Binaural vs Active Meditation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Binaural
Generate binaural beats, isochronic tones, and noise for focus, rest, or practice. This audio tool runs offline and plays under other applications, allowing you to maintain your current activity.
- Binaural and isochronic beat modes
- Brown and pink noise generation
- 25 curated presets for various needs
- Plays audio under other apps
- Offline functionality
- Session timer with quick duration options
- Background audio and lock-screen controls
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Binaural is a focused beat and tone generator: binaural and isochronic beats, brown and pink noise, and 25 curated presets—built to start fast and run fully offline. NO SUBSCRIPTION Binaural is free to use. No account required. No streaming. Your session settings stay on your device. An audio tool for focus, rest and practice, not medical treatment. PLAYS UNDER ANY APP Keep your video, lecture or podcast going and add binaural beats underneath. WHAT YOU GET • Always-visible entrainment controls with binaural or isochronic modes • Brown and pink noise layered with your beat • 25 grouped presets for focus, relaxation, sleep, and more • Session timer with quick duration chips • Background audio and lock-screen controls FROM MEDITATION TREKS Binaural is the lightweight companion to Meditation Treks—the full guided meditation app with treks, nature, breathwork, and more. Try Meditation Treks from the About tab when you want the complete experience. Headphones recommended for binaural beats.
Active Meditation
Access a library of guided meditations and courses designed to enhance focus, relaxation, and sleep. Features binaural beats for brainwave entrainment and bite-sized lessons for daily practice.
- Guided meditations
- Meditation courses
- Binaural beats
- Sleep meditations
- Mini meditations
- Progress tracking
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The Active Meditation™ free mobile app delivers high-quality meditations and courses conveniently to your mobile devices. It offers a variety of meditation experiences from guided courses to sleep meditations to daily mini-meditations. All of the audio content is embedded with expertly tuned binaural beats to activate brainwave entrainment and enhance meditation, focus and relaxation. Active Meditation courses and guided meditations empower you to master the inner workings of your own psychology. Learn to improve your mood, and outlook with bite-sized lessons that can be practiced anywhere, at anytime. Discover your Highest Self! Binaural beats: quickly train your brain to enter deep meditations. Guided courses: track your progress through courses to Master Self-Inquiry or learn to Cope with Chaos in an increasingly hectic and stressful social and political environment Sleep better: Binaural beats entrain the brain to quickly and effortlessly enter deep-sleep brainwave states Mini meditations: A variety of 15-20 minute tracks made to fit easily into a busy schedule Traditionally, meditation techniques and the accompanying spiritual truths are offered free of charge. We embrace this tradition. All Active Meditation content, including audio exercises and written materials are complimentary.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Active Meditation at 4.8 against Binaural's 4.2. Active Meditation also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 22 months) and review sentiment (92% vs 74%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Active Meditation holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 42 and 183 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Binaural's written reviews are positive against 92% of Active Meditation's.
Binaural ships an update every 22 months, Active Meditation every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Binaural | Active Meditation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (42 ratings) | 4.8 (183 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 42 | 183 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Meditation Treks LLC | Active Meditation Inc. |
Customer experience
Binaural
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In-app purchases
Binaural
No in-app purchases
Active Meditation
No in-app purchases
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