Shredded vs Take a Breath
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Shredded
This platform integrates fitness tracking, nutrition logging, and community connection for a holistic wellness experience. It offers personalized coaching and training to support users at any stage of their health journey.
- Diet tracking
- Workout logging
- Community connection
- Coaching services
- Personal training options
- Wellness support
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Shredded is a single platform for fitness, nutrition and wellness. Allowing you to track diet, your workouts, connect with community and get coaching or personal training as needed. We provide all these things and more, in a simple, cohesive way, with the intention of helping you at any stage of your health and wellness journey.
Take a Breath
This app offers a science-backed approach to understanding the connection between stress, anxiety, and breathing patterns. It provides learning modules, audio exercises, and personalized training to help users reset their breathing for improved physical and mental well-being.
- 12 learning modules with videos and quizzes
- Short audio BreathePods
- Personalized breathing training
- 60-second monitored breathing exercise
- 7-Day health improvement challenge
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Thanks for using Take a Breath. Take a Breath is a science-backed learning resource and breathe trainer. It teaches the direct and causal link between stress and anxiety, and the way humans breathe, and includes a plan to reset your breathing patterns. The features include: โข A series of 12 learning modules, including videos, quizzes, and exercises โข A series of short audio BreathePods โข Personalised breathe training โข A 60second monitored breathing exercise โข The 7-Day Take a Breath Challenge that measures health improvements The way you breathe directly impacts your physical and mental health. When you breathe well, you will be well. When you breathe poorly, your body becomes stressed, anxious and unwell. Take a Breath teaches you the science, and then provides a training mechanism that helps you reset your breathing patterns and breathe well again. The Take a Breath App has been created in conjunction with physicians and scientists from Berkeley, Stanford and Auckland universities. Take a Breath is your personal support guide that ensures you breathe well, everyday, while you work.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Shredded at 100% against Take a Breath's 57%. Shredded also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). Take a Breath's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Shredded ships an update every 10 days, Take a Breath monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shredded | Take a Breath |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews โ better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days โ better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free โ better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Shredded Inc. | Take A Breath Limited |
Customer experience
Shredded
Take a Breath
In-app purchases
Shredded
No in-app purchases
Take a Breath
No in-app purchases









