# Anila Breath — Programmable Breathwork > Programmable Breathwork (iPhone/iPad app by gautham pai.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/anila-breath/id6781137027 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [gautham pai](https://appshunter.io/developer/1872638510) - Category: Health & Fitness, Lifestyle - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 18.0 · 11 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-08-02 - Data updated: 2026-08-20 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/anila-breath/id6781137027/reviews.md ## What is Anila Breath? Anila is a breathwork app you can make your own — and it's beautiful enough that you'll want to. Start in one tap: the Breathe tab offers a practice suited to the time of day, and a luminous orb paces every breath with optional haptic taps, so you can close your eyes and simply follow the feeling. THE LIBRARY Coherent breathing, box, 4-7-8, the physiological sigh, extended exhale, alternate-nostril, Ujjayi, a CO₂ tolerance ladder and more — grouped by how you want to feel: Calm, Sleep, Energize, Focus, Balance. FIND YOUR PACE Slide to the breathing rate that feels easy, watch the orb take it up, then practise at exactly that rhythm — your own resonance, not a textbook's. BUILD YOUR OWN Presets and your own creations share one format, so you can assemble any pattern of inhale, hold, exhale and stillness — mixing breathwork and meditation into a single savable timeline. A DAILY ROUTINE Pin the practices you return to, and see your rhythm in the You tab: mindful minutes, your week at a glance, and a streak that only counts sessions you actually breathed. LEARN Nine long-form essays on the breath — the first five minutes, why the exhale calms, resonance, carbon dioxide, a short history of pranayama — with drawn diagrams, plus an FAQ, a full guide, and a science page with named citations and honest limitations. THE KRIYA PATH An optional, gently gated journey into a contemplative tradition, with its teachings, a glossary, and original illustrations. APPLE WATCH Standalone sessions on your wrist with haptic pacing — practise with the screen down and just feel each change of breath. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Fully offline. No account, no tracking, no ads, and no servers to send anything to. Your practice stays on your device, and completed sessions can be saved to Apple Health as Mindful Minutes — on your device only. Anila is for personal practice and reflection. It is not medical advice and does not diagnose, treat, or cure any condition. Some advanced practices (forceful breathing, breath holds) ask you to confirm you're set up safely before they begin. Stop and breathe normally if you ever feel dizzy or unwell. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.8.1 — 2026-08-19 Anila 1.8.1 — your sequences, safe. • Back up everything you've built: Settings → Your data → "Export your sequences" saves a file you keep; "Import sequences" brings it back — on this phone or a new one. (Your data lives only on your device; deleting the app deletes it, so export before you ever reinstall.) • The You tab's "Your sequences" now opens the Library showing just yours — no more hunting. • Honest help: the FAQ now says plainly that there's no between-device sync yet, and to use Update (never delete-and-reinstall) when a new version arrives. As always: private by design, fully offline, no account. ### 1.8 — 2026-08-18 Anila 1.7.1 — your copies, truly yours. From a user report, fixed with care: • Copies now keep the original practice's name, wear a small "Yours" mark, and appear right in the feeling section you chose — Calm, Energize, Sleep — alongside the originals. • Rename and re-file any of your practices: touch and hold → Rename or Move to, or use the ⓘ details page. • Building is easier: start the Builder from any library practice, see the total length as you edit, drop in a classic shape (box, 4-7-8, coherent) in one tap, and pin a fresh save as a daily practice right from the confirmation. As always: private by design, fully offline, no account. ### 1.7 — 2026-08-17 Anila 1.7 answers the two questions you actually asked us. • "How do I do this one?" Every practice with real mechanics — pursed lips, the humming bee, the tongue-curl of Sheetali, alternate nostrils, the bellows breaths, the ladders — now teaches itself: step-by-step instructions before your first session, and always readable from the practice's ⓘ page. • "Can I change the timings?" You always could — now you can find it. Every technique's details page has "Adjust timings": it opens the Builder with that practice filled in, as your own copy. Change any count, save, and your version lives beside the original. • Create from the Breathe tab. The Builder now has a door right on the home screen — breath, meditation, or both, at your own timings. • Gentler, clearer sessions. While Anila is new to you, Pause and End stay on screen the whole session; a paused breath now says "Paused"; open holds explain themselves; and the reflection afterward counts exactly what you practiced — never more. As always: private by design, fully offline, no account. ### 1.5 — 2026-08-14 Anila 1.5 makes the whole app breathe. • A living session. The orb is now drawn by the graphics engine behind the opening — a nebula of light that moves inside the body of the orb, stills itself while you hold, and glows at the rim to say "steady, keep holding." • A new opening. The app is born out of darkness: one spark unfurls into the full aurora, stars arrive one by one, and the occasional meteor crosses the sky. Three quotes on the breath settle in, one at a time, written word by word. One tap begins whenever you're ready. • Every screen breathes. Backgrounds drift on the same slow rhythm as your practice, the grain moves like film, and the glass bar holds a pool of light. • The Breathing Room. Nine long-form essays in Learn — from The First Five Minutes to A Short History of Pranayama — with drawn diagrams, honest reading times, and a quiet checkmark when you've read one. After a session, the afterglow offers you one you haven't read yet. • On Apple Watch. The wrist orb has real depth now — a hot center, an edge lit from above — and releases small embers as you breathe out. Plus a Library search field that's there when you need it, and reference pages that now share one source of truth with the practice library. As always: private by design, fully offline, no account. ### 1.4 — 2026-08-11 A small polish to the new look: the glass tab bar now settles into the bottom of the screen properly — content fades gently into the dark beneath it instead of showing through around the bar. As always: private by design, fully offline, no account. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-20.*