# Breathing Exercises: Breathe+ — user reviews > 365 indexed App Store user reviews of Breathing Exercises by Dynamic App Design LLC, rated 4.70/5 from 3,423 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/breathing-exercises-breathe-plus/id1106998959/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/breathing-exercises-breathe-plus/id1106998959.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,796 · 4★ 377 · 3★ 94 · 2★ 47 · 1★ 109 ## What do users think of Breathing Exercises? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Simple and functional - 👍 Customizable breathing settings - 👍 Helpful for medical procedures - 👍 Effective for relaxation and focus - 👍 Visually pleasing design - 👍 Useful for recovering from long COVID - 👍 Great for breath training and meditation - 👍 Excellent for managing anxiety and stress **Cons** - 🐛 Sudden change to paid-only version with no notice - 🐛 Everything locked behind paywall - 🐛 Ads disrupt the breathing experience - 🐛 Inability to adjust breath timings without paying - 🐛 App stops abruptly in the middle of a breath - 🐛 Lack of customization options in free version - 🐛 Sudden increase in subscription price **Commonly reported bugs** - Sound not working on some devices - Upgrade functionality not working - Ads freezing the app - Breath timings not working as expected **Most requested features** - Ability to save custom breathing patterns - Integration with heart rate variability apps - Apple Watch app - Darker color schemes for nighttime use - Metronome feature - Cycle-based breathing sessions - More sound options - Ability to pause sessions ## Newest reviews (18 of 365) ### 3/5 — 사운드 *2026-04-03* 호흡과 멈춤 소리가 직관적으로 딱 느껴지면 좋겠는데 애매합니다. 눈을 감고 하는 경우엔 더더욱 헷살려요. ### 3/5 — Very basic app, not worth the subscription fee *2026-01-29, version 1.4.19* I used to use another app, which had very defined breathing patterns. The only thing you could change was the timer for the pattern. This one allows you to modify the length of inhale, hold, and exhale, which is nice, and made me think that it might be worth keeping. The main reason I decided against it is that I like to breathe with my eyes closed, and the music they used to indicate inhale versus exhale doesn’t clearly indicate to me when to switch. ### 5/5 — Mr R *2026-01-17, version 1.4.19* Brill ### 5/5 — Excellent *2026-01-14, version 1.4.19* Easy to use, easy to choose individual breathing pattern, and excellent results. ### 5/5 — Simply and Lovely *2026-01-12, version 1.4.19* Set listen breathe aaah ### 5/5 — Helped my blood pressure…. *2025-12-22, version 1.4.19* …. And my sleep score, my stress level, my ability to check out or focus right before something important. ### 5/5 — Simple and functional *2025-11-18, version 1.4.19* Useful for helping my patients stay relaxed during medical procedures under local anesthesia ### 5/5 — Love it! *2025-11-14, version 1.4.19* I love the choices of sounds and colors. The choices of how long are extremely helpful. I can decide what I need. My doctor recommended the 4-7-8 breathing for the morning and before bed to help me focus and relax. It definitely works! ### 3/5 — Sudden change no notice *2025-10-23, version 1.4.19* I have always used this as a free app (or maybe the very cheap version with no ads), having not needed to unlock the themes. I don’t use this often, mostly at the dentist. But when I have used it I have loved it! All of a sudden, with no notice, the free (or no ads) version no longer exists for me, although it seems to still exist on the App Store. The only option I have is to pay $29.99 annually or $12.99 per month. I am not even objecting to their needing to monetize the app I have a huge problem with the lack of communication about it and suddenly finding I can’t use it, especially for an app that one mostly uses when agitated or anxious. ### 5/5 — Simple, intuitive & flowing *2025-10-06, version 1.4.19* I must say I love this app. When I really want to focus on my breathing,it can either sit in the background or I can literally just watch it as a mindfulness exercise ### 5/5 — So simple so perfect *2025-09-25, version 1.4.19* Recovering from long Covid - thank you for making it easy!!! ### 5/5 — Great app! *2025-09-18, version 1.4.19* Love this app. I’ve been playing with various breath apps for years. This one is one of the best. I purchased lifetime subscription and couldn’t be more happy. ### 5/5 — Love it! *2025-09-07, version 1.4.19* I love the choices of sounds and colors. The choices of how long are extremely helpful. I can decide what I need. My doctor recommended the 4-7-8 breathing for the morning and before bed to help me focus and relax. It definitely works! ### 5/5 — Thoughtfully designed *2025-09-06, version 1.4.19* I’ve been using this app for a while now. It stands out for its simplicity and is very effective in providing, tactile, audible and visual feedback to time your in breath, hold, out breath and hold out durations. The choice of sounds and the on screen visual patterns are quite pleasing. The app would be even more useful if it allowed users to save their favorite patterns for easy recall. To push ones luck a bit more, it would be better yet if it could tie in with an HRV app to help record the physiological effects during the practice. ### 5/5 — Bh bnvvb nah *2025-08-19, version 1.4.19* This is so relaxing! ### 5/5 — Nice little breath work app *2025-08-08, version 1.4.19* This is a very easy-to-use box-breathing app. Breathe in. Hold. Breath out. Simple. You can customize the length of time to your liking. I love the music and graphics. As the previous reviewer noted about himself, I, too, have very low motivation to do this type of important work. This app makes it accessible and super easy to do. Highly recommended. ### 5/5 — Ohne Schnickschnack *2025-07-26* Sehr schöne App. Intuitiv und ohne Ablenkung. Sehr schön dass man den Atem-Rhythmus selbst einstellen kann und ihn visuell und/oder akustisch ablaufen lassen kann. Ich bevorzuge es, das Handy in der Zeit wegzulegen und die musikalischen Klänge auf mich wirken zu lassen, die mir anzeigen, wann es Zeit zum Ein- oder Ausatmen ist. (Das ist mir auch die Bezahlversion wert) ### 5/5 — シンプル *2025-07-24* 余計な機能が実装されていないので使いやすい。 日々の暮らしで欠かせないアプリだと思う。 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Broken *2026-06-14, version 1.5.1* Only works half of the time. Sometimes it runs without a hitch, and other times it freezes, lags, or quits. It seems to get worse with every iOS update. ### 1/5 — Don’t Let the Positive Reviews Mislead You *2025-10-22, version 1.4.19* The positive reviews are all from before they put everything behind a paywall. Now you can’t do anything at all without paying. This app shouldn’t be labeled as “free”. It used to be great but welcome to modern day capitalism. Deleting and reporting for false advertising. ### 1/5 — Disappointing *2025-05-04, version 1.4.19* I’ve been using this app for years and now you have to pay for a subscription to use it. This has always been my favorite app and should not say ‘free’ in the App Store if you require a subscription to use it. Will be deleting, very disappointed. ### 1/5 — Dishonest *2025-03-21, version 1.4.19* It’s a free apps, right? Wrong. Seven day free trial, then a subscription. No thanks ### 1/5 — Everything is locked behind paywall *2025-03-21, version 1.4.19* . ### 1/5 — Useless *2025-03-10, version 1.4.18* You can’t adjust times required for the exercise unless you upgrade! Useless! ### 1/5 — Why would the dev add restriction on the app after all this years *2024-03-27, version 1.4.11* Why would the dev add restriction on the app after all this years.you can breath for longer than 5 seconds! It completely useless now. ### 1/5 — アップグレードしないと5秒〜の設定ができない *2024-03-05* 今まで問題なく使えてたのですが、秒数を変更しようと触ったら、5秒〜30秒の設定はアップグレードしろとのこと。 これではアップグレード必須ですね。 ### 1/5 — MàJ des fonctionnalités gratuites : appli inutiles en free *2023-11-19* Je l'utilisais depuis des années ... Quel dommage, elle ne sera plus conseillée puisque impossible de programmer un cycle de respiration plus long que 5 secondes... C'est donc devenu inutile pour de la cohérence cardiaque : je vais devoir trouver autre chose à conseiller et à utiliser ! ### 1/5 — Lifetime membership doubled after trial ended *2023-11-16, version 1.4.08* Was going to buy the lifetime membership at NZD39 but my card had expired. When I went back in, the lifetime membership had gone up to NZD69. Why? I won’t get it now, it feels like a con… ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best Breathing App *2026-08-08, version 1.5.1* This app has everything I want in a breathing app. It has a simple design that gives simple visual cues as well as haptics if you want to have your eyes closed. I like that you can totally customize the inhale/exhale/hold ratios to make it work for you. This makes it so that the guided paced breathing works whether you’re an über athlete, a smoker, or anything else. Plus there’s no monthly fee or ads. I’m a psychotherapist and I use this myself as well as recommended to my clients. ### 5/5 — Wonderful Way to Relax *2026-07-21, version 1.5.1* Setting a rhythm and time that’s suitable for me, listening to the sound of water guiding my breathing in and breathing out brings me to a place where stress is relieved. Sometimes I even fall asleep and have the most peaceful rest. ### 5/5 — Perfect app- lovely *2026-07-11, version 1.5.1* Though retired and on a tight budget I adore the app that allows us to use it and benefit from it daily for free- while offering more for those able to pay. Such a simple app it is easy to use it daily as I have done for years now. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Relief *2026-06-19, version 1.5.1* Sometimes I get “hot flashes” and this cool air relaxes and cools me! ### 5/5 — Perfect app- lovely *2026-06-19, version 1.5.1* Though retired and on a tight budget I adore the app that allows us to use it and benefit from it daily for free- while offering more for those able to pay. Such a simple app it is easy to use it daily as I have done for years now. Thank you! ### 5/5 — 10 years +++ *2026-06-15, version 1.5.1* I love this app, use nearly daily ### 5/5 — 気分転換できます *2026-05-24* 呼吸を整えたいときや瞑想したい時にメトロノームがわりにつかっています。使い勝手が良いです。色々設定出来ますが私はボックス法しか使っていません。 ### 5/5 — Very elegant design *2026-04-07, version 1.5.0* Very simple, beautiful and effective. Exactly what I was looking for in a (box breathing) app. I like the color variety and the ability to set the prompts to vibrate because I often hold my phone in my hand while breathing. No noise. No distractions. No counting in my head. Reminders and stats are a plus. But the real treasure is its simplicity. This app lives on my home screen and I use it many times a day. I updated my review to three stars for a few reasons: there is only one option for sound and that one option has crackling in the audio no matter how high the volume is. It’s not a very pleasant sound at all and can’t be customized. Also, the stats feature is lacking in many areas. It’s basically a bare bones feature. I would like to see some future development on this but I won’t hold my breath. Updated review again in 2026, this time to 5 stars; dev has made improvements. Finally, an Apple Watch companion. Apple’s own breathe app can’t be set up to do box breathing. ### 5/5 — Love it! *2026-04-05, version 1.5.0* I love the choices of sounds and colors. The choices of how long are extremely helpful. I can decide what I need. My doctor recommended the 4-7-8 breathing for the morning and before bed to help me focus and relax. It definitely works! ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-04-05, version 1.5.0* Use it daily --- *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 2026-09-01.*