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Mutter vs Abide
We make Mutter, so we're biased. Here's an honest comparison. Mutter is a free iPhone prayer app made by an independent maker. Everything we say about Abide is checked against its own pages and app store listings, dated 1 October 2026, and linked below.
Abide, from Guideposts, is a Christian meditation app with a big audio library: over 2,000 guided meditations and 500+ Bible-based sleep stories, with a free version and Premium. Mutter is a free app built around one habit: before the apps you choose open, it shows the verse or prayer you picked for today. It has no guided meditations or sleep stories.
At a glance
| Feature | Mutter | Abide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free. No ads, purchases, subscriptions or donations. | A free version (the daily meditation in its shortest 2-minute version and a selection of sleep stories) and Premium at $9.99 a month or $39.99 a year. The UK App Store lists purchases from £3.99 to £47.99. Abide help App Store |
| Platforms | iPhone XS or newer (iOS 17 or later). Free on the App Store. | iPhone, iPad and Android. It's a mobile app only. Abide help |
| Built around | App Guard: today's verse or prayer before the apps you choose, with drawings, widgets and a reading library around it. | Christian meditation and Bible-based sleep stories. App Store |
| Ads | None. | Its App Store listing says it contains advertising; Premium devotionals are described as ad-free. App Store Abide help |
| Account needed | Yes (Apple, Google or email), so your library comes back on a new phone. | Yes. Abide help |
| Bible | The Berean Standard Bible, with study notes, plus the World English Bible and the King James Version. You can save verses from any translation. | Audio of all chapters of the NIV, and Bible reading plans with Premium. App Store Abide help |
| Audio | Listen to a calm voice read your verse or prayer, with soft music if you like. No guided meditations. | Its heart: 2,000+ meditations up to 15 minutes, 500+ sleep stories, music and soundscapes, offline listening with Premium. Abide help |
| App Store rating | None yet. Mutter isn't on the App Store, so there are no ratings or reviews. | 4.8 from 6,499 ratings in the UK; 4.9 from 121,943 in the US. On Google Play, 4.2 from 21,700 reviews. App Store Google Play |
Abide facts checked 1 October 2026, from the linked pages. Prices and ratings change; follow the links for today's.
Where Abide is better
- Sleep. Over 500 Bible-based sleep stories, including stories for children, with background music and nature sounds. Mutter has no sleep stories.
- Guided meditations. Over 2,000 guided meditations across 50+ topics like anxiety, healing and forgiveness, with a choice of lengths. Mutter doesn't have guided meditations.
- Music and soundscapes. Premium has a full library of relaxing music, study music and soundscapes to pray or rest with. Mutter has soft music to read or listen with, but not a library of it.
- Android, and offline listening. Abide is on Android as well as iPhone and iPad, and Premium lets you download sessions. Mutter is iPhone only.
- Help if money is tight. Abide offers reduced rates on request and one-year scholarships for people who can't afford it.
Where Mutter is different
- A prayer before your apps. App Guard shows today's verse or prayer before the apps you choose. Say Amen and the app opens.
- Completely free, no ads. No Premium, no trial, no ads and no donations. Every reading and everything else in Mutter is free.
- Your own words, drawn. You choose today's verse or prayer, and Mutter draws it in paper and ink and brings it back on your widgets and in reminders.
- Plenty to read. The Bible (BSB, WEB and KJV) with study notes, Spurgeon's devotionals, articles, hymns, historic prayers and Story.
What people say about Abide
Across 150 App Store reviews (mostly 2025–26 from the US, with some older UK ones), people love the sleep stories, the calm narration and having a steady daily rhythm. The complaints cluster around autumn 2025, when the free daily meditation was locked for some people, and around pop-ups asking for donations or upgrades, even for subscribers. Some were charged after a trial; others ask for more new content and for captions.
“The prayers and sleep meditations are calming, thoughtful, and easy to return to.”
“Now 90% is locked behind premium.”
From Abide's public App Store reviews, read 1 October 2026. Mutter is new, so it doesn't have many reviews yet.
Abide's prices, from its own pages
Who should pick which
Pick Abide if you want to fall asleep to Scripture, you like a big library of guided meditations read by real people, or you use Android.
Pick Mutter if you want a prayer to meet you when you reach for your phone, and a free app with drawings and good things to read. (Once it's on the App Store.)
Sources
- Abide on the UK App Store (description, in-app purchases, ‘Contains Advertising’, ratings, privacy label), checked 1 October 2026.
- Abide on the US App Store (US ratings), checked 1 October 2026.
- Abide help: How Much Does Abide Cost?, checked 1 October 2026.
- Abide help: Free vs Premium overview, checked 1 October 2026.
- Abide help: How do I get started?, checked 1 October 2026.
- Abide on Google Play, checked 1 October 2026.
Abide and its maker, Guideposts, aren't connected to Mutter, and their names belong to them. Spotted something out of date or wrong? Email hello@trymutter.com and we'll fix it.