Breathwrk vs Cough App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Breathwrk
Improve your mental and physical well-being with neuroscience-based breathing exercises. This app offers guided sessions for sleep, stress, focus, and energy, with customizable sensory experiences and habit tracking.
- 100s of guided exercises and classes
- Daily updated classes
- Habit tracking and reminders
- Customizable sounds, visuals, and haptics
- Lung score and exhale tests
- Apple Health Integration
- Offline Access
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Breathwrk, now a part of Peloton, is #1 breathing app for Sleep, Stress, Focus, and Energy. Breathwrk is a simple yet powerful way to improve your mental and physical well-being in just seconds with neuroscience based breathing exercises. Join the millions breathing with Breathwrk across the world today! Peloton All Access, Guide and App+ Members have Breathwrk provided for free as part of their membership. After downloading the latest version of the Breathwrk App, Peloton members should follow the instructions and log in with their Peloton username or email and password. Breathwrk makes it fun and easy to learn and master breathwork with guided breathing exercises. Get a full sensory experience with customizable sounds, visuals, haptic vibrations, and breath coaches. Build your practice by setting reminders, tracking streaks, and following Breathwrk’s recommended protocols. Breathwrk adapts to your lungs, goals, and the time of day to improve your body and mind. Explore an extensive library of guided exercises and classes that help improve stress, anxiety, sleep, energy, focus, Heart Rate Variability (HRV), lung capacity, blood pressure, and more. It’s not magic, it's neuroscience! Discover and master the same techniques used by psychotherapists, athletes, sleep doctors, yogis, neuroscientists, and breath experts like some of the world's leading breath experts! Breathwrk is recommended by top psychologists, mental health experts, and even elite coaches. It is fast, easy, yet powerfully effective. You can do Breathwrk anytime, anyplace, and anywhere! Change your breath, change your life! FEATURES INCLUDE: * 100s of exercises and classes * Daily classes updated every 24 hours * Habit tracking and reminders * Custom Reminders * Streaks & Levels * Lung score and exhale tests * Apple Health Integration * Mindfulness Minutes * Offline Access * And More CALMING EXERCISES * Activates your parasympathetic nervous system * Reduces cortisol, lowers stress, and improves mood * Relaxes muscles, lowers heart rate, and blood pressure * Improves heart rate variability (HRV) and lung capacity * Leads to long-term neuroplasticity FOCUSING AND ENERGIZING EXERCISES * Activates your sympathetic nervous system * Improves focus, cognition, and memory * Enhances physical performance and readiness * Improves heart rate variability (HRV) and lung capacity * Leads to long-term neuroplasticity SLEEP EXERCISES (4-7-8) * Activates your parasympathetic nervous system * Reduces cortisol, lowers stress, and improves mood * Relaxes muscles, lowers heart rate, and blood pressure * Improves heart rate variability (HRV) and lung capacity * Leads to long-term neuroplasticity HEALTH EXERCISES * Helps alleviate pain, headaches, and cramps * Helps improve lung capacity and improves heart rate variability (HRV) * Helps with cravings from quitting smoking and vaping * Helps lower blood pressure and heart rate FEATURED IN: Forbes, RollingStone, Healthline, Goop, Vogue, The Skimm, GQ, and much more! CONNECT WITH BREATHWRK Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@breathwrk Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/breathwrk Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/breathwrk/ Got any questions or feedback? Reach out to us at info@breathwrk.com More Info Privacy Policy - https://www.breathwrk.com/privacy-policy Terms & Conditions - https://breathwrk.com/terms-and-conditions Copyright © 2025 Breathwrk Inc.
Cough App
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The Cough App is an innovative solution for tracking cough frequency, designed to provide continuous and accurate monitoring through seamless integration with a wearable device. We prioritise your privacy. All data is encrypted and securely stored, ensuring your personal health information remains confidential.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cough App at none against Breathwrk's 16. Cough App also leads on iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). Breathwrk's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Breathwrk sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Cough App asks for nothing beyond the download.
Breathwrk ships an update fortnightly, Cough App monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Breathwrk | Cough App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (18K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 36.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 18K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 592 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peloton Interactive, Inc. | Hyfe Inc. |
Bugs and requests
Breathwrk
Reported bugs
4 issues- Breathing timers not working as expected
- Inability to save or restore user preferences
- Inconsistent performance across iOS versions
- Sync issues causing loss of user data
Requested features
5 requests- More free breathing exercises
- Ability to create custom breathing routines
- Integration with Apple Health
- Dark mode option
- Improved sync and progress tracking
Cough App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Breathwrk
- Breathwrk Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Breathwrk Pro7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Breathwrk Pro7 Days trial$5.991 Month
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- Breathwrk Pro$7.991 Month
- Breathwrk Premium 900 Monthly$9.001 Month
- us$13.991 Month
- Breathwrk English$29.991 Year
- Breathwrk$29.991 Year
- Breathwrk Pro7 Days trial$38.991 Year
- Breathwrk Pro - $49.007 Days trial$49.001 Year
- Breathwrk Pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Breathwrk English7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Breathwrk7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Breathwrk English7 Days trial$54.991 Year
- Breathwrk Pro $59.997 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Breathwrk Pro - $69.997 Days trial$69.991 Year
Cough App
No in-app purchases









