Comparison

Breathly vs Guided Breathing Exercise

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

Head to head
About

Breathly

This app offers guided breathing exercises for daily relaxation and breath training. Simply select a technique and follow the on-screen prompts to improve your well-being.

Highlights
  • Guided breathing exercises
  • Daily relaxation
  • Breath training
  • Multiple breathing techniques
  • Open source
Features
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Pause for a minute and try Breathly. Use Breathly for daily relaxation and breath training: just choose a breathing technique and focus on the guided exercise. Breathly is free and open source. No ads, no In-App purchases.

About

Guided Breathing Exercise

Features
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Breathing is a fundamental and automatic process, but paying attention to your breathing technique can have various benefits, especially in activities like meditation, exercise, or stress management. Key Features of this app: Guided Breathing: Follow popular breathing exercises that will seamlessly guide you through inhales, exhales, and moments of peaceful stillness. Customisable Durations: Tailor your experience with adjustable inhale, exhale, and hold durations to suit your preferences and pace. Useful tips: Get useful tips regularly for better breathing technique. Get useful tips regularly for better breathing technique. Engaging in breathing exercises serves as a beneficial form of activity that enhances the overall efficiency of lung function. This app included several preset breathing technique like: Ujjayi: Ujjayi pranayama is a breathing technique known as ocean breathing or victorious breathing. Box or Square: Box breathing, also referred to as square breathing, is a deep breathing technique that can help you slow down your breathing. 4-7-8 Rhythm: This 4-7-8 Rhythmic breathing pattern aims to reduce anxiety or help people get to sleep. It is a form of pranayama, which is the practice of breath regulation. Pranayama is common in yoga. Download this inhale and exhale app now and make every breath a step towards a calmer, more balanced life.

Screenshots

Breathly4 screens
Guided Breathing Exercise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Breathly at none against Guided Breathing Exercise's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Breathly versus Guided Breathing Exercise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBreathlyGuided Breathing Exercise
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (93 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings93 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatteo MazzaroloJakir Hossain

Bugs and requests

Breathly

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App does not work in the background when screen is off
  • Vibration does not work when audio is disabled
  • Timer selection UI issue for times over 10 minutes

Requested features

9 requests
  • Allow background playback
  • Integrate with Apple Health / Health app
  • Add more guided breathing sounds (bells, flute, voices)
  • Add resonant breathing technique
  • Numerical counter for breathing
Show 4 more
  • Option for custom sounds
  • Streak feature for consistent use
  • Progress tracking with graphs
  • Change background screen color

Guided Breathing Exercise

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Breathly

No in-app purchases

None

Guided Breathing Exercise

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Breathly free?
Breathly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Guided Breathing Exercise free?
Guided Breathing Exercise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Breathly or Guided Breathing Exercise have ads?
Guided Breathing Exercise shows ads; Breathly does not.

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