Comparison

Baseline Stress Reset vs besda

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

Head to head
About

Baseline Stress Reset

Features
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Can't focus. Can't switch off. No capacity left, and it's not even midday. Baseline is a 1–3 minute nervous system reset that works when you're too depleted to think your way out. No meditation, no 20-minute sessions, just fast relief that fits your actual day. You already know the advice: breathe, journal, meditate, think it through. You've tried it. It doesn't work when you're actually stressed. Baseline works differently. Open the app and it asks one question: how are you right now. Whatever you tap, you get one guided reset built for that exact state: a specific breath pattern, a short movement sequence, or a grounding exercise, never a random pick from a list. 120+ resets, 1–3 minutes each, including tools built specifically to close out a stress response instead of just pausing it, so you can actually recover. Most people don't believe two minutes can do anything. Then they feel it. "I'm calmer, I'm more present with the people I love, and I actually have energy left for my own life at the end of the day," one client told us. "I wish I'd had this years ago." That's the shift: not surviving your days, actually living them. Falling asleep without your mind still running. Waking up energized instead of already behind. Present with the people you love, not just getting through the day. The more you check in, the more Baseline learns what actually works for your system, not just to a generic "stressed" category. What you get: - A reset matched to your actual state in real time, never generic - 120+ guided tools, 1–3 minutes each: breath, movement, grounding - Tools built to close out a stress response, so it stops carrying into your next hour, your evening, your sleep - Personalised reminders, set by you, so checking in becomes automatic instead of one more thing to remember - No streaks, no badges, no guilt if you skip a day - Something to open mid-meeting or mid-meltdown, not a session you schedule and skip You're exhausted even after a full night's sleep. You can't concentrate. You feel checked out of your own life. That's not a willpower problem, it's a capacity problem. Baseline doesn't ask you to think harder. It gives your body a direct signal to recover. Created by a psychotherapist with a background in neuroscience and somatic practice. Built for real life. In testing, 96% of users felt a real shift in under 3 minutes. Spend more moments at baseline. Baseline offers an auto-renewing subscription, billed monthly or annually after a 1-month free trial. No card required to start your trial. The exact price in your local currency is shown in the app before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://noboxdev.com/baseline/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://noboxdev.com/baseline/terms

About

besda

This app offers a 90-second breathing exercise to help manage overwhelming moments. It features proactive alerts for difficult stretches, private voice memo recording, and an anonymous community feed for dads. Designed for those with ADHD and autism, it provides tools for nervous system regulation.

Highlights
  • 90-second breathing guide
  • Proactive stress alerts
  • On-device voice memo recording
  • Anonymous community feed
  • Work-to-dad mode transition
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Some mornings feel like everything you say makes it worse. besda is for the days when your nervous system is working against you — and you need 90 seconds to reset before you walk back in. Tap Circuit Breaker any time and follow a breathing guide through 90 seconds of physiological sigh. After a few check-ins, the app notices when you're heading into a tough stretch before you do — and has the Circuit Breaker ready before you need it. You can voice-record what you're carrying — it stays on your phone, transcribed by Apple's on-device speech recognition, never sent anywhere. Before you go home, a short three-step transition walks you out of work mode and back into dad mode. The Brotherhood Feed is anonymous posts from dads in the same situation — no usernames, no profiles, just the real stuff. No account. No login. Voice memos stay on your device. Check-in history and everything you record never leaves your phone. Brotherhood Feed posts are anonymous — not linked to you, not linked to your device. Built specifically for ADHD and autistic dads who need tools that actually work when the hard moments hit.

Screenshots

Baseline Stress Reset4 screens
besda4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: besda at none against Baseline Stress Reset's 2. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Baseline Stress Reset sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. besda asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Baseline Stress Reset versus besda: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBaseline Stress Resetbesda
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB30 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMarie Luise KeutlerDerek Sanz

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Baseline Stress Reset

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$69.991 Year
None

besda

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Baseline Stress Reset free?
Baseline Stress Reset is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is besda free?
besda is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Baseline Stress Reset or besda have ads?
Neither Baseline Stress Reset nor besda shows ads.

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