EFTappy vs Tap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EFTappy
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Meet Tappy - your calming companion. Tappy is a soft, expressive character who mirrors your mood and guides you through short somatic tapping sessions to help you calm down, reset, and feel grounded again. Whether you're feeling anxious, stressed, angry, sad, tense, unfocused, or numb, Tappy helps you regulate your nervous system through gentle tapping, breathing cues, soothing visuals, sound, and subtle haptic rhythm. You calm Tappy — and in doing so, you calm yourself. Tappy is based on somatic tapping (also known as EFT), a simple and science-informed method that helps your body release tension and shift out of stress. Just tap on your own body while following Tappy's visual and rhythmic guidance. FREE FEATURES: • Download and explore the app • Track your daily calm streak TAPPY PREMIUM (subscription required): Unlock the full calming experience with Tappy Premium: • Unlimited guided tapping sessions for all emotions (anxious, stressed, angry, sad, tense, unfocused, numb) • Each session includes mood-specific visuals, sounds, animation, haptic cues, and short affirmations • Progress tracking with detailed insights and analytics • Weekly session breakdown and time-of-day patterns • Streak history and emotion analytics • Priority support Each premium session lasts 60–120 seconds. Tappy starts by reflecting what you feel, then slowly transitions to a calmer state as you tap. As Tappy relaxes, so do you. After each session, you'll see Tappy's transformation from dysregulated to calm: brighter colors, softer breathing, and a peaceful expression. It's a gentle mirror of your own shift toward calm. SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS: Tappy Premium is available as a weekly, monthly, or yearly subscription. Prices may vary by region. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions in your Account Settings after purchase. Tap before you snap. Calm your nervous system in just a couple of minutes with Tappy, your calming companion who's always here to settle with you, one tap at a time. Terms of Use: https://appmachina.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://appmachina.com/privacy
Tap
This app offers short, guided sessions combining rhythmic tapping, focused breathing, and reflection to help users manage everyday emotions like stress and overwhelm. It provides a private, evidence-informed practice for emotional well-being, with customizable features and a focus on mindful awareness.
- Guided tapping and breathing sessions
- Short sessions (30 seconds to 4 minutes)
- Before-and-after emotion check-ins
- Customizable session styles, backgrounds, and sounds
- Practice history and reflection prompts
- Private, no account required
- Evidence-informed wellness practice
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Meet what you feel. Tap is a simple practice for meeting everyday emotions with awareness instead of avoidance. Through rhythmic tapping, focused breathing, and guided reflection, it offers a few intentional moments to notice what you're feeling, stay present with it, and move through it. Designed for everyday stress, worry, overwhelm, frustration, sadness, overthinking, and other difficult emotions, Tap offers short guided sessions that fit naturally into your day. Features • Three mindful session styles for different moments: • Tap — a gentle bilateral tapping practice for staying present with difficult emotions. • Breathe — combines rhythmic tapping with focused breathing to support presence and emotional awareness. • Focus — an engaging attention practice that helps you gently step back from racing thoughts while remaining grounded in the present. • Guided sessions from 30 seconds to 4 minutes. • Before-and-after emotion check-ins to help you notice changes over time. • Gentle reflection prompts that encourage awareness without judgment. • Original illustrated environments inspired by the Himalayan region and the Mongolian steppes. • Four original ambient soundscapes created exclusively for Tap, together with customizable tap sounds and nature audio. • Customizable session style, backgrounds, sounds, colors, accessibility options, haptics, and more. • Practice history with filtering by emotion and session style to help you reflect on your journey over time. • Private by design — no account required. All of your data stays on your device. Evidence-Informed Wellness Practice Tap is a self-guided, evidence-informed wellness practice drawing on research in mindfulness, emotion science, and self-regulation. Its approach is inspired by well-established ideas in psychology, including: • Naming emotions • Turning toward difficult feelings instead of avoiding them • Mindful awareness and emotional acceptance • Self-awareness and self-regulation Created by an Internal Medicine physician with a long-standing mindfulness practice, Tap was inspired by years of caring for patients and a simple realization: emotional well-being often begins by noticing our experience instead of immediately trying to change it. Tap is not therapy and not a treatment. It is designed as a wellness practice to support everyday emotional well-being. Whether you're feeling stressed before work, overwhelmed during the day, or simply want a quiet moment to reconnect with yourself, Tap offers a simple practice for meeting what you feel.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tap at none against EFTappy's 4. Tap also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 9 days). On price, device support 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
Both are free to download. EFTappy sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Tap asks for nothing beyond the download.
EFTappy ships an update every 9 days, Tap daily. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EFTappy | Tap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | App Machina LLC | RANDY LUU |
In-app purchases
EFTappy
- Tappy Weekly3 Days trial$9.997 Days
- Tappy Monthly3 Days trial$24.991 Month
- Tappy Annual3 Days trial$79.991 Year
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- App Bundle$79.991 Month
Tap
No in-app purchases








