Nervine vs Arrive
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
Read full descriptionHide full description
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
Arrive
Read full descriptionHide full description
Calm down in 2 minutes. You get home and you can't calm down. It's 1am and your mind won't stop. Your heart is going before the meeting. You're in the car park and you can't go in. You've told yourself to relax, and it did nothing. You can't think your way from wound up to calm. Your body has to come down in steps. Arrive gives you the steps, for how you feel right now. HOW IT WORKS Tap the feeling that fits. Arrive gives you a short somatic exercise, or a few in a row. You do them. At the end you say whether you feel calmer. Arrive remembers what works for you and offers it first next time. Most take just 2 minutes. ANYWHERE No equipment. No signal needed. Many are invisible to anyone watching: at a desk, in the car, in bed at 1am. Built on techniques tested in randomised trials. WHAT'S NOT HERE No subscription. No AI chatbot. No streaks. No account. PRICE One exercise a day of your choice is free, as often as you need it that day. Unlock every exercise, every time, with one payment. Nothing to cancel. IMPORTANT Arrive is a wellbeing app, nothing more. Not therapy, not treatment, not a medical device. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Arrive at none against Nervine's shown. Arrive also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). Nervine's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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 Arrive sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Nervine ships an update every 5 weeks, Arrive weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nervine | Arrive |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 159 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Alexis Raimbault | Escape Velocity Studio Limited |
In-app purchases
Nervine
- Nervine Premium - Monthly7 Days trial$8.991 Month
- Nervine Premium - Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
Arrive
- Unlock Arrive$29.99








