Mindfulness Coach vs Be
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mindfulness Coach
Learn and practice mindfulness with a guided training program. Access audio exercises, informational resources, and progress tracking tools to reduce stress and improve emotional balance. This app is free and respects your privacy.
- Self-guided mindfulness training
- Audio-guided mindfulness exercises
- Information library on mindfulness
- Goal setting and progress tracking
- Mindfulness mastery assessment
- Customizable reminders
- Access to support resources
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Mindfulness means noticing and paying attention to what is going on in the present moment, without passing judgment on it. Mindfulness has been shown to be effective for reducing stress, improving emotional balance, increasing self-awareness, helping with anxiety and depression, and coping more effectively with chronic pain. Mindfulness Coach 2.0 was developed to help Veterans, Service members, and others learn how to practice mindfulness. The app provides a gradual, self-guided training program designed to help you understand and adopt a simple mindfulness practice. Mindfulness Coach also offers a library of information about mindfulness (for example “What is Mindfulness?”, “How to Anchor Your Attention”), 12 audio-guided mindfulness exercises and a growing catalog of additional exercises available for free download, goal-setting and tracking, a mindfulness mastery assessment to help you track your progress over time, customizable reminders, and access to other support and crisis resources. Mindfulness Coach is free, doesn’t take or share any of your personal information, and doesn’t require add-on purchases. Mindfulness Coach was created by VA’s National Center for PTSD.
Be
This app guides you in disconnecting from screen distractions to practice mindfulness. It offers features like scheduled reminders, progress tracking, and note-taking to support your digital fasting journey. Integrate with HealthKit to view your mindfulness minutes alongside other health data.
- Digital fasting guidance
- Mindfulness goal scheduling
- Progress tracking
- Journaling during fasts
- HealthKit integration
- Cross-device syncing
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Be is a mindfulness app that helps you to disconnect from the distraction of screens and to just be with yourself by practicing what's known as "digital fasting." • Achieve your mindfulness goals by scheduling one-time or repeating reminders to help you stay on track • Track your progress from within the app • Keep notes of things you noticed during your fast • See stats and trends about your practice • Integrate with HealthKit so you can see your mindfulness minutes alongside your other health data • Supports Light and Dark modes • Syncs across all your devices
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Mindfulness Coach at 11K against Be's 1. Be's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, ads 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.
Be holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mindfulness Coach has 11K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Mindfulness Coach ships an update every 9 months, Be every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and June 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mindfulness Coach | Be |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (11K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) | James Pamplona |
Customer experience
Mindfulness Coach
Be
Bugs and requests
Mindfulness Coach
Reported bugs
3 issues- Timer not working properly
- Tracking/progress not saving consistently
- App crashing or freezing
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Better organization and filtering of content
- More variety in session durations
- Ability to import custom music/sounds
Be
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mindfulness Coach
No in-app purchases
Be
No in-app purchases
