Aperture Protocol
Breathwork, live biofeedback
$4.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
A 28-day breathwork program where your own heart rate, live from Apple Watch or your iPhone camera, drives every session. Private, offline, one session at a time.
Aperture Protocol is a 28-day breathwork program with live heart-rate biofeedback.
Pair an Apple Watch, or rest a fingertip on your iPhone's camera and flash, and your own heart-rate variability drives an on-screen coherence reading in real time. A 4-4-6 paced breathing pattern, spoken guidance, and an optional low-frequency haptic pulse keep you on rhythm without watching the screen.
THE 28-DAY ARC
Four weeks that layer onto each other, then ease into maintenance.
- Week 1, Foundation: paced coherence breathwork and a calmer room. Establish your baseline.
- Week 2, Recalibration: add the focusing visualization, synced to your heart signal.
- Week 3, Peak: longer sessions built around warmth and compassion focus.
- Week 4, Lock-In: every technique in one flow, settling your new set-point.
After Day 28, Maintenance Mode keeps you steady on a lighter weekly schedule.
GUIDED SESSIONS
Each daily session runs about 18-22 minutes through up to four voice-guided phases:
- Coherence breathwork: 4-4-6 breathing with gentle haptic cues.
- Focusing visualization: an animated instrument that responds to your heartbeat.
- Reset drill: notice a spike, decline to feed it, let it pass.
- Warmth imprint: generate genuine compassion and calm.
LIVE BIOFEEDBACK
- Apple Watch: your heart rate, read from Apple Health, drives the coherence reading as you breathe.
- iPhone camera: no Watch? Rest a fingertip over the rear camera and flash for an optical pulse reading.
- When neither is available, sessions run on a clearly labeled simulated signal, never presented as your own data.
All heart-rate processing happens on your device. Readings are never recorded or transmitted.
INSTANT DETUNE
Caught off guard? One tap starts a 60-second guided reset that carries you through the spike until it passes.
MORE TOOLS
- Sacred Space: a short environmental checklist (light, order, sound, plants) with a note on why each one helps.
- Reframe scripts with voice playback, plus room to write your own.
- Progress: a 28-day grid, streak counter, and trend, all computed locally.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No account, no cloud sync, no analytics. Your session data never leaves your device.
Aperture Protocol is a contemplative wellness and breathwork practice built on a speculative framework. It is not science or medicine, not medical or psychological advice, and not a substitute for professional care. If you are in crisis or distress, contact local emergency services or a qualified professional.
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Information
- Seller
- RICHARD ROYAL HOOPES
- Size
- 16.3 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Infrequent
Horror/Fear Themes
Contains
Health or Wellness Topics
- Copyright
- © 2026 Richard Royal Hoopes
