Comparison

Box breathing assistant vs Box Breathing Offline

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

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About

Box breathing assistant

This app guides you through a calming breathing technique to reduce stress and anxiety. It helps you control your breathing rhythm to improve focus and promote relaxation. Regular practice can lead to deeper relaxation and increased awareness of your diaphragm.

Highlights
  • Guided box breathing cycles
  • Stress and anxiety reduction
  • Improved focus and concentration
  • Promotes relaxation
  • Abdominal breathing guidance
  • Customizable breath duration
Features
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The Box breathing technique is a breathing exercise commonly used in meditation and yoga for its anti-stress benefits. Box breathing will help you against anxiety. By the voluntary control of the frequency between exhalation and inhalation, the type of breathing (abdominal, costal) I will learn to work better and better, my muscles involved in this breathing gesture (diaphragm, intercostals, etc.). Through the combined effect of better blood oxygenation and neuro-vegetative reflexes, by exercising a voluntary control on our way of breathing, we can rise our level of vigilance. It is commonly felt that increased expiration time (3 minimum exhalation times for 1 inhalation time) promotes relaxation. It is commonly felt that an increase of the inspiratory amplitude with a brief expiration (3 times on the inspiration for 1 expiration time) will be more challenging. Box breathing benefits : • from 4 to 10 cycles: - to find his calm in case of nervousness, - to find a little energy, - to refocus quickly in the present • over 20 cycles and more: - a deeper relaxation, - a discreet relaxation, anytime, anywhere, in any position (sitting, standing, lying), an anti-stress action, - an improvement in the concentration at the same time as relaxation, - a regular practice promotes an awareness and progressive relaxation of the diaphragm." "Considering the benefits of his action, we are encouraged to learn and feel its different effects to include, this work of breathing in our daily lives. As a first step, you can focus on learning about abdominal breathing, then in a second time deepen the learning and automation of square breathing. How to perform box breathing exercise : • Straighten the upper body with the intention of growing, stretching the axis of the spine and opening the chest. • For square breathing, breathe through the nose while keeping the lower jaw relaxed. • Print a flexible movement of the abdomen that accompanies inspiration and exhalation: this is abdominal breathing: - Inspiration: the abdomen swells in a fluid movement - Expiration: the abdomen deflates in the same fluidity. • Once the abdominal breathing is installed, start the square breathing: the four phases of breathing have each the same duration: - Inspiration (3/4/5/6 / ... seconds) - Full lung retention (3/4/5/6 / ... seconds) - Expiration (3/4/5/6 / ... seconds) - Retention empty lungs (3/4/5/6 / ... seconds) - Terms Of Use : https://occirama.com/boxbreathing/terms-of-use/ - Privacy Policy : https://occirama.com/boxbreathing/privacy/

About

Box Breathing Offline

Features
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Meditate and reduce stress by using this simple box breathing exercise. This app was made by Hopebest Software Limited.

Screenshots

Box breathing assistant4 screens
Box Breathing Offline2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Box Breathing Offline at none against Box breathing assistant's 3. On price, update cadence, 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. Box breathing assistant sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Box Breathing Offline asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Box breathing assistant ships an update weekly, Box Breathing Offline every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Box breathing assistant versus Box Breathing Offline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBox breathing assistantBox Breathing Offline
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (125 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews93.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings125 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeremmanuel orvainHopebest Inc Limited

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Box breathing assistant

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Account / Month$0.991 Month
  • Premium Account / Year$1.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium account$3.99
None

Box Breathing Offline

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Box breathing assistant free?
Box breathing assistant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Box Breathing Offline free?
Box Breathing Offline is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Box breathing assistant or Box Breathing Offline have ads?
Neither Box breathing assistant nor Box Breathing Offline shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Box breathing assistant or Box Breathing Offline?
Box breathing assistant ships an update weekly, and Box Breathing Offline every 5 days. Most recently, Box breathing assistant was updated on November 6, 2026 and Box Breathing Offline on November 3, 2026.

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