Comparison

EPIO Research vs Prana Tech

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

Head to head
About

EPIO Research

Features
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EPIO is a pain self-management program designed to support those living with chronic pain, and includes information, various strategies and coping methods, useful exercises and many other thoughts and suggestions for everyday life. EPIO is based on scientific methods and principles that we know can work, and the goal is for EPIO to help reduce the impact of pain in your everyday life, and to make it easier for you to live well, despite the pain. If you want to know more about the initial EPIO research project, you can visit our websites: www.epio.no

About

Prana Tech

This app, paired with a wearable device, helps you train breathing and posture through interactive exercises and real-time sensor feedback. It offers guided sessions for stress reduction, improved sleep, and enhanced focus, with gamified visuals and background tracking.

Highlights
  • Interactive breathing exercises
  • Real-time posture feedback
  • Gamified visual training
  • Buzzer-guided meditation
  • Background tracking
  • 14 body measurements tracking
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Your personal coach for breathing and posture, made fun! This app works together with the Prana device, found at www.prana.co Good breathing and posture are at the heart of most mindfulness and meditation practices. Prana is a unique wearable and app designed to track both of these vital body characteristics together using real-time sensor feedback. BONUS FEATURE: For fitness applications, Prana’s sensors can also measure your body, tracking 14 distinct body measurements. TRAIN BREATHING How we breathe matters, and can significantly impact our sense of wellness. Specific types of breathing exercises can assist with reducing stress and anxiety to help produce a state of calm and relaxation. They can also assist with sleep, focus, energy, and feelings of peacefulness. Prana makes doing breathwork interactive, engaging, and fun so you can more realistically integrate it into your life as a powerful resource. Training sessions are as short as one minute. Prana guides over 80 different breathing exercises—sourced from ancient traditions to modern practices—using live sensor feedback to help you breathe according to the exercise. Prana can also detect and guide diaphragmatic breathing. TRAIN POSTURE Prana also trains your complete back posture, having the unique ability to train both your lower and upper back, also with live sensor feedback. Good posture supports good breathing, and provides its own extensive list of benefits, including assisting with improved core strength and better appearance. Prana allows you to train breathing and posture together, or individually. GAMIFIED VISUAL TRAINING Provides a fun interactive way to do breathing exercises. Your inhalations and exhalations control the movement of an animated character flying through a visualized breathing pattern. Different background environments and ambient music set you on your breathing journey. Slouching stops the movement temporarily. BUZZER TRAINING Allows you to close your eyes and be guided to breathe with a gentle buzzer, signaling when to inhale, exhale, and hold, while also providing live sensor feedback for each breath and posture. It’s great for meditation and mindfulness practices. TRACK YOUR BREATHING AND POSTURE In addition to our primary training modes, you can also use Prana to track your breathing and posture in the background as you work. Our advanced tracking mode can detect: • Faster than usual breathing • Email apnea (unnatural pauses in breathing often due to stress) • Exhalation to Inhalation ratio (also can be a stress indicator) • Average and real-time respiration rates • Slouching and number of slouches JOIN US Prana provides the comprehensive platform for training breathing exercises and posture, using live sensor feedback, while making the experience simple, practical, and fun. Join us on your long-term wellness journey. Find out more at www.prana.co US Patent #11,172,850. Additional patents pending. Prana Tech is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or health condition. You are strongly encouraged to confirm any information obtained from this app with your physician or professional healthcare provider, and to seek your doctor’s advice before making any medical decisions or treatments.

Screenshots

EPIO Research4 screens
Prana Tech4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Prana Tech at 10.0 against EPIO Research's 14.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
EPIO Research versus Prana Tech: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEPIO ResearchPrana Tech
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB209 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOslo Universitetssykehus HFPrana Tech LLC

In-app purchases

None

EPIO Research

No in-app purchases

None

Prana Tech

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EPIO Research free?
EPIO Research is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Prana Tech free?
Prana Tech is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do EPIO Research or Prana Tech have ads?
Neither EPIO Research nor Prana Tech shows ads.

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