Vagus Nerve Reset vs Exist

When stress spikes, you don't need a 20-minute meditation. NerveCalm guides you through a 60-second breathing and grounding reset you can do anywhere — then shows you, in your own words, how you felt before and after. No account. No ads. Everything stays on your phone. CALM ME NOW (60 SECONDS) A guided emergency reset: two physiological sighs, 5-4-3-2-1 grounding, and gentle bilateral tapping with haptics. One tap, fully offline. There's also a slower "Talk me through it" path. ON YOUR WRIST The 60-second reset, paced breathing and a one-tap check-in run on Apple Watch — taps instead of a screen you have to look at. TODAY — THREE SUGGESTIONS, NOT THREE OBLIGATIONS Morning, afternoon and evening: one practice each, chosen from what you rated well, what you starred and what you already did. Miss one and nothing turns red. "Not today" is one tap, forgotten by morning. QUICK CALM Star what works for you and it sits at the top of your dashboard. FIND IT BY WHAT YOU NEED The library sorted the way you actually think: Quick Reset, Stress, Sleep, Focus, Vagus, Somatic, Grounding. Tell it how long you have and it picks one. Or check in with a tap — Safe & Social, Wired, Overwhelmed, Shutdown, Mixed — and get an exercise matched to that state. 7 BREATHING PATTERNS 4-7-8, Box Breathing, Extended Exhale, Physiological Sigh, Coherence, Energizing and Wim Hof-style power breathing. Guided with visual pacing, optional voice and haptics. Safety notes on the more intense patterns. 17 SOMATIC EXERCISES Humming, butterfly hug, orienting, shaking, jaw and neck release, pendulation, self-havening, legs up the wall, cold-water reset and more — relaxation and grounding practices. 6 GUIDED PROGRAMS Multi-day routines for a nervous-system reset, anxious moments, mornings, sleep and cooling off anger. SOUND LIBRARY (16 TRACKS) Real nature recordings, brown/pink/white noise, stereo binaural tones, singing bowls and more. Mix and match. PRIVATE PROGRESS Your Calm Balance over 14 days, your average calm rating before and after sessions, weekly minutes, and how far you are through each program — all charted from what you logged. Days you did not open the app are left out, not drawn as zeros. Optional camera heart-rate snapshot, clearly labeled an estimate — not a medical reading. APPLE HEALTH Read your HRV trend and, if you choose, log check-ins to State of Mind. Off by default. GROUNDED, HONEST, PRIVATE NerveCalm draws on published breathing and relaxation research — sources are cited in the app. It is a wellness app, not a medical device, and does not diagnose, treat, or cure any condition. Breathing exercises are generally safe; stop if you feel dizzy, and check with your doctor first if you are pregnant or have a heart, respiratory, or seizure condition. Your data stays on your device. No accounts. No tracking. No ads. TRY IT FREE Every new install gets 3 days of full access — no payment info required. Subscribe yearly and you also get a 7-day free trial before your first charge. Cancel anytime. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS NerveCalm Pro — Monthly: $4.99 per month (first month $2.49). Yearly: $29.99 per year, with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. Prices are in USD and may vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://tuhin-014.github.io/app-policies/nervecalm/terms-of-service.html Privacy Policy: https://tuhin-014.github.io/app-policies/nervecalm/privacy-policy.html If you are in crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline or 911. NerveCalm is not a substitute for professional care.

The easy way to use your phone less. Exist blocks distracting apps when you want to focus, but it does more than that… It gradually removes your itch to use a smartphone, no willpower required. Based on behavioral psychology, Exist counteracts many of the psychological tricks that tech companies used to make their platforms so addictive in the first place. Specifically… EXIST WORKS BY: 1. Rewiring Habit Loops (AKA, no more compulsive app opening) Part of what makes certain apps and websites so irresistible is that they substitute for real human desires (excitement, belonging, love, etc.). The more you understand what's behind your cravings, the easier it becomes to resist them, and eventually, the less they appear at all. So, just before you open one of the apps that you'd like to use less, Exist will intercept you with a chance to think about why you're opening the app at all. Exist will then give you a chance to bail, plus an alternate idea for a healthier way to scratch your TRUE itch. (Outside your blocking schedules, you won't be hard-locked out of any app until you hit your self-imposed limit for the day.) 2. Providing an "Escape Hatch" from Doomscrolls (AKA, no more randomly losing two hours to the Feed) Ever opened your phone for just a second, then lost two hours to scrolling? This is possible thanks to "bottomless feeds." With Exist, when you open one of your chosen "problem apps," you'll choose a time allotment, and when it's up, you can abandon the doomscroll with one tap. Users have loved this feature so far. 3. Protecting Special Time Windows (AKA, get your nights and mornings back) If there's ONE hack for better health in today's world, it might be simply getting your phone away from your face right before bed and right after waking up. Inside of Exist, you can create schedules in which any combination of apps that you choose will automatically be blocked. Plenty of other apps do this, but Exist offers a feature designed specifically for the hours surrounding sleep. 4. Letting You Go Analog (AKA, pretending like it's 2010 again) Put your phone into "Exist Mode" to block all the phone functions that arrived with smartphones. EXIST IS ALWAYS EVOLVING: We are committed to helping people reclaim their brains from the internet. We are constantly working with our subscribers to make the product as useful as possible. We love talking to fans, and you can submit a request for any feature inside of Settings. MORE INFO: Exist uses Apple's Screen Time system to see and limit app use on your device. Subscriptions are 7 days free, then $59.99/year or $9.99/month. Cancel anytime in Settings. Terms of Use: https://useexist.com/exist-terms