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Aura vs Balance

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Features12 selected Aura Aura Premium Balance Balance Premium
Monthly price
Free plan
Clone your own voice
Create custom meditations
Turn your script into audio
AI conversation
AI creates finished content
Custom self-hypnosis
Custom audio-guided yoga
Generate cover art
Offline listening
Personal memory
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    Sources for 12 features across Aura, Balance. Annual prices show the full yearly charge in USD. “Limited” includes conditions. “No listed support” means the feature was not found in the reviewed official documentation.

    Aura 12 researched
    Monthly price: See current plans

    Aura documents monthly subscriptions through Apple/Google, but not on its website; the reviewed current official sources do not publish an unambiguous US monthly amount. The $5.83 figure is an annual-plan monthly equivalent and is not used here.

    Plan: Aura Premium

    Checked . Sources: [1]

    Free plan: Limited free content

    The free mobile version includes one new three-minute session every two hours. Premium unlocks the larger library.

    Checked . Sources: [1]

    Clone your own voice: No listed support

    Aura: The consumer app personalizes recommendations from coach-created recordings. Its broad library includes meditation, hypnosis, prayer and breathwork, but recommendation personalization is not custom script generation. No matching personal recording or AI narration-production tool was listed. Selecting a recorded teacher is a different capability. This is an assessment of the reviewed published feature scope, not an explicit vendor denial.

    Checked . Sources: [1], [2], [3]

    Create custom meditations: No listed support

    Aura: The consumer app personalizes recommendations from coach-created recordings. Its broad library includes meditation, hypnosis, prayer and breathwork, but recommendation personalization is not custom script generation. No tool for making a new personalized script and guided recording in this format was listed. Existing library recordings, recommendations and timers do not meet that creation definition. This is an assessment of the reviewed published feature scope, not an explicit vendor denial.

    Checked . Sources: [1], [2], [3]

    Turn your script into audio: No listed support

    Aura: The consumer app personalizes recommendations from coach-created recordings. Its broad library includes meditation, hypnosis, prayer and breathwork, but recommendation personalization is not custom script generation. No user script-writing, editing or narration-production control matching this criterion was listed. This is an assessment of the reviewed published feature scope, not an explicit vendor denial.

    Checked . Sources: [1], [2], [3]

    AI conversation: No listed support

    Aura: The consumer app personalizes recommendations from coach-created recordings. Its broad library includes meditation, hypnosis, prayer and breathwork, but recommendation personalization is not custom script generation. No matching conversational AI capability was listed. Content recommendations alone do not establish an assistant that creates or edits recordings. This is an assessment of the reviewed published feature scope, not an explicit vendor denial.

    Checked . Sources: [1], [2], [3]

    AI creates finished content: No listed support

    Aura: The consumer app personalizes recommendations from coach-created recordings. Its broad library includes meditation, hypnosis, prayer and breathwork, but recommendation personalization is not custom script generation. No matching conversational AI capability was listed. Content recommendations alone do not establish an assistant that creates or edits recordings. This is an assessment of the reviewed published feature scope, not an explicit vendor denial.

    Checked . Sources: [1], [2], [3]

    Custom self-hypnosis: No listed support

    Aura: The consumer app personalizes recommendations from coach-created recordings. Its broad library includes meditation, hypnosis, prayer and breathwork, but recommendation personalization is not custom script generation. No tool for making a new personalized script and guided recording in this format was listed. Existing library recordings, recommendations and timers do not meet that creation definition. This is an assessment of the reviewed published feature scope, not an explicit vendor denial.

    Checked . Sources: [1], [2], [3]

    Custom audio-guided yoga: No listed support

    Aura: The consumer app personalizes recommendations from coach-created recordings. Its broad library includes meditation, hypnosis, prayer and breathwork, but recommendation personalization is not custom script generation. No tool for making a new personalized script and guided recording in this format was listed. Existing library recordings, recommendations and timers do not meet that creation definition. This is an assessment of the reviewed published feature scope, not an explicit vendor denial.

    Checked . Sources: [1], [2], [3]

    Generate cover art: No listed support

    Aura: The consumer app personalizes recommendations from coach-created recordings. Its broad library includes meditation, hypnosis, prayer and breathwork, but recommendation personalization is not custom script generation. No matching personal practice cover-generation or cover-version control was listed. This is an assessment of the reviewed published feature scope, not an explicit vendor denial.

    Checked . Sources: [1], [2], [3]

    Offline listening: Yes · Premium

    Download tracks in advance and access them under Downloaded Tracks without a connection.

    Plan: Aura Premium

    Checked . Sources: [1]

    Personal memory: No listed support

    Aura: The consumer app personalizes recommendations from coach-created recordings. Its broad library includes meditation, hypnosis, prayer and breathwork, but recommendation personalization is not custom script generation. No matching control for AI memories, saved creation preferences or a personal technique recipe was listed. This is an assessment of the reviewed published feature scope, not an explicit vendor denial.

    Checked . Sources: [1], [2], [3]

    Aura sources

    1. Aura pricing and feature FAQ · Checked 2026-10-09
    2. Aura product catalogue and personalization · Checked 2026-10-09
    3. Aura US App Store feature description · Checked 2026-10-09
    Balance 12 researched
    Monthly price: $11.99/month

    Balance Premium: USD 11.99 billed monthly, published for the US Apple App Store. Promotions, taxes and other regions or purchase channels may differ.

    Plan: Balance Premium · Region: United States

    Checked . Sources: [1]

    Free plan: No ongoing free tier

    Balance's support guide explicitly states that it does not currently offer a free app version. Trial access is separate.

    Checked . Sources: [2]

    Clone your own voice: No listed support

    Balance: Personalized Plans assemble prerecorded audio in response to goals, experience and obstacles; Singles, sleep audio and interactive breathing are also available. No matching personal recording or AI narration-production tool was listed. Selecting a recorded teacher is a different capability. This is an assessment of the reviewed published feature scope, not an explicit vendor denial.

    Checked . Sources: [3], [4], [1]

    Create custom meditations: Personalized assembly

    Balance combines prerecorded instruction in personalized meditation Plans, using answers and preferences. Its listed techniques include breath focus and body scan and its catalogue includes sleep guidance. This is not free-form generation of a new personal script.

    Checked . Sources: [3], [1]

    Turn your script into audio: No listed support

    Balance: Personalized Plans assemble prerecorded audio in response to goals, experience and obstacles; Singles, sleep audio and interactive breathing are also available. No user script-writing, editing or narration-production control matching this criterion was listed. This is an assessment of the reviewed published feature scope, not an explicit vendor denial.

    Checked . Sources: [3], [4], [1]

    AI conversation: No listed support

    Balance: Personalized Plans assemble prerecorded audio in response to goals, experience and obstacles; Singles, sleep audio and interactive breathing are also available. No matching conversational AI capability was listed. Content recommendations alone do not establish an assistant that creates or edits recordings. This is an assessment of the reviewed published feature scope, not an explicit vendor denial.

    Checked . Sources: [3], [4], [1]

    AI creates finished content: No listed support

    Balance: Personalized Plans assemble prerecorded audio in response to goals, experience and obstacles; Singles, sleep audio and interactive breathing are also available. No matching conversational AI capability was listed. Content recommendations alone do not establish an assistant that creates or edits recordings. This is an assessment of the reviewed published feature scope, not an explicit vendor denial.

    Checked . Sources: [3], [4], [1]

    Custom self-hypnosis: No listed support

    Balance: Personalized Plans assemble prerecorded audio in response to goals, experience and obstacles; Singles, sleep audio and interactive breathing are also available. No tool for making a new personalized script and guided recording in this format was listed. Existing library recordings, recommendations and timers do not meet that creation definition. This is an assessment of the reviewed published feature scope, not an explicit vendor denial.

    Checked . Sources: [3], [4], [1]

    Custom audio-guided yoga: No listed support

    Balance: Personalized Plans assemble prerecorded audio in response to goals, experience and obstacles; Singles, sleep audio and interactive breathing are also available. No tool for making a new personalized script and guided recording in this format was listed. Existing library recordings, recommendations and timers do not meet that creation definition. This is an assessment of the reviewed published feature scope, not an explicit vendor denial.

    Checked . Sources: [3], [4], [1]

    Generate cover art: No listed support

    Balance: Personalized Plans assemble prerecorded audio in response to goals, experience and obstacles; Singles, sleep audio and interactive breathing are also available. No matching personal practice cover-generation or cover-version control was listed. This is an assessment of the reviewed published feature scope, not an explicit vendor denial.

    Checked . Sources: [3], [4], [1]

    Offline listening: Cached sessions

    There is no general download mode. Starting a meditation online can cache it for later offline playback, and some Singles work offline.

    Checked . Sources: [5]

    Personal memory: No listed support

    Balance: Personalized Plans assemble prerecorded audio in response to goals, experience and obstacles; Singles, sleep audio and interactive breathing are also available. No matching control for AI memories, saved creation preferences or a personal technique recipe was listed. This is an assessment of the reviewed published feature scope, not an explicit vendor denial.

    Checked . Sources: [3], [4], [1]

    Balance sources

    1. Balance US App Store description and billing · Checked 2026-10-09
    2. Balance paid membership features · Checked 2026-10-09
    3. Balance personalization and product scope · Checked 2026-10-09
    4. Using Balance and session history · Checked 2026-10-09
    5. Balance offline limitations · Checked 2026-10-09

    About these apps

    Aura

    Personalized wellness recommendations, sleep audio and varied guidance

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    Balance

    Personalized meditation assembled from recorded audio based on user answers

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