Still is a meditation app for iOS that generates personalized soundscapes from user text descriptions.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire Still to create bespoke audio environments that match specific emotional states, solving the limitation of generic, static meditation playlists.
For Individuals seeking personalized, non-generic meditation audio who want to track their mindfulness habits over time.
What does it look like?
Key features
Generates original meditation soundscapes based on user-provided text descriptions.
Provides seven curated sound styles including Ambient, Nature, and Binaural.
Configurable session durations from 3 to 45 minutes.
How much does it cost?
Subscription-only model anchored by a 3-day trial, gating core generative features and session customization behind the paywall.
Velocity
Maintenance developmentnew contentUX improvementsShow more...
Still: Meditation currently operates at a maintenance cadence, with only one release recorded in the last 109 days. The latest version introduced a new Study section with focus sessions and progress tracking, marking a shift toward productivity-focused features. Development appears to be infrequent, with no evidence of a recurring live-ops strategy or high-frequency updates. The current pace suggests a focus on occasional feature expansion rather than continuous iteration.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Not enough recent reviews to extract reliable themes yet.
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Competitive landscape for Still: Meditation
How's the Lifestyle market?
Still operates in the Lifestyle category with a 5.0 rating on the App Store. The lack of recent feature updates (110 days since last store update) signals a maintenance-mode posture that limits its ability to capture share from more active rivals.
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Key takeaways for Still: Meditation
Where is it heading?
The meditation market is consolidating around apps with high-frequency live-ops and social features. Still's reliance on a subscription-only model without a free habit-building tier leaves it exposed to churn, so revenue growth hinges on widening the top-of-funnel conversion.
- The 110-day update gap indicates a maintenance-heavy posture, which limits the app's ability to respond to competitive feature drops.
- The generative audio engine provides a unique value proposition that remains difficult for standard meditation apps to replicate.
The SWOT
- Generative audio engine creates a unique content library that scales with user input
- B2B wellness partnerships could leverage the personalized audio engine
Next best moves
Pivot trial structure to freemium because the 3-day gate prevents habit formation → increase user base
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's maintenance-mode update cadence is a strategic…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The app has moved from a passive maintenance posture to identifying specific strategic pivots, including a transition to freemium and the addition of social-sharing features.
Bottom line
Still wins on its generative audio mechanism, but the aggressive subscription gate restricts the user base, so the PM should prioritize a freemium tier to build the habit loop necessary for long-term retention.
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