Stillness Timer vs CalmPulseD

Stillness is a quiet meditation timer for unguided practice. It gives you structure without noise: no ads, no tracking, no subscriptions, and no account required. Build the session you actually practice. Create simple or multi-phase meditation sessions with custom intervals, chimes, sounds, and haptics. Give each interval its own chime — a soft bell to change posture, a gong to close the practice — or keep one sound throughout. Use Stillness for mindfulness meditation, autogenic training, breathwork, body scans, silent contemplation, or any practice that benefits from timed silence. Practice with your screen locked. Start a session, lock your phone, and set it down. The timer keeps running and your interval chimes sound on time, with minimal battery use. If a phone call arrives, your session pauses and resumes on its own, and the call time is not counted toward your practice. Prefer to watch the timer? Keep the screen awake instead — the choice is yours. Return to presence during the day. Scheduled reminders help you keep a daily rhythm. Spontaneous reminders arrive at unexpected moments during your active hours, gently interrupting autopilot and inviting you back to awareness. You can also keep spontaneous reminders away from scheduled sessions with a 10, 20, or 30 minute buffer. Keep your rhythm across time zones. Stillness supports reminders tied to local time or to a specific time zone. This is useful when traveling, following a fixed practice schedule, or keeping a home-time routine while away. Track progress privately. See your completed sessions, streaks, milestones, total minutes, and favorite practices. Your data stays on your device. Optional Apple Health integration can write completed sessions as Mindful Minutes when you choose to enable it. Move to a new device privately. Device Migration lets you back up sessions, statistics, reminders, and settings to your private iCloud container, restore them on a new device, and clear the transfer data when you are done. No accounts. No external servers. Stillness is for people who want meditation to stay simple: a timer, gentle cues, useful reminders, private progress, and space to practice.

Feeling stressed? Overwhelmed by the demands of daily life? Find your anchor in the storm with CalmPulse, your personal guide to a calmer, more mindful you. Find relief in minutes with guided breathing exercises designed to lower anxiety, monitor your heart rate, and help you understand your emotional patterns. All features are always free. ◇ Find Calm in Your Breath ◇ At the heart of CalmPulse is a simple yet powerful tool: your breath. Our beautifully designed, full-screen animated guide makes it easy to follow along with proven breathing techniques. Feel a gentle buzz from your phone (haptic feedback) to signal each phase, allowing you to close your eyes and fully immerse yourself in the moment. Choose the pattern that's right for you: • Box Breathing (Basic): A simple 4-4-4-4 pattern perfect for finding balance, increasing focus, and calming your nervous system anytime, anywhere. • 4-7-8 Relaxing Breath (PRO): A renowned technique designed to deeply relax the body and mind. Ideal for unwinding after a long day or preparing for a restful night's sleep. • Physiological Sigh (PRO): A science-backed, double-inhale technique that provides the fastest way to offload stress and reset your state of mind in seconds. ◇ Connect Your Body and Mind with Apple Health ◇ CalmPulse integrates seamlessly with the Apple Health app to provide a complete picture of your wellness. By granting permission, you can: • Monitor Your Heart Rate: See the real-time impact of your breathwork as your heart rate lowers during a session. • Get Proactive Alerts: Enable our optional background monitoring feature to get a gentle notification if your heart rate is detected as high, suggesting it might be a good time for a quick breathing session. • Track Your Progress: All your session data contributes to a richer understanding of your health journey. ◇ Understand Your Journey with a Private Diary ◇ True progress comes from understanding. After each session, CalmPulse invites you to a private check-in: • Log Your Mood: How are you feeling now? Choose from a simple set of expressive faces. • Identify Your Triggers: What was on your mind? Tag common stressors like "Work," "Family," or "Finances." • See Your Insights: Our simple, easy-to-read charts show you your mood trends over time and highlight your most common triggers. Connect the dots and empower yourself with knowledge. ◇ Your Privacy is Our Priority ◇ In a world where data is a commodity, we believe your wellness journey is sacred and private. Period. All of your session logs, moods, and trigger information are stored securely only on your own device. We never see, collect, or share your personal data. Your peace of mind is our most important feature. ◇ Free for Everyone, Supported by Community ◇ We believe that mental wellness tools should be accessible to everyone, without financial barriers. That’s why every feature in CalmPulse, including all PRO breathing exercises, is completely free. If you find the app helpful, you will have the option to make a small donation to support our mission and help us keep it free for everyone, forever. Key Features at a Glance: • Simple, beautiful, full-screen breathing guide • Haptic feedback for eyes-closed sessions • Multiple breathing patterns for different needs (Basic & PRO) • Real-time heart rate monitoring via Apple Health • Private mood and trigger diary • Insightful charts to track your progress • Optional high heart rate notifications • 100% free features • Absolute commitment to user privacy Ready to reclaim your calm? Download CalmPulse today and take your first step towards a more centered, peaceful you.