Comparison

Ebb vs FeelTimer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Ebb

This app uses your Apple Watch heart rate sensor to detect stress and anxiety spikes. It then guides you through calming exercises like breathing techniques and muscle relaxation. Track your stress patterns and heart rate history on your iPhone.

Highlights
  • Heart rate monitoring for stress detection
  • Customizable anxiety notifications
  • Guided breathing and relaxation exercises
  • Stress pattern journaling
  • Health app integration
  • Heart rate history tracking
Features
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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.

About

FeelTimer

Features
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FeelTimer is a haptic countdown timer built for isometric exercise: planks, wall sits, stretches, and physical therapy holds. Feel the time instead of watching it — a gentle tick marks every second, a stronger pulse marks every 10 seconds, and a final signal tells you the hold is done, through both wrist haptics and soft beeps. Set any duration up to 300 seconds in one or ten second steps, tap start, and get into position. The countdown keeps running with your wrist down and the screen off. FeelTimer runs entirely on Apple Watch and works alongside your primary fitness app: track a plank with FeelTimer while your workout app keeps recording the full session. No iPhone needed, no account, no data collected.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: FeelTimer at daily against Ebb's every 2 months. Ebb's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ebb ships an update every 2 months, FeelTimer daily. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Ebb versus FeelTimer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEbbFeelTimer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS10.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNew Media InstituteChristian Gerardo Gutierrez Hermansen

In-app purchases

None

Ebb

No in-app purchases

None

FeelTimer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ebb free?
Ebb is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FeelTimer free?
FeelTimer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ebb or FeelTimer have ads?
Neither Ebb nor FeelTimer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ebb or FeelTimer?
Ebb ships an update every 2 months, and FeelTimer daily. Most recently, Ebb was updated on November 6, 2026 and FeelTimer on October 31, 2026.

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