Cue: Anxiety Grounding

Passive Panic Relief On Watch

Free · In‑App Purchases

Cue is a quiet, passive grounding companion for your wrist and ears. When your Apple Watch notices a spike in heart rate or a drop in heart rate variability — the kind your body throws when anxiety is starting to climb — Cue plays a brief grounding cue through your AirPods. No buttons. No journaling. No streaks. Just a 30-second sensory reset, the moment your nervous system asks for one. Most mindfulness apps wait for you to remember. Cue notices first. WHAT IT DOES • Reads heart rate, heart rate variability, and respiratory rate from Apple Watch (HealthKit, on-device only) • Learns your resting baseline over the first week • Triggers when your physiology drifts above your own normal — not a generic threshold • Plays one of six grounding cues through AirPods, drawn from established techniques: sensory anchoring, breath pacing, somatic noting, body presence, cognitive reset, and self-compassion • Falls back to a silent haptic + glanceable card if you don't have headphones in PASSIVE BY DESIGN You shouldn't have to know you're spiralling for the app to help. Cue runs in the background and only speaks when your body says you're activated. Maximum one cue every thirty minutes, five per day — never alarming, never demanding. SCRIPTED BY A PRACTITIONER Cue is built by an experienced meditator and mindfulness practitioner. Each cue is fifteen to forty-five seconds long with contemplative pacing, drawing on evidence-informed grounding methods: 5-4-3-2-1 sensory anchoring, physiological sigh breathing, somatic noting (Polyvagal-informed), Somatic Experiencing orienting, cognitive-attentional reset, and Neff-style self-compassion. ON-DEVICE, FULL STOP Heart rate, HRV, and respiratory data never leave your iPhone or Apple Watch. There's no account. No sync. No cloud analytics. No third-party SDKs. Even the cue audio is bundled with the app — Cue works on aeroplane mode. SUBSCRIPTION $4.99/month or $34.99/year. The 7-day free trial is also your baseline calibration — Cue won't trigger anything until it has learned your normal. A MINDFULNESS COMPANION, NOT A MEDICAL DEVICE Cue is a wellness tool. It does not diagnose, treat, or replace mental health care. If you're in crisis, please call your local crisis line. US: 988 · UK: 111 · AU: 13 11 14 · global: findahelpline.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://qngo9871-cmyk.github.io/cue-legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://qngo9871-cmyk.github.io/cue-legal/privacy.html

Ratings & Reviews

  • This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.

Cue now speaks Spanish -- switch your iPhone or Watch language to see it. No other changes.

Version 1.0.4

The developer, Quyen Ngo, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

  • Data Not Linked to You

    The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

    • Health & Fitness

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

Accessibility

The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More

Information

Seller
  • Quyen Ngo
Size
  • 13.9 MB
Category
  • Health & Fitness
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
  • Apple Watch
    Requires watchOS 10.0 or later.
Languages
  • English and Spanish
Age Rating
9+
In-App Purchases
Yes
Copyright
  • © @2026 Quyen Ngo
  • Privacy Policy

    • More by Quyen Ngo

    You Might Also Like