Comparison

Awesome Breathing vs Breathwork Timer

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

Breathwork Timer

This app offers a straightforward tool for breathwork practice with advanced customization. Users can create their own routines or use pre-set options, guided by audio and visual cues. It's designed for both beginners and experienced practitioners.

Highlights
  • Customizable routines
  • Pre-set popular routines
  • Audio and visual cues
  • Share routines
  • No account needed
  • Offline use
  • Dark Mode support
Features
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The simple no-nonsense Breathwork Timer you’ve been looking for. Built specifically for breathwork with advanced routine customization capabilities. Quickly and easily create your own custom routines from scratch. Or just hit play on one of the several included presets and start practicing right away. Whether you’re just a beginner, or a seasoned breathwork practitioner, Breathwork Timer is the fastest and most powerful tool for your practice. Features: · 14-Day Free Trial · Start with ready-to-use popular routines · Quickly create and edit routines · Guided with audio and visual cues · Share routines with friends · No account or personal info needed · No ads · No Internet needed · Dark Mode support · Supports complex multi-stage routines · Precise timing with fractional seconds · Multi-lingual support (English, German)

Screenshots

Awesome Breathing4 screens
Breathwork Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Awesome Breathing at 4.9 against Breathwork Timer's 4.3. Awesome Breathing also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (1.4K vs 8). Breathwork Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, review sentiment, 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 Breathwork Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 4.3. 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. Written reviews complicate that: 97% of Awesome Breathing's written reviews are positive against 100% of Breathwork Timer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Awesome Breathing ships an update every 5 months, Breathwork Timer every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Awesome Breathing versus Breathwork Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAwesome BreathingBreathwork Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (1.4K ratings) — better4.3 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews96.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.4K — better8
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB7 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAwesome Labs LLCEdward Rooth

Customer experience

Awesome Breathing

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

Breathwork Timer

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews2 reviews
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
1 purchases

Breathwork Timer

One-time1
  • Full Version$4.99

Questions

Is Awesome Breathing free?
Awesome Breathing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Breathwork Timer free?
Breathwork Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Awesome Breathing or Breathwork Timer?
Awesome Breathing is rated higher. Awesome Breathing averages 4.9 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while Breathwork Timer averages 4.3 from 8 ratings.
Do Awesome Breathing or Breathwork Timer have ads?
Neither Awesome Breathing nor Breathwork Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Awesome Breathing or Breathwork Timer?
Awesome Breathing ships an update every 5 months, and Breathwork Timer every 6 weeks. Most recently, Awesome Breathing was updated on October 14, 2026 and Breathwork Timer on October 8, 2026.

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