The Breathing App User Reviews

Top reviews

Minimalist and functional

Best app for doing breathing exercises because it’s clutter free .

Simple & Effective

I’ve tried other modalities for meditation and this app is the happy medium I’ve been looking for. It’s accessible, incredibly easy to navigate and doesn’t have all of the unnecessary gimmicks other apps/videos tend to lean into. It’s perfect.

This is the best breathing/meditation app!

So simple and so effective. Even two minutes has an impact on my day. I especially like that there are options for the different senses; sounds that direct you when to breathe in and when to breathe out so that you can close your eyes or the option to follow along to a bubble, if you prefer no sounds.
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Love this APP

I used this during a very stressful situation where I thought I was going to have an anxiety attack. I opened the ap and just started breathing and the next thing I knew I was calm and worked through my situation. Much better than taking the poison the pharmaceutical companies are pushing on people to cope with anxiety. Just breathe people!!!
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Like it

I really like this breathing app. The visual is the most soothing of the breathing apps I’ve seen. I love that there is not a number count down which I find stressful and that the color scheme is monotone not bright. Other colors could be nice if they were soft, earth kind of tones but like this far more than some of the other vibrant apps I’ve seen. I only wish you could specifically set the amount of seconds for inhale, hold and exhale, that would make this app perfect. There’s no hold option currently. There’s another app that does this, included an option to hold the exhale too, but I’m not fond of the visual.
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Response from developer

Thank you for your comments and feedback! We are currently upgrading the app and will be including a customizable function. All the best, Eddie

Love

This!

Great app, but has a glitch

I love this app, but there’s one glitch: the audio timer page is not accurately paced. I like to do 5-5 coherence breathing. I timed the inhale and exhale with a separate stopwatch and noticed that the audio cues are off pace (longer I think). I then used a coherence monitor with heart rate monitor and it showed the same thing on their spectrum chart. It’s a pity, because I would really like to close my eyes and just listen to the awesome sound. I tried to report this in the support page, but the link is dead. Here’s hoping the developer sees this post!
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Response from developer

Thanks for your feedback and for noticing the glitch. I think that we've fixed it now - please let me know (if you are still using the app) if it is working better for you now. Best, Eddie

Excellent, if not as flexible as I’d like

My wife has a Resperate machine for blood pressure reduction that does something quite similar to this. However, it is not nearly as portable and requires a breathing sensor around your chest.

Folks, the developer did a wonderful job on this simple and free app.

I would suggest allowing users to pick their seconds for inhale and exhale. I find I naturally exhale longer than the longest option.

NOTE: Resperate has multiple studies behind it and its recommended by the ADA. I would say this is nearly as good.
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Love

I use the breathing app in my chair yoga class. We started using to help the participants simply understand their breath. I’ve used it weekly for well over 6 months now. Would not start class without it. Thank you.

Great starter for learning breath control

Easy to use; like the choice of visual or auditory cues and that you can set the timer.

Be excellent if some even slower rhythms were added - these seem very short seconds!

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