Comparison

Stress Is Gone vs HeartMath

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

Head to head
About

Stress Is Gone

This system offers instant stress relief, predicts and prevents stress triggers, and guides you through meditation and breathwork. It also helps resolve past emotional traumas that contribute to current stress levels. Connect with a live coach for additional support.

Highlights
  • One-touch instant stress relief
  • Stress prediction and prevention reminders
  • Meditation practice management
  • Tool to resolve traumatic memories
  • Stress stopper breathwork training
  • Connect with a live coach
Features
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This complete mobile stress management system is certified by The American Institute of Stress and reduces job stress, financial stress, family stress, emotional stress, and mental stress. The app predicts your stress, teaches you how to meditate, stops stress with one-touch instant relief, and helps resolve the deeper emotional traumas that intensify everyday stress. Through brainwave entrainment, the app teaches you how to quickly shut down the body’s fight-or-flight reaction by activating the relaxation response. The app can also connect you with a live coach as needed. KEY FEATURES: √ One-Touch Instant Relief - The Stopper Tab helps you manage random reactions by offering fast relief at your finger tips. √ Reminders 3-Minutes Before Your Stress Starts - The Stopper Tab also helps you predict & circumvent routine reactions before the stress is triggered. √ Meditation Practice Management - The MyMeds Tab helps you structure and maintain your daily meditation practice. √ Revolutionary Tool to Resolve Traumatic Memories - The Resolve Tab helps you surface and soothe those past memories that intensify present day stress reactions. √ Teaches Stress Stopper Breathwork – By following the audio / video animation, this 3-step process helps you learn how to take control by activating the relaxation response whenever you become stressed. √ Connect with a Coach – Enables you to contact a coach if/when your stress becomes unmanageable. STANDARD FEATURES: √ Intuitive set-up and design √ Facebook Integration √ In App Browser APP BENEFITS: √ Naturally avoid stress related diseases √ Naturally calm stressful emotions √ Naturally quiet stressful thoughts √ Naturally stop a stress reaction √ Enjoy all the benefits of meditation √ Learn to fall asleep fast The key to living stress free is using this app daily. Every time you become stressed, press the app icon and breathe. Every time a Stress Stopper reminder shows up on your phone, breathe along with the animation. When it’s time to meditate, give yourself the 20-minutes of relaxation that will improve your life. And finally, get to the root of the issue. Use the Resolve Tab to heal any stressful memories from your past that may be affecting the quality of your present day life. Using all these tools together will prolong your life and help prevent future stress-related health issues such as cancer, panic attacks, anxiety, depression, cardiovascular and gastrointestinal diseases, migraines, sleep disorders, chronic fatigue, ulcers, etc. Meditators showed hospitalization rates 87% less than non-meditators for heart disease, 55% less for tumors, 50% less for out-patient doctor visits, and 30% less for infectious diseases. - Orme-Johnson, Psychosomatic Medicine 49 (1987)

About

HeartMath

This app helps you manage stress, improve focus, and achieve optimal performance by aligning your heart, mind, and emotions. It offers guided sessions, immersive journeys, and coherence practices based on over 30 years of research.

Highlights
  • Real-time HRV Coherence Measurement
  • Coherence Training
  • Scientifically Validated Techniques
  • Guided Learning Sessions
  • Progress Tracking
  • Heart-Brain Coherence Benefits
Features
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Align your heart, mind, and emotions to help you manage stress, improve focus, and perform at your best. Enjoy HeartMath’s free intro experience to access your heart’s natural intelligence and see your heart-brain coherence as real-time feedback. Then start your 7-day free trial to explore a comprehensive collection of guided sessions, immersive journeys, and coherence practices designed to help you experience greater calm, focus, clearer thinking, and a more balanced you. **Inner Balance Coherence Plus sensor owners: Use your sensor to unlock a lifetime subscription.** Built on 30+ years of research on the heart-brain connection and supported by over 500 research studies, HeartMath is used in wellness and resilience programs at organizations including Stanford Healthcare and Kaiser Permanente, as well as in professional sports, the military, law enforcement, leading universities, non-profit organizations, and major corporations. It is used by coaches, trainers, and health professionals for stress education and resilience training. The HeartMath system is more than stress management: it’s a journey to more heart-centered living. This app puts HeartMath’s practical, research-supported tools right at your fingertips. Make mental and emotional well-being an achievable part of your daily life. The HeartMath technology is for stress education and resilience training. It is not a medical device. We encourage you to consult a health professional before making any medical decisions. KEY FEATURES • Real-time HRV coherence feedback: Use your phone’s camera or upgrade to the Inner Balance Coherence Plus sensor for a more precise signal and a free app subscription. • Coherence training: Whether you choose the game or the guided mode, watch your heart-rhythm pattern and coherence change in real time. • Research-Supported: Techniques developed from 30+ years of scientific research to help boost focus, positive feelings, and your ability to manage stress. • Guided learning: Explore guided meditations, courses, and videos led by HeartMath trainers. • Progress tracking: View your progress over time with a variety of chart options. WHAT REGULAR COHERENCE PRACTICE CAN SUPPORT Heart-brain coherence is a balanced, focused state you create yourself through calm breathing and positive focus. Coherence supports the body’s natural ability to shift from tension to calm, helping you manage everyday stress and build inner balance. • SUPPORTS STRESS MANAGEMENT & EMOTIONAL BALANCE • SUPPORTS FOCUS AND MENTAL CLARITY — coherent states are associated with more focus, clarity, and creativity. • SUPPORTS RESILIENCE — regular practice can help you adapt to and recover from challenging situations more quickly. • ENHANCES EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING AND SELF-AWARENESS — practice can support a greater sense of inner calm and a more mindful relationship with your emotions. Subscription terms: • Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each year. • You can cancel your subscription at any time in your account settings. • You will not be refunded for any unused portion of a subscription. • Price is subject to change. • Subscriptions are not available in all countries. • Full subscription terms: https://my.heartmath.com/terms If you’d like to purchase an Inner Balance Coherence Plus sensor to unlock complimentary lifetime access to the HeartMath app, please visit the HeartMath website.

Screenshots

Stress Is Gone4 screens
HeartMath4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stress Is Gone at none against HeartMath's 2. Stress Is Gone also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 26.0). HeartMath's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 14 months) and ratings volume (4.7K vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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. HeartMath sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $79.00 per year. Stress Is Gone asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Stress Is Gone against 4.9 for HeartMath. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HeartMath has 4.7K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stress Is Gone ships an update every 14 months, HeartMath every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Stress Is Gone versus HeartMath: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStress Is GoneHeartMath
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.9 (4.7K ratings)
Positive reviews—73.8% of reviews
Number of ratings14.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB185 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStress Is Gone, LLCHeartMath Inc.

Customer experience

Stress Is Gone

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

HeartMath

All ratings4,564 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral1.8%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews172 reviews
Positive73.8%
Neutral5.2%
Negative20.9%

Bugs and requests

Stress Is Gone

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

HeartMath

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Sensor connection issues on newer devices
  • App crashes and freezes on iPhone 16 Pro
  • Inaccurate heart rate and coherence readings
  • Screen sleep behavior disrupting sessions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add dark mode option
  • Allow playing music/sounds during sessions
  • Provide audio feedback on coherence levels
  • Add session history customization and details
  • Improve sensor compatibility with older devices

In-app purchases

None

Stress Is Gone

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

HeartMath

Subscriptions2
  • HeartMath Premium7 Days trial$79.001 Year
  • HeartMath Premium7 Days trial$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Stress Is Gone free?
Stress Is Gone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HeartMath free?
HeartMath is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Stress Is Gone or HeartMath?
Stress Is Gone is rated higher. Stress Is Gone averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while HeartMath averages 4.9 from 4.7K ratings.
Do Stress Is Gone or HeartMath have ads?
Neither Stress Is Gone nor HeartMath shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stress Is Gone or HeartMath?
Stress Is Gone ships an update every 14 months, and HeartMath every 3 weeks. Most recently, Stress Is Gone was updated on November 3, 2026 and HeartMath on November 3, 2026.

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