Comparison

5Rhythms vs Othership

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

5Rhythms

Discover and book movement classes and workshops globally. Access exclusive in-home practice sessions and music. Track your progress and connect with teachers and the community.

Highlights
  • Find and book classes worldwide
  • Access exclusive mini-waves for home practice
  • Listen to music collection
  • Watch community perspectives
  • Student logging for progress tracking
  • In-app messaging with teachers
Features
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Take your 5Rhythms practice with you wherever you are in the world! Find and book weekly classes & workshops in 55+ countries on 6 continents. Access exclusive mini-waves for your own quick in-home daily practice (in-app purchase) and access Raven Recording's music collection. Watch/Listen to perspectives and be inspired by the art of our community as we look through the 5Rhythms lens in our every day lives. Student Logging to track your dancing path towards our teacher training programs. In-app messaging with teachers and organizer. Created by Gabrielle Roth and practiced by tens of thousands worldwide, 5Rhythms® is a philosophy, perspective, performance art and a dynamic movement practice rooted in the principle that if you put the psyche in motion it will heal itself. Movement is both the medicine and the metaphor, reaching across all languages, cultures and age groups to transform suffering into art, art into awareness, and awareness into action. Wherever the 5Rhythms are practiced, a community is born to dance, to sweat, to change, to support, and to provide a safe space for each of us to shatter the ego’s hold and awaken the juicy, unpredictable, fascinating, edge-walking, rock star part of ourselves that yearns to be free. Creativity. Connection. Community.

About

Othership

This app uses music-driven guided breathwork sessions to help you regulate your nervous system and shift your state. Explore various breathing styles and guided meditations for energy, focus, relaxation, or emotional release.

Highlights
  • Music-driven guided breathwork sessions
  • Daily UP and DOWN sessions
  • Curated weekly transformative journeys
  • Five daily breathing styles (UP, DOWN, ALL AROUND, BODY, BRAIN)
  • Variety of breathwork techniques
  • Guided meditations, affirmations, and visualizations
  • Sound healing and hypnosis
Features
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Othership is a music-driven breathwork app designed to help you shift your state one breath at a time. Cultivate big lung energy and harness the power of your breath to regulate your nervous system through your energetic, mental and emotional bodies in as little as 60 seconds for up to 60 minutes. Consider this your new daily ritual to energize and start your day, improve focus + performance, decompress after work, wind down for a deep sleep, or release negative emotions with short + effective exercises when you need them most. Our active sessions are set to music with guidance from world-renowned breathwork facilitators to shift your body + brain quickly. Rooted in ancient tradition, informed by modern science, and inspired by magic, Othership’s meticulously curated guided breathwork practices are simultaneously playful and effective. Explore the ins + outs of your breath with guidance from psychotherapists, wellness practitioners, hypnotherapists, artists, DJ’s, spiritual teachers, and life coaches featuring breathwork, guided meditations, affirmations + visualizations, sound healing, hypnosis, somatic release therapy, vocal toning, self-massage, mindful walking + working, movement + dance, and more trippy stuff. EXPLORE THE APP Our app features daily UP and DOWN sessions to keep your practice feeling fresh. Spend less time deciding and more time breathing. Our curated weekly practice offers a longer haul, transformative journey designed to give you a complete release + reset from the stressors of modern living. Othership offers five types of daily breathing styles with unique benefits: UP Harness the power of your breath to energize and kickstart your day. Cultivate focus and productivity. Fight fatigue and tap vitality. Explore elevating practices to get lifted and stay lifted. DOWN Build a routine for deep rest and better sleep. Unwind with practices to de-stress and linger in stillness. Soothe anxiety and find centre. ALL AROUND Practice self-care with deeply transformative journeys designed to create the space + presence needed to gather meaningful insights. Reach altered states, regulate your emotions, and cultivate mind-body connection. BODY Combine conscious breathing with mindful movement and embodiment practices including self-massage, gentle stretching, dancing, and somatic therapy. BRAIN Learn the science behind how + why we do breathwork. Try a benchmark breathing test to track your progress from A to B to infinity. CULTIVATE BIG LUNG ENERGY Shift your state through a medley of breathing styles including: box breath, diaphragmatic breathing, Wim Hof Method, ocean breath, alternate nostril, 4-7-8 breathing, Buteyko Method, coherent breathing, breath of fire, triangle breath, dynamic breathing, kundalini pranayam, up-regulated breathing and lots more. MEMBER[SHIP] Come for the journey. Stay for the shift. - Access to 500+ on-demand breathwork sessions - Inspiring soundscapes from sound healing musicians, artists and DJs - Streak and progress tracking - Custom challenges and pathways to meet your mindfulness goals - World-renowned breathwork facilitators - Curated daily notifications to amplify your practice and ignite your personal growth - Stay inspired with new sessions released weekly - Integrated with Apple Health's Mindful Minutes - A global community of daily breathers Transformation in your hands. T’s + C’s If you’d like to learn more about our Terms + Conditions, visit: [www.othership.us/terms]

Screenshots

5Rhythms4 screens
Othership4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Othership at Free against 5Rhythms's $1.99. Othership also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (89% vs 60%). 5Rhythms's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Othership is free to download; 5Rhythms costs $1.99 up front. 5Rhythms sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Othership sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Othership holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Othership has 2.2K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of 5Rhythms's written reviews are positive against 89% of Othership's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

5Rhythms ships an update every 2 months, Othership every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
5Rhythms versus Othership: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter5RhythmsOthership
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (8 ratings)4.9 (2.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews88.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings82.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB130 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer5Rhythms Global IncBreathwork Plus Inc

Customer experience

5Rhythms

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

Othership

All ratings2,212 ratings
Positive97.6%
Neutral0.8%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews342 reviews
Positive88.6%
Neutral5.0%
Negative6.4%

Bugs and requests

5Rhythms

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Othership

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Achievements tracking not updating
  • Occasional crashes

Requested features

2 requests
  • Ability to add personal notes to sessions
  • Apple M1 support

In-app purchases

4 purchases

5Rhythms

One-time4
  • Beating Drums$2.99
  • Nemah Wave$2.99
  • ReUnion$2.99
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  • Peaceful waves$2.99
2 purchases

Othership

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$17.991 Month
  • Yearly14 Days trial$129.991 Year

Questions

Is 5Rhythms free?
5Rhythms costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Othership free?
Othership is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 5Rhythms or Othership?
Othership is rated higher. 5Rhythms averages 4.4 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Othership averages 4.9 from 2.2K ratings.
Do 5Rhythms or Othership have ads?
Neither 5Rhythms nor Othership shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 5Rhythms or Othership?
5Rhythms ships an update every 2 months, and Othership every 6 weeks. Most recently, 5Rhythms was updated on September 15, 2026 and Othership on September 25, 2026.

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