Breathonics vs breatheX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Breathonics
This app offers gamified breathwork exercises to improve mental fitness and well-being in short sessions. It uses multi-sensory experiences and biometric data to provide personalized recommendations for rest, focus, or sleep.
- 40+ music & science-backed exercises
- Real-time health metrics (heart rate, sleep)
- Personalized recommendations
- Expert-led training programs
- Community features
- Gamified story mode with Web3 integration
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BRX is a multi-sensory breathwork app gamified to train your mental fitness and help you feel great in 5 minutes. Rest, Recharge, Reward. The BRX app packs 40+ exercises delivered in 5-10 minute tracks. Whether you need to focus before an important event, take a moment to decrease your anxiety, or get some deep, restorative sleep, BRX has you covered. We’ve partnered with specialists in the fields of music, science and tech, from psycho-musicologists to acclaimed audio producers to proficient app developers to create an experience like no other. Designed to Power Up, Power Down and Lounge/Chill, it uses biometric triggers to recommend the right exercise at the right time. One way to quantify your wellbeing using biometrics is your heart rate: increased when excited or nervous, and decreased when relaxed or in deep focus. BRX fully integrates with Apple Watch and Apple Health, so you can monitor your heart rate activity while doing a session and examine your progress. “Story mode” allows tech-savvy users to connect their Web3 platforms to activate Project:BRX, the interactive lore that follows protagonist Binary on their allegorical mission to improve the world’s mental fitness. Pick up a Digital Expression Device, or DEX (our digital collectible) and start your Story Mode adventure. Features • Over 40+ contemporary music and science-backed exercises for breathing and sleeping • Real-time health metrics including heart rate and sleep analysis • One-stop dashboard and custom recommendations based on health metrics • Exceptional training programs delivered by leading experts • Friend function: connect and build your mental fitness community • Missions: complete a series of curated exercises to improve your performance over time • Story mode: unlock the Project:BRX Web3 experience Benefits • Feel great in just 5 minutes • Practical and simple - designed with beginners in mind • Immediate relief from stressful triggers of modern life • Habit building - cultivate a better life with these effective techniques • Prescriptive - we advise best practice based the biometrics of your body’s needs
breatheX
This app offers a flexible tool for guided breathing exercises. Customize routines with various sounds and haptic feedback. Track your progress over time and integrate with Apple Health for mindfulness minutes.
- Customizable breathing patterns
- Pre-made breathing routines
- Sound and haptic feedback options
- Progress measurement and tracking
- Apple Health integration
- Mindfulness minute tracking
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The breatheX App is a powerful, easy-to-use, and highly flexible breath eXercise tool. It allows an individual to chose from many pre-made breathing patterns/routines or create their own. Users can set practice preferences including sounds and or haptics. The App also provides tools to measure and track results over time and allows users to integrate with Apple Health App to track practice sessions as Mindfulness minutes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: breatheX at none against Breathonics's 10. breatheX also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Breathonics's advantage is ratings volume (334 vs 12). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Breathonics sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. breatheX asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Breathonics against 5.0 for breatheX. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Breathonics has 334 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 96% of Breathonics's written reviews are positive against 100% of breatheX's.
Breathonics ships an update monthly, breatheX weekly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Breathonics | breatheX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (334 ratings) | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 96.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 334 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Silentmode Ltd. | PEAKX LLC |
Customer experience
Breathonics
breatheX
Bugs and requests
Breathonics
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login screen freezes
- Inability to end sessions and track progress
- Syncing issues with Apple Watch heart rate data
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- More advanced breathing exercises and levels
- Ability to skip introductions in exercises
- Integration with more wearable devices
- Expanded content library and exercise variety
breatheX
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Breathonics
- Power Tier Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Power Tier Monthly (1 Month)6 Months trial$9.991 Month
- Power Tier Monthly (1 Month)1 Year trial$9.991 Month
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- Power Tier Monthly (1 Month)3 Months trial$9.991 Month
- Power Tier Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Power Tier Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Power Tier Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year
- Power Tier Annual (1 Year)6 Months trial$79.991 Year
- Power Tier Annual (1 Year)1 Year trial$79.991 Year
- Power Tier Annual (1 Year)3 Months trial$79.991 Year
breatheX
No in-app purchases







