Comparison

Breathe vs YogaZama

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

Head to head
About

Breathe

This app guides you through calming deep breathing exercises on your Apple Watch to reduce stress and improve mindfulness. Visual cues and haptic feedback help you synchronize your breaths, with customizable session lengths and reminders.

Highlights
  • Guided breathing animation
  • Haptic breath guidance
  • Customizable session duration
  • Mindful minute tracking
  • Breath rate adjustment
  • Watch face integration
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Taking moments throughout the day to stop, relax, and practice mindfulness can help reduce stress and improve overall health. The Breathe app on Apple Watch keeps you centered by taking you through a series of deep, calming breaths. Features - Follow the animation as it grows with each inhale and shrinks with each exhale. - Feel haptics to guide your deep breath as you inhale and exhale. - Choose to receive notifications to remind you to start a Breathe session, and adjust the frequency of notifications. - Change the duration of the Breathe session from 1 minute to up to 5 minutes. - Set a breath rate ranging from 4 breaths per minute to 10 breaths per minute. - Use the Breathe watch face and bring focus to your day just by raising your wrist. - Track mindful minutes from Breathe sessions in the Health app on iPhone.

About

YogaZama

Manage your yoga studio account, view class schedules, and book sessions. Purchase class packs and memberships directly within the app. Explore a variety of yoga practices designed to build discipline and expand your practice.

Highlights
  • Account management
  • Class schedule viewing
  • Class booking
  • Workshop booking
  • Training booking
  • Purchase class packs
  • Purchase memberships
Features
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An app for all of your YZ Studio needs. Download to view your account, check out our schedule, and to book classes, workshops, and trainings. YZ Class packs and memberships can also be purchased through the app. Overlooking Turtle Creek Park, YogaZama is Dallas’ home for yoga and healing. The studio was borne out of a desire to offer the Dallas community a wider range of practices that suit their individual energetic needs. Our programming challenges you to build discipline and to expand the boundaries of your practice

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: YogaZama at 5.0 against Breathe's 3.7. YogaZama also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). Breathe's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

YogaZama holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 46 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Breathe ships an update every 3 months, YogaZama every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Breathe versus YogaZama: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBreatheYogaZama
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (31 ratings)5.0 (46 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings3146 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApple Inc.YogaZama, LLC

Customer experience

Breathe

All ratings31 ratings
Positive71.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative29.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative62.5%

YogaZama

All ratings45 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Breathe

No in-app purchases

None

YogaZama

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Breathe free?
Breathe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is YogaZama free?
YogaZama is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Breathe or YogaZama?
YogaZama is rated higher. Breathe averages 3.7 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while YogaZama averages 5.0 from 46 ratings.
Do Breathe or YogaZama have ads?
Neither Breathe nor YogaZama shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Breathe or YogaZama?
Breathe ships an update every 3 months, and YogaZama every 3 weeks. Most recently, Breathe was updated on June 1, 2026 and YogaZama on October 24, 2026.

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