Pause vs eqoah
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pause
This app offers a unique, interactive approach to mindfulness and stress relief. By guiding your fingertip across the screen, it aims to activate the body's relaxation response, helping you regain focus and find calm anytime, anywhere. It's based on ancient principles and validated with EEG technology.
- Interactive fingertip guidance
- Stress release
- Regain focus
- Calming audiovisual feedback
- Mindfulness minutes tracking
- Scientifically validated with EEG
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Based on the ancient principles of Tai Chi and mindfulness practice, PAUSE brings the act of focused attention to your mobile device. Using a patent-pending technique and a unique approach to modern technology, you can easily start the journey to relaxation – anywhere and anytime. By slowly and continuously moving your fingertip across the screen, PAUSE triggers the body’s ‘rest and digest’ response, quickly helping you regain focus and release stress within minutes. The calming audiovisual feedback in the app is designed to help you keep your attention and focus in the present moment. Throughout development of the application, PAUSE has been continuously tested and validated using EEG-technology. What is PAUSE? ∙ A new digital approach to ancient meditation practices ∙ An interactive tool to quickly regain focus and release stress ∙ Scientifically tested and validated with EEG-technology ∙ Available anywhere and anytime ∙ Using PAUSE now adds mindfulness minutes to Health App on iPhone iOS10+ devices. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
eqoah
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eqoah is a calm place to practice together. Join a small circle of people who share an intention — a theme, a focus, a way of being you want to return to — and meet live, by video, to sit with it together. No feed, no noise, no interruption. Just a quiet room and the people in it. What you can do in eqoah: • Browse circles and find one whose intention resonates with you. • Set your own intentions and keep them close on your home screen. • Join live gatherings by video — camera and microphone on your terms. • Get gentle reminders before a gathering begins, so you never miss your circle. • Switch between English and German anytime, in light or dark. eqoah is designed to feel unhurried: soft typography, a warm palette, and a single room at a time. It is a companion to the eqoah web service, and your circles and intentions stay in sync across the web and your iPhone and iPad. Come as you are. Share without interruption.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: eqoah at none against Pause's 4. Pause's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Pause sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. eqoah asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pause ships an update fortnightly, eqoah every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pause | eqoah |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (112 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 57.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 112 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 407 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PauseAble ApS | andTheLigth GmbG |
Bugs and requests
Pause
Reported bugs
3 issues- Streak reset issue for meditation tracking
- Inconsistent behavior when moving finger too fast
- Audio cutting out during sessions
Requested features
4 requests- Add voice/audio instructions
- Provide more color and sound options
- Integrate with health/fitness tracking
- Improve full-screen support for newer devices
eqoah
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pause
- Pause Premium (monthly)3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Pause Premium (yearly)7 Days trial$19.491 Year
- Soundtrack: Peaceful Mountain$0.99
- Pause premium (life time)$54.99
eqoah
No in-app purchases









