Comparison

Awesome Breathing vs Breath+

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

Head to head
About

Awesome Breathing

This app guides and visualizes your breathing patterns to promote calm, reduce stress, and improve sleep. It offers customizable breathing exercises and pre-set programs for meditation and mindfulness.

Highlights
  • Customizable breathing patterns
  • Pre-set breathing programs
  • Guided vocal and tone cues
  • Save sessions to Health app
  • Create and save custom programs
  • Optional pre-session countdown
  • Vibration mode for silent sessions
Features
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Awesome Breathing is a simple, elegant tool to guide and visualize your breathing. Use it daily to help with meditation, sleep, stress, anxiety, focus, or to simply bring a few moments of calm and mindfulness to your day. The perfect breathwork app. Simple, unobtrusive, and best of all, free to use anytime! Set your own pace, follow the calming animated pacer, and enjoy guided breathing exercises for relaxation, stress and anxiety relief, better sleep, and focus. Don't take our word for it: ** 4.9 stars, over 3,700 ratings ** "Two thumbs up, three if I had them. Works exactly as advertised and is super easy to use. Free to use if you want! I happily sent them support and could choose my own amount. As they say in the app name, AWESOME!" "Beautiful and responsive UI with customizable breathing patterns." "I have tested at least a dozen breathing apps. This one is BY FAR the best one I've used. Simple layout, real voice cues, custom programs, and a menu that is relaxing and intuitive. Get it!" "Excellent app, simple to use. As a psychotherapist I am using it myself and recommending it to clients who might benefit." Features: • Clean, simple interface for an uncluttered and calming breathing experience • Fully customizable inhale, exhale, and optional hold (pause) durations, so you can build any breathing exercise or technique you like • Choose from fifteen included programs, such as Box Breathing, Relaxing Breathing (4-7-8), Equal Breathing, Measured Breathing, and Triangle Breathing, plus patterns for focus, running, and performance • Create and save your own custom breathing programs • Sessions can be free-form (no set duration) or timed, by duration or by number of breaths • Optional pre-session countdown timer gives you a few moments to settle in before your session begins • Choose from several beautiful pacer color themes • Ambient background soundscapes to relax and breathe along to • Optional guided voice and tone cues signal when to inhale, hold, and exhale, so you can breathe with your eyes closed and without looking at your device, each with its own volume • Start and end bells can be enabled to signal the beginning and end of your sessions • Vibration mode allows for silent, eyes closed breathing sessions • Playback continues when your screen is locked or the app is in the background, so your cues never stop • Save your sessions as Mindful Minutes in the Apple Health app • Customizable reminder notifications alert you when it's time to take a moment out of your day to breathe A few of the included programs: Box Breathing (4-4-4-4) Also known as Navy SEAL or tactical breathing. A simple, effective way to regain calm and control under stress. Inhale for 4, hold for 4, exhale for 4, hold for 4. All through your nose. Relaxing Breathing (4-7-8) Trouble falling asleep? Inhale for 4 through your nose, hold for 7, exhale for 8 out of your mouth. Equal Breathing (4-4) A pranayama practice called Sama Vritti that helps quiet racing thoughts. Inhale for 4, exhale for 4, all through your nose. Try a 6 or 8 count once it feels comfortable. Measured Breathing (4-1-7) A handy stress reducer you can do anywhere. Inhale for 4, hold for 1, exhale for 7. All through your nose. Triangle Breathing (4-4-4) Picture a triangle with equal sides. Inhale for 4, exhale for 4, pause for 4. Repeat. Plus Coherent Breathing, Breathing for Meditation, Yoga Pranayama, and dedicated programs for runners, swimmers, athletes, and endurance. We hope Awesome Breathing helps you reach your goals, and we look forward to being part of your journey. We would love to hear your reviews and feedback. ------ Terms of Service: https://isjustawesome.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://isjustawesome.com/privacy

About

Breath+

This app offers guided breathing exercises to reduce stress, improve sleep, and enhance focus. It provides techniques for managing anxiety, anger, and panic, as well as awakening exercises to start the day positively. Short sessions can help balance daily life and improve overall well-being.

Highlights
  • Guided breathing exercises
  • Stress and anxiety management
  • Sleep improvement techniques
  • Mindful awakening exercises
  • Mini-meditations for quick resets
  • Workout breathing customization
Features
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Less stress Be happy. Less stress Sleep better. Breathe + is your vehicle of awareness in your daily life. Learn the skills of proper breathing and body awareness. Choose from a variety of breathing patterns, from stress management to sleep management and body concentration. Change your lifestyle to develop your body and spirit. Exercise fits easily into a busy schedule. You can improve your sleep level with our sleep exercises. Discover breathing techniques to help you relax before bed. Get rid of unnecessary extraneous sounds that distract you from sleep. In the morning, use the awakening technique to increase your happiness. Breathe + offers you breathing exercises to deal with sadness and anger. Just a few minutes a day with Breathe + will help balance your daily life. WHAT YOU WILL GET: - A lot of breathing exercises on topics such as concentration, meditation and sleep to help you relax - Awakening to start your day mindfully - - Customize your breathing before and after your workout - 2-3-minute mini-meditations for a quick psychological reset and now you are ready to do whatever you want with renewed vigor. You will receive a section for moments of panic, anxiety and stress to help you deal with them. -In the future, you will be able to track your progress and time spent breathing Breathe + guides you through fast and powerful breathing exercises that eliminate stress and anxiety, increase energy, improve endurance, and help you fall asleep. By controlling your breathing, you can regulate your stress levels, improve your mood, improve your athletic performance, and more! With just a few minutes of Breathe + per day, you can master the same exercises used by psychotherapists, Olympic athletes, yogis, and breathing experts! Want the full experience? Try the free exercises and then consider purchasing the full version. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/smartstudioltd/home

Screenshots

Awesome Breathing4 screens
Breath+3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Breath+ at every 4 days against Awesome Breathing's every 5 months. Breath+ also leads on iOS requirement (14.3 vs 16.4). Awesome Breathing's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (1.4K vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Awesome Breathing sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Breath+ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Awesome Breathing against 5.0 for Breath+. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Awesome Breathing has 1.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Awesome Breathing ships an update every 5 months, Breath+ every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Awesome Breathing versus Breath+: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAwesome BreathingBreath+
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (1.4K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews96.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.4K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.414.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAwesome Labs LLCArman Baimukhanov

Customer experience

Awesome Breathing

All ratings1,406 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews191 reviews
Positive96.9%
Neutral1.0%
Negative2.1%

Breath+

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

16 purchases

Awesome Breathing

Subscriptions6
  • Support - $0.99 (monthly)$0.991 Month
  • Support - $1.99 (monthly)$1.991 Month
  • Support - $2.99 (monthly)$2.991 Month
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  • Support - $3.99 (monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Support - $4.99 (monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Support - $9.99 (monthly)$9.991 Month
One-time10
  • Support - $0.99$0.99
  • Support - $1.99$1.99
  • Support - $2.99$2.99
Show 7 more
  • Support - $3.99$3.99
  • Support - $4.99$4.99
  • Support - $5.99$5.99
  • Support - $6.99$6.99
  • Support - $7.99$7.99
  • Support - $9.99$9.99
  • Support - $14.99$14.99
2 purchases

Breath+

Subscriptions2
  • 1 month$3.991 Month
  • For 1 year$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Awesome Breathing free?
Awesome Breathing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Breath+ free?
Breath+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Awesome Breathing or Breath+?
Breath+ is rated higher. Awesome Breathing averages 4.9 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while Breath+ averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Awesome Breathing or Breath+ have ads?
Neither Awesome Breathing nor Breath+ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Awesome Breathing or Breath+?
Awesome Breathing ships an update every 5 months, and Breath+ every 4 days. Most recently, Awesome Breathing was updated on October 26, 2026 and Breath+ on October 13, 2026.

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