Breathing Exercises vs alphabeats
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Breathing Exercises
This app offers guided breathing patterns for relaxation, meditation, and breath training. Visualize your breath with customizable inhale, exhale, and hold times. Track your progress and integrate with HealthKit for mindful minutes.
- Full screen breath visualization
- Guided and free-form sessions
- Customizable inhale/exhale/hold times
- Usage history tracking
- HealthKit integration
- Custom themes and reminders
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Breathe+ is a beautifully simple way to visualize your breathing. Use Breathe+ for daily relaxation, meditation or breath training. "Relax, de-stress, and find a little peace" - LifeHacker.com "Relax Both Body and Mind With Breathe+" -AppAdvice.com "Breathe+ lets you take a break" -Mashable.com Features: •Beautiful full screen breath visualization •Guided session lengths from 1-60 minutes •Free-form session lengths •Breathe cycle counter •Adjust inhale, exhale lengths from 1-32 seconds •Add breath holds from 1-32 seconds if desired •Change settings even during a session •Track usage history- graphs, total time and streaks •HealthKit integration to record mindful minutes •Custom themes, reminders and more.... Terms of Service: http://dynamicappdesign.com/tos
alphabeats
Enhance athletic performance with immersive mental training. This app uses neurofeedback and music to monitor and improve focus, flow, and recovery. Track progress, gain insights, and unlock your full potential.
- Neurofeedback and music training
- Enhance focus, flow, and recovery
- Track progress and gain insights
- Complete training programs
- Discover long-term trends
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alphabeats - Immersive mental training for athletes Every athlete knows training the body is just one part of success. The mental game is often the defining quality to performance. That’s where alphabeats delivers a unique solution: immersive training that combines neurofeedback and music to monitor and enhance mental performance, including focus, flow, and recovery. Join us and transform the way you train your mind. With our intuitive interface, you can easily track your progress over time and get actionable insights to improve. Whether you're preparing for a competition or looking to enhance your daily regimen, our app provides the tools you need to unlock your full potential. - Increase alpha waves while listening to music - Complete training programs and sessions specific to your needs - Get daily insights and tips for improvement - Discover long-term trends and connections between alpha waves, mood, rest, relaxation, and life events Note: - A subscription is required to use alphabeats. - A BrainBit, Muse 2 or Muse S headband is also required to train with our app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Breathing Exercises at 84% against alphabeats's 44%. Breathing Exercises also leads on ratings volume (3.5K vs 39) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). alphabeats's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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
Both are free to download. Breathing Exercises sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. alphabeats asks for nothing beyond the download.
Breathing Exercises holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Breathing Exercises has 3.5K ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Breathing Exercises's written reviews are positive against 44% of alphabeats's.
Breathing Exercises ships an update monthly, alphabeats every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Breathing Exercises | alphabeats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.5K ratings) — better | 4.4 (39 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.0% of reviews — better | 44.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.5K — better | 39 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 149 MB | 134 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dynamic App Design LLC | AlphaBeats Works B.V. |
Customer experience
Breathing Exercises
alphabeats
Bugs and requests
Breathing Exercises
Reported bugs
4 issues- Sound not working on some devices
- Upgrade functionality not working
- Ads freezing the app
- Breath timings not working as expected
Requested features
8 requests- Ability to save custom breathing patterns
- Integration with heart rate variability apps
- Apple Watch app
- Darker color schemes for nighttime use
- Metronome feature
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- Cycle-based breathing sessions
- More sound options
- Ability to pause sessions
alphabeats
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Breathing Exercises
- Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Remove Ads$3.99
- Unlock Themes$3.99
- Unlock Usage History$3.99
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- Unlock Everything$69.99
alphabeats
No in-app purchases
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