Cadence vs besda
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cadence
This app offers guided breathwork and bilateral stimulation exercises to help users reset, refocus, and unwind. It features various visual cues, optional haptics, and panning audio to enhance the experience. Users can track their progress, journal after sessions, and log mindful minutes to Apple Health.
- Bilateral stimulation exercises
- Guided breathwork sessions
- Visual cues (Moving Dot, Light Bar, Jet Stream)
- Optional haptics and panning audio
- Session tracking and history
- Journaling and practice summaries
- Apple Health integration
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Cadence helps you reset, refocus, and unwind with left-right rhythm and guided breathwork. Choose a visual, start a session, and follow the cue for a short pause or a longer wind-down. Use Cadence to: * Practice with Moving Dot, Light Bar, and Jet Stream * Move from left-right rhythm into guided breathing * Add optional haptics, panning audio, and soundscapes * Track check-ins, streaks, and session history * Journal after sessions and review practice summaries * Log completed sessions to Apple Health as Mindful Minutes, if you choose Cadence works offline and does not require an account. Your sessions, notes, and preferences stay on your device unless you export them.
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: besda at 17.0 against Cadence's 26.2. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cadence against 5.0 for besda. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Cadence | besda |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Paul Govan | Derek Sanz |
Customer experience
Cadence
besda
In-app purchases
Cadence
No in-app purchases
besda
No in-app purchases









