Resolve vs Reset
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Resolve
This app offers a method to address issues like stress, trauma, pain, and cravings by stimulating brain plasticity. It aims to reset over-sensitized brain circuits that maintain persistent sensations.
- Stimulates brain plasticity
- Addresses chronic stress
- Helps with trauma recovery
- Manages pain sensations
- Supports addiction cravings relief
- Resets over-sensitized brain circuits
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RESOLVE-It! is a proven, tested method to solve problems by gently and safely stimulating brain plasticity. Research has shown that enduring problems produced by chronic stress, trauma, pain, and addictive cravings alter brain function - creating over sensitized brain circuits. These delicate circuits fire at higher volume keeping the experienced sensation such as anxiety or pain strong and activated until they reset back to their original state.
Reset
This app guides you through various breathing techniques using visual, haptic, and auditory cues. It offers customizable sessions and optional heart rate biofeedback for enhanced relaxation and wellness.
- Multiple breathing techniques (Resonance, Box, Sigh)
- Multi-sensory guidance (visual, haptic, audio)
- Customizable breath phase durations
- Optional Bluetooth heart rate strap integration
- Live HRV biofeedback and coherence gauge
- Session summaries and trend tracking
- Ad-free and privacy-focused design
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Reset turns a few quiet minutes of slow breathing into a practice you can feel. Pick a protocol, press Begin, and follow along — the app does the counting. THREE WAYS TO BREATHE • Resonance — slow, even breathing near six breaths a minute. The daily practice. • Box — inhale, hold, exhale, hold. Steadiness on demand. • Sigh — two inhales, one long exhale. A quick reset when you're keyed up. GUIDED BY EVERY SENSE A living orb swells and empties with your breath. Haptic waves let you close your eyes and follow by touch — a crisp tap to breathe in, a long fade to breathe out. With headphones, binaural beats carry the same rhythm. MAKE IT YOURS Every phase has its own slider — inhale, exhale, holds. Balanced presets from 4.5 to 6.0 breaths a minute, timed sessions of 2, 5, or 10 minutes, and a first-launch tour that shows you around. SEE YOUR HEART RESPOND (OPTIONAL) Pair a Bluetooth heart-rate strap — Polar, or WHOOP with Broadcast Heart Rate — for live HRV biofeedback: heart rate, rMSSD, and a coherence gauge that climbs as you settle into rhythm. Capture 30-second before-and-after baselines and see each session's summary and trend. No sensor? Everything still works; the metrics simply stay blank. Reset never invents data. YOURS, PRIVATELY No ads, no tracking, no account required. Sessions stay on your device unless you choose to sign in with Apple, Google, or email and sync with the companion web app. Export your history as CSV or JSON anytime, and delete your account — and every synced session — from inside the app. Reset supports relaxation and general wellness. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, or prevent any condition.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Reset at monthly against Resolve's every 7 months. Resolve's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Resolve against 5.0 for Reset. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Resolve ships an update every 7 months, Reset monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Resolve | Reset |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rich Bruursema | David Presby |
Customer experience
Resolve
Reset
In-app purchases
Resolve
No in-app purchases
Reset
No in-app purchases









