Needs some fixes for better score
I think this app is basically great! It does what is supply to do, mostly. My request is that the app be not so rigid in its treatment planning. I sometimes forget or miss a session, or a day, if my life gets hurried. Maybe you are better than I at keeping to a perfectly regimented schedule. 1. In these cases if you want to restart your schedule but it is your day off on the schedule you can’t restart where you were. And Sunday is your day off so you can’t practice Sundays. You can use another breathing app and this has helped me when I was locked out of training. 2. If you miss a day or two the app has no way for you to start back where you were. You have to totally change your training program (with the “change training program button” then do it again and pick your original program. Then you can only restart at the beginning. Now I realize that this program is trying to have you be disciplined like a clock which I can often do. But if you slip the program goes on without you and offers no flexibility. I like the breather and the program. Developers haven’t included flexibility in this version.
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App Needs work
I’ve been using this app for 5 months. Sometimes quite slow to load and there are feature improvements to be made to both the app and the coaching videos but, it but was functioning at a basic level. Today however, it froze. Rebooted my iPhone, still it froze, deleted app from phone and reinstalled app from Apple Store. Says, it has no internet connection?¿ the phone definitely has WiFi and no problem with connecting to the internet.
E.g. What do you do when too sick to train?
E.g. What do you do when too sick to train?
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worked great for about a week now broken
Multiple reboots and different networks make no difference; app refuses to launch. i could delete the app, but fear that will erase my history. Will probably try it anyhow. Otherwise was quite good. Only things missing from app otherwise
1. if you want to train outside the scheduled programs, there’s no way to just have it do a session.
2. there is no explanation of what a “breath” is. Now sure, you can watch the demonstration videos, about the diaphragmatic breathing - but i suspect that the therapist is not *completely* emptying lungs and then completely refilling them (similar to lung function tests via spirometry). Which is fine, my point is that it should be explained.
3. there is no explanation of whether you should attempt to target the default breath timings if you are unable to do so on day one, by increasing the app defaults for breath pause, or whether you should purposely increase the breath duration even as a challenge (the harder programs simply seem to increase the number of breaths per session).
1. if you want to train outside the scheduled programs, there’s no way to just have it do a session.
2. there is no explanation of what a “breath” is. Now sure, you can watch the demonstration videos, about the diaphragmatic breathing - but i suspect that the therapist is not *completely* emptying lungs and then completely refilling them (similar to lung function tests via spirometry). Which is fine, my point is that it should be explained.
3. there is no explanation of whether you should attempt to target the default breath timings if you are unable to do so on day one, by increasing the app defaults for breath pause, or whether you should purposely increase the breath duration even as a challenge (the harder programs simply seem to increase the number of breaths per session).
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Needs development
I think this technology is really neat but has not been fully realized either by the device or the app. After I used a different device, the Lumen, which measures CO2 to measure metabolism, I was curious about breathing biofeedback devices. The Lumen device requires you to breath with a certain amount of force and for a certain amount of time in order to work, and has a visual display on the app that shows if you are succeeding.
That’s what I was hoping for with the Breather, but the Breather is only mechanical and does not have the sensor capabilities to provide biofeedback.
As for the app itself, I find it does not give the information or guidance in formats I want. Videos do not work well for me for many reasons, and I’ve found the information to be limited. Without real-time biofeedback from the device, questions remain about the correct technique, theory and practice.
I think this technology is incredibly cool but this iteration falls short of where I hope to eventually see this evolve.
That’s what I was hoping for with the Breather, but the Breather is only mechanical and does not have the sensor capabilities to provide biofeedback.
As for the app itself, I find it does not give the information or guidance in formats I want. Videos do not work well for me for many reasons, and I’ve found the information to be limited. Without real-time biofeedback from the device, questions remain about the correct technique, theory and practice.
I think this technology is incredibly cool but this iteration falls short of where I hope to eventually see this evolve.
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Need Internet Connection to Work
This is just a review of the app and not the device itself. You have to be connected to WiFi or data in order to for it to work! I was trying to do my breathing exercises on a long flight when my phone was in airplane mode. The app gave me a “no connection” error and I couldn’t proceed. The app works fine the other 99% of the time, but that needs to be fixed.
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