Same brand primitives, different register. Geist + Instrument Serif + JetBrains Mono, with navy / teal / purple as the palette. But the Serene dialect inverts the weighting: Instrument Serif leans heavier, Geist recedes, Mono almost disappears. The room is quiet.
Teal becomes the dominant accent. Purple is the do work energy — it doesn't belong in a room built for breath. Purple retreats to a single footer tint. The teal underline under sleep deeper replaces the pillow-gradient move from the Hybrid dialect.
Warmer body text. Ivory (#F0EADC) instead of clinical white — so it reads restorative, not technical. The field darkens to almost-black to feel like a lit room at 9pm, not a marketing hero.
Hero headline in Instrument Serif italic. Not Geist 700. This is the single decision that makes Serene feel like a different property from drjonesy.com — the serif leans into warmth where the Hybrid leans into confidence.
No 3-stop atmospheric wash. Two very low-contrast radial tints only — a whisper, not a Spatial field. Grain turned down to 35% opacity. Motion slowed to 9s breath cycles and honored via prefers-reduced-motion.
Screenshots are placeholder glass frames. Thin-framed, not edge-lit, labeled "breathing session," "daily check-in," "watch face." Marked data-todo="drop-real-screenshots" so Jonesy can swap in QuietPulse v3.x renders later.
No testimonials, no invented social proof. The brief forbids it and the register wouldn't support it anyway — Serene doesn't brag. Real quotes drop in later as italic Instrument Serif pull quotes if the App Store reviews warrant them.
App Store + Watch badges are monochrome glass. Loud Apple badges would break the register. These read as quiet capability markers — ivory icon, mono caption.
QuietPulse · iPhone · Apple Watch
Breathe better. Sleep deeper. Live calmer.
Twelve clinically-backed breathing techniques. Gentle haptics. A breath circle that moves at the pace of rest. No account. No tracking. No subscription that sneaks up on you.
Most wellness apps want to be a relationship. QuietPulse is a tool. You open it when your nervous system needs something to hold onto — a rhythm, a circle, a breath — and then you close it. No streaks you'll lose. No leaderboard. No push notifications asking where you've been.
Built for the moments you can't think your way out of — pre-presentation, mid-panic, the 3am wake-up.
What's inside
Twelve patterns. One for every state.
From Navy SEAL box breathing to Dr. Weil's 4-7-8 to coherent breathing at 5.5 breaths per minute. Each pattern is chosen for a moment — not a mood.
01 · calm
Box breathing
Four counts in, four counts held, four out, four held. The one Navy SEALs teach for staying clear under pressure.
02 · sleep
4‑7‑8
Dr. Andrew Weil's pattern for the 3am wake-up. Long held exhale, short ramp down. Slows the nervous system into sleep.
03 · anxiety
Extended exhale
Four in, one hold, six out. Longer exhales trip the parasympathetic switch. You'll feel it in a few breaths.
04 · focus
Coherent
5.5 breaths per minute. Optimizes heart rate variability — the physiological correlate of clarity.
Inside the app
Three surfaces. One register.
A breathing session on iPhone. A daily check-in on the home screen. A watch face that guides you through without your phone.
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◎ placeholders — jonesy to drop real QuietPulse renders
Privacy, quietly
Your breath stays yours.
No accounts. No analytics SDKs. No sync you didn't ask for. QuietPulse was built with nothing to collect — because we never built the machinery to collect it.