Ebb vs Downshift

No longer will you have to seek help when you're anxious. Ebb will seek you. Using the Apple Watch's heart rate sensor, Ebb will continuously check for your heart rate to spike under the right conditions — an indicator that you are stressed or facing anxiety. Ebb then sends you a gentle notification and prompts you to follow three steps: Evaluate. Breathe. Begin. Apple Watch - Sends you a notification when your heart rate rises over a certain number of beats per minute or increases by a percentage you choose - Uses scientifically-proven exercises and techniques to calm your mind including yoga, muscle relaxation and breathing exercises - Calculates your average, minimum and maximum heart rates for a time period of your choice - You can use Ebb’s built-in heart rate monitor when entering stressful situations in order to get immediate notifications of a heart rate spike iPhone - Go beyond just recovering from anxiety attacks by tracking your stress patterns in the iPhone’s journal - Customize your notification settings - Integrated with Health app to track your heart rate data Ebb: Designed to support you through all the ebbs and flows in life.

Downshift offers guided breathing exercises for the moments you feel tense or stressed — box breathing, 4-7-8, resonance breathing and the physiological sigh — plus progressive muscle relaxation, a body scan and, with a watch or tracker, a daily nervous-system reading from your Apple Health data. Breathe along. Follow the animated orb through guided patterns: the Physiological Sigh, Resonance breathing, Box, 4-7-8, and more. Gentle haptics mark every inhale and exhale, so you can do it with your eyes closed. Build a daily rhythm. A simple daily checklist of evidence-based habits — morning light, movement, a caffeine cutoff, a steady bedtime — with a streak to keep you going. See your progress. Log your tension morning and evening and watch the trend over time. Let go of physical tension. Guided progressive muscle relaxation walks you head-to-toe. On your wrist and your Home Screen. A standalone Apple Watch app with guided breathing, complications, and your reading at a glance — plus Home and Lock Screen widgets. Yours, and private. Your Apple Health data stays on your device. Your notes sync privately through your own iCloud — no account with us, no servers of ours, no tracking. Ever. Free to download and use. No ads. Downshift supports everyday wellbeing and is not a medical device or a substitute for professional care.