Comparison

Paced Breathing vs Mindful Minute App

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

Head to head
About

Paced Breathing

This app offers guided breathing exercises to help users manage stress, improve sleep, and enhance focus. It features customizable rhythms, visual animations, and Apple Watch integration for a personalized and private experience.

Highlights
  • Guided breathing flows for various goals
  • Customizable breath rhythm editor
  • Short and long session options
  • Visual breathing animations
  • Audio, music, and haptic cues
  • Apple Watch support
  • Progress tracking and achievements
Features
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Take control of your breathing and feel better in minutes. Whether you’re stressed, winding down for sleep, or trying to refocus, Breathe guides you through simple, calming breathwork sessions designed to help you reset your mind and body. Breathe is built to feel peaceful, private, and easy to use — with beautiful guided animations, adjustable rhythms, gentle cues, progress tracking, and now Apple Watch support. What makes Breathe different - Guided Breathing Flows – Choose sessions for Calm, Sleep, Focus, Kids, Pregnancy, Spiritual practice, and more. - Custom Rhythm Editor – Create your own inhale, hold, and exhale rhythm, then preview it before starting. - Short & Long Sessions – Start a quick reset in minutes or follow deeper multi-stage breathing journeys. - Beautiful Visual Guidance – Follow the expanding and contracting breathing animation at your own pace. - Audio, Music & Haptics – Breathe by sight, sound, or feel with adjustable cues and gentle feedback. - Apple Watch Support – Start guided breathing from your wrist with haptics, complications, and time-of-day recommendations. - Apple Health Mindful Minutes – Save completed breathing sessions as Mindful Minutes in the Health app when enabled. - Progress & Achievements – Track your breath count, streaks, levels, and achievements as you build a daily habit. - Offline & Private – No account required. No tracking. Your progress stays on your device. - Mindful Reminders – Set gentle reminders to help breathing become part of your routine. Get started in seconds Pick a flow, follow the animation, and breathe. Use a recommended session, choose by goal, or build your own rhythm. Just a few mindful minutes a day can help you feel calmer, sleep better, and return to the moment. Download Breathe and discover how simple guided breathing can change your day. Terms of Use: https://breathe.simpelnem.it/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://breathe.simpelnem.it/privacy-policy

About

Mindful Minute App

Access guided meditations designed to fit your life and pace, offering quick resets or in-depth mindfulness practice. Develop stress reduction techniques and explore topics like present moment awareness and mindful living for wellness and self-development.

Highlights
  • Guided meditations
  • Stress reduction techniques
  • Mindfulness practice development
  • Topics on mindfulness
  • Self-development tools
  • Paced learning
Features
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In one minute we are able to change our brain waves and how we feel. with this app you have access to guided meditations that are made to fit with whatever is going on in your life and at your pace. Often you just need a quick reset, or you may want to learn about mindfulness and develop your very own practice. Whatever your need is, we all can benefit from stress reduction in our lives. Mindful minute is the app that can help you develop your own practice for wellness and self-development. With topics like What is Mindfulness? The True-Self Vs. The Ego, Forgiveness, Present Moment Awareness, Abundance, Equanimity, Mindful Living and many more, you will be proficient in the everyday applications of mindfulness.

Screenshots

Paced Breathing4 screens
Mindful Minute App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Paced Breathing at 100% against Mindful Minute App's 63%. Mindful Minute App's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

Both are free to download. Paced Breathing sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Mindful Minute App asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mindful Minute App holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Paced Breathing's written reviews are positive against 63% of Mindful Minute App's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Paced Breathing versus Mindful Minute App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaced BreathingMindful Minute App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (8 ratings)4.7 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better62.5% of reviews
Number of ratings811 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimpel Nem ITBluestone Apps, LLC Mobile

Customer experience

Paced Breathing

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mindful Minute App

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Paced Breathing

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly Premium3 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Weekly Premium$1.997 Days
  • Yearly Premium$9.991 Year
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  • Yearly Premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime Premium$24.99
  • Lifetime Premium$49.99
None

Mindful Minute App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Paced Breathing free?
Paced Breathing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mindful Minute App free?
Mindful Minute App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Paced Breathing or Mindful Minute App?
Mindful Minute App is rated higher. Paced Breathing averages 4.3 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Mindful Minute App averages 4.7 from 11 ratings.
Do Paced Breathing or Mindful Minute App have ads?
Neither Paced Breathing nor Mindful Minute App shows ads.

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