Breathe vs Box breathing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Breathe
This app offers guided breathing exercises designed to promote relaxation, focus, and stress relief. Users can choose from pre-set patterns like Equal Breathing, Box Breathing, and 4-7-8 Breathing, or create their own custom routines. It also includes features for tracking progress and mindful minutes.
- Guided breathing exercises
- Custom breathing pattern creation
- Mindful minutes tracking
- Breath holding test
- Breathing reminders
- Nature soundscapes
- Progress tracking charts
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Relax, focus, and become stress-free with different breathing exercises Breathe has 3 default breathing exercises and allows you to create your own custom breathing patterns: - Equal Breathing: helps you to relax, focus, and be present. - Box Breathing: also known as four-square breathing, is a simple and highly effective technique for stress relief. - 4-7-8 Breathing: also called “The Relaxing Breath” promotes better sleep. The exercise is described as a natural tranquilizer for the nervous system that eases the body into a state of calmness. - Custom Pattern: create unlimited breathing patterns and fine-tune the inhale, exhale, and hold time by 0.1 second Features: - Apple Watch app — practice anywhere, leave your phone behind, and sync mindful minutes to Apple Health - Connect with the Health App to track your mindful minutes - Breath Holding Test to test and track your breath-holding capacity - Set notifications to get breathe reminders - Guided breathing with Male/Female voice-overs or Bell cue - Nature sound in the background for a soothing experience - Track your progress with intuitive charts - Fully customizable: change durations, sound, & voices as per your preference - Change time duration based on number of cycles - Dark mode - Access to all the features with no restrictions Terms Of Use: https://havabee.com/breathe/privacy.html Privacy Policy: https://havabee.com/breathe/privacy.html Important: If you have any problem with this application, please contact us at breathe@havabee.com before down rating, we will help you resolve your issue.
Box breathing
This app guides you through structured breathing exercises to promote relaxation and reduce stress. It utilizes the box breathing technique with timed phases and haptic feedback to help you achieve a calmer state in minutes. Ideal for unwinding, resetting, or improving sleep.
- Box breathing technique
- Guided breathing exercises
- 3 distinct modes (Calm, Balance, Sleep)
- Haptic feedback
- Built-in metronome
- Apple Health integration
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Need to calm down fast? breathcode is a simple and powerful app that guides you through deep breathing exercises and breathwork using box breathing (also known as square breathing) - a structured technique designed to help you slow your breathing and feel calmer in about 5 minutes. Breathing and the body work as one system. When you intentionally change your breathing rhythm, your body responds. With breathcode, you enter a steady tempo first, then gradually slow the pace - and as intensity drops, it becomes easier to relax. ** How box breathing works: Each cycle has 4 phases: 1. Inhale 2. Hold 3. Exhale 4. Hold You repeat the cycle for a short session and follow a smooth rhythm that feels grounded and controlled. ** Features: * 3 guided modes: * Calm Down - for moments of overwhelm * Find Balance - to reset and center * Go Deep (Sleep) - for winding down before bed * Guided exercises with haptics * A built-in metronome keeps every phase precise, so you can stop counting and simply follow the beat * Apple Health integration to support your routine and log sessions ** Use breathcode when you want to: * Reduce stress and mental overload * Unwind before sleep or after a long day * Reset between meetings, study blocks, or difficult conversations * Build a consistent daily calming habit in minutes * Reset after workouts and return to a steady rhythm ** Designed for daily practice: No complicated settings. No distractions. Just a clean, focused breathing guide you can rely on anytime. Important: breathcode is a wellness app and is not a medical device. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XRYtPR8NOlMMSDEs9AVCNEg6M7LbydRMk_0whPMEVg4/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Breathe at 324 against Box breathing's 3. Box breathing's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Breathe sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month and Box breathing sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Breathe against 5.0 for Box breathing. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Breathe has 324 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 99% and 100% positive.
Breathe ships an update every 6 weeks, Box breathing every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Breathe | Box breathing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (324 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 99.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 324 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mustafa Bhatkar | Aleh Kasaryn |
Customer experience
Breathe
Box breathing
Bugs and requests
Breathe
Reported bugs
2 issues- Occasional crashes or freezes
- Compatibility issues on older devices
Requested features
3 requests- More voice/audio options
- Apple Watch integration
- Advanced breathing metrics and analytics
Box breathing
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Breathe
- Monthly Tip 1$0.491 Month
- Monthly Tip 2$1.491 Month
- Monthly Tip 3$5.491 Month
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- Monthly Tip 4$10.991 Month
- Tea$0.99
- Ice Cream$1.99
- Breakfast$2.99
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- Lunch$4.99
- Lunch and Dinner$10.99
- Dinner and Movie$22.99
Box breathing
- Premium weekly$1.997 Days
- Premium monthly with trial3 Days trial$4.991 Month









