringEarplug
PriceFree — better$8.99
Rating4.6 (22 ratings)4.6 (53 ratings)
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews — better76.2% of reviews
Number of ratings2253 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS27.014.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter Borg Apps ABConfusion Studios LLC

Customer experience

Being Boring

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

Earplug

All ratings53 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive76.2%
Neutral4.8%
Negative19.0%

In-app purchases

None

Being Boring

No in-app purchases

None

Earplug

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Being Boring free?
Being Boring is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Earplug free?
Earplug costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Being Boring or Earplug?
Being Boring and Earplug are both rated 4.6 out of 5 on the App Store, from 22 and 53 ratings respectively.
Do Being Boring or Earplug have ads?
Neither Being Boring nor Earplug shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Being Boring or Earplug?
Being Boring ships an update every 6 months, and Earplug every 9 months. Most recently, Being Boring was updated on September 17, 2026 and Earplug on September 17, 2026.

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