Comparison

Awesome Breathing vs SlateSafety Go

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

SlateSafety Go

Connect to and monitor safety devices in real-time. View nearby devices even without an internet connection. This app provides physiological insights and is not a medical device.

Highlights
  • Real-time device connection
  • View nearby devices offline
  • Physiological insights
  • Safety monitoring
Features
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The SlateSafety Go App allows you to connect and view SlateSafety BAND V2s in real time. Nearby BAND V2s can be viewed even without an internet connection. Stay tuned for updates because more features will be added in the near future! DISCLAIMER: The SlateSafety Go App and its data are not medical devices and are intended to provide the users with insights and information into their real-time physiology only. They are not designed or intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease.

Screenshots

Awesome Breathing4 screens
SlateSafety Go4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SlateSafety Go at none against Awesome Breathing's 16. SlateSafety Go also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months). Awesome Breathing's advantage is ratings volume (1.4K vs 8). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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. SlateSafety Go asks for nothing beyond the download.

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 SlateSafety Go. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Awesome Breathing has 1.4K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Awesome Breathing ships an update every 5 months, SlateSafety Go every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Awesome Breathing versus SlateSafety Go: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAwesome BreathingSlateSafety Go
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (1.4K ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews96.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.4K — better8
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAwesome Labs LLCFireHUD, Inc.

Customer experience

Awesome Breathing

All ratings1,389 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews187 reviews
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.1%
Negative2.1%

SlateSafety Go

All ratings8 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
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  • 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
None

SlateSafety Go

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Awesome Breathing free?
Awesome Breathing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SlateSafety Go free?
SlateSafety Go is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Awesome Breathing or SlateSafety Go?
SlateSafety Go is rated higher. Awesome Breathing averages 4.9 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while SlateSafety Go averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Awesome Breathing or SlateSafety Go have ads?
Neither Awesome Breathing nor SlateSafety Go shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Awesome Breathing or SlateSafety Go?
Awesome Breathing ships an update every 5 months, and SlateSafety Go every 2 weeks. Most recently, Awesome Breathing was updated on October 22, 2026 and SlateSafety Go on October 13, 2026.

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