Nervine vs PulseWave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nervine
This app offers guided somatic exercises to help regulate your nervous system when feeling anxious, stressed, or fatigued. It provides a variety of short, voice-led practices focusing on breath, grounding, and release, with customizable durations and ambient sounds.
- Voice-guided somatic exercises
- Mood-based practice selection
- 30 exercises across 7 categories
- Five guided programs
- Progress tracking
- Customizable exercise length and guidance
- Ambient soundscapes
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Nervine is a quiet place to settle your nervous system. Thirty short, voice-guided somatic exercises help you come back into your body when you feel anxious, wired, frozen or simply worn out. Somatic exercises work from the body up: a slow exhale, a low hum, a gentle shake, feet on the floor. Nervine guides you through each one so you can close your eyes and follow along. HOW DO YOU FEEL RIGHT NOW? Pick what is true in this moment: anxious, wired, frozen, shut down, tired or overwhelmed. Nervine suggests a practice that fits, and you can begin with one tap. 30 SOMATIC EXERCISES IN 7 FAMILIES • Vagal toning: voo sound, humming, gargle, ocean breath, lion's breath • Orienting: room orienting, soft gaze, near and far, slow head turns, 5-4-3-2-1 grounding • Discharge: standing shake, TRE-style leg tremor, pandiculation, wet dog shake • Breath: physiological sigh, extended exhale (4:8), box breath, 4-7-8, diaphragmatic breathing • Grounding: feet on the ground, hand on heart, butterfly tap, body scan • Release: jaw release, face softening, shoulder drops, hip opener • Activation: ear rub, cold water on the face, temple press Every exercise comes with its own hand-drawn botanical illustration and calm, paced voice guidance. FIVE GUIDED PROGRAMS • First Week: a gentle 7-day introduction • Before Sleep Wind-Down: 5 evenings to let the day go • Morning Orientation: 7 mornings to arrive in your body • Vagus Activation: 10 days of vagal toning • Release Stored Tension: 14 days of shaking, stretching and letting go NOTICE THE CHANGE Before and after each session, rate your tension, energy and calm. Nervine shows you the difference, so you learn which practices actually help you. MAKE IT YOURS • Choose the length: 1, 3, 5 or 10 minutes • Choose the guidance: full, minimal or off • Ambient soundscapes: rain, stream and birds, or binaural tones • Calming background scenes • A gentle daily reminder WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYS We keep this honest. In a study published in Cell Reports Medicine (Balban et al., 2023), five minutes a day of cyclic sighing, a breath with a long exhale, improved mood and lowered breathing rate. A review in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (Zaccaro et al., 2018) linked slow breathing to higher heart-rate variability. Cool water on the face triggers the dive reflex, which slows the heart. Nervine builds its practices around simple mechanisms like these. Nervine is a wellness tool for everyday stress and tension. It is not a medical device and does not replace care from a qualified professional. SUBSCRIPTION Nervine is free to download. Full access to all exercises, programs and features requires a subscription, which begins with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account when the free trial ends, or at confirmation of purchase if you subscribe without a trial. Your subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. Canceling during the free trial means you will not be charged. Privacy Policy: https://www.easytech-agency.net/privacy/nervine Terms of Use: https://www.easytech-agency.net/terms/nervine
PulseWave
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Between tasks, before a meeting or as the day winds down: make room for a pause that fits your moment. Start a Guided Reset for 30, 60 or 120 seconds. Follow the orb: breathe in for five, out for five. Sound and haptics are optional, and no sign-up is needed to begin. CHOOSE YOUR MOMENT - Breathing: choose a rhythm, duration and atmosphere. Explore coherent breathing, box breathing and 4-7-8. - Tapping: follow guided points and instructions at your own pace. - Meditation: try the one-minute STOP pause or choose a longer guided session. - Evening: build a routine with narrated sleep sessions, gentle sounds and hypnosis sessions you can stop at any time. - Sound: explore ready-made soundscapes or mix rain, ocean, wind and noise textures for work or rest. - Reflection: check in with your mood and add a few words to your journal. A seven-day foundation program helps you continue after your first session. Breathing is free to start. Premium adds the extended library, custom sound creator and additional guidance tools. PRIVACY BY CHOICE Usage analytics stays off unless you choose to share limited feature and session events after your first completed session. It never includes journal text or audio content, and you can change the choice in Settings. No advertising or cross-app tracking. No named account is required. Journal and mood entries stay on the device by default and sync only after separate consent. PulseWave is a wellness app, not a medical device or clinical service. It does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. If you have a medical, cardiovascular, sleep, or mental health concern, consult a qualified professional. PulseWave Premium is available as a monthly or annual auto-renewable subscription. New eligible users may start the annual plan with a 7-day free trial; the monthly plan has no free trial. After any applicable free trial, payment is charged to your Apple ID under the terms shown before confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.highroadsoftware.com/apps/pulsewave/privacy.html Terms of Service: https://www.highroadsoftware.com/apps/pulsewave/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: PulseWave at none against Nervine's shown. PulseWave also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. Nervine sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and PulseWave sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Nervine ships an update every 5 weeks, PulseWave weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nervine | PulseWave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 191 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Alexis Raimbault | COBI Management |
In-app purchases
Nervine
- Nervine Premium - Monthly7 Days trial$8.991 Month
- Nervine Premium - Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
PulseWave
- PulseWave Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
- PulseWave Premium Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year









