A Balance alternative: 2hives, compared
2hives is an independent product of 2BEE FARM PTY LTD. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to any company or product named on this page. Names belong to their owners and are used only to say which product a fact is about.
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Balance (Elevate Labs, LLC) is a meditation app that assembles a daily guided meditation from your answers, per its App Store listing. 2hives also personalises, but by writing a new script from your own words.
2hives is free for good: no trial, nothing to cancel, no payment card.
2hives sessions are spoken by synthetic (text-to-speech) voices, not human narrators.
2hives and Balance side by side
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| 2hives and Balance side by side | 2hives2BEE FARM PTY LTD | BalanceElevate Labs, LLC |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Guided audio courses of 5 or 6 sessions each, spoken by a synthetic voice, in a web app. Live group sessions are scheduled weekly. | Meditation and sleep app that assembles a daily guided meditation from your answers, with 10-day plans, short meditations and sleep sounds. |
| Personalisation | Script written from your words; the voice can say your name | Each day you answer questions about experience, goals and preferences, and the app assembles a meditation from its audio library. |
| Voice or teacher | Synthetic (text-to-speech) voices; you choose one. | Coach-guided meditations; the narrators are not named in the listing. |
| Languages | English, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), French, Italian and Japanese. Hindi, Korean and Hungarian in beta. The site is also translated into Chinese (Simplified) and German; the voice is in progress. | English (App Store listing). |
| Platforms and offline | Web app that you can install to your home screen, and an Android app on Google Play; there is no iOS app. Sessions you own can be saved for offline use in the web app. | iPhone app (App Store listing); an Android app is also listed on Google Play. Offline use is not stated in the listing; see their site. |
| Free tier or trial | 2hives is free to use. Some sessions are followed by a clearly labelled card from a local sponsor. | A free trial, then a subscription (App Store listing). |
| Price | 2hives is free to use. Some sessions are followed by a clearly labelled card from a local sponsor. | Subscription, monthly or yearly, and a one-off lifetime option; see their site for current pricing. |
| How you pay | 2hives is free to use. Some sessions are followed by a clearly labelled card from a local sponsor. | Auto-renewing subscription, or a one-off lifetime purchase. |
Quién podría preferir 2hives
- A script written from your own words, with a voice that can say your name.
Quién podría preferir Balance
- A daily meditation assembled from your answers, from a large recorded library.
- Structured 10-day plans and a native iPhone app.
How 2hives differs
- Listening on 2hives is free for good: there is no subscription for listeners. Some sessions are followed by a clearly labelled card from a local sponsor.
- Sessions are written around the listener: you describe what you want in your own words, and the script is written for you. The voice can say your name.
- A sample plays in one tap without an account or an email address. A free account lets you play full sessions.
- Audio in the languages live on 2hives today: English, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), French, Italian and Japanese. Hindi, Korean and Hungarian are in beta.
- Sessions you own can be saved for offline use in the web app, which you can install to your home screen.
Both products personalise. Balance assembles sessions from a recorded library; 2hives writes a new script and speaks it with a synthetic voice.
2hives is a web app with a synthetic voice, a smaller catalogue and no iPhone app. Balance is stronger wherever those matter most to you; the lists above say where.
Questions
Is 2hives free?
Listening on 2hives is free for good. There is no subscription for listeners. Some sessions are followed by a clearly labelled card from a local sponsor.
Is 2hives affiliated with Balance?
No. 2hives is an independent product of 2BEE FARM PTY LTD and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to Balance or its makers.
What does Balance do that 2hives does not?
See "Who each is better for" above. In short: A daily meditation assembled from your answers, from a large recorded library. Structured 10-day plans and a native iPhone app.
Hear it before you decide. Hear a free 3-minute sample
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