Comparison

CalmingVibration vs BeatSleep

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

Head to head
About

CalmingVibration

This app uses your Apple Watch's haptic engine to deliver rhythmic vibrations for stress relief and focus. It integrates with HealthKit to monitor stress indicators and offers personalized haptic sessions tailored to your needs.

Highlights
  • Haptic-driven relaxation
  • Smart stress detection using HealthKit
  • Personalized haptic sessions
  • Real-time stress monitoring
  • Customizable session durations and types
  • User-friendly interface
Features
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CalmingVibration – Soothe Stress with Your Apple Watch Discover a moment of calm with CalmingVibration, the innovative WatchOS app designed to help you manage stress. Harnessing the power of your Apple Watch’s haptic engine, CalmingVibration delivers gentle, rhythmic vibrations to promote relaxation (or focus) and restore balance, right from your wrist. Why CalmingVibration? Personalized Stress Relief: Using HealthKit data like Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and Resting Heart Rate (RHR), CalmingVibration intelligently detects stress levels in real-time and suggests soothing haptic sessions tailored to your needs. Our app uses carefully crafted haptic patterns to calm your nervous system, helping you feel centred. Seamless Integration: Fully compatible with WatchOS 10 and above, CalmingVibration taps into Apple’s HealthKit to monitor your stress indicators and provide actionable insights. Customizable Experience: Adjust session durations, session types (will change the haptic feedback accordingly) and stress detection settings to match your preferences.  Choose intelligent learning-derived baselines or custom thresholds for a truly personalized experience. Real-Time Stress Monitoring: Stay informed with real-time updates on your stress levels, displayed with intuitive emojis and color-coded feedback. Key Features: Haptic-Driven Relaxation: Enjoy customizable vibration patterns to ease stress, from gentle clicks to soothing success haptics. Smart Stress Detection: Leverage HRV and RHR data to identify high or moderate stress levels and receive proactive suggestions for calming or focus sessions. After each session, connect with the Mindfulness app to track your progress and stress levels. User-Friendly Interface: A sleek, intuitive design with a pulsating animation to guide you through sessions, plus easy access to settings for a tailored experience. How It Works: Monitor: CalmingVibration uses HealthKit to track your HRV and RHR, calculating your stress level based on customisable or derived baselines. Relax/Focus: Start a session (1–5 minutes) with specific haptic feedback designed to soothe your nervous system. Reflect: After each session, check your stress levels in the Mindfulness app to see the difference and allow your Apple Watch to re-calculate your HRV and update your RHR [Apologies, Apple (still) doesn't provide an API to trigger that calculation from the App]. Perfect for Everyone Whether you’re navigating a busy workday, preparing for a big moment, or simply seeking a moment of peace, CalmingVibration is your companion for stress relief on the go. Designed for WatchOS 10+, it’s optimized for seamless performance on your Apple Watch. Download CalmingVibration today and feel the difference a moment of calm can make! Notes  CalmingVibration requires access to HealthKit for HRV and RHR data.  Ensure your Apple Watch is running WatchOS 10 or later for the best experience.   Prolonged usage of the haptic feedback may drain the Apple Watch battery. Health claims are not verified by the FDA and are not intended for medical purposes.

About

BeatSleep

Features
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BeatSleep does one thing. Your Apple Watch reads your heart, then vibrates on your wrist just under your own rate. Your pulse follows the vibration down, and you fall asleep. No sound, and nothing to watch. The screen exists only to prove it is working, and it fades away once you no longer need it. HOW A NIGHT GOES For the first 45 seconds nothing vibrates, while BeatSleep measures the rate you are actually resting at. Then the cadence anchors there and sheds four beats every ten minutes, staying just under your pulse: far enough to lead, close enough to be followed. If a noise wakes you, it stops pulling and re-anchors to your real heartbeat within a minute. Apple Watch gives an app only a handful of vibration patterns, and most carry a tone through the speaker. BeatSleep uses the one that does not, so the person beside you sleeps through your night. The night closes itself five minutes after your pulse has settled. A hard fifteen minutes, or the whole night, are yours to set instead. IN THE MORNING Health will tell you that you slept seven hours. BeatSleep will tell you that forty minutes of them were awake in eleven separate pieces, how long you took to fall asleep, and how far your pulse fell below your resting rate. It reads Apple Health, so there is something to show you on the very first morning. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN A widget that leads with the figure you choose: how long the descent took, the nights in a row, the lowest rate you held, or how closely your pulse followed the vibration. And every night is in Spotlight, so you can ask for one in your own words and open it. The index is built on your device and stays there. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR DEVICES No account. No server. No analytics, no advertising identifiers and no third-party SDKs. Your heart rate is read from HealthKit on the watch, the summary is computed there overnight, and it travels to your iPhone over Apple's encrypted device link. If you turn on iCloud sync, your nights go to your own private iCloud, in encrypted fields, never to us. You can export everything as a file, or erase it for good, at any time. BEATSLEEP PRO Free leads three nights in any seven days, and they are whole nights: the same descent, the same failsafe, the same morning summary. Pro lifts the count to every night, and adds your full history, every month behind you, the Thrum and Hush waveforms, a breath with your own four counts, iCloud sync, and the rest of the colors. BeatSleep Pro is €3.99 a month or €24.99 a year, billed to your Apple Account and renewing until you cancel, which you can do at any time in Settings. Terms of Use: https://javi7899.github.io/beatsleep-web/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://javi7899.github.io/beatsleep-web/privacy.html Requires an Apple Watch. BeatSleep is not a medical device: it does not diagnose, treat or prevent any condition.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BeatSleep at Free against CalmingVibration's $1.99. BeatSleep also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months). CalmingVibration's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On 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

BeatSleep is free to download; CalmingVibration costs $1.99 up front. BeatSleep sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. CalmingVibration asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CalmingVibration ships an update every 4 months, BeatSleep every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CalmingVibration versus BeatSleep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalmingVibrationBeatSleep
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating2.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRaffaele De LorenzoJavier Torres Rubio

In-app purchases

None

CalmingVibration

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

BeatSleep

Subscriptions2
  • BeatSleep Pro$3.991 Month
  • BeatSleep Pro$22.991 Year

Questions

Is CalmingVibration free?
CalmingVibration costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BeatSleep free?
BeatSleep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CalmingVibration or BeatSleep have ads?
Neither CalmingVibration nor BeatSleep shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CalmingVibration or BeatSleep?
CalmingVibration ships an update every 4 months, and BeatSleep every 3 days. Most recently, CalmingVibration was updated on October 24, 2026 and BeatSleep on October 16, 2026.

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