Glo
Music can be off
Optional class music can be disabled.
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Background sound and mixing · 5-app comparison
Listen with narration only and no background music: Glo vs Mesmerize vs Reveri vs Smiling Mind vs The Tapping Solution
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Listen with narration only and no background music: details
Mesmerize
Separate audio levels
Voice and music have separate volume controls, allowing the music layer to be muted.
Supporting sources:
Source checked . Availability can change.
Reveri
No listed support
Reveri's published session and production features do not list this capability. This is our assessment of the reviewed documentation, not an explicit vendor denial.
Supporting sources:
Source checked . Availability can change.
Smiling Mind
No listed support
Smiling Mind: Its free consumer app offers publisher-made sessions, mental-fitness activities and configurable routines. The assessment concerns this specific control, rather than general access to wellness content. Our review found no listed support for this criterion; this is a published-feature assessment, not an explicit vendor denial.
Supporting sources:
Source checked . Availability can change.
The Tapping Solution
Background volume control
Music volume is adjustable separately from device-controlled narration; a specific narration-only switch is not documented.
Supporting sources:
Source checked . Availability can change.
Sources and plan details
Sources for 1 features across Glo, Mesmerize, Reveri, Smiling Mind, The Tapping Solution. 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.
Glo 1 researched
- Listen with narration only and no background music: Music can be off
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Optional class music can be disabled.
Checked . Sources: [1]
Glo sources
- Glo music controls · Checked 2026-10-09
Mesmerize 1 researched
- Listen with narration only and no background music: Separate audio levels
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Voice and music have separate volume controls, allowing the music layer to be muted.
Checked . Sources: [1]
Mesmerize sources
- Mesmerize US publisher listing · Checked 2026-10-09
Reveri 1 researched
- Listen with narration only and no background music: No listed support
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Reveri's published session and production features do not list this capability. This is our assessment of the reviewed documentation, not an explicit vendor denial.
Checked . Sources: [1]
Reveri sources
- Reveri US publisher listing · Checked 2026-10-09
Smiling Mind 1 researched
- Listen with narration only and no background music: No listed support
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Smiling Mind: Its free consumer app offers publisher-made sessions, mental-fitness activities and configurable routines. The assessment concerns this specific control, rather than general access to wellness content. Our review found no listed support for this criterion; this is a published-feature assessment, not an explicit vendor denial.
Smiling Mind sources
- Smiling Mind free consumer app · Checked 2026-10-09
- Smiling Mind app and Routine guide · Checked 2026-10-09
- Smiling Mind voice and music settings · Checked 2026-10-09
The Tapping Solution 1 researched
- Listen with narration only and no background music: Background volume control
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Music volume is adjustable separately from device-controlled narration; a specific narration-only switch is not documented.
Checked . Sources: [1]
The Tapping Solution sources
- The Tapping Solution audio volumes · Checked 2026-10-09