Comparison

The Emotion Code vs SOMA Breath

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

Head to head
About

The Emotion Code

This app assists users in practicing The Emotion Code, a method for identifying and releasing trapped emotions. It features an interactive chart and resources like the full text and audio of a foundational book. Users can also access live chat support and a knowledge base.

Highlights
  • Interactive Chart of Emotions
  • Muscle testing guidance
  • Emotion descriptions
  • Full text and audio of The Emotion Code book
  • Live chat customer support
  • Knowledge base access
Features
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The Emotion Code app is the perfect companion for Emotion Code practitioners, professional and novice alike. With an interactive Chart of Emotions, the app makes practicing the Emotion Code from your iPhone or iPad faster than ever. Identify a chart row and column with muscle testing, then tap to zoom in. Tap an emotion to view that emotion’s description. Clear the trapped emotion, then tap the chart button to zoom back out and start again. Also included in the app are resources to help you succeed with The Emotion Code. First, we’ve included the full text and audio of Dr. Bradley Nelson's groundbreaking book, The Emotion Code. Also available is live, interactive chat with our customer support team and access to our knowledge base of frequently asked questions. ABOUT THE EMOTION CODE: The Emotion Code was developed by renowned holistic physician and lecturer Dr. Bradley Nelson. Dr. Nelson discovered how emotionally-charged events from your past can still be haunting you in the form of “trapped emotions.” These trapped emotions are emotional energies that literally inhabit your body, creating physical pain, emotional stress and eventual disease. The Emotion Code is a method of identifying and releasing these trapped emotions, enabling individuals to discover peace, prosperity, and abundance in all areas of their lives.

About

SOMA Breath

This app offers science-backed breathwork sessions enhanced by transformational music. It helps users release stress, improve sleep, boost energy, and enhance focus through guided journeys and live classes. Experience natural highs and emotional shifts in just minutes a day.

Highlights
  • Science-backed breathwork techniques
  • Transformational music by top DJs
  • Guided journeys for various goals
  • Live classes and global community
  • Short, effective daily sessions
  • Intermittent Hypoxic Training (IHT)
  • Stress release and emotional rewiring
Features
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A new kind of high — powered by breath. Most people think breathing more means more oxygen. The opposite is true. Your body needs CO2 to release oxygen from your blood — and when you learn to breathe less, in rhythm, to music, something remarkable happens. SOMA Breath was selected for peer-reviewed research at Cambridge University — the largest breathwork study ever conducted. Participants reached altered states of consciousness through breathing alone. No substances. Just breathing in beats. And here’s the honest bit: most breathwork apps are boring. Counting breaths in silence is a chore, and chores don’t change lives. So we built breathwork around music — transmissional tracks engineered with brainwave entrainment that make your daily practice something you actually crave. BREATHE IN BEATS Every session syncs your breath to music designed to guide you through a complete arc: activation, peak, integration, afterglow. Bliss without crash. Energy without burnout. Intensity that stabilises into peace. THE VIBE SELECTOR Tell it how you want to feel and how long you’ve got. It builds your entire practice. Energy, calm, focus, sleep, release — no scrolling, no decision fatigue. THE BREATH PHARMACY Your body has its own inner pharmacy. SOMA Breath is the key. Precision breathing techniques matched to specific outcomes — wired at 2am, foggy before a meeting, flat before a workout. There’s a breath for that. GLOBAL COHERENCE & THE BREATHE ROOM Right now, someone in Bali, Berlin, and Boston are breathing at exactly the same pace. Join them. Practise live with people in 50+ countries — same rhythm, same music, same moment. It feels like belonging. Because it is. IHT TRACKER Think of it like intermittent fasting — but for oxygen. Controlled breath holds train your body to use oxygen more efficiently. Track your dose, watch your adaptation build week by week. This is training, not just relaxing. MBHT — YOUR BREATH FITNESS SCORE One honest number that tracks your transformation. No wearables needed — just you and a timer. Watch it climb. DAILY PRACTICE BUILDER Your complete morning ritual — movement, breathwork, integration — assembled in seconds. Fifteen minutes or a full hour. Peak in the session. Peace in your day. HRV READINESS (optional) Read your nervous system’s scoreboard and match the right practice to the right moment. Pair an optional pulse oximeter for deeper session insight — entirely optional, the breath works either way. THE TRIBE 4,000+ certified instructors. 50+ countries. Live events, real teachers, a global community breathing together daily. This isn’t an app with users. It’s a movement with a soundtrack. 500+ hours of sessions. New tracks every two weeks. Every SOMA Breath technique, in your pocket. Founded by Niraj Naik — a former pharmacist who healed himself when medicine had nothing left to offer, then spent a decade turning what he learned into a system anyone can use. Getting high was never the problem. The question is: can you rise without wrecking yourself? Download SOMA Breath and find out. SOMA Breath supports wellbeing and does not diagnose, treat, or cure any medical condition. Privacy Policy: https://www.somabreath.com/privacy-policy/ · Terms & Conditions: https://www.somabreath.com/terms/ PLEASE NOTE (iOS – App Store): An auto-renewing subscription is available as an In-App Purchase. Auto-renewable subscriptions for one-month and one-year. After purchase, your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account and will automatically renew (for the term selected) unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Current subscriptions may not be terminated while ongoing, but you can manage or turn off auto-renewal in your iTunes Account Settings.

Screenshots

The Emotion Code4 screens
SOMA Breath4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SOMA Breath at 95% against The Emotion Code's 47%. SOMA Breath also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.3). The Emotion Code's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

Both are free to download. SOMA Breath sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. The Emotion Code asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SOMA Breath holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of The Emotion Code's written reviews are positive against 95% of SOMA Breath's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
The Emotion Code versus SOMA Breath: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Emotion CodeSOMA Breath
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (27 ratings)4.4 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.7% of reviews94.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.3 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB117 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperDiscover Healing, Inc.SOMA Breath Inc

Customer experience

The Emotion Code

All ratings27 ratings
Positive59.3%
Neutral3.7%
Negative37.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive46.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative53.3%

SOMA Breath

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive94.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.3%

In-app purchases

None

The Emotion Code

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

SOMA Breath

Subscriptions2
  • One-Month Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • One-Year Subscription7 Days trial$89.001 Year

Questions

Is The Emotion Code free?
The Emotion Code is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SOMA Breath free?
SOMA Breath is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The Emotion Code or SOMA Breath?
SOMA Breath is rated higher. The Emotion Code averages 3.3 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while SOMA Breath averages 4.4 from 14 ratings.
Do The Emotion Code or SOMA Breath have ads?
Neither The Emotion Code nor SOMA Breath shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Emotion Code or SOMA Breath?
The Emotion Code ships an update every 3 weeks, and SOMA Breath every 3 weeks. Most recently, The Emotion Code was updated on November 2, 2026 and SOMA Breath on November 3, 2026.

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