# Sylph: Breathwork & Focus — Breath Pacer with Haptics

> Breath Pacer with Haptics (iPhone/iPad app by Martin Rost.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sylph-breathwork-and-focus/id6763370211 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Martin Rost](https://appshunter.io/developer/1784102682)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 34 MB
- Languages: English, German
- Released: 2026-05-20
- Data updated: 2026-10-25

## What is Sylph?

Just breathe. Nothing else.
Sylph is breathwork, meditation and now focus, stripped to the essentials: a precise breath pacer with haptics, 15 breathing techniques, a meditation timer that just runs, and a focus timer for deep work. No sleep stories. No therapy modules. No endless content feed.

— BREATH PACER WITH HAPTICS —
A circle that breathes with you, in sync with subtle haptic pulses. Feel every inhale, hold and exhale, even with your eyes closed.

— 15 BREATHING TECHNIQUES —
Box Breathing (4-4-4-4) for focus under pressure
4-7-8 to wind down before sleep
Coherent Breathing (4-6) for heart rate variability
Physiological Sigh as a fast stress reset
Alternate nostril breathing (Nadi Shodhana), Tummo-inspired power breathing, Triangle, Slow Breathing and more
Each technique comes with a short explanation, no mysticism.

— NEW: FOCUS TIMER —
Sessions of 25, 50 or 90 minutes, followed by a short break. See the time left on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. A quiet sound and a gentle haptic tap when it's done, plus your focus time for the week at a glance.

— MADE FOR iPHONE DUO —
Pick your session, close your iPhone Duo, and focus begins. Open it to pause. The cover display shows the time left. Prefer to work with it open? Start without closing.

— MEDITATION TIMER —
A simple timer with a gentle gong at the start and end, with optional interval bells. Pick a duration, pick a sound, sit.

— 12 AMBIENT SOUNDS —
Rain, ocean, forest, wind, creek, fire, birds, white, brown and pink noise, singing bowls and Tibetan bells. Mix any two.

— iPHONE, iPAD AND APPLE WATCH —
A new design in light and dark, with sessions always dark. On iPad, Sylph uses the full screen. On Apple Watch, start any breathing exercise right from your wrist, with haptics and no iPhone needed. Mindful minutes go to Apple Health if you want them to.

— PAY ONCE. NO SUBSCRIPTION. —
Box breathing is free. Sylph Pro unlocks everything else with a single purchase, forever, including the focus timer. No renewal, no trial that quietly turns into a plan.

— PRIVACY —
No account. No tracking. No ad networks. Anonymous usage stats via TelemetryDeck, your data stays on your device.

Sylph is built by a single developer who got tired of opening a meditation app only to find a podcast about productivity.
Inhale. Hold. Exhale.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://sylph.appstellar.de/en/privacy/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sylph Premium — Monthly | $6.99 | per month |
| Sylph Premium — Yearly | $44.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sylph Pro | $9.99 | one-time |


## Is Sylph safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Sylph.

## Is Sylph legit?

Sylph: Breathwork & Focus appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Sylph is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 2.0 — 2026-10-23

Sylph 2.0 is here.
- A new design in light and dark
- Focus timer (Pro): 25, 50 or 90 minute sessions, breaks, a weekly summary, and a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island
- iPhone Duo: close it to start a focus session, open it to pause
- iPad: layouts that use the full screen, portrait and landscape
- Polish for the breathing circle, contrast and VoiceOver

### 1.1.0 — 2026-09-06

Sylph is now a one-time purchase of $9.99 instead of a subscription. No subscription, no renewal. Box breathing stays free.

### 1.0.2 — 2026-05-22

Minor fixes and improvements.

### 1.0 — 2026-05-20

No release notes.

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All apps by Martin Rost: https://appshunter.io/developer/1784102682

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