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The basics
What is Arrive?
An iPhone app that helps you shift state with somatic exercises and breathwork. You tap one word for how you are feeling, and Arrive hands you a somatic practice matched to it, usually finished inside two minutes.
Thirty-four practices and six breathing patterns. No account, no browsing, no planning.
What are somatic exercises?
Small deliberate things you do with your body to change what your nervous system is doing. Shaking out your arms. Pressing your feet into the floor. Humming. Naming five things you can see. Breathing out for longer than you breathe in.
When you are wound up, your body already carries that charge in your jaw, your shoulders, your breathing. Talking yourself out of it works poorly, because the conversation still happens in the head and not the body. Somatic practice goes at the body.
Why no AI chatbot
Every other app in this category has an AI coach. Where is yours?
We built Arrive to get you from opening the app to doing something in about three seconds. A chatbot cannot do that. Do you want to talk to the robot to feel better? Didn't think so either.
Wouldn't an AI understand me better than a list of words?
We tested that assumption rather than guessing at it, and the answer was no.
We ran twenty-four real check-ins through a small on-device model and it got nine of them wrong. We simulated it ten thousand times and it kept getting them wrong. It is also slower than a tap. A rule cannot make that mistake, and you do not need a robot for this.
Using it
Do I need an account?
No. We would rather you stayed anonymous.
How does it decide what to give me?
Your word places you on two axes, how much energy is in you and whether it feels good or bad, and that resolves to a state. Each state has an arc rather than a single answer.
Where you land on the arc depends on what you did last, so a second practice moves you along it. Most apps in this category skip the ordering. Matching a feeling to an exercise is easy, but a body in fight-or-flight cannot go straight to stillness, and offering slow breathing to someone still buzzing is why people decide breathwork does not work on them.
Can I pick something myself?
Yes. The whole library is browsable and searchable, grouped by when you would want each one, and you can start anything at any time.
How often should I use it?
Whenever you notice. No prescribed dose, no daily target, nothing tracking whether you hit one. Most people find two or three moments a day where a minute helps, after work, between meetings, at bedtime, and use it then.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Use it anywhere, including on a plane. We built it to be available always.
Practices
How long does one take?
Sixty seconds to three minutes for almost everything. A few are longer by design: Legs Up is five minutes and Warm Shower is ten, because that is how long they take.
Can I do them at my desk, or on a train?
Most of them. Several are invisible to anyone watching: Feet to Floor, Eye Reset, Jaw & Face Release, Ear Rub, Look Wide, Back and Forth, and any of the breathing patterns. A handful want a wall, a floor or a shower, and each one says what it needs before you start.
Why is "feeling good" one of the options?
Two of the four categories are pleasant ones, and they have practices behind them. Savouring something, sending someone warmth, looking wide, naming one good thing. These have real effects, and they go to waste if an app only opens when you feel bad.
Privacy
What data does Arrive collect?
Arrive collects no data.
Where does my history live?
In a file inside the app's own storage on your phone, protected by iOS device encryption. It goes with your iPhone backup, which for most people means iCloud.
Can I lock the app?
Yes, with Face ID.
Do you sell anything to anyone?
No.
Price
What does it cost?
One practice a day of your choice is free. Unlocking unlimited practices is $39.99 once and it is yours. No subscription.
Can I get a refund?
Apple handles all refunds for App Store purchases. Request one at reportaproblem.apple.com.
Safety
Is it safe for everyone?
These are ordinary low-risk techniques, though not risk-free for everyone. Talk to a doctor first if you are pregnant, have a heart, respiratory or seizure condition, have blood-pressure problems, faint easily, or have a neck, back or joint injury. Never do the breathing patterns while driving, in water, or anywhere light-headedness would be dangerous. Full detail sits in the terms and health disclaimer.
What if a practice makes me feel worse?
Stop. That is a valid outcome and nothing in the app penalises it. Body-based work occasionally surfaces more than expected, particularly for people with a trauma history. Use your judgement, stop when something does not feel right, and speak to a professional if it keeps happening.
Can I use it in a crisis?
No. Arrive is offline by design and cannot contact anyone for you. In an emergency call your local emergency number or a crisis line: call or text 1737 in New Zealand, Lifeline on 13 11 14 in Australia, call or text 988 in the US and Canada, Samaritans on 116 123 in the UK and Ireland.
Still wondering something
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