# Universal Breathing - Pranayama — user reviews

> 156 indexed App Store user reviews of Universal Breathing by Saagara, rated 3.40/5 from 25 ratings.

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- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/universal-breathing-pranayama/id433571551.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 11 · 4★ 3 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 6

## What do users think of Universal Breathing?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Great for breathing exercises
- 🧘‍♀️ Useful for relaxation and meditation
- 💡 Customizable sessions
- 🎨 Visual guidance
- 🔊 Good sound quality (when working)
- 💯 Effective for stress reduction
- 👨‍🏫 Helpful for yoga instructors
- ✨ Can improve health and well-being
- 🚀 Simple and easy to use
- 🌟 Highly recommended by users

**Cons**

- 🔇 No sound issues (frequent complaint)
- 🐛 Buggy and crashes
- 📱 Incompatible with newer iOS versions
- ⏳ Outdated and not updated
- 💸 Overpriced for functionality
- ❌ Poor user interface
- 🚫 No customer support
- 🔋 Drains battery quickly
- 🖼️ Poor graphics/design
- 🔇 Audio issues on specific devices

**Commonly reported bugs**

- No sound at all
- Sound works only in headphones
- App freezes or crashes
- Cannot turn off or close the app
- Custom sessions not saving or not running correctly
- Tracking feature is inaccurate
- App pauses when sent to background
- Screen stays on after session ends
- Audio cues not distinct enough
- Touch controls not responsive

**Most requested features**

- Apple Watch compatibility
- Background audio playback
- Notifications and reminders
- Calendar for personalized workouts
- Option to turn off screen during use
- Dark mode
- More sound/music options
- Vibrate on silent mode
- Children's version
- More detailed breathing instructions with diagrams

## Newest reviews (10 of 156)

### 3/5 — Was great but needs update

*2024-03-09, version 2.9.1*

First breathing ap I ever used . Used to use it to motivate my elderly mother to breathe with the amazing pictorial. Just rediscovered. Great diaphragmatic breathing explanation

BUT needs update desperately. When I open it in my iPhone I can’t turn it off

### 3/5 — Le son ne fonctionne plus

*2023-11-08*

J’aime beaucoup cette application et je l’utilisais beaucoup. Seulement, depuis quelques temps, je n’ai plus de musique ni aucun son. Ceci la rend inutilisable pour moi. Je ne trouve pas ça normal pour une application payante.

### 2/5 — Good but no music

*2023-03-08*

This is the third time and third IOS device I use this app on and the music works for the first utilization and never reappear. That's a shame.

### 3/5 — Пропал звук

*2022-10-07*

Пропал звук в приложении!

### 4/5 — Sound stopped working

*2022-06-23*

Hey guys, your sound stopped working on my iPhone. As soon as you fix it:  back to Five Stars. Love your App Thank You

### 3/5 — Sound no longer works

*2020-02-24*

I used this app for quite a while and then put it aside. When I went to use it recently, the sound no longer works making it inefficient unless you stare at the screen. I used to really love it. Hopefully it will get fixed soon, but judging by other reviews, it doesn’t sound likely.

### 2/5 — Won’t keep playing when screen is asleep

*2019-06-06*

Love this app, except...I wish it would continue to play when the screen is asleep. Your other app apparently has this feature, but I already bought this one. It would warrant 5 stars with this simple fix.

### 5/5 — Game changer

*2019-05-17*

I originally heard about this app from Commander Mark Devine and the box breathing he teaches. It works great. With the full version of this app you can adjust the settings and label custom exercises. I set it to inhale 6 seconds; sustain (hold) 6 seconds; exhale 6 seconds; sustain 6 seconds. I labeled it “box breathing”  and set the timer for 20 minutes as Devine suggests 5-20 minutes a day. It has a different tone for each portion of the cycle. As you get used to the different tones you can close your eyes and still stay on track with the cycle. I like to do this exercises sitting in the dark with my eyes closed. By now I know what part of the cycle I’m on based on the tone that it makes. I like to flip my phone upside down as the screen is really bright. (I suppose that would be my only suggestion to the developers is that you could turn the screen off while using this app.) After the 20 min of box breathing I follow up with a 15 min gratitude meditation from a different app. It is a bit time consuming but well worth the effort. It is a game changer when facing the day with clarity. Because I’m in a calm present state, over time it has significantly reduced anxiety and helped me connect and communicate with others. After I enjoyed the app for a while I explored it deeper and read all the suggestions for better breathing techniques. I have integrated these techniques into the “box breathing” with even better results. Thank you for this app!

### 3/5 — Outdated?

*2019-04-20*

I’ve use this app for years, and recommended it to many friends. However, when I bring it up now it freezes my phone. Still works, but I can’t get it off the screen without shutting down the phone. This is an XR with the latest iOS. Please fix!! The developer meanwhile has frozen his contact options, you cannot get to him to ask for help in any way as far as I can tail.

### 4/5 — Звук только в наушниках

*2019-04-19*

Очень раздражает что нельзя слушать звук без наушников, а так нравится, использую только ее

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — No sound

*2025-08-19*

Paid for app and it has no sound.

### 1/5 — Good idea Bad execution

*2023-09-24*

Pranayama is a great tool for over all health. However this app’s user interface is not user friendly. It is not easy to customize the sessions. Also there is no option to contact customer support through the app.

### 1/5 — App outdated

*2022-01-10, version 2.9.1*

I have had this app for a very long time now and it has not been updated in years. Please update as it is considered a security threat issue with such a long overdue update.

### 1/5 — Crap—I WANT MY MONEY BACK

*2021-10-03, version 2.9.1*

I’m not new to this but you can’t hear the sounds. I’m not an idiot and have done everything they suggested if you don’t have sound, even before reading their tips. If you have to write a paragraph on how to get sound (but you still don’t get sound) and they’re getting so many emails, they close their way to contact them, the app should be 💯 free

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work

*2021-08-06, version 2.9.1*

I bought this for £4.99, for use on my fully updated iPad and iPhone. There is no plus or minus on the right of the screen to adjust. You cannot customise as stated.  You cannot press the centre of the “pie”. Very disappointed with this app, not as advertised. I bought this particular app as it is supposed to be the latest. I wish I had stuck with the free version, I am contacting Apple for a refund.

### 1/5 — SOUND??

*2021-04-15*

No sound on iPad. Don’t even launch on iPhone. Any update possible?

### 1/5 — No Audio

*2020-03-22*

I bought this app hoping to improve my Pranayama practice. But I find this not at all helpful, it does not show the time taken for an exercise & the worst part is the audio does not work. I tried deleting & reinstalling but no audio. I want my money back as cheaper & better apps are available.

### 1/5 — Фоновый режим

*2020-01-15*

Купил в надежде, что платная версия программы будет работать в фоновом режиме. Какой смысл в платной версии? Можно вернуть деньги?

### 1/5 — App left for dead.

*2019-10-31*

Zero support.

Support links and web contact form on their site is closed.

App hasn’t been updated in almost three years.

I‘m presuming that the company bit the dust.
I wished they had the decency to publicly announce it here.

### 1/5 — Awful

*2019-06-13, version 2.9.1*

Sound doesn’t work, buggy, can only be used in landscape, keeps crashing my phone. Absolutely do not buy this!

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Great app

*2025-10-20, version 2.9.1*

Missing a personal tracker everything else is great, I layer my own sound track and love that  I can  adjust the time of the breaths

### 5/5 — Top !

*2023-01-03*

Vraiment bien ! par contre je comprend pas la différence avec les autres app qui semblent clonées. 
Un point d’amélioration : pourquoi ne pas disposer du calendrier des entraînements personnalisés avec le cumul des heures passées ?

### 5/5 — Я дышу и медитирую с его помощью более 10 лет.

*2021-08-01*

Это очень классное приложение. К тому же, оно бесплатное. С его помощью, я излечился он весенней аллергии. !!! Это факт медицински не подтверждён. Но аллергия исчезла после того, как я за 5 месяцев до наступления весны, начал дышать с этим приложением. Это приложение также ценно ещё тем, что в нем есть возможность настроить свой ритм дыхания. Огромное Спасибо Автору этого приложения!!!

### 5/5 — Great App

*2021-02-07, version 2.9.1*

This app is just brilliant! I use it everyday. I am a yoga instructor and I use this in the class for pranayama practice - breathing exercises.

It is truly truly the best I have come across! The sound is perfect!

I must have recommended this app to all yoga practitioners (students).

The app works on both iPhone and iPad seamlessly 

Apple Watch??

This is for the developer of the app. 

Please I would very much appreciate of you could kindly make this app compatible and available for Apple Watch? It would be perfect. Just perfect! 

Thanks so so much

### 5/5 — Really calming, easy to use, visual

*2020-12-13, version 2.9.1*

Hi
I really like this app. I know in our Western culture we don’t pay attention to our breathing and just take it for granted. However our breathing rates and methods can have a huge effect on how calm we feel and things like high blood pressure. I find that using this app for 10 to 15 minutes makes me feel really calm. I would highly recommend it. I have no association with the developers but just wanted to encourage other people to try it. It’s simple and effective. All the best.

### 5/5 — Excellent

*2020-12-13, version 2.9.1*

The app is not mathematically flawed at all. 
Sound works fine if you have your device set. 
I’ve been using this app for a couple of years and it’s an excellent breathing app. 
I do t think I paid for it when I acquired it. 
However I would value it as a AU$20.00 app

### 5/5 — Отличное приложение!!!

*2020-11-01*

Есть различные режимы! Хороший пользовательский режим (полностью настраиваемый). Можно настроить несколько типов пранаямы подряд в одной сессии! Есть визуальное сопровождение и очень хорошее звуковое сопровождение на вдох, выдох и задержки на вдохе и выдохе!
Из минусов: нет фонового режима!
В целом РЕКОМЕНДУЮ!!!

### 5/5 — Very good

*2020-03-20, version 2.9.1*

Not the best looking app out there but a very good one nevertheless. Helped me changed my life around a few years ago. Like anything else meditation or pranayama related, however, you need to be regular with your practice.

“you should meditate 20 min each day, unless you don’t have time, then you should do an hour.”

### 5/5 — Apple Watch version please

*2019-06-18*

Absolutely love the app.
It would be fantastic to have the Apple Watch version

### 5/5 — Great for what it is

*2019-06-17*

I use this to help my spear fishing.  So far so good. It’s a simple app that is relaxing and easy to use.

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