Comparison

Awesome Breathing vs Breathing Exercises *

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

Breathing Exercises *

This app guides you through timed breathing exercises to help manage stress and promote relaxation. It offers pre-set intervals like Box Breathing and 478 Breathing, along with customizable options for personalized practice.

Highlights
  • Timed inhales, holds, and exhales
  • Box Breathing Interval
  • 478 Breathing Interval
  • Ujjayi Interval
  • Three custom intervals
  • Easy-to-follow exercises
Features
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Breathing is an automatic function of the body that is controlled by the respiratory centre of the brain. When we feel stressed, our breathing rate and pattern changes as part of the response to the situations. This app can help you relax and help your stress. It includes easily timed inhales, holds and exhales which you can follow and improve your life. * Box Breathing Interval * 478 Breathing Interval * Ujjay1 Interval * Three Custom Intervals The app contains very easy to follow exercises with timed inhales, exhales and holds. You can also set the interval cycles and there are three custom intervals which you can set all of the settings for a custom breathing exercise. This all can help your life so please download it now and begin improving your life! Please note it is recommended to seek a doctor's advice in addition to using this app and before making any medical decisions. Here is a great web site post from the American Lung Association to learn more about breathing exercises: https://www.lung.org/lung-health-diseases/wellness/breathing-exercises

Screenshots

Awesome Breathing4 screens
Breathing Exercises *4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Awesome Breathing at 4.9 against Breathing Exercises *'s 4.5. Awesome Breathing also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (97% vs 75%). Breathing Exercises *'s advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). 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. Awesome Breathing sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Breathing Exercises * sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Awesome Breathing holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Awesome Breathing has 1.4K ratings behind it against 60, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 97% of Awesome Breathing's written reviews are positive against 75% of Breathing Exercises *'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Awesome Breathing ships an update every 5 months, Breathing Exercises * every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Awesome Breathing versus Breathing Exercises *: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAwesome BreathingBreathing Exercises *
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (1.4K ratings) — better4.5 (60 ratings)
Positive reviews97.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.4K — better60
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.416.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB17 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperAwesome Labs LLCSteve Veloudos

Customer experience

Awesome Breathing

All ratings1,412 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral1.3%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews202 reviews
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.0%
Negative2.0%

Breathing Exercises *

All ratings57 ratings
Positive87.7%
Neutral1.8%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Awesome Breathing

Subscriptions4
  • Support - $0.99 (monthly)$0.991 Month
  • Support - $2.99 (monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Support - $4.99 (monthly)$4.991 Month
Show 1 more
  • Support - $7.99 (monthly)$7.991 Month
One-time6
  • Support - $0.99$0.99
  • Support - $1.99$1.99
  • Support - $2.99$2.99
Show 3 more
  • Support - $4.99$4.99
  • Support - $9.99$9.99
  • Support - $14.99$14.99
3 purchases

Breathing Exercises *

One-time3
  • More Breathing Exercises$9.99
  • More Breathing Exercises$12.99
  • More Breathing Exercises$25.99

Questions

Is Awesome Breathing free?
Awesome Breathing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Breathing Exercises * free?
Breathing Exercises * is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Awesome Breathing or Breathing Exercises *?
Awesome Breathing is rated higher. Awesome Breathing averages 4.9 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while Breathing Exercises * averages 4.5 from 60 ratings.
Do Awesome Breathing or Breathing Exercises * have ads?
Neither Awesome Breathing nor Breathing Exercises * shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Awesome Breathing or Breathing Exercises *?
Awesome Breathing ships an update every 5 months, and Breathing Exercises * every 6 weeks. Most recently, Awesome Breathing was updated on November 6, 2026 and Breathing Exercises * on November 3, 2026.

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