# Shift: Breathwork & Calm — Sleep and Focus Breath Timer

> Sleep and Focus Breath Timer (iPhone/iPad app by Chase Small.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shift-breathwork-and-calm/id6822810811 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Chase Small](https://appshunter.io/developer/6788812974)
- Category: Lifestyle, Health & Fitness
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 72 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-11-04
- Data updated: 2026-11-07

## What is Shift?

Shift guides you through short breathing exercises. You don't need to know any techniques or count seconds. You choose what you want help with, and Shift shows you when to breathe in and when to breathe out. It works on iPhone and on Apple Watch, where you feel each breath in as taps on your wrist.

There are four options: calm down, focus, fall asleep, or reset after a stressful moment. Each one has its own breathing pattern:
- Calm: breathe in for 4 seconds and out for 6
- Focus: box breathing, where you breathe in, hold, breathe out and hold again, 4 seconds each
- Sleep: 4-7-8 breathing, in for 4 seconds, hold for 7, out for 8
- Reset: the physiological sigh, a full breath in, a second short breath on top of it, then one long breath out. Shift walks you through it the first time.

During a session, a glowing circle grows as you breathe in and shrinks as you breathe out. A number in the middle counts down the seconds, and a short tone marks each change. With haptics on, your phone taps through each breath in, and in patterns with a hold it taps once as the hold starts and twice as you breathe out, so you can follow along with your eyes closed. Sessions last 2, 3, 5 or 10 minutes.

Shift also runs on Apple Watch, with the same four options and sessions of 2, 3 or 5 minutes. After a short ready screen, the Watch taps your wrist all through each breath in. In patterns with a hold, it also taps once as the hold starts and twice as you breathe out. At the end, if you allow Health access, it shows your heart rate at the start and the finish, and your heart rate variability (HRV) when the Watch measured it. Watch sessions count toward your streak on the iPhone. You can also start a session on your iPhone and feel the breathing as taps on your Watch.

Shift keeps your history and streak, with a chart of the last 7 days. There's also a breath-hold test that times how long you can hold after breathing out.

There's no account and no signup. Your sessions and settings stay on your phone, and Shift has no ads or analytics.

New users get two free sessions with the Shift Pro sounds. Shift Pro adds:
- Rain, ocean waves, a singing bowl or white noise in the background, so you can lock your phone and follow the cues by ear
- A voice, strings or a bell that tells you when to breathe in and out
- Night warmth, which tints the screen amber in the evening
- A sleep timer for Sleep sessions, from 10 minutes to 2 hours, that ends quietly on its own
- Equal breathing, in for 5 seconds and out for 5
- Your own breathing patterns, added next to Calm, Focus, Sleep and Reset
- Sessions up to 90 minutes on iPhone and on Apple Watch
- Options to hide the countdown and to skip the 3-2-1 count
- Daily reminders, and saving iPhone sessions to Apple Health as Mindful Minutes

Shift Pro is a monthly or yearly subscription with a free trial, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew until you cancel them in Settings.

Terms of Use: https://chasebig.github.io/shift-legal/terms-of-use.html
Privacy Policy: https://chasebig.github.io/shift-legal/privacy-policy.html

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Shift Pro Monthly | $6.99 | per month |
| Shift Pro Annual | $29.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Shift Pro Lifetime | $59.99 | one-time |


## Is Shift safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Shift.

## Is Shift legit?

Shift: Breathwork & Calm has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Shift is 50 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-11-05

No release notes.

## More apps by Chase Small

- [Layrest: White Noise for Sleep](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/layrest-white-noise-for-sleep/id6825424656)

All apps by Chase Small: https://appshunter.io/developer/6788812974

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