Comparison

Box Breathe vs Yudemon HRV

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

Head to head
About

Box Breathe

This app provides guided breathing exercises and meditation tools to help users relax, manage stress, and improve sleep. It offers customizable sessions with visual and haptic feedback, progress tracking, and Apple Watch integration.

Highlights
  • Customizable breathing modes (classic and free-form)
  • Session timer with cycle or duration settings
  • Siri voice and haptic feedback
  • Weekly session planning and reminders
  • Progress tracking with detailed stats
  • Apple Watch integration with heart rate monitoring
  • Dark Mode themes
Features
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Meet your professional tool for breathing exercises and meditation! Since its launch, Box Breathe has become a trusted companion for thousands of people who practice meditation and yogic breathing, as well as those who struggle with panic attacks and insomnia or just look for a simple tool to help them relax through breathing. Athletes use Box Breathe to control and calm breath both during and after intense workouts, running or swimming. With simple and intuitive design at its core, Box Breathe offers a highly customizable set of features to satisfy your goals: - choose between “classic” Box mode with equal durations of breathing phases and “free-form” mode in which you can specify individual duration for each phase - program your breathing session with a convenient timer by setting either a number of breathing cycles or an overall duration - adjust duration of breathing phases with simple swipes before or during a session - plan your weekly breathing sessions and set reminders - save your breathing patterns and quickly access them from a context menu on main screen - mark each breathing phase with a Siri voice guide or a different sound and custom designed haptic feedback (custom haptics are supported on iPhone 8 and later models running iOS 13) - set haptic response for every second of your breathing session (not supported on devices prior to iPhone 6s) - built-in metronome helps you count every second of your breathing session - track your progress with detailed overall, yearly, monthly, weekly and daily stats - with iOS 13, choose between white and orange themes for Dark Mode - Apple Health integration - independent app for Apple Watch with even greater functionality - on Apple Watch, follow your heart rate as you breathe - Apple Watch app works in background, tapping your wrist to mark each following breathing step - Apple Watch app offers different haptics for inhale and exhale phases, as well as a light haptic marking each second of your session. Fast life pace requires an efficient tool for stress relief, and in most cases a simple breathing session is all it takes. No matter where you are - in a gym, office, at home or stuck in a traffic jam - Box Breathe app will help you calm in a matter of seconds. _______________________ Our preview images were created using 'Previewed' at previewed.app. Drum and Lyre icons by Icons8.

About

Yudemon HRV

Enhance stress resilience and self-regulation with this visual and sonic tool for resonance breathing and HRV biofeedback. Connect a heart rate monitor for advanced analytics and personalized training journeys. Enjoy dynamic visuals and custom soundscapes designed to optimize your practice.

Highlights
  • Resonance breathing timer
  • HRV biofeedback training
  • ECG heart rate monitor integration
  • Journey Mode for optimal breathing rate
  • Customizable visuals and soundscapes
  • Heartwork generative art based on data
Features
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Yudemon HRV is a unique visual and sonic tool for resonance breathing and HRV biofeedback training. It provides a fun and engaging workout for your autonomic nervous system, helping you build stress resilience and enhanced self-regulation. You can either use the app as a basic breath timer, or connect an ECG-based heart rate monitor (like the Polar H10) via Bluetooth for full biofeedback and analytics. Unless you specifically opt-in to cloud sync, all data processing happens on your device, so your data is completely secure. Using Yudemon with a heart rate monitor not only allows you to track and visualise your data for each session, it also enables you to use Yudemon's Journey Mode, a novel and unique way of establishing your own optimal breathing rate over the course of multiple sessions. Yudemon's adjustable visuals and soundscapes offer infinite variations, making every breathing session feel fresh and engaging. By default, the app’s appearance automatically changes on a daily basis. Or, with Yudemon Pro, you can take full control and customize everything manually. A healthy heart does not beat like a metronome but constantly adapts to the requirements of the present moment. Heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback training and resonance breathing are based on the fact that our breathing has a direct impact on the rest of our physiology. By controlling our breathing in specific ways we can train our body to become more adaptable and perform better under stress. Yudemon helps you with this practice. Yudemon HRV is the first breathing app with custom soundsapes and functional music specifically designed for resonance breathing and HRV biofeedback training. The soundscapes guide you in your breathing sessions and aim to enhance the effects of the practice. It also integrates other aspects of generative art, such as the "Heartwork", a unique piece of art based on your very own physiological data that is generated and grows with you as you complete more sessions. New visuals, soundscapes, and effects are added on a regular basis. Terms of Service: https://app.yudemon.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://app.yudemon.com/privacy

Screenshots

Box Breathe4 screens
Yudemon HRV4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Yudemon HRV at Free against Box Breathe's $1.99. Yudemon HRV also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and review sentiment (92% vs 66%). Box Breathe's advantage is ratings volume (507 vs 13) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Yudemon HRV is free to download; Box Breathe costs $1.99 up front. Box Breathe sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Yudemon HRV sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Box Breathe holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Box Breathe has 507 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of Box Breathe's written reviews are positive against 92% of Yudemon HRV's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Box Breathe ships an update every 3 weeks, Yudemon HRV every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Box Breathe versus Yudemon HRV: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBox BreatheYudemon HRV
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (507 ratings) — better4.5 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews65.8% of reviews91.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings507 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#71 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB175 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDenys TriasunovYudemon LLC

Customer experience

Box Breathe

All ratings498 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.6%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews184 reviews
Positive65.8%
Neutral10.9%
Negative23.4%

Yudemon HRV

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral15.4%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%

Bugs and requests

Box Breathe

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashing or stopping unexpectedly during use
  • Preset options not working as expected
  • Compatibility issues with newer Apple Watch models
  • Sound and vibration features not functioning properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to save and load more than 5 presets
  • Option to disable sound and keep only haptic feedback on Apple Watch
  • Improved Apple Watch integration to prevent screen from turning off
  • Guided audio cues or voice prompts for the breathing cycles

Yudemon HRV

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Box Breathe

One-time2
  • Percussion Sound Pack$0.99
  • Strings & Bells Sound Pack$0.99
4 purchases

Yudemon HRV

Subscriptions4
  • Yudemon Pro (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Yudemon Pro (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Yudemon Pro (Yearly)$19.991 Year
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  • Yudemon Pro (Yearly)$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Box Breathe free?
Box Breathe costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Yudemon HRV free?
Yudemon HRV is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Box Breathe or Yudemon HRV?
Box Breathe is rated higher. Box Breathe averages 4.8 out of 5 from 507 ratings, while Yudemon HRV averages 4.5 from 13 ratings.
Do Box Breathe or Yudemon HRV have ads?
Neither Box Breathe nor Yudemon HRV shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Box Breathe or Yudemon HRV?
Box Breathe ships an update every 3 weeks, and Yudemon HRV every 2 days. Most recently, Box Breathe was updated on October 26, 2026 and Yudemon HRV on October 25, 2026.

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