Need Relief from Chronic Pain?
Brain-Based Pain Retraining
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
The pain is real. The threat is not.
You've done everything right. You've seen the physio. The scan came back normal. You've done the stretches, the exercises, the heat packs. You're starting to wonder if this is just your life now?
What the research shows: for many people with chronic pain, the tissue has healed but the brain's threat-detection system is still firing. The pain persists as a learned response, not a sign of ongoing damage.
Relief teaches the neuroscience behind this and the techniques explored in the research.
THE PROGRAM
42 sessions across 6 chapters. Audio-led or read along if desired. 5 to 10 minutes a day. You open the app, press play, and follow along. No content library, no choices, no decision fatigue. The program tells you what to do today. The first session is free. The full program is a one-time in-app purchase.
WHAT'S NOT HERE
No pain ratings. No symptom logging. No daily journals. No content library. No streaks. No account. No notifications. No internet required. Works fully offline.
Focusing on your pain creates more pain. This is one of the most consistent findings in modern pain neuroscience. The brain learns what you pay attention to. Relief does the opposite: you never rate your pain. You collect evidence of safety instead.
THE SCIENCE
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder, Stanford, Wayne State, and the University of South Australia have built a converging body of evidence: chronic pain often persists because the brain has learned to generate pain as a protective response. Relief is built on the same principles used across this research.
WHAT YOU GET
The Program (one-time purchase). 42 audio-led sessions across 6 chapters: education, sensation tracking, reframing, graded exposure, safety behaviour withdrawal, and consolidation. The first session is free. Pay once to keep all 42.
Everything below is free, forever:
Safety. 1-tap breathing for flare-ups, 3 modes. Reset: when the signal spikes sharp and your body wants you to react, 1 minute to interrupt the alarm before you treat it as real (4 in, 4 hold, 8 out). Settle: when the background noise won't quit and the mind is scattered, 3 minutes of box breathing to bring it back to baseline (4 in, 4 hold, 4 out, 4 hold). Ground: when the signal is loud and constant and you need the volume turned down, 3 minutes of long out-breaths to slow the system (4 in, 8 out).
Evidence. A visual record of moments that suggest the pain may not be structural. 5 categories. Your own words. Each entry supports the retraining process.
Safe Messages. Short personal safety sentences you write and pair to daily routines. Not affirmations. Pattern interrupts that fire in the gap between sensation and fear.
IMPORTANT
Relief is an educational wellness program. For educational purposes only. Not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
WHO IT'S FOR
Chronic pain where a doctor has cleared you structurally. The scans don't explain the pain. It moves around. It comes and goes. It tracks stress, not activity. It vanishes when you're distracted.
Not for undiagnosed pain, active injuries, inflammatory disorders, or cancer. See a doctor first.
THE COST
A monthly-plan pain app has no incentive for you to get better. Every month you stay in pain is another month of revenue. We built this for people who want to get better, not people who want to keep paying. That's why the tools are free and the program is a one-time purchase. Pay once, keep it forever.
Relief is for educational purposes only. Not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Health Disclaimer: https://needrelief.app/disclaimer
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
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Information
- Seller
- ESCAPE VELOCITY STUDIO LIMITED
- Size
- 241.3 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.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
18+
- 18+
- Frequent
Medical Treatment information
Contains
Health or Wellness Topics
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- 42 Day Program $29.99
- Copyright
- © Escape Velocity Studio Limited