Comparison

Nervana vs FulwaveTimer

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

Head to head
About

Nervana

This app helps individuals manage chronic symptoms like pain, fatigue, and anxiety by retraining the brain's response. It offers guided sessions, AI coaching, and science-backed exercises to address the root cause of neuroplastic symptoms.

Highlights
  • Neuroscience-based symptom management
  • AI coaching for reflection and action items
  • Nervous system regulation practices
  • Progress tracking and insights
  • PDF export for care team sharing
  • Science-backed micro-lessons
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Nervana helps people with chronic pain, IBS, migraine, fatigue, insomnia, and persistent symptoms retrain the nervous system with a personal mind-body AI coach. Nervana offers a 7-day free trial on the annual plan, and a 3-day free trial on the monthly plan. Full access to the Nervana Membership requires a paid auto-renewing subscription after the trial. With a paid subscription, your Nervana AI Coach guides you through short sessions featuring science-backed lessons, nervous system regulation practices, and personalized action items. ◆ How It Works ◆ ▶ Learn the Science Understand how the brain and body can create and sustain chronic symptoms. ▶ Talk to Your Nervana AI Coach Reflect on emotions, stressors, and habits in a personalized, guided conversation with clear action items and next steps. ▶ Regulate Your Nervous System Practice quick, science-backed exercises to reduce stress reactivity and build a greater sense of safety in the body. ▶ Track Your Progress Monitor insights, symptom trends, and moments of emotional growth over time. ▶ Share with Your Care Team Export a PDF summary of your insights and progress to share with your medical or therapy team and support integrated care. ◆ Backed by Science ◆ Developed with input from hundreds of physicians and researchers in neuroplastic recovery and mind-body medicine, Nervana integrates insights from leading studies in: • Pain Reprocessing Therapy (JAMA Psychiatry, 2021) • Psychophysiologic Symptom Relief Therapy (Pain Reports, 2021) • Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (JAMA, 2024) Join thousands of people retraining their brains and nervous systems to recover from chronic symptoms. ◆ Subscription Information ◆ A paid auto-renewing subscription provides full access to the Nervana Program after a 3-day free trial. Payment will be charged at the end of the trial unless canceled beforehand. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Profile. ◆ Terms & Policies ◆ Privacy Policy: https://trynervana.com/privacypolicy Terms of Use (EULA): https://trynervana.com/terms ◆ Medical Disclaimer ◆ Nervana is an educational and coaching tool and does not provide medical diagnosis, medical advice, or treatment. It is not a substitute for professional medical care. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified healthcare provider before making any medical decisions and while using this app.

About

FulwaveTimer

Features
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Most timers count to zero. FulwaveTimer runs your whole routine — built from stages, each with its own length, color, and most important sound. Intervals, Pomodoro focus blocks, breathing exercises, a speech you're rehearsing, a sleep wind-down: set the structure once, press play, and follow along by sound, on your Lock Screen, or from your wrist. BUILD IT YOUR WAY • Multistage timers — add as many stages as you like, each with its own duration and color. • Per-stage sound — play an audio track you own, or have the app read text aloud with a voice and speed you choose. • Independent transitions — set how each stage's audio starts and ends on its own: Cut, Fade, or Crossfade into the next stage. • Per-stage haptics and alert tones, plus a spoken 10-second warning or 3-2-1 countdown. • Repeat a single stage, or loop the whole playlist — perfect for HIIT rounds, Pomodoro cycles, and breathing sets. • Start fast from built-in templates: Pomodoro, HIIT, Box Breathing, Meditation, and more. ON-SCREEN TEXT FOR SPEECHES • Show a stage's text on the Player and scroll it in time with the reading — a simple teleprompter for practicing a talk. VOICE-OVERS, IN YOUR VOICE • A session can carry its spoken words as text rather than baked-in audio, so your device reads them over the stage's music in any voice you have installed — including another language. • Set the voice and the speed, or turn speaking off and read along on screen. Yours to adjust even in a locked session. STAY IN CONTROL, EVERYWHERE • Live Activity and Dynamic Island show your session on the Lock Screen with a glanceable countdown. • A Quick Start Home Screen widget launches a playlist with one tap. • On-time stage notifications announce each new stage by name. • Lock Screen and headphone controls to play, pause, and skip. APPLE WATCH + APPLE HEALTH • A live timer on your wrist with stage, countdown, and controls. • Record your session as a workout in Apple Health — with heart rate, active energy, and the workout type you set on the playlist. • Wrist haptics fire at every stage change, even with the screen off. YOUR LIBRARY, SAFE AND IN SYNC • iCloud keeps your playlists in sync across your devices, privately. • Color-tag playlists to organize your library. • Export and import playlists. • Automatic backups with one-tap restore — the newest also kept in your own iCloud account, so it survives a reinstall. • A shared session puts its own audio back on your other devices, or after a reinstall. MADE TO FIT YOU • Custom accent, background, and text colors; Dynamic Type and VoiceOver throughout. • A simplified Playback-Only view when you just want to press play. • Works on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Silicon Mac. FULWAVE PRO FulwaveTimer is free to use, and keeps a small library at no cost. Fulwave Pro unlocks an unlimited playlist library and session export. Pro is available as a monthly subscription with a 7-day free trial, or a one-time lifetime purchase. SHARE COMPLETE SESSIONS Bundle a playlist together with its audio into a single .fws session file and share it. Anyone can open and play a session they receive; Fulwave Pro keeps imported sessions in your library permanently. FULWAVE DESIGNER FOR MAC Fulwave Designer is a free companion app on the Mac App Store. Build a session on a big screen: layer several audio tracks and spoken-text cues on a single stage, set each layer's start delay, gain, and pan, choose haptics and stage colors, add session artwork, and audition it all on a transport. Export a .fws session — optionally locked, so it plays exactly as you built it — to play or share here. Sessions you receive open and play for free; Fulwave Pro keeps them in your library. No accounts. No ads. No tracking. Your data stays on your devices. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://fulwave.com/FulwaveTimer/PrivacyPolicy.html

Screenshots

Nervana4 screens
FulwaveTimer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Nervana at 15.1 against FulwaveTimer's 17.6. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Nervana sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and FulwaveTimer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nervana ships an update every 5 days, FulwaveTimer every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Nervana versus FulwaveTimer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNervanaFulwaveTimer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (43 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews95.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings43 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB7 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperNervana Health, Inc.Phillip Fuller

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Nervana

Subscriptions4
  • Nervana Maintenance$9.991 Month
  • Nervana Premium Monthly3 Days trial$39.001 Month
  • Core Program3 Days trial$199.991 Year
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  • Nervana Premium Annual7 Days trial$299.001 Year
2 purchases

FulwaveTimer

Subscriptions1
  • Fulwave Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Fulwave Pro (Lifetime)$29.99

Questions

Is Nervana free?
Nervana is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FulwaveTimer free?
FulwaveTimer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Nervana or FulwaveTimer have ads?
Neither Nervana nor FulwaveTimer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nervana or FulwaveTimer?
Nervana ships an update every 5 days, and FulwaveTimer every 2 days. Most recently, Nervana was updated on September 24, 2026 and FulwaveTimer on September 15, 2026.

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