Comparison

Release vs Nervous System Reset

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

Head to head
About

Release

This app combines mindfulness and tapping exercises to reduce stress and improve mental well-being. It offers guided sessions for various needs, including focus, emotional regulation, and overcoming limiting beliefs. Tailored content is available for kids, athletes, students, and professionals.

Highlights
  • Guided mindfulness exercises
  • Tapping (EFT) sessions
  • Stress and emotion reduction
  • Focus and attention building
  • Exercises for kids and athletes
  • Classroom and workplace sessions
Features
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The Release App is a unique app incorporating both Mindfulness and Tapping exercises to promote positive mental health and relaxation. Used by parents, classroom teachers, athletes, coaches and even in the workplace, the Release app’s guided Mindfulness and Tapping exercises can help you reduce stress, difficult emotions and limiting beliefs that may be holding you back from living your best life.   Release incorporates two wellness tools, Mindfulness and Tapping, to bring more peace and ease into your life.  When practiced regularly, Mindfulness has been proven to increase focus and attention, while releasing stress, directly affecting performance at work, school and in other extra-curricular activities. Mindfulness can improve your social and emotional intelligence. The guided focus exercises can help you train your brain to gain awareness of your thought patterns and feelings, resulting in more positive actions. Instead of reacting automatically, you learn to pause and assess the situation choosing a less reactive, more positive response.  Self-regulation is enhanced with a mindfulness practice, so you may live with more peace and ease. Mindfulness exercises include: awareness of your breath, a body relaxation, working with difficult emotions, building a positive mindset, a daily focus and relaxation exercise to begin the day in the space of the precious, present moment and more. Tapping is a simple tool to help you feel better fast. Related to acupuncture, and used in Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), Tapping can help to release stress and decrease the intensity of difficult emotions and limiting beliefs. Choose from the many guided tapping exercises that corresponds with your most pressing issue or stressor. Tapping topics include “Releasing Fears From What-If Thinking”, “Releasing Stress From Conflict with a Co-Worker”, “Releasing Financial Stress” and many others. Although fairly unknown to most people, millions have already discovered this new resilience tool, yielding promising results for wellness. There are 5 categories in the Release App including exercises for kids, athletes, teens, adults and even specific sessions for classroom use. The Release for Kids category includes exercises for focus and relaxation. It allows you to relax and tap along with your child to empower them with tools for their own wellness, helping to decrease the intensity of stress, anxiety, fears and other difficult emotions.   The Release in Education category promotes attention building and focus in the classroom, helping students to settle their thoughts and relax their bodies. The tapping sessions can help to decrease anxiety around tests, conflict with peers and even limiting beliefs that cause stress. Release for Athletes helps athletes to perform presently “in the zone” and helps to decrease limiting beliefs that get in the way of their peak performance. The exercises are a great addition to any mental strength training program.  Release for Teens and Release for Adults addresses specific issues that many people face at work, school and in their personal and social lives. The guided exercises promote stress reduction and relaxation, and can help to decrease limiting beliefs.  New content will be added regularly, including more Mindfulness and Tapping exercises to build resilience. The Release app is an effective wellness tool to help promote focus and calm for ourselves and those we care about. Terms & Conditions - www.thereleaseapp.com/terms-of-use.html Privacy Policy - www.thereleaseapp.com/privacy-policy.html

About

Nervous System Reset

This app offers a nervous system training program designed to combat chronic stress and burnout. It uses AI-powered coaching and somatic exercises to help users balance their mind and body, with many reporting significant stress reduction in just a week.

Highlights
  • Daily mind-body check-ins
  • HRV measurement
  • Personalized somatic exercises
  • AI coaching with CLEAR
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Stress reduction tools
Features
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SHAPE Groundbreaking Recovery Innovation "Balance your nervous system in 3 minutes" -Prevention "Evidence-based stress reduction" -Business Insider Meet NEUROFIT™ - The Nervous System Coach Providing Rapid Stress Relief In Just 7 Days NEUROFIT is the world's first Nervous System Trainer, helping busy professionals balance their mind and body through simple, science-backed somatic exercises. Our average active user reports 54% less stress after just one week! How It Works: - Daily Check-Ins: Strengthen your mind-body connection in 1 minute - Built-In HRV Measurement: Track your progress with or without a wearable - Personalized Somatic Exercises: Beat stress in just 3 minutes - AI Coaching with CLEAR: Get immediate emotional support anytime - Apple Watch Integration: Monitor stress in real-time with haptic alerts Perfect For Busy Lives Whether you're juggling work deadlines, family responsibilities, or both, NEUROFIT gives you practical tools to quickly: - Improve sleep quality - Reduce anxiety & irritability - Enhance focus & mental clarity - Boost energy levels - Create emotional balance Our approach works up to 7x faster than traditional wellness+mindfulness apps, by focusing on your body's natural stress response systems. Join A Community of 100K+ Reclaiming Their Balance Start your 3-day trial today, and discover why 2,000+ therapists, doctors, and health coaches worldwide trust NEUROFIT as the simplest way to end chronic stress and feel like yourself again. Download NEUROFIT now and feel the difference in just 5 minutes a day! As always, consult with a trusted health professional before making health-related decisions or using health-related apps. Full Terms of Use is available here: https://neurofit.app/legal/#terms

Screenshots

Release4 screens
Nervous System Reset4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Nervous System Reset at every 4 days against Release's every 2 months. Nervous System Reset also leads on ratings volume (725 vs 4) and device support (4 vs 2). Release's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Release sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.49 per month and Nervous System Reset sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Release holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nervous System Reset has 725 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Release's written reviews are positive against 92% of Nervous System Reset's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Release ships an update every 2 months, Nervous System Reset every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Release versus Nervous System Reset: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReleaseNervous System Reset
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.8 (725 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better92.2% of reviews
Number of ratings4725 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS13.4 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB38 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPresent Moment LivingXama Technologies, Inc.

Customer experience

Release

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Nervous System Reset

All ratings724 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral2.6%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews205 reviews
Positive92.2%
Neutral1.0%
Negative6.8%

Bugs and requests

Release

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Nervous System Reset

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App stopped working after a few days of use
  • Inability to go back and correct previous entries

Requested features

4 requests
  • More variety in exercises and media
  • Audio-guided exercises
  • Integration with other health apps
  • Ability to retake HRV scans after exercises

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Release

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$8.491 Month
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$71.991 Year
10 purchases

Nervous System Reset

Subscriptions10
  • Monthly3 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Monthly$19.991 Month
  • 3 Months3 Days trial$39.993 Months
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  • 3 Months$39.993 Months
  • 3 Months3 Days trial$49.993 Months
  • 3 Months$49.993 Months
  • Yearly3 Days trial$124.991 Year
  • Yearly$124.991 Year
  • Yearly3 Days trial$179.991 Year
  • Yearly$179.991 Year

Questions

Is Release free?
Release is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nervous System Reset free?
Nervous System Reset is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Release or Nervous System Reset?
Release is rated higher. Release averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Nervous System Reset averages 4.8 from 725 ratings.
Do Release or Nervous System Reset have ads?
Neither Release nor Nervous System Reset shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Release or Nervous System Reset?
Release ships an update every 2 months, and Nervous System Reset every 4 days. Most recently, Release was updated on November 3, 2026 and Nervous System Reset on November 7, 2026.

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