Mindfulness Coach vs XanderGlasses
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.
XanderGlasses
This app allows XanderGlasses users to customize their smart glasses experience. Adjust caption position, text size, brightness, and language. Connect to WiFi for free updates and performance enhancements.
- Personalize caption position
- Adjust text size and brightness
- Select caption language
- Setup WiFi for updates
- Receive performance optimizations
- Apply bug fixes
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For XanderGlasses users, the XanderGlasses Companion App allows you to personalize your captions. Easily connect your XanderGlasses to your iPhone to fine tune: Caption position: top, bottom, left, right, or full display in your field of view Text size: small, medium, or large Brightness: multiple levels of brightness to adjust for different lighting conditions Language: set your glasses to caption speech from one of 26 different languages built-in to the glasses You can also use the XanderGlasses Companion app to setup WiFi on your glasses to receive free updates directly onto your glasses. These updates include features performance optimizations, and bug fixes. For more information about XanderGlasses, please visit us on the web: https://www.xanderglasses.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: XanderGlasses at every 4 weeks against Mindfulness Coach's every 9 months. XanderGlasses also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Mindfulness Coach's advantage is ratings volume (11K vs 2). On price, review sentiment, 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.
XanderGlasses 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Mindfulness Coach's written reviews are positive against 100% of XanderGlasses's.
Mindfulness Coach ships an update every 9 months, XanderGlasses every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mindfulness Coach | XanderGlasses |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (11K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) | XanderGlasses, Inc. |
Customer experience
Mindfulness Coach
XanderGlasses
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
XanderGlasses
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mindfulness Coach
No in-app purchases
XanderGlasses
No in-app purchases
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