Haptic Calm vs Anima

Haptic Calm puts your breathing in your hand. Stronger vibration means breathe in, softer means breathe out — no screen to watch, nothing to hear. Just close your eyes. HOLD TO BEGIN Rest your thumb on the light and feel it rise and fall. Let go to stop; your thumb can move around freely. As it becomes familiar, the screen dims until your hand is enough. 1 MINUTE WHEN PANIC HITS Calm now: 3 physiological sighs, then a minute of slow breathing. Start it from the Lock Screen widget, Control Center or Siri — no need to unlock and look for the app. PET THE CAT Stroke the cat on screen and your phone purrs with it. Six cats, six purrs, each with its own little personality. 7 BREATHING METHODS · LEARN Steady, Box, Physiological sigh, 4-7-8, Resonant, Longer exhale, or your own rhythm. Seven 2–5 minute lessons: understand it first, then practice once with the vibration. 6 TEXTURES Breath, Heart, Purr, Tide, Rain and Bowl — the same breath, a different feel. You can even set the heartbeat's pace. TODAY'S MYSTERY A brand-new texture every day, and the light takes on its color. Keep the ones you love in My textures. PRO · POCKET MODE No need to hold on. On the commute, on a walk, in a queue: your phone stays in your pocket and still guides you. The screen turns itself off, and fabric won't trigger anything. PRO · BEDTIME ON YOUR CHEST Lie down with your phone on your chest. It listens to your breathing for 30 seconds, then slows it down over 8 minutes, getting softer and softer so it won't wake you. PRO · CREATE Blend up to 5 textures, adjust strength and feel. What you see drawn is what your hand will feel. Save it, name it, give it a color. FIVE SKINS Tidelight, River Stone, Moss, Stardust and Pompom, each with its own colors, type and matching app icon. ALSO • Widgets, a Control Center button and a Siri shortcut • Logs Mindful Minutes to Health (write only, never reads) • English, 中文, Français • Works with large text and VoiceOver FREE AND PRO Free: hold to practice, 3 methods and the first 4 lessons, 6 textures, Calm now and widgets, Pet the cat, a mystery a day, the Tidelight skin. Pro is a one-time purchase, no subscription: Pocket mode, Bedtime on your chest, all methods and lessons, your own rhythm, Create, unlimited mysteries (keep 10), 4 more skins and icons, strength 0–200%. Bought Pro before? Everything new in 2.0 is already yours. PRIVACY No account, no personal data collected, fully offline, no ads. Haptic Calm is not a medical device. If you feel dizzy or tight in the chest, stop and breathe normally. If you are pregnant or have heart or breathing conditions, ask your doctor first.

You've tried to meditate. You've sat down, started counting your breaths from 1 to 10....and your mind wandered off somewhere around four. So you decided you're just bad at this. You're not. Counting is a thought, and you can't quiet a busy mind with another thought. What can hold attention is perhaps something you can feel: a steady, physical rhythm to come back to each time you drift. Anima is that anchor. A gentle pulse that rises and falls with your breath, so following it takes no counting and no willpower. Close your eyes and just feel it. When your mind wanders (and it will) the pulse is right there to come back to. It was built by someone who spent three years failing to make meditation stick, until a breath they could feel finally made it consistent. This is that, made into an app. — Apple Watch + iPhone — Practice on your wrist for an eyes-closed, screen-free session, or on your phone with full-screen visuals. Your settings stay in sync across both. — A breath you can feel, hear, and see — The pulse is quickens and softens with the natural arc of your inhale and exhale, so the rhythm feels alive rather than mechanical. Feel it as vibrations on your wrist through your watch or while holding your phone in your lap. Hear the pulse through your earbuds or out loud. — A living sphere — A field of light gently expands and contracts with your breath. Watch it, or let it fade to the edge of awareness as you rest with your eyes closed. Choose from a curated set of palettes, or craft your own. — Make it yours — Adjust session length, breath patterns (box, 4-7-8, and more), haptic intensity, and palettes. Build a practice that fits your day. Start with a 7-day free trial. After that, unlock Anima for life with a one-time payment at the price you can afford: $4.99, $12.99, or $24.99. Every tier unlocks the same app. No subscriptions. No ads. No accounts to create. No data sold. Anima isn't about doing more. It's about giving your attention one steady thing to hold and letting everything else settle into stillness. Anima supports general relaxation and mindfulness. It is not a medical device and is not intended to diagnose, treat, or prevent any condition. Terms of Use: https://alterras.app/anima-terms · Privacy Policy: https://alterras.app/anima-privacy