Comparison

wingwave vs EMDR Tappers

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

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About

wingwave

This app offers self-coaching tools to enhance inner balance, mental potential, and overall performance. It utilizes specialized music and "Magic Words" to help users manage stress and inspire success. The premium version allows for personalized Magic Words and visual configurations.

Highlights
  • Wingwave music for inner balance
  • Magic Words for stress conversion
  • Wingwave exercises for self-coaching
  • Left-right brain pulsation via headphones
  • Personalized Magic Words tool (premium)
  • Customizable animation and color schemes (premium)
Features
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You want to reduce stress, inspire success, increase your general sense of well-being? Wingwave self-coaching enables you to strengthen your inner balance, your mental potential and your general performance. Functions: • Use wingwave music for ideal inner balance • Use ‚Magic Words‘ to convert stress into positive target energy • Learn about different wingwave exercises for various self-coaching topics Wingwave In addition to its balancing, positive melodies wingwave especially takes effect via its left-right beat, which auditively ‚touches‘ the two halves of the brain alternately via the headphones thus ensuring ideal pulsation of all areas of the brain. Your App provides this effect and accompanies you in your individual self-coaching. If you wish to intensify the effect, your local wingwave coach will support you in topics such as test fitness, improving performance, confident appearance, positive motivation, conflict stability and communication fitness: Several studies conducted by universities show: three to five hours wingwave coaching can cause lasting positive effects for such topics. Magic Words Words are the mightiest drugs used by man! (Rudyard Kipling, author of ‚Jungle Book‘). Make use of the positive power of words for your wingwave self-coaching! Magic Words combined with wingwave music provide support for a presentation, an upcoming talk, everyday life such as clearing the desk, improving sports performances – and in many other issues. Premium Version Personalize your Magic Words Tool! Create your own Magic Words for a more purposeful and individual self-coaching. Configure the Magic Words effect by adapting the animation speed and selecting your personal color schemes that are in line with your topic. The wingwave App is a project of the Besser-Siegmund Institute, Hamburg Besser-Siegmund Institut GmbH Mönckebergstraße 11 D-20095 Hamburg Germany Phone: + 49 (40) 3252 849 - 0 Email: info@besser-siegmund.de Managing Director with power of represenatation: Lola Ananda Siegmund The psychologist Cora Besser-Siegmund and Harry Siegmund have been developing tailor-made short-term concepts for the objectives of your coaching and training clients from the fields of business, sport and health at the heart of Hamburg for over twenty years. More than 15 specialized books have been published on the work of the institute in which the reader can learn about ‚brain-compliant‘ and practice-oriented information on the linking of systemic psychology with neuro-biological know-how. The institute has been cooperating with various universities for many Years to monitor and test the approaches applied. • The BESSER-SIEGMUND-INSTITUT is certified pursuant to DIN EN ISO 9001 for the scope: Execution and conceptual planning of Training and Further Training • Cora Besser-Siegmund and Harry Siegmund are founders of the wingwave methods which are available worldwide. Both have been awarded as ‚Coaches of Top Quality‘ by the Volkswagen Group

About

EMDR Tappers

This app provides bilateral stimulation therapy to help manage stress and anxiety. It replicates EMDR therapy using on-screen animations, vibrations, and sounds, accessible with just a phone or smartwatch. Users can customize stimuli and access positive affirmations for mental well-being.

Highlights
  • Bilateral stimulation replication
  • Customizable animations, vibrations, and sounds
  • Positive affirmations integration
  • Use with iPhone and Apple Watch
  • Single or dual phone operation
  • Preset and custom settings (premium)
Features
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The EMDR Tappers app was designed by researchers, veterans, and licensed eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) professionals to replicate EMDR therapy with only an iPhone and Apple Watch. Users can set the pace of animations, vibrations, and sounds. These stimuli are synchronized to replicate the benefits of EMDR therapy in any setting without the expensive, bulky equipment. Users can also use the app with just a single phone or two phones. All of this for free. No external, annoying ads. The core of EMDR therapy is bilateral stimulation—alternatively stimulating each side of the brain with sounds, lights, and vibrations. EMDR is a scientifically proven method of dealing with stress, anxiety, and other negative psychological conditions. The EMDR Tappers app combines the benefits of bilateral stimulation with positive affirmations. These affirmations are delivered bilaterally to help re-program your brain with healthy thoughts and beliefs. EMDR is a “strongly recommended” technique by the leading veterans' organizations, and the American Psychiatric Association has noted that EMDR is effective for treating PTSD symptoms. The premium version of the app allows users to set the color of the animation, choose the sound, and save custom settings as well as access preset settings. Download the app today to experience the power of bilateral stimulation. Terms of service: https://www.inspirehopecounseling.com/emdr-tappers-terms-of-service

Screenshots

wingwave4 screens
EMDR Tappers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: EMDR Tappers at weekly against wingwave's every 3 months. EMDR Tappers also leads on ratings volume (1.6K vs 47). wingwave's advantage is review sentiment (78% vs 51%). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. wingwave sells 19 one-off in-app purchases and EMDR Tappers sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for wingwave against 4.8 for EMDR Tappers. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EMDR Tappers has 1.6K ratings behind it against 47, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of wingwave's written reviews are positive against 51% of EMDR Tappers's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

wingwave ships an update every 3 months, EMDR Tappers weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
wingwave versus EMDR Tappers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterwingwaveEMDR Tappers
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (47 ratings) — better4.8 (1.6K ratings)
Positive reviews78.4% of reviews — better50.7% of reviews
Number of ratings471.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better13.2
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB229 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBesser-Siegmund-Institut GmbHBilateral Mind

Customer experience

wingwave

All ratings47 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral4.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive78.4%
Neutral3.9%
Negative17.6%

EMDR Tappers

All ratings1,644 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral2.6%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive50.7%
Neutral12.7%
Negative36.6%

In-app purchases

19 purchases

wingwave

One-time19
  • Walk at the beach$5.99
  • Motion$5.99
  • Wingwave$5.99
Show 16 more
  • Coming Home$5.99
  • Pacific Wave$5.99
  • Movement$5.99
  • Happy dream$5.99
  • Magic Words Premium$5.99
  • Rainforest$5.99
  • waves$5.99
  • Time to sleep$5.99
  • Feelwave Long$5.99
  • Walk at the beach Bundle$15.99
  • Classic Chill Bundle$15.99
  • happy wingwave walk bundle$15.99
  • wingwave Being in Touch$15.99
  • Dream and Sleep Album$15.99
  • Movement Bundle$15.99
  • wingwave Naturesounds Budle$17.99
3 purchases

EMDR Tappers

Subscriptions2
  • Guided Bilateral Stimulation3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Guided Bilateral Stimulation14 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Bilateral Stimulation$9.99

Questions

Is wingwave free?
wingwave is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EMDR Tappers free?
EMDR Tappers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, wingwave or EMDR Tappers?
wingwave is rated higher. wingwave averages 4.9 out of 5 from 47 ratings, while EMDR Tappers averages 4.8 from 1.6K ratings.
Do wingwave or EMDR Tappers have ads?
Neither wingwave nor EMDR Tappers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, wingwave or EMDR Tappers?
wingwave ships an update every 3 months, and EMDR Tappers weekly. Most recently, wingwave was updated on October 8, 2026 and EMDR Tappers on October 14, 2026.

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