Comparison

Mind vs Nervine

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

Head to head
About

Mind

This app offers personalized meditation sessions designed to promote stress regulation and a balanced mind-body state. It adapts practices based on user stress levels, breathing capacity, and usage frequency, integrating data from wearable devices.

Highlights
  • Personalized meditation practices
  • Stress level tracking
  • Heart data integration from wearables
  • AI-driven practice adaptation
  • Ancient meditation techniques
  • Mind-body balance guidance
Features
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Mind-Body Evolution provides personalized meditation to help users achieve a balanced mind-body state. Designed by a physician scientist and mind-body expert, Mind-Body Evolution draws from both modern science and wisdom traditions to help users self-regulate their stress. Practices adapt over time based on your stress levels, breathing capacity, stress level, and how often you practice. Our meditation practices derive from ancient meditation techniques that have been adapted to modern life. Mind-Body Evolution measures stress several ways. If you have a device such as an Apple Watch or a FitBit that checks your heart, Mind-Body Evolution can sync this heart data and calculate your body stress. Mind-Body Evolution will also measure your stress by asking you questions. Using artificial intelligence, Mind-Body Evolution prescribes a practice based on ancient mind-body principles and modern biological science. If your stress level changes, your practice changes.

About

Nervine

This app offers guided somatic exercises to help regulate your nervous system when feeling anxious, stressed, or fatigued. It provides a variety of short, voice-led practices focusing on breath, grounding, and release, with customizable durations and ambient sounds.

Highlights
  • Voice-guided somatic exercises
  • Mood-based practice selection
  • 30 exercises across 7 categories
  • Five guided programs
  • Progress tracking
  • Customizable exercise length and guidance
  • Ambient soundscapes
Features
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Nervine is a quiet place to settle your nervous system. Thirty short, voice-guided somatic exercises help you come back into your body when you feel anxious, wired, frozen or simply worn out. Somatic exercises work from the body up: a slow exhale, a low hum, a gentle shake, feet on the floor. Nervine guides you through each one so you can close your eyes and follow along. HOW DO YOU FEEL RIGHT NOW? Pick what is true in this moment: anxious, wired, frozen, shut down, tired or overwhelmed. Nervine suggests a practice that fits, and you can begin with one tap. 30 SOMATIC EXERCISES IN 7 FAMILIES • Vagal toning: voo sound, humming, gargle, ocean breath, lion's breath • Orienting: room orienting, soft gaze, near and far, slow head turns, 5-4-3-2-1 grounding • Discharge: standing shake, TRE-style leg tremor, pandiculation, wet dog shake • Breath: physiological sigh, extended exhale (4:8), box breath, 4-7-8, diaphragmatic breathing • Grounding: feet on the ground, hand on heart, butterfly tap, body scan • Release: jaw release, face softening, shoulder drops, hip opener • Activation: ear rub, cold water on the face, temple press Every exercise comes with its own hand-drawn botanical illustration and calm, paced voice guidance. FIVE GUIDED PROGRAMS • First Week: a gentle 7-day introduction • Before Sleep Wind-Down: 5 evenings to let the day go • Morning Orientation: 7 mornings to arrive in your body • Vagus Activation: 10 days of vagal toning • Release Stored Tension: 14 days of shaking, stretching and letting go NOTICE THE CHANGE Before and after each session, rate your tension, energy and calm. Nervine shows you the difference, so you learn which practices actually help you. MAKE IT YOURS • Choose the length: 1, 3, 5 or 10 minutes • Choose the guidance: full, minimal or off • Ambient soundscapes: rain, stream and birds, or binaural tones • Calming background scenes • A gentle daily reminder WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYS We keep this honest. In a study published in Cell Reports Medicine (Balban et al., 2023), five minutes a day of cyclic sighing, a breath with a long exhale, improved mood and lowered breathing rate. A review in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (Zaccaro et al., 2018) linked slow breathing to higher heart-rate variability. Cool water on the face triggers the dive reflex, which slows the heart. Nervine builds its practices around simple mechanisms like these. Nervine is a wellness tool for everyday stress and tension. It is not a medical device and does not replace care from a qualified professional. SUBSCRIPTION Nervine is free to download. Full access to all exercises, programs and features requires a subscription, which begins with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account when the free trial ends, or at confirmation of purchase if you subscribe without a trial. Your subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. Canceling during the free trial means you will not be charged. Privacy Policy: https://www.easytech-agency.net/privacy/nervine Terms of Use: https://www.easytech-agency.net/terms/nervine

Screenshots

Mind4 screens
Nervine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mind at none against Nervine's 2. Mind also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Nervine's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 8 months). On price 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. Nervine sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Mind asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mind ships an update every 8 months, Nervine every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mind versus Nervine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindNervine
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB131 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMind-Body Evolution, LLCAlexis Raimbault

Customer experience

Mind

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Nervine

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

In-app purchases

None

Mind

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Nervine

Subscriptions2
  • Nervine Premium - Monthly7 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Nervine Premium - Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Mind free?
Mind is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nervine free?
Nervine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mind or Nervine have ads?
Nervine shows ads; Mind does not.
Which is updated more often, Mind or Nervine?
Mind ships an update every 8 months, and Nervine every 5 weeks. Most recently, Mind was updated on October 1, 2026 and Nervine on October 13, 2026.

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