Spectrum: Sensory Calm & Care
michael sayer Health & Fitness iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Spectrum: Sensory Calm & Care is a free Health & Fitness app for iPhone and iPad by michael sayer. Requires iOS 15.5. Updated October 16, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 234 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 16
- 2026 · v1.16.7
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About Spectrum: Sensory Calm & Care
Spectrum is a calm, private space for the person you care for — and a private space for you, the carer. Built for children with special educational needs (SEN) and autism, for older adults, and for people living with dementia, Spectrum turns an iPhone or iPad into a gentle, predictable world of sensory calm. No ads. No accounts. Nothing ever leaves the device. FOR THE PERSON YOU CARE FOR • Sensory rooms — Bubble Pond, Forest Glade, Ocean Shore, Starry Sky, a hypnotic Lava Lamp and a paint-your-own Aurora. Slow, soothing, nothing to win or lose. • A calming toolbox — gentle rain, ambient soundscapes, a guided breathing room and a zen sand garden. • 3Speak — a voice board that speaks for those who find words hard, with feeling/tone, context-aware suggestions and personal photo tiles. • A picture Talk board for simple, tap-to-speak communication. • They can explore freely — nothing can be broken, and the screen never locks them out mid-use. FOR YOU, THE CARER A hidden hub — a deliberate 3-second hold keeps it safe from wandering taps — gives you: • Work — sensory profiles, a visual day schedule, the editable Talk board, insights, and a printable handover sheet. • Relax — your own 5-minute guided breather, a Calm Kit of grounding techniques, soundscapes, and your own personal photos in your space. Looking after yourself matters too. DESIGNED FOR CALM • Offline-first — the calm content works anywhere, even with no signal. In English it never needs the internet at all. • Private by design — no accounts, no ads, no tracking, no data collected, ever. The only time Spectrum uses the internet is to download a language pack once if you choose a non-English language; nothing about you is ever sent. • Speaks AND shows in your language — pick from 50+ languages on first open, and the whole app (words and voice) follows. • Adjustable sensory profile — motion, brightness, volume and more. • Accessibility built in — dyslexia-friendly font, colour-vision modes, symbol labels. Spectrum is a tool, made with care, to bring a little more calm to the people who need it — and to the people who look after them.
What’s new
Version 1.16.7 · Updated October 16, 2026
Language support is now listed on the App Store, plus small improvements and fixes.
App privacy
The developer, michael sayer, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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| App | Rating | Price | Last updated | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum: Sensory Calm & Care | – | Free | October 16, 2026 | |
| Ripple: Sensory Spaces | – | Free | Oct 29, 2026 | Compare |
| Sia: Sensory Overload Relief | – | Free | Nov 4, 2026 | Compare |
| BeatRun Pro: Run to the Beat | 5.0 / 5 (3) | Free | Nov 10, 2026 | Compare |
| Walk 100K September Challenge | – | Free | Jul 22, 2026 | Compare |
| MyCareBridge | – | Free | Jul 9, 2026 | Compare |
| Allurion | 4.9 / 5 (779) | Free | Sep 13, 2026 | Compare |