# Breathlete — Your paced-breathing app

> Your paced-breathing app (iPhone/iPad app by Deutsche Sporthochschule Koeln.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/breathlete/id1616119554 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Deutsche Sporthochschule Koeln](https://appshunter.io/developer/1616119556)
- Category: Health & Fitness
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 22 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2022-08-31
- Data updated: 2026-05-19
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/breathlete/id1616119554/reviews.md

## What is Breathlete?

Evidence-based breathing training with biofeedback. Train body & mind and get live information about physical activity.

The Paced Breathing app provides guided breathing training for every day, including information about your heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV). Using photoplethysmography (PPG), all you have to do is put your finger on your camera during your workout. The app also provides statistics on your previous exercises, including exercise reports and alerts, so you'll always be up to date and never forget your breathing exercise!

The focus of the breathing exercise is on training of your HRV. HRV (root mean square of successive differences, RMSSD) describes the activity of your autonomic nervous system, more precisely it is considered an index of parasympathetic activity. Consequently, HRV provides information about many processes in the body, including its adaptability. 
Through the integrated breathing training, slow-paced breathing, and biofeedback, the Paced Breathing app will train your HRV to positively influence well-being and performance. 

The training with a breathing frequency of 4.5 inhale and 5.5 exhale phases has already been investigated in scientific studies and positive effects on various areas are known:
- Cognitive performance
- Emotion regulation
- Stress regulation
- Sleep
- Motivation
- Recovery & rehabilitation

The daily training takes 15 minutes. Through biofeedback, changes in your HR and HRV are live and immediately visible to you. Training statistics also allow day-to-day comparisons and developments over time. A higher HRV can be linked to a higher adaptability of the body to the environment, so your athletic performance will also be influenced by the breathing training! 

Download the app and make use of the latest scientific findings for your training!


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.0.4 — 2023-07-26

The app is no longer called Paced Breathing Study, but now Breathlete.

### 2.0.0 — 2023-05-13

- Free settings of breathing rate for the breathing exercise
- Open readings

### 1.0.2 — 2022-10-21

- Du kannst nun mehrere Sessions am Tag machen
- Bugfixes

### 1.0.1 — 2022-10-20

Probleme mit den Statistiken wurden behoben

### 1.0 — 2022-08-31

No release notes.

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