# One Deep Breath: Box Breathing — user reviews > 55 indexed App Store user reviews of One Deep Breath by TCR Studios LLC, rated 4.90/5 from 128 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/one-deep-breath-box-breathing/id1529751090/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/one-deep-breath-box-breathing/id1529751090.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 119 · 4★ 7 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 1 ## What do users think of One Deep Breath? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use interface - 🧘‍♀️ Effective for stress and anxiety - ✨ Beautiful design and graphics - 🎵 Soothing music and sounds - 💯 Variety of exercises - 🚀 Constantly evolving and improving - 💡 Great for sleep - ✅ Simple and effective - 🌟 Highly recommended - 🎯 Helpful for focus - 💖 Made with passion - 📚 Good amount of knowledge - 🎨 Customization options - 💯 Best breathwork app - ❤️ Life-changing impact - 💪 Empowers users - 💯 Great for beginners - 📈 Helps manage fatigue - 🧘‍♂️ Deepens connection to breath **Cons** - 💰 Subscription can be expensive - ⏳ Some features locked behind subscription - 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 No family plan option - 🤔 Concerns about app being abandoned - 🔊 Vibration function not working for some - 🖼️ Could use more visual artwork **Commonly reported bugs** - Audio customization not working - Breath selector not working - Music not playing after selection - Forums down for a long time - New exercises 'coming soon' for over a year - Difficulty finding customized exercises - Sometimes only option to delete, not play **Most requested features** - Sync to Apple Health - Connection to Apple Health - More visual artwork/scene options - Family plan option - Lifetime purchase option ## Newest reviews (13 of 55) ### 5/5 — Still my favourite breathing app! *2024-11-30, version 4.0.7* And it’s constantly getting better :) ### 5/5 — Fantastic app *2024-11-21, version 4.0.7* Does exactly what I need it to. The breathing exercises have been great for managing fatigue and anxiety. ### 5/5 — Lovely new tools *2024-10-15* I’ve worked with breath through yoga for many years. I’m curious about generalizing the practice, and am finding great new tools here. UI is terrific! ### 5/5 — It’s a slick app. *2024-10-08* I really like it a lot. But the reason I rated it four stars is because I have sent Sam several emails and have not heard back from him at all. So I’m a bit concerned maybe this app is dead? And no longer being developed? It would be a shame if that’s the case. maybe Sam will reply back to this review and let me know that he is still active and updating this app. I subscribe monthly, but I may cancel it if I never hear back from him. If I hear back from him, I’ll switch my subscription to yearly because it’s much more cost-effective. But overall, like I said, I’d give it a 5+ stars if it wasn’t that I’m worried the app is dead. update: I still never heard back from anyone. So like the other reviewer said I believe this app is pretty much dead and abandoned. I canceled my subscription, but surprisingly there’s still a ton of stuff you can do in the free version of the app. So I’ll continue to use it. Maybe someday someone will take over this app and continue developing it. It’s a great app. If I see development and that this app someday continues to start being updated again I will for sure subscribe to the yearly subscription. But not until I see evidence to the contrary. Update 2 I heard back from Sam. He was very nice and quick to reply and told me the app has not been abandoned. So I have more confidence now and I subscribed to the yearly subscription. And I change my review to five stars. Love this app. Glad to know that it’s not been abandoned. ### 5/5 — It’s a slick app. *2024-09-28* I really like it a lot. But the reason I rated it four stars is because I have sent Sam several emails and have not heard back from him at all. So I’m a bit concerned maybe this app is dead? And no longer being developed? It would be a shame if that’s the case. maybe Sam will reply back to this review and let me know that he is still active and updating this app. I subscribe monthly, but I may cancel it if I never hear back from him. If I hear back from him, I’ll switch my subscription to yearly because it’s much more cost-effective. But overall, like I said, I’d give it a 5+ stars if it wasn’t that I’m worried the app is dead. update: I still never heard back from anyone. So like the other reviewer said I believe this app is pretty much dead and abandoned. I canceled my subscription, but surprisingly there’s still a ton of stuff you can do in the free version of the app. So I’ll continue to use it. Maybe someday someone will take over this app and continue developing it. It’s a great app. If I see development and that this app someday continues to start being updated again I will for sure subscribe to the yearly subscription. But not until I see evidence to the contrary. ### 5/5 — The best breathwork app around! *2024-08-24, version 4.0.6* This app was clearly made with passion. Many helpful features allowing diverse breathing experience inspired by many practice systems and traditions, beautiful design and a good amount of knowledge and references. Much better than all competition. Appreciate the new update, too. Love it! Keep up the good work and cheers! ### 5/5 — Best app on the market *2024-08-20, version 4.0.3* I use this DAILY! So happy to see a new update - first in the year :) so excited ### 5/5 — Love this app *2024-06-17, version 3.4.3* Excellent app, easy to use. So many choices. And I love the custom where you can build your own. Excellent tools for the toolbox. ❤️ ### 5/5 — A warm thank you *2024-05-28, version 3.4.3* Thank you Sam 🙏❤️‍🩹 ### 5/5 — Love this App *2024-03-17, version 3.4.3* Been using it for about a week and the variety of different breathworks to try has been wonderful, they even have a version of Whim Hoff’s “Iceman Breathwork” that feels even better than following along the YouTube video because now I can control when to stop holding my breath so all three rounds can be at my own pace. ### 5/5 — I LOVE THIS APP *2023-10-16, version 3.4.3* it’s a very very very nice app and made me feel good and calm ### 5/5 — Best Breathing App on here! *2023-07-20* We’ll worth the small subscription. It is very well put together with everything you need to truly master your mind. ### 5/5 — Breathing and Complex PTSD *2023-05-09, version 3.4.3* I’m enjoying learning how to breathe and I’m 71 years old. I can feel my body grounding when I do the exercises. On teeny weeny observation. The beginners lesson part two shows the correct method to belly breathe is to breathe out first then use the diaphragm to breathe in, but all exercises start with breathing in first. It’s an anomaly and I don’t mark the app down for that as it’s helped me so much in a short period of time. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Abandoned *2024-07-17, version 3.4.3* At one time I would have said this was the best breathwork app available. Unfortunately the app has been completely abandoned. ### 2/5 — Ridiculous- Simple features locked over subscription *2024-05-13, version 3.4.3* If you need a simple and completely free breathing app, check out the app ‘Breathly’. This apps UI and experience was nice, until I found out I had to pay $4 a month just to use this app for 20 mins. Who does that? Obviously bills has to be paid, but locking simple features out, like a timer for more than 5 minutes, is just gross. Plus, you can’t completely buy the app fully for lifetime access, subscription only. Fortunately, this annoyance made me spend some time to find a free and better alternative. ### 3/5 — Wish we could sync to apple health *2024-01-16* Great exercises but missing this core functionality all your competitors have! ### 3/5 — Frustrated *2023-01-21, version 3.4.3* I searched many Apps to try to find exactly what I wanted and was thrilled to be able to customise this to suit me BUT it is very hard to find again and often I give up! I sometimes only get the choice to delete - not to play it! ### 3/5 — No family plan *2022-12-19* Great app, not really usable for families without a family plan, there’s just no good reason not to offer one at this point. Maybe it hasn’t been prioritized yet but it definitely feels like a huge oversight. ### 4/5 — It’s a slick app. *2024-09-26* I really like it a lot. But the reason I rated it four stars is because I have sent Sam several emails and have not heard back from him at all. So I’m a bit concerned maybe this app is dead? And no longer being developed? It would be a shame if that’s the case. maybe Sam will reply back to this review and let me know that he is still active and updating this app. I subscribe monthly, but I may cancel it if I never hear back from him. If I hear back from him, I’ll switch my subscription to yearly because it’s much more cost-effective. But overall, like I said, I’d give it a 5+ stars if it wasn’t that I’m worried the app is dead. ### 4/5 — Solid app *2024-02-28* I only gave this four stars because I felt they could use some artwork. The beach, maybe a forest scene, or even let the user choose. But aside from something slightly more visually appealing, the structure of this app and the concept is perfect. But a very Solid app **Developer response:** We appreciate this feedback! Thank you for your kind words! ### 4/5 — Helpful tool! *2024-01-08, version 3.4.3* it’s an awesome app with a lot of background informations. A connection to apple health would make it even better. ### 4/5 — Amazing App! Just One Problem… *2023-10-24* The app is amazing, it has everything you could need in a Breathwork app, amazing Ui combined with amazing customization on exercises and patterns. Although, it seems the app isn’t being updated anymore, the forums have been down for a very long time, and another concern is the new exercises that are still not out. There are a few exercises like cooling breath and the breath of fire that have had the “coming soon” sign for more than a year now. Aside from those concerns it’s an amazing app and is worth using. **Developer response:** Thank you for using One Deep Breath! We'll be sure to revitalize the community forums and be adding in more updates in the future. ### 5/5 — Great Breathwork App *2026-08-25* I’ve tried several Breathwork apps and this one has been my favorite. It’s very simple to use, aesthetically pleasing, and has helped me reach goals over the years. The owner/creator also seems like a cool guy. ## Most praised reviews (9 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Just started free trial *2026-05-22* I just started my free trial. So far so good. ### 5/5 — So easy to use *2026-03-27, version 5.3.0* Great app, I have a 365+ day streak! The graphics make it easy to follow, and the sounds means I often close my eyes. Love the variety of exercises. Love having it in my pocket ready when I need ### 5/5 — Amazing App *2026-02-03* Honesty I’ve had this app for a long while, and I’ve seen how the app has grown and evolved and I have to say with every update it’s gotten better and better. Breathwork has definitely impacted my life greatly, and having an app like this that has every thing you could need is amazingly. Highly recommend this one! ### 5/5 — Amazing breath-work app *2025-11-25, version 4.2.5* I was lucky enough to be an early adopter since 2021 I use it daily for various reasons exercise anxiety focus sleep most importantly to switch off my nervous system. Can’t recommend it enough. It’s constantly evolving and developing. Beautiful design one of my favourite apps. ### 5/5 — My go to for stress and anxiety *2025-10-15* Hands down my favorite app for breathwork. Tons of exercises, cute animations, and soothing music. ### 5/5 — This is the best app on the App Store *2025-05-15, version 4.0.7* I have used this nearly everyday for the last 5 years. It is extraordinary. It is simple and thorough. The UX and customisations are the best on the market. I am deeply appreciative this was created ### 5/5 — Just wow! *2025-02-08, version 4.0.7* I am amazed how simple to use and yet so much to learn here and videos are amazing, options of breathwork and all details in app make my use this app twice a day. So happy I found it so grateful. Thank you developers and teachers. Very nice content ### 5/5 — Great app - simple and effective *2025-02-02, version 4.0.7* Great app for breathing guidance. Simple user interface and gets to the point. Love it ### 5/5 — Breath for sleep *2025-01-01, version 4.0.7* Very simple and usefull. Love it. --- *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 2026-08-27.*