Why it's similar
CalmMind: Meditation & Focus matches Calm on core function and category fit. Embedding similarity score: 94%.
How it differs
Distinguishes on monetization (fully free) and editorial focus. Rated 5.0 stars across 2 reviews.
Alternatives to Calm
By App Store Tracker Editorial · Updated — live App Store data verified
The short version
If Calm isn't quite right for you, these 10 apps cover the same ground from different angles. Each is ranked by embedding similarity to Calm, then re-scored by current App Store rating and category fit.
Why it's similar
CalmMind: Meditation & Focus matches Calm on core function and category fit. Embedding similarity score: 94%.
How it differs
Distinguishes on monetization (fully free) and editorial focus. Rated 5.0 stars across 2 reviews.
Why it's similar
Calm Sleep - Rest & Relax matches Calm on core function and category fit. Embedding similarity score: 93%.
How it differs
Distinguishes on monetization (fully free) and editorial focus. Rated 4.7 stars across 3.5K reviews.
Why it's similar
Calm & Sleep Sounds matches Calm on core function and category fit. Embedding similarity score: 93%.
How it differs
Distinguishes on monetization (paid up-front) and editorial focus. Rated 4.7 stars across 2.1K reviews.
Why it's similar
CalmMind : Relax & Breathe matches Calm on core function and category fit. Embedding similarity score: 93%.
How it differs
Distinguishes on monetization (paid up-front) and editorial focus. Rated 4.6 stars across 64 reviews.
Why it's similar
Relax: sleep, meditation matches Calm on core function and category fit. Embedding similarity score: 92%.
How it differs
Distinguishes on monetization (paid up-front) and editorial focus. Rated 5.0 stars across 7 reviews.
Why it's similar
Anxiety Relief: Calmer matches Calm on core function and category fit. Embedding similarity score: 92%.
How it differs
Distinguishes on monetization (paid up-front) and editorial focus. Rated 4.4 stars across 48 reviews.
Why it's similar
Meditaura: Relax, Better Sleep matches Calm on core function and category fit. Embedding similarity score: 92%.
How it differs
Distinguishes on monetization (fully free) and editorial focus.
Riafy Technologies Private Limited
Why it's similar
Mindfulness: Calm & Meditate matches Calm on core function and category fit. Embedding similarity score: 92%.
How it differs
Distinguishes on monetization (fully free) and editorial focus. Rated 4.0 stars across 2 reviews.
Why it's similar
Bluezen: Meditation and Sleep matches Calm on core function and category fit. Embedding similarity score: 92%.
How it differs
Distinguishes on monetization (paid up-front) and editorial focus. Rated 4.5 stars across 250 reviews.
OAK & LEAF Damian Szafraniec
Why it's similar
Calmwoods: Nature & Meditation matches Calm on core function and category fit. Embedding similarity score: 92%.
How it differs
Distinguishes on monetization (fully free) and editorial focus. Rated 4.8 stars across 101 reviews.
Every app in our database carries a dense vector embedding derived from its title, subtitle, full description, and category metadata. To find apps similar to Calm, we compute cosine distance against every other app and surface the closest 60 candidates. The similarity score shown on each pick is 1 - distance/2 clamped to [0,1] — 100% means the embedding spaces are identical, 0% means orthogonal.
We then re-rank the candidate set using current App Store rating and review-count signals so a 4.8-star app with 100,000 reviews ranks above a 4.5-star app with 200 reviews even when their embedding distance is similar. Apps that haven't shipped an update in 12 months are filtered out before re-ranking.
The similarity cache is recomputed weekly. Live App Store data (rating, review count) is verified every 6 hours.
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