# Cue: Anxiety Grounding — Passive Panic Relief On Watch

> Passive Panic Relief On Watch (iPhone/iPad app by Quyen Ngo.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cue-anxiety-grounding/id6765865149 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Quyen Ngo](https://appshunter.io/developer/1891544854)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 13 MB
- Released: 2026-05-11
- Data updated: 2026-08-12
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cue-anxiety-grounding/id6765865149/reviews.md

## What is Cue?

Cue is a quiet, passive grounding companion for your wrist and ears. When your Apple Watch notices a spike in heart rate or a drop in heart rate variability — the kind your body throws when anxiety is starting to climb — Cue plays a brief grounding cue through your AirPods. No buttons. No journaling. No streaks. Just a 30-second sensory reset, the moment your nervous system asks for one.

Most mindfulness apps wait for you to remember. Cue notices first.

WHAT IT DOES
• Reads heart rate, heart rate variability, and respiratory rate from Apple Watch (HealthKit, on-device only)
• Learns your resting baseline over the first week
• Triggers when your physiology drifts above your own normal — not a generic threshold
• Plays one of six grounding cues through AirPods, drawn from established techniques: sensory anchoring, breath pacing, somatic noting, body presence, cognitive reset, and self-compassion
• Falls back to a silent haptic + glanceable card if you don't have headphones in

PASSIVE BY DESIGN
You shouldn't have to know you're spiralling for the app to help. Cue runs in the background and only speaks when your body says you're activated. Maximum one cue every thirty minutes, five per day — never alarming, never demanding.

SCRIPTED BY A PRACTITIONER
Cue is built by an experienced meditator and mindfulness practitioner. Each cue is fifteen to forty-five seconds long with contemplative pacing, drawing on evidence-informed grounding methods: 5-4-3-2-1 sensory anchoring, physiological sigh breathing, somatic noting (Polyvagal-informed), Somatic Experiencing orienting, cognitive-attentional reset, and Neff-style self-compassion.

ON-DEVICE, FULL STOP
Heart rate, HRV, and respiratory data never leave your iPhone or Apple Watch. There's no account. No sync. No cloud analytics. No third-party SDKs. Even the cue audio is bundled with the app — Cue works on aeroplane mode.

SUBSCRIPTION
$4.99/month or $34.99/year. The 7-day free trial is also your baseline calibration — Cue won't trigger anything until it has learned your normal.

A MINDFULNESS COMPANION, NOT A MEDICAL DEVICE
Cue is a wellness tool. It does not diagnose, treat, or replace mental health care. If you're in crisis, please call your local crisis line.
US: 988 · UK: 111 · AU: 13 11 14 · global: findahelpline.com

Terms of Use (EULA): https://qngo9871-cmyk.github.io/cue-legal/terms.html
Privacy Policy: https://qngo9871-cmyk.github.io/cue-legal/privacy.html

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cue Monthly | $4.99 | per month |
| Cue Annual | $34.99 | per year |



## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.0.3 — 2026-08-08

Cue's automatic background detection is now fully active. Free trial extended to 14 days so you have more time with it running before you're asked to subscribe. Performance and reliability improvements.

### 1.0.2 — 2026-06-14

Stability and performance improvements.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-06-08

Cue now runs on many more iPhone and Apple Watch models — we lowered the minimum system requirements so more people can use Cue. Thank you for trying Cue.

### 1.0 — 2026-05-11

No release notes.

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