Comparison

CortiCoach vs CalmTide

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

Head to head
About

CortiCoach

Manage chronic stress with this app that uses your body's signals. Track stress patterns via HRV and sleep data, then learn proven techniques through interactive lessons and gamified rewards. Build lasting habits for a calmer, more energized life.

Highlights
  • HRV and sleep data tracking
  • Gamified stress management lessons
  • Personalized stress insights
  • Daily challenges and progress tracking
  • Streak and XP rewards
  • Privacy-focused on-device data storage
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Struggling with chronic stress that disrupts your sleep and energy? CortiCoach transforms stress management into an engaging daily practice using your body's natural signals. Track your stress patterns through HRV and sleep data, then master proven techniques through gamified lessons. Build lasting habits with streaks and XP rewards that make stress reduction feel like progress, not pressure. Many users report feeling calmer with consistent daily practice. Shows your latest HRV from Apple Health (Apple Watch supported), personalized stress insights, 50+ interactive lessons, daily challenges, progress tracking, and sleep pattern analysis. Your data stays private and secure on your device. Start your stress-free journey today.

About

CalmTide

Features
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Lower your baseline cortisol. CalmTide reads the Apple Health data you already have — sleep, HRV, workouts, resting heart rate, mindful minutes — and turns it into one clear picture of your stress biology: an HPA Balance Score today, and an estimated baseline-cortisol trend over 8 weeks. Not another meditation timer. A measurement layer for calm. Everything runs on your device. No account, no cloud, no analytics. Your health data never leaves your phone. SEE TODAY CLEARLY • HPA Balance Score (0–100) from a named, citation-backed model — tap any number to see the research behind it • One smart recommendation, chosen for today — not a generic list • A daily protocol checklist: breathwork, Zone 2, sleep, morning light • Recovery signals at a glance: HRV, resting heart rate, sleep, respiratory rate • Where your HRV and resting heart rate sit against typical ranges for your age and sex (Pro) FIND YOUR PATTERNS • Morning-after insights: what caffeine, alcohol, late meals and hard workouts did to your HRV, sleep and readiness — read the next morning, when the biology actually lands • What your check-ins reveal (Pro): whether how you feel actually tracks your sleep, HRV and training, compared across your own days • Your strongest cortisol link, from your own data — suggestive, not causal, and always explained • Personal records: longest streak, best HPA week, calmest morning UNDERSTAND YOUR WEEK • A weekly retrospective that ranks exactly what moved your score — sleep, morning light, HRV, mindfulness, training load — in points, this week versus last • Every workout with heart-rate data scored for its cortisol effect: reducing, neutral, or spiking. Sessions without it still count toward your weekly dose — they are never guessed at • Training load as plain figures: acute-to-chronic ratio, monotony and strain (Pro) ACT ON IT • Practice hub: cyclic sighing (Balban 2023) and resonance breathing (Steffen 2020), in 2, 5 or 10-minute doses, suggested by situation — evening wind-down, post-workout, elevated load • Completed sessions save to Apple Health as Mindful Minutes • Morning-light coaching to anchor your body clock — the clock that times your morning cortisol rise • Smart, quiet notifications that arrive when they help — never to interrupt WATCH YOUR BASELINE FALL • An 8-week estimated baseline-cortisol trend with your life events pinned to it — illness, travel, deadlines — so shifts make sense • A 7-day cortisol forecast from your training and sleep (Pro) • Check in from your wrist with the Apple Watch app PRIVATE BY DESIGN • On-device analysis, including the optional Calm Coach explainer • Export or restore your data any time — it's yours • App Privacy label: Data Not Collected CalmTide is free to use daily. CalmTide Pro (full 8-week trend, extended 60- and 90-day history, the cortisol forecast, score & forecast widgets, scores on Apple Watch, advanced training-load analytics and Calm Coach) is available as a monthly or annual subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. New subscribers get a 1-month free trial. Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled; the price and any trial are shown before you confirm. CalmTide is a wellness tool. It estimates — it does not measure cortisol, and it does not diagnose or treat any medical condition.

Screenshots

CortiCoach4 screens
CalmTide4 screens

Verdict

The call

CortiCoach and CalmTide 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CortiCoach sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and CalmTide sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CortiCoach ships an update every 8 days, CalmTide every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
CortiCoach versus CalmTide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCortiCoachCalmTide
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB9 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperAashik SinghMichael Smith

In-app purchases

4 purchases

CortiCoach

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$9.99
  • Lifetime Access$12.99
3 purchases

CalmTide

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Annual1 Month trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is CortiCoach free?
CortiCoach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CalmTide free?
CalmTide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CortiCoach or CalmTide have ads?
Neither CortiCoach nor CalmTide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CortiCoach or CalmTide?
CortiCoach ships an update every 8 days, and CalmTide every 10 days. Most recently, CortiCoach was updated on October 2, 2026 and CalmTide on October 15, 2026.

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