Spark of Peace: Stress&Anxiety
Josephus Adrianus Antonius Maria van de Ven Health & Fitness iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Spark of Peace: Stress&Anxiety is a free Health & Fitness app for iPhone and iPad by Josephus Adrianus Antonius Maria van de Ven. Requires iOS 17.6.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 12 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 23
- 2026 · v3.0
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About Spark of Peace: Stress&Anxiety
A moment to breathe. That's all it is - and that's exactly why it works. Spark of Peace is a first-aid kit for full heads: short exercises of 1–5 minutes for moments of stress, restlessness or overstimulation. No account, no subscription, no ads. Open, feel, get on with your day. What makes it different: you can feel the exercises. Your phone gently breathes along in your hand — a guide you don't have to read. NOW - WHEN PANIC HITS One tap. Your phone starts breathing right away; you don't have to read anything. One line of truth (it's not dangerous, it fades), then twice in and slowly out - the technique Stanford research found calms fastest - then slow and gentle, and once tense-and-release. Want a voice? One tap, and a calm voice (woman or man) does it with you - no internet needed. Got cold water nearby? Then the phone counts thirty seconds with you while your hands are under the tap. At the end you see it: how bad it was, how bad it is now. It faded, as it always fades. Free, always - and one tap away from your Lock Screen or Control Center, no unlocking needed. ELEVEN FREE EXERCISES • The Double Sigh — twice in, long out. From the Stanford breathing study; keep sighing up to the full five minutes if you like. • 5-4-3-2-1 — five things you see, four you feel… fifteen taps back to here. No typing. • Follow the dot — 45 seconds, eyes side to side; the tap tells you when. • 4-7-8 — in for four, hold seven, out eight. For when your mind races in bed. • Box breathing — four-four-four-four, right before something big. • Worry Shredder — write your worry down and… rrrrt. Gone. • Pet the whale — it really purrs, and spouts the spark when it's happy. • Shake it off — literally. Do hold on tight. • Follow the glow — breathing by feel, eyes may close. • Just doodle — every stroke turns beautiful, and you can feel it. • The Ripple — touch the water and watch it grow still again. PEACE PLUS (one-time, no subscription) Your panic journal — every Now session kept, so you watch your peaks get shorter; the 28-day daily practice (five minutes a day, as in the Stanford study); and four deep exercises: • The Heartbeat — a calm resting pulse against your chest, slowing down gently. • Left-Right Calm — a slowing rhythm between your hands; with earbuds, between your ears too. • Tense & release — letting go muscle by muscle, the vibration tenses along with you. • Butterfly hug — lying down, arms crossed, the phone taps left-right on your chest. Everything that was free stays free. PRIVACY, FOR REAL This app collects nothing. No data, no tracking. Only an optional Peace Plus purchase goes through Apple — nothing else ever touches the internet. Whatever you type into the shredder is never stored - shredded is shredded. FROM THE SPARK FAMILY Finding calm is one thing. Want to talk about it too? Meet the blue Spark in Spark of Friendship — a warm companion that truly listens. Spark of Peace may help with everyday stress, restlessness and with panic in the moment. It is not a medical device and not a treatment: if panic keeps coming back, talk to your doctor.
What’s new
Version 3.0 · Updated October 23, 2026
Spark of Peace 3.0 - the whale from the icon now lives in the app: it floats on the home screen, dives along during Now and surfaces with the spark when it faded. Pet it - it really purrs. New: put Now on your Lock Screen or in Control Center - one tap, no unlocking needed. Five new exercises: 5-4-3-2-1, Follow the dot, 4-7-8 for sleep, Box breathing for focus and (Peace Plus) the Butterfly hug. At the cold water, the phone counts thirty seconds with you. Everything looks different: a softly swaying breathing shape, a background that moves with it, a clearer home screen. The app now officially speaks English, Dutch and German, you pick the language under the (i), and the voice plays only through your earbuds unless you choose otherwise.
App privacy
The developer, Josephus Adrianus Antonius Maria van de Ven, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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