Comparison

AntiStress vs OpenSwim

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

Head to head
About

AntiStress

This app guides you through conscious breathing exercises to reduce stress and improve well-being. Track your energy levels and perceived stress daily in a personal diary to better understand your triggers. Regular practice can help manage thoughts and feelings for a greater sense of calm.

Highlights
  • Conscious breathing audio guide
  • Stress level assessment
  • Daily energy and stress notes
  • Personal stress diary
  • Well-being improvement techniques
Features
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AntiStress – use conscious breathing and assess your stress level AntiStress helps you deal with everyday stress. An audio guide teaches you conscious breathing, which research has shown can reduce stress and increase your well-being. To help you begin to understand your stress levels, the app allows you to make daily notes about what saps or boosts your energy and your perceived stress level. These notes are kept in your personal diary on your smartphone. How can listening to AntiStress help me? When we are stressed, we automatically breathe shallower and faster. If we consciously breathe more calmly and deeper, it sends signals to the brain which reduce stress. Try to practise AntiStress every day. Using the method regularly can help to manage thoughts and feelings that might otherwise prevent you from having a sense of well-being. Give yourself time and patience. The AntiStress self-care programme is designed to prevent and reduce stress. AntiStress should be seen as a complement to other care programmes that reduce the amount of stress in your life. If you have serious stress-related problems, it is important that you contact your healthcare centre. The Antistress app is produced by VGR

About

OpenSwim

Features
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OpenSwim is your AI-powered open water swimming companion. Whether you're a skins swimmer braving the Atlantic, a wetsuit triathlete scouting your next crossing, or a beginner checking if conditions are safe. OpenSwim gives you everything you need before you hit the water. Real-time ocean conditions Get hyperlocal forecasts for your favourite beaches — wave height, swell period, water temperature, wind, UV, and current — all interpreted specifically for swimmers, not surfers or sailors. AI swim coach Ask anything about open water swimming. Get personalised coaching advice, safety guidance, cold water acclimatisation tips, and training plans built around ocean conditions. Epic Crossings Plan legendary open water routes with AI-generated course intelligence, marine activity reports, and safety scoring. Cold Water & Safety tools Pre-swim checklists, cold water immersion guides with duration ranges by experience level, and rip current awareness — built by swimmers, for swimmers. AI Vision Beach Analysis Upload a photo of any beach and get an instant AI safety briefing with hazard identification. Swim Logger & Analytics Log every ocean swim, track your progress, and review your history over time. OpenSwim is free to use.

Screenshots

AntiStress4 screens
OpenSwim4 screens

Verdict

The call

AntiStress and OpenSwim are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
AntiStress versus OpenSwim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAntiStressOpenSwim
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.7 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB13 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperVastra GotalandsregionenJaco Rossouw

In-app purchases

None

AntiStress

No in-app purchases

None

OpenSwim

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AntiStress free?
AntiStress is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OpenSwim free?
OpenSwim is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AntiStress or OpenSwim have ads?
Neither AntiStress nor OpenSwim shows ads.

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