Comparison

Conviction vs EVA Breathing

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

Head to head
About

Conviction

This app provides a private, encrypted journal for processing difficult emotions and identifying patterns. It offers guided prompts, mood analytics, and self-guided tools to help users navigate overwhelming feelings and gain insight into their emotional cycles.

Highlights
  • Encrypted private journal
  • Voice transcription for entries
  • Guided shadow work prompts
  • Emotional pattern analytics
  • CBT thought reframe tool
  • Somatic grounding exercises
  • Trigger mapping and analysis
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The Thought Record in Conviction walks you through the full CBT method when a thought takes over: the situation, the feeling and how strong it is, the automatic thought, the thinking traps in it, the evidence for and against, and a more balanced thought you can actually believe. Speak it or type it. It also holds DBT skills like Check the Facts, shadow work prompts, mood check-ins and a private journal, all stored encrypted on your iPhone. It's a practice tool to use alongside therapy or on your own. It is not therapy and doesn't replace professional care. WHEN FEELINGS TAKE OVER Talk or type. Voice transcription runs on your iPhone. Name the mood while it is happening, not hours later when the story has already hardened. Sit with the mood instead of getting swept by it. Grief, anger, sadness, the loop you cannot shut off. The journal holds them without asking you to perform okay. Your entries live in an encrypted diary on the device. Private. Yours. THE OLDER FEELING UNDERNEATH A blank page is a trap when you are flooded. Guided shadow work prompts give you a place to start. Questions that meet today's trigger on the surface and the older feeling underneath. You open them when you want them. Nobody pushes you further than you chose. This is not a counter you have to protect. This is a room you can enter and leave. SEE THE CYCLE Journal mood analytics, word clouds, and charts show emotional patterns over time. Recurring loops stop looking like who you are and start looking like a cycle you can step out of. Magic Mirror can surface patterns you miss when you are inside the wave. Detected shadow patterns can become goals you actually track. Ruminating becomes something you can see, not something that runs the day. TOOLS FOR THE WAVE When writing is not enough, self-guided tools are one tap away: - The Mirror: CBT thought reframe and cognitive defusion - Safe Harbor: somatic grounding, breathing, body scans - Pattern Lab: trigger mapping and chain analysis - The Council: assertiveness and validation practice These are tools, not treatment. Use them the way you use a notebook between sessions. Momentum cools when you step away. It never snaps to zero. Miss a week. Come back. Nothing resets. A PRIVATE SPACE AES-256 encryption on your iPhone. Unlock with Face ID. On supported iPhones, Apple Intelligence can surface patterns from your entries on the device. Optional encrypted iCloud backup is a Pro feature and uses a key only you hold. We cannot read your journal. A private space for what the world will not hold. WHO THIS IS FOR People who overthink until living shrinks to rumination. People who need backing when emotion takes over the whole day. People who want a journal that holds space, then helps them sit with what showed up. Not a therapist. Not a crisis line. A private journal with tools, on your iPhone. Start free. Unlimited entries, voice, check-ins, and the core tools are included. Mood detection, Magic Mirror, and insight cards have free limits. Unlock Conviction Pro once if you want those limits removed, plus Shadow Work analysis, Cosmic Rhythms, Apple Health correlation, and optional encrypted iCloud backup. Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. No account required to begin. Export anytime. Delete anytime.

About

EVA Breathing

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EVA is a daily nervous system reset app designed to help you return to your body, interrupt mental loops, and create a deeper sense of safety through breath, presence, and guided self-inquiry. Instead of giving you more content to consume, EVA gives you a simple daily practice. Open the app, take ten conscious breaths, follow the session that meets you where you are, or answer one question that shifts your attention from fear back to presence. EVA is built around the idea that your nervous system is an information system. When old beliefs, emotional charges, and survival patterns keep running in the background, the body can stay locked in stress, even when nothing is happening in the present moment. EVA helps you work at the source. WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH EVA Level 5 Breathing A five-layer conscious breathing protocol designed to bring you back into your body in just ten breaths. Use it before sleep, before a meeting, after a trigger, or anytime you feel yourself leaving the present moment. Quantum Questions Short, powerful questions designed to redirect the subconscious toward safety, possibility, and presence. One question can interrupt the loop and help you return to the part of you that already knows. Deep Sessions Guided SpellBreaking sessions for the exact experiences many people silently carry: exhaustion, feeling not enough, invisible walls, fear of being seen, and more. Choose by how you feel, not by what you think you need. 21-Day Nervous System Reset A structured three-week journey with one session per day. Move from foundation, to deepening, to integration through short daily lessons and guided experiences. Presence Bell A configurable reminder that invites you to take one breath and return throughout the day. Not another productivity notification, but a simple pattern interrupt. Cellular Rejuvenation A daily lesson and guided process built around nervous system safety, renewal, and presence. Learn Section Understand the principles behind EVA, including the nervous system, breath, subconscious patterns, neuroplasticity, epigenetics, and vagal science. WHY EVA IS DIFFERENT Most wellness apps focus on managing stress. EVA focuses on the belief, charge, or internal loop underneath it. This is not just relaxation. It is a daily practice for changing the information your body is running on. EVA is designed for the moment before sleep, the moment before the meeting, the moment after the trigger, and the moments when you feel something old taking over again. No experience is needed. The body already knows how to return. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION EVA offers a 7-day free trial with full access to all features. After the trial, you can choose a monthly or annual subscription. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple ID settings. EVA is not a medical device and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical or psychological condition. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, please contact a qualified healthcare professional. Terms & Conditions: https://evabreathing.com/terms-of-use

Screenshots

Conviction4 screens
EVA Breathing4 screens

Verdict

The call

Conviction and EVA Breathing are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Conviction sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and EVA Breathing sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Conviction versus EVA Breathing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConvictionEVA Breathing
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size330 MB63 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPhillip PaulFILIPPO PIETRANTONIO

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Conviction

One-time1
  • Conviction Pro$3.99
2 purchases

EVA Breathing

Subscriptions2
  • Full Access7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Full Access7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Conviction free?
Conviction is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EVA Breathing free?
EVA Breathing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Conviction or EVA Breathing have ads?
Neither Conviction nor EVA Breathing shows ads.

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