Regulate vs Orkadu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Regulate
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Meditation asks you to sit still, close your eyes, and breathe. If your heart is pounding, or you feel nothing at all, that can make things worse. Regulate is not a meditation app. It's a nervous system app: short, active, body-first exercises matched to the state you're actually in. Pick how you feel, get the right tool, use it for 1 to 3 minutes, then rate how you feel. That's the whole loop. Built from lived experience of PTSD recovery and four years of somatic work, for the people meditation apps didn't work for. FOUR STATES. THE RIGHT TOOL FOR EACH. ANXIOUS / PANIC - Physiological Sigh: a double inhale and long exhale, one of the best-studied quick ways to help your body settle (2023 Stanford randomized trial) - Pattern Breaker: a cognitive interrupt for racing panic loops - Geode Release: rapid tapping to burn through the surge - Pressure Gauge: tap fast to drive the needle through the redline, then let it fall with one long exhale NUMB / FREEZE - Pendulum: follow a slow swing left and right and tap each side at the peak, with a soft tone in each ear - 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding: sensory anchoring to bring you back online - Focus Follow: smooth-pursuit eye tracking ANGRY / FRUSTRATED - Chaos Release: a physical discharge shake game - Tension Release: find and release the tension your body is holding - Haul: drag a heavy rope down with slow, full pulls; it gets heavier as you go BALANCED / FLOW - Regulate Breath: a 1:2 inhale-to-exhale ratio, the slow pace HRV research points to - Current: rest a fingertip on a wandering light and follow it WHY BODY-FIRST WORKS When your nervous system is stuck in fight, flight, or freeze, thinking your way out rarely works. Regulate's exercises are rooted in breathing science, somatic psychology, and nervous system research: science-backed techniques that work through the body. Breath, movement, bilateral stimulation, and sensory grounding. Every exercise is interactive and animated, with haptic feedback that gives your hands something to do. TRACK WHAT ACTUALLY HELPS Rate how you feel after every exercise. Earn XP, build streaks, hit daily goals, and see which tools work best for your nervous system, not someone else's. A gentle daily nudge, at the time you choose, helps you come back to it. REGULATE+ The four base state exercises are free, unlimited, forever. Regulate+ unlocks: - The full exercise menu for every state - Pattern Insights: hourly patterns, best times of day, effectiveness tracking - Custom Daily Goals: set multiple goals that fit your life - Protocol Builder: build your own exercise sequences - Morning, midday and evening reminder slots - Favorites: one tap to the tools that work for you - PDF progress report (CSV and JSON export stay free) $4.99/month or $34.99/year, with a 7-day free trial on the annual plan. Your nervous system isn't broken. It's doing its job, just a little too well. Regulate helps you work with it. Not meditation. Regulation. --- Regulate is a self-care tool, not a medical device, and is not a substitute for professional care. Terms of Use: https://getregulate.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://getregulate.app/privacy.html
Orkadu
This app personalizes your fitness journey by creating adaptive training plans based on your logged effort and health data. It integrates workout logging, progress tracking, and AI-powered insights to help you achieve your fitness goals.
- AI-generated adaptive training plans
- Weekly load adjustments based on effort
- Daily readiness and session logging
- Morning check-ins (sleep, stress, pain)
- AI assistant for workout guidance
- Lab result analysis and integration
- Exercise library with visual demos
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Your workout is ready today, your way, and it adjusts every week based on the effort you logged. Orkadu brings together what usually lives scattered: the training plan, the load log, your latest lab results, check-in measurements, what you report each morning, and your progress over months. FOUR WAYS TO START TRAINING Generate a plan with AI from your profile, build one from scratch, start from a ready template, or import the plan your personal trainer wrote (PDF or photo). You choose. The library has 800+ exercises with visual demos. TRAINING THAT ADJUSTS EVERY WEEK After each gym or home session you mark how it went: light, right, heavy or failed. Next week's loads change because of it. That is the autoregulation no spreadsheet does on its own, whether you lift for strength, size, or to leave the couch safely. CAN I PUSH TODAY? The home screen answers before you ask: today's readiness and this week's load come from the sessions you logged, with the real duration of each one. Missing data? The app says so. It does not make things up. THE FIVE-TAP JOURNAL Every morning: sleep, stress, pain, alcohol, water. Fifteen seconds. It is what no watch measures, and it sits next to the numbers your watch does measure. KADU TALKS TO YOUR DATA Kadu is Orkadu's assistant. Ask about today's workout, the knee that bothers you, or the load that will not go up: it answers with your numbers in hand and suggests the next step. Every week it writes your report with what changed, from facts already in the app. AI READS YOUR LABS, AND YOUR TRAINING TAKES IT INTO ACCOUNT Upload the lab PDF (or a photo of the sheet). Markers become visual reference rulers, you follow each one over time, and your training accounts for what the labs showed. Labs are optional: without them, your plan still comes from your profile. LOGGING WITHOUT FRICTION Log workout, set and load in a few taps, with session time counted for you. Running, walking and cycling take distance, and pace is calculated. Check in with weight, measurements and progress photos: the side-by-side comparison shows what the daily mirror hides. PROFILE, CHALLENGES AND COMMUNITIES You decide whether you show up. The profile is optional: nickname, level and achievements. Never labs, weight, measurements or photos. Invite your training partners to a challenge scored by sessions, or join a community, by invite or open, with a consistency ranking. You agree on what is at stake; the app keeps score, the settling is yours, outside the app. Every post and every member has two-tap reporting and blocking, and moderation responds within 24 hours. For adults 18+. YOUR DATA IS YOURS Health data encrypted (AES-256). Photos have location stripped before storage. Export or delete everything whenever you want, right in the app. 7 DAYS FREE Try everything for 7 days. Then subscribe in the app, billed by the App Store. Orkadu never sees your card. Cancel anytime in your iPhone Settings. IMPORTANT Orkadu is an informational tracking tool. It does not diagnose, does not prescribe treatment, and does not replace a medical consultation, nutritional assessment or guidance from a certified fitness professional. Talk to your doctor before making any decision based on the data shown here. Terms of Use: https://orkadu.com/en/termos Privacy Policy: https://orkadu.com/en/privacidade
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Verdict
Regulate and Orkadu are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Regulate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Orkadu sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Regulate ships an update weekly, Orkadu every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Regulate | Orkadu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Steven Matson | Vinicius Graciano |
In-app purchases
Regulate
- Regulate+ Monthly$4.991 Month
- Regulate+ Annual7 Days trial$34.991 Year
Orkadu
- Orkadu monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Orkadu yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year









