Comparison

Box Breathing Technique vs Nev AI

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

Head to head
About

Box Breathing Technique

Practice a calming breathing technique to reduce stress and improve focus. This app offers guided sessions with customizable durations and voice-over support. It syncs with Apple Health and features a minimalist design for peace of mind.

Highlights
  • Guided box breathing sessions
  • Customizable session durations
  • Voice-over guidance
  • Apple Health integration
  • Dark and Light mode
  • Minimalistic widget
Read full description

This technique, also known as combat or tactical breathing, is an excellent way to reduce your stress and calm down. This breathing strategy has been used by first responders, the military and athletes to focus, gain control and manage stress. In addition, it appears to help control worry and nervousness. With this app, we aim to give you a simple and fast tool to practice this breathing technique. Launch the app, start breathing... - Inhale for 4 seconds through your nose - Hold your breath for a count of 4 - Exhale for 4 seconds through your mouth - Hold your lungs empty for a count of 4 - Repeat + Sync your Mindful Minutes spent in-app with Apple Health + Dark and Light mode support + Enable voice-over and pick the voice of your choice for your breathing sessions + Start an untimed session or a 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 or 21 minutes session, easy + A minimalistic Widget to start your breathing session from anywhere, anytime + Clutter-free design for your peace of mind + A simple privacy policy: no tracking, no advertising, no data stored, no data sold, no account needed

About

Nev AI

This AI-powered health companion proactively plans your day based on your sleep, meals, medications, and calendar. It offers personalized suggestions, meal planning, and activity scheduling to support your health journey, including GLP-1 medication users.

Highlights
  • Proactive daily planning
  • Personalized meal suggestions
  • Activity scheduling
  • GLP-1 medication support
  • Evening check-ins
  • Food scanning and logging
  • Integration with health apps
Features
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Nev gets your day ready before you open the app. Most health apps show you what already happened. Nev looks ahead. It reads your sleep, meals, medications, calendar, workouts and mood, and every time you open it, there's one thing worth knowing about today, already thought through. PREPARED FOR YOU Nev doesn't just suggest. It does. It adds what you're missing to your grocery list, writes a recipe from what's in your kitchen, plans a walk on the driest afternoon, and puts it on your calendar if you say yes. Everything it does waits in one place, with Undo. YOUR JOURNEY, WHATEVER IT IS Better sleep, more energy, steadier weight, a calmer mind, or a GLP-1 medication. Nev follows the journey you're on and plans your days around it. On a GLP-1, it learns your cycle: which days appetite, energy and sleep shift, and how to plan meals and plans around them. AN EVENING CHECK-IN THAT REMEMBERS Each evening, Nev checks in on your day and follows up on what you told it before, like whether the hot tub helped you sleep. A STEP AHEAD Heading to a restaurant tomorrow? Nev reads the menu and tells you which dishes fit your week. The clocks are changing on Sunday? It helps you get ready, so your sleep doesn't slip. YOUR WHOLE HEALTH, NOT JUST YOUR PLATE Food is where it starts, but Nev looks at how you sleep, move and feel too, because a good day is more than a good meal. ASK OR TELL NEV ANYTHING Type or talk. Every answer draws on your own sleep, calendar, medications, energy and meals, not generic advice. SCAN FOOD, MENUS AND PRODUCTS Scan a grocery product for a score read against your medications, conditions and goals. Photograph a meal to log it. Snap your pantry and cook from what you have. CONNECTS TO YOUR LIFE Apple Health, Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, iPhone Calendar, and more than 30 apps and devices, including Oura, Strava, Fitbit, Withings, Polar and Wahoo. YOUR PRIVATE DATA Your data is never sold: not to advertisers, not to data brokers, not to anyone. Nev is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat or prevent any condition. Talk with your doctor before changing your medication, diet or exercise.

Screenshots

Box Breathing Technique4 screens
Nev AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Nev AI at 100% against Box Breathing Technique's 0%. Nev AI also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.9 vs 1.6). Box Breathing Technique's advantage is device support (4 vs 1). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

Nev AI is free to download; Box Breathing Technique costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nev AI holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Box Breathing Technique's written reviews are positive against 100% of Nev AI's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Box Breathing Technique ships an update every 7 months, Nev AI every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Box Breathing Technique versus Nev AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBox Breathing TechniqueNev AI
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating1.6 (5 ratings)4.9 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings514 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB127 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperKevin CadorKitchin AI Inc.

Customer experience

Box Breathing Technique

All ratings5 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative80.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative83.3%

Nev AI

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Box Breathing Technique

No in-app purchases

None

Nev AI

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Box Breathing Technique free?
Box Breathing Technique costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nev AI free?
Nev AI is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Box Breathing Technique or Nev AI?
Nev AI is rated higher. Box Breathing Technique averages 1.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Nev AI averages 4.9 from 14 ratings.
Do Box Breathing Technique or Nev AI have ads?
Neither Box Breathing Technique nor Nev AI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Box Breathing Technique or Nev AI?
Box Breathing Technique ships an update every 7 months, and Nev AI every 3 days. Most recently, Box Breathing Technique was updated on November 2, 2026 and Nev AI on November 5, 2026.

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