# Downshift: Calm & Breathe — Breathe, relax & unwind

> Breathe, relax & unwind (iPhone/iPad app by Ioan-Cristian Vezure.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/downshift-calm-and-breathe/id6776364372 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Ioan-Cristian Vezure](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896782546)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Lifestyle
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 15 MB
- Languages: American English, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Chinese (Simplified, China) and 1 more
- Released: 2026-06-08
- Data updated: 2026-07-27
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/downshift-calm-and-breathe/id6776364372/reviews.md

## What is Downshift?

Downshift helps you ease tension and feel calmer when you're tense, stressed, or on edge — using simple, evidence-informed tools.

Breathe along. Follow the animated orb through guided patterns: the Physiological Sigh (one of the fastest ways to settle), Resonance breathing, Box, 4-7-8, and more. Gentle haptics mark every inhale and exhale, so you can do it with your eyes closed.

Build a calmer day. A simple daily checklist of evidence-based habits — morning light, movement, a caffeine cutoff, a steady bedtime — with a streak to keep you going.

See your progress. Log your tension morning and evening and watch the trend over time.

Let go of physical tension. Guided progressive muscle relaxation walks you head-to-toe.

On your wrist and your Home Screen. A standalone Apple Watch app with guided breathing, complications, and your reading at a glance — plus Home and Lock Screen widgets.

Yours, and private. Your Apple Health data stays on your device. Your notes sync privately through your own iCloud — no account with us, no servers of ours, no tracking. Ever.

Free to download and use. No subscription, no ads.

Downshift supports everyday wellbeing and is not a medical device or a substitute for professional care.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 2.0 — 2026-07-25

Downshift's first release: guided breathing with gentle haptics, a morning reading from your own recovery signals, a private journal, Home and Lock Screen widgets, and a standalone Apple Watch app. Your health data stays on your device.

### 1.0 — 2026-06-09

No release notes.

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