Comparison

PulseMind vs Heart Coherence

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

Head to head
About

PulseMind

Features
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PulseMind is your wellness companion on Apple Watch and iPhone. It helps you track your stress levels, practice guided breathing, and reflect on your daily mood with beautiful visualizations. Built with HealthKit, PulseMind analyzes HRV, heart rate, sleep, respiratory rate, and blood oxygen to compute a personalized Stress Score. With intuitive charts and breathing sessions, it encourages mindfulness and mental clarity. Features: Personalized Stress Score based on real-time health metrics Trends dashboard with stress and mood tracking Guided breathing sessions with haptics and animations Mood journaling with emoji picker Fully optimized for Apple Watch + iPhone sync Private and secure, no data leaves your device Stay mindful. Stay in control. Start your wellness journey with PulseMind.

About

Heart Coherence

Calm your nervous system and promote rest with science-backed breathing exercises. This app guides you through protocols to activate your vagus nerve and achieve heart coherence, reducing stress and improving well-being.

Highlights
  • Vagus nerve activation
  • Heart coherence breathing
  • Positive emotion anchoring
  • 11 guided breathing protocols
  • Practice tracking and history
  • Morning, evening, and quick reset sessions
Features
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SLOW, GUIDED BREATHING FOR YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM Heart Coherence guides your breathing with a simple animated ring. Follow it in, follow it out. No wearable, no account and no experience needed. Your first breath takes one minute. HOW IT WORKS Breathe in as the ring expands and out as it softens. Many sessions use a slow rhythm of about six breaths a minute, often called resonant breathing. Longer exhales, gentle humming and a quiet focus on the heart are built into the guided steps. Each session shows short practice notes about its technique, and the Learn tab explains the ideas behind them in plain language: the vagus nerve, the three nervous system states, heart rate variability and how breath and heart rate are linked. 17 GUIDED SESSIONS MORNING ACTIVATION (5 MIN) Guided humming, energizing breath and a moment to anchor on the heart. EVENING COHERENCE (7 MIN) Resonant breathing, heart focus and a gratitude close to wind down. QUICK RESET (3 MIN) and PANIC SOS (2 MIN) Short practices for stressful moments. Anywhere, no setup. And more: Long Calm (12 min), Morning Gratitude (8 min), Box Breathing, Physiological Sigh, 4-7-8 Breathing, Alternate Nostril, Energizing Breath, Sleep Coherence, Focus Prime, Anger Release, Recovery Downshift, Vagus Hum and Deep Coherence. 21-DAY RESET A guided path that builds from short foundation sessions to longer practices and situational tools for stress, anger, focus and recovery. Days 1 to 5 are free. CALM YOUR WAY Calm now gives you a free two-minute reset from Home. Premium adds Your rhythm, where you set your own inhale, hold and exhale lengths and the session length. Evening sessions use a soft night look and a gentle bell at the end, so you can practise with your eyes closed. TRACK YOUR PRACTICE - Day streaks, a practice calendar and total minutes - Session completion shows the share of the planned time you completed - Morning and evening reminders you control - Home Screen widget for your streak OPTIONAL APPLE HEALTH If you allow it, the app reads heart rate and heart rate variability samples from Apple Health, for example from an Apple Watch, and shows the samples near the start and end of a session plus a weekly HRV trend. These are your own health-data samples, shown for interest. They stay on your device. Heart Coherence is not a medical device and does not diagnose or treat any condition. Talk to a doctor about medical concerns. START FREE Six sessions and the first five days of the 21-Day Reset are free. Heart Coherence Premium unlocks all 17 sessions, the full 21-Day Reset, Your rhythm and the weekly HRV trend. Monthly and yearly plans both start with a 7-day free trial. Your price is shown in your local currency before you subscribe. After the free trial the subscription renews automatically at the price shown unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Manage or cancel any time in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://enginaytekin.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PulseMind4 screens
Heart Coherence4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PulseMind at none against Heart Coherence's 2. PulseMind also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Heart Coherence sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. PulseMind asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PulseMind ships an update every 2 days, Heart Coherence every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
PulseMind versus Heart Coherence: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPulseMindHeart Coherence
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developergaurav kumarEngin Aytekin

In-app purchases

None

PulseMind

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Heart Coherence

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is PulseMind free?
PulseMind is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Heart Coherence free?
Heart Coherence is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PulseMind or Heart Coherence have ads?
Neither PulseMind nor Heart Coherence shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PulseMind or Heart Coherence?
PulseMind ships an update every 2 days, and Heart Coherence every 3 weeks. Most recently, PulseMind was updated on October 28, 2026 and Heart Coherence on October 24, 2026.

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