Soultime
Christian guided meditations and mood check-ins, with an optional friends-support feature.
For People seeking Christian meditation and ways to share support with trusted friends.
App StoreOfficial websiteAudience source
- Platform
- iOS
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- First release
- 1 July 2018
- Store ratings
- 5,375 (US)
- Research captures
- 27
Design review
Observed choices, what they mean, and what still needs checking.
Access & cost
Opening Subscription from the More menu shows an alert reading only emptyResult with an OK button.
Captured flow · 28 October 2026Attention & control
Friend nudges can be automatic or described as asking each time. Consent enforcement and triggering were not tested.
Scoped review · 27 October 2026Trust & care
Source boundaries, privacy and safeguards need further review. No app-wide assurance is implied.
Evidence incompleteOffers are dated iOS observations in USD where captured. Eligibility, country and platform can differ. Existing settings are not installation defaults.
Where the observed choices sit
Each row is one scoped observation of a specific flow, not a grade for the whole app.
No practice has been placed on the scale yet.
2 areas reviewed, not yet placed6 areas not reviewed yetReview notes
Works against: a choice subverts the person’s agency. Respects: it respects people and safeguards. Restores: a practice restores at a cost freely borne by the builder. Price, Christian branding or a free tier alone do not place an area. How we review.
Screens
27 reviewed screensCaptured app states, distinct from the publisher’s promotional images. Dates and versions belong to each screen; this is not a complete app walkthrough.
Features and patterns
What the reviewed screens show this app doing. A missing entry does not mean a feature is absent.
Friend-nudge consent
Friend settings say automatic notifications can nudge friends when the service thinks a call is needed; turning the control off is described as asking each time. Actual triggering, disclosure and consent enforcement were not tested; no friend was contacted.
Spiritual acts and AI
The player for "Weary 2 — God can turn everything into good" (Day 1, 4:35) credits a named person as both Narrator and Author above the controls. Naming who wrote and voices the meditation tells the listener whose words they are hearing. Near the end of this track the author says "Before you go, I'd love to pray for you" and prays for "us", not for the listener by name.
Spiritual acts and AIOther apps with spiritual acts and ai (14)
Check-ins and assessments
Soultime home: "Good evening, [name]", Daily Meditation "Oct 11 – Awareness" with play, Daily Bible (1 Corinthians 12), Learn About Yourself (Your Stats, Personality Test) and Tailored Meditations.
Check-ins and assessmentsOther apps with check-ins and assessments (14)
Devotional audio
A searchable sleep catalog presents public audio content as image cards. A searchable meditate catalog presents public audio content as image cards. The Rest audio player credits Naomi Trenier as narrator and author and shows 01:15 of 03:38. Soultime opens What stops us from resting, credited to Naomi Trenier, over floral artwork. Soultime returns to its meditation player with no journal editor visible. Soultime home: "Good evening, [name]", Daily Meditation "Oct 11 – Awareness" with play, Daily Bible (1 Corinthians 12), Learn About Yourself (Your Stats, Personality Test) and Tailored Meditations. Home scrolled: Recently Played Sleep and Recently Played Meditations rows (titles masked), Stories for Sleep. Soultime home: "Good afternoon, [name]", Daily Meditation "Oct 14 – Rest", Daily Bible Leviticus 22, Learn About Yourself. The same home with a mini player "Rest – Naomi Trenier, 01:15" after leaving a meditation. Soultime meditation "Rest" (Narrator and Author Naomi Trenier) with a New journal entry sheet and "Unsaved Changes – Are you sure want to cancel?" NO / YES. The home screen greets the listener by first name and leads with two daily items: a new Daily Meditation ("Oct 30 - Weary 2") and Daily Bible (Psalm 117). Below sit "Learn About Yourself" cards (Your Stats, Personality Test) and Tailored Meditations. The player for "Weary 2 — God can turn everything into good" (Day 1, 4:35) credits a named person as both Narrator and Author above the controls. Naming who wrote and voices the meditation tells the listener whose words they are hearing. Near the end of this track the author says "Before you go, I'd love to pray for you" and prays for "us", not for the listener by name. When the 4:35 meditation ends, playback stops and a "Good job" screen congratulates the listener by name, shows total time meditated and total sessions, and asks for a 1–5 star rating of the session, with Back Home and Share. Nothing plays next.
Devotional audioOther apps with devotional audio (25)15 supporting screens
Ending the conversation
When the 4:35 meditation ends, playback stops and a "Good job" screen congratulates the listener by name, shows total time meditated and total sessions, and asks for a 1–5 star rating of the session, with Back Home and Share. Nothing plays next.
Ending the conversationOther apps with ending the conversation (12)
Finding a passage
The Bible tab presents an Old Testament book grid with alternate New Testament and mood-based categories.
Finding a passageOther apps with finding a passage (26)2 supporting screens
Also observed
- Download
- Free download · US store
- Access
- Access requirements unverified
Cost, access & publisher model Sources and details
Practical facts, separate from the design assessment. Checked 25 October 2026. A free download does not establish free access to all content.
- App download
- Free download · US · Store source
- Subscriptions
- Subscription declared · Source
- Store in-app products
- In-app products listed
- Donations
- Not verified
- Advertising
- Not verified
What access does payment cover?
The Soultime with Friends feature is described as free; other app access is not established by this statement.
Scope: Soultime with Friends · publisher statement · Source · 25 October 2026
Free samples, a free tier and the complete library are different scopes. Store and publisher evidence is separate from the dated captured-flow review in Design review. Coverage varies by offer and platform.
Store-listed products and prices (7)
US App Store · checked 25 October 2026. Names and prices describe listed products, not a personal checkout quote. Other platforms, web offers and eligibility can differ.
- ANNUAL PLAN$59.99
- MONTHLY PLAN$7.99
- MONTHLY PLAN$5.99
- QUARTERLY PLAN$19.99
- ANNUAL PLAN$29.99
- ANNUAL PLAN$39.99
- ANNUAL PLAN$47.99
Publisher funding and business model
No source-backed funding or business-model summary is available in this profile yet.
The organization’s complete current funding mix and revenue are not established here. App payments, donations and capital raised describe different things; they do not determine an ethical assessment.
Organization profile and funding sourcesStore facts checked 25 October 2026 (version 7.2.9). Ratings are not downloads or active users. App-specific revenue and active users have not been verified; see the organization profile for separately scoped figures.
Store reviews
Store reviews offer useful questions to investigate. These retrieved samples are self-selected, vary by platform and do not establish the experience of every user.
Illustrative reading
Content is valued; selected accounts report removed library items and login problems while a paid subscription continues.
Based on 2 selected review excerpts, which may be historical; not a full thematic analysis. Review source
Review samples, reading and sources
- Google PlayEnglish / US requested
2 written reviews within the 180 days ending 25 October 2026.
4–5 stars: 23 stars: 01–2 stars: 0
Small sample: fewer than 20 recent reviews.
View Google Play listing- Google PlayGerman / DE requested
1 written reviews within the 180 days ending 25 October 2026.
4–5 stars: 13 stars: 01–2 stars: 0
Small sample: fewer than 20 recent reviews.
View Google Play listing- Apple App StorePublic review page · default order
10 selected excerpts returned; these may be older and are not a recent or random sample.
Returned dates: 10 March 2019 – 27 March 2025.
View Apple reviews
Collected 28 October 2026. Up to 50 newest Play reviews per requested language/storefront before the date filter. Requested locale does not establish residence; streams may overlap and must not be added together. Star counts describe ratings, not text sentiment or ethical quality. Methods and limitations.
App Store screenshots
View the store listingPublisher-supplied images from the US App Store, checked 25 October 2026. Promotional artwork may include captions or composites; it shows how the publisher presents the app.
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Review notes
Reviewed, not yet placed
Evidence was gathered for these areas, but it does not yet support placing a choice on the frame.
Money and access
Opening Subscription from the More menu shows an alert reading only emptyResult with an OK button. The alert does not explain the problem or offer a next step.
Still to check:Activate an approved Apple in-app trial only with owner authentication; record entitlement, cancellation and expiring state. Distinguish the displayed quote from the Apple confirmation sheet and from actual charges.
Attention and agency
Friend settings say automatic notifications can nudge friends when the service thinks a call is needed; turning the control off is described as asking each time. Actual triggering, disclosure and consent enforcement were not tested; no friend was contacted.
Still to check:Distinguish existing account settings from first-install defaults. Observe delivered notifications over time; verify pause, refusal and recovery behavior without manufacturing personal activity.
Not reviewed yet: Truth and spiritual authority, Privacy and dignity, Formation and relationships, Care and inclusion, Craft and repair, Stewardship and accountability.
The ten principle questions For your own design review
These questions guide discernment; they are not ten scores for this app.
- Keep the Word distinct, and teach it truly
- Can a reader always tell Scripture from our words, and our words from a machine’s?
- Never speak for God
- Would we put our own name under this sentence, or are we borrowing God’s?
- Design for the most vulnerable first
- Who is the most vulnerable person likely to use this today, and what will they see?
- Welcome before you ask, and guard what is told in confidence
- If a friend read everything we keep about this person, would the person be glad?
- Feed the flock, not on it
- Does this serve growth in faith, or only the usage numbers?
- Make room for rest, and say when it is enough
- Where does our product stop, and does it ever tell someone they have done enough?
- Send people to God and to one another
- When someone closes what we built, are they closer to God and to other people?
- Plant and water; leave the growth to God
- What would we stop measuring if we believed growth is God’s?
- Make it well, as an offering
- Would we offer this to God as it is, and could the person with the least sight, time or reading ease use it?
- Hold it with joy and trembling, before God and others
- Who outside the team holds us to account, and who prays for the people who use this?
Use this in your own work
Start with the observed choice, then ask how your own implementation serves people. The evidence is a design example, rather than an app-wide recommendation.