Progressive Muscle Relaxation vs FlowPeak
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
This app offers a scientifically proven method for stress reduction through guided relaxation exercises. Learn to achieve deep relaxation for body and soul, leading to increased power, strength, and stability. It includes instructional content, music, and graphic visualizations to aid in immediate relaxation.
- Scientifically proven stress reduction
- Guided relaxation exercises
- Introduction and preparation modules
- Long and short form exercises
- Music and graphic visualization
- Background information on PMR
- Stress management advice
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Progressive Muscle Relaxation (Jacobson): PMR The anti-stress program by Dr. med. Stephan Frucht - Scientifically proven and effective - In our modern societies, more and more people are looking for an effective, reliable and easy to use relaxation method. Psychological and physical stress caused by fear, diseases, grief over the loss of loved ones, loss of job or pressure at work, demanding parenthood and eldercare or even “just” a busy lifestyle, just to name a few examples, is often experienced as severely burdensome. The Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) edited by Dr. med. Stephan Frucht offers one of the most effective tools of help. PMR improves the quality of living PMR is leading to a deep relaxation of body and soul - the basis for new power, strength and internal stability. The regular practice of PMR has already changed the lives of many people and patients all over the world. PMR is scientifically proven and can easily be integrated into every day life which makes it so successful. This self-help class includes an introduction and an exercise section. The instructed exercises are enriched with music and graphic visualization to help you relax easily. This App is designed to help you learn to relax immediately. Just take your headset and do these exercises accompanied by calming sounds. The success will come very soon! PMR-App is easy and effective Within this App you will find several units of the training programs. The sections of introduction and preparation, the long-form and short-form of PMR, some background information about PMR as well as some advice regarding your stress-management. This App contains: - Information about PMR - Introduction (5 min.) - Preparation and exercise position (4 min.) - Exercises - long version (30 min.) - Exercises - short version (20 min) PMR: Self-empowerment for calmness and happiness The App also includes lots of functional information about PMR. All exercises are visualized graphically. This makes it very easy to get into PMR and achieve success quickly. Dr. med. Stephan Frucht Dr. Frucht publications related to PMR include books, CDs and radio plays for children. As a physician and certified musician with great experience in the area of activating self-healing abilities, Dr. Frucht is convinced of the efficacy of PMR as well as thousands of PMR-users. He recommends PMR as an outstanding therapy in clinical work. Production: Reinhold Hoffmann Text: Stephan Frucht Speaker: Jon Oldham
FlowPeak
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FlowPeak is a breathing app that aims to help you focus on your quality of breathing. It's great for anyone from vocalists to meditation gurus! We analyze your breath sounds and tell you a little bit about the frequencies we hear in your breathing!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: FlowPeak at Free against Progressive Muscle Relaxation's $4.99. Progressive Muscle Relaxation's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 4 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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FlowPeak is free to download; Progressive Muscle Relaxation costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Progressive Muscle Relaxation ships an update every 11 days, FlowPeak every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Progressive Muscle Relaxation | FlowPeak |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Reinhold Hoffmann | Immix Concepts, LLC. |
In-app purchases
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
No in-app purchases
FlowPeak
No in-app purchases
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