Comparison

IBF Breathing App vs Pause Breathwork Exercises

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

Head to head
About

IBF Breathing App

Enhance your well-being with guided conscious breathing exercises. This app offers preset and customizable breathing rhythms to help manage stress, improve sleep, and cultivate serenity. Suitable for all levels, it provides a user guide and tracks your progress.

Highlights
  • Preset breathing rates (Relaxing, Energizing, Balancing)
  • Adjustable breathing rhythms
  • Background sound selection
  • Synced to breath signals (including vibration)
  • Customizable session lengths (2-45 minutes)
  • User registration for session saving and usage tracking
Features
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IBF Breathing App Conscious Connected Breathing for Wellbeing Use the simple power of conscious breathing in your daily life to increase health and well-being, and enjoy a more balanced and harmonious life. The IBF Breathing App is suitable for beginners, intermediate and advanced users, and comes with a User’s Guide offering clear and simple instructions. Three Preset breathing rates are available - Relaxing, Energizing and Heart Coherent (Balancing) Breathing. Additionally, adjustable breathing rhythms (from 1 to 15 seconds) help you to personalise each breathing session, according to your needs of the moment . You can select from several different background sounds. Additionally "synced to breath" signals can be mixed in. Synced to Breath signals (including a vibration mode) give you the option of breathing to the rhythm of your choice with your eyes closed. Conscious connected breathing sessions are available for any length of time from 2 to 45 minutes, so you can choose the perfect length to fit with your schedule. Registered users can select and restore a session with exactly the same settings as before, and they can also track their own usage of the app. Registration is free. Using this app for only 15 minutes each day helps to create a positive impact in the following areas of your life: Managing Stress Calming Anxiety Overcoming Fear Improving Sleep Developing Focus Raising Self-Esteem Increasing Vitality Transcending Trauma Cultivating Serenity Embracing Change Creating Happiness Conscious breathing is the practice of breathing with awareness, intention and attention to your inner experience, in the present moment. This app was funded by the IBF Breathwork Development Fund. Donations are welcome! More information about the International Breathwork Foundation and how to donate to the IBF Breathwork Development Fund can be found at: www.ibfbreathwork.org Contact: info@ibfbreathwork.org

About

Pause Breathwork Exercises

This app offers guided breathwork sessions to reduce stress, anxiety, and emotional blockages. It provides various exercises for different needs, from quick relaxation to deeper healing, helping users find inner peace and improve sleep.

Highlights
  • Guided breathwork sessions
  • Stress and anxiety reduction
  • Emotional healing
  • Improved sleep quality
  • Beginner to advanced levels
  • Short and long sessions
Features
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Clear stress, release anxiety, & heal from stuck emotions that cause overwhelm in the body. Using nothing but your breath. Pause Breathwork is the #1 breathwork app for sleep, clearing stress and anxiety, and feeling energized. We’ve developed the perfect breathwork app for beginners, intermediate, and advanced users with hundreds of breathwork sessions and breathing exercises to choose from. We believe that constant stress and anxiety should not be considered “part of the norm”. That’s why we developed the Pause Breathwork app. To give you access to the transformational effects of breathwork in your pocket, and everywhere you go. Breathwork has a wide range of scientifically proven cognitive, emotional, and physical benefits. Clear your mind and release any doubt, judgment, or limiting beliefs that are holding you back. Embody self-love and tap further into your intuition. Find inner peace, reconnect with your center, ground yourself, and open your heart to infinite possibilities. Release yourself from physical pain, emotional barriers, and energetic blocks. Stimulate your nervous system to increase your energy levels naturally. Put your mind and body into an ideal state for optimal sleep and restoration. And so much more… After just 90 seconds of Breathwork you will experience improved mental clarity, increased performance, reduced stress, and increased levels of energy, vitality, bliss, peace, and happiness. There are a lot of breathing exercises being taught out there with the main goal or outcome being “relaxation”, but with Pause, relaxation and connection are an after effect of the practice. The main goal and outcome with Pause is to unearth the stuck energy that prevents us from living in our highest alignment and operating in elevated frequencies. Pause: Breathwork uses intentional stimulation (breath, music, and movement) to regulate the nervous system and bring your body back into balance. Our breathwork tracks range from 5 minutes to 40 minutes, so you can select the type of session that fits best with your schedule. You can choose our 5 minute “Take a breather” audios for a quick hit, or dive into a 20-40 minute “Go on a journey” full body experience. No matter the time of the day, we have audios to help you optimize your emotional state, energize your body upon waking up, or to calm your mind down so you can sleep restfully. Choose the type of breathwork exercise that fits your daily needs best: Breathers: short breathing exercises that are 3, 5, or 10 minutes in length. Designed to give you ultimate relaxation, healing, and energy in a short amount of time. Breathwork Journeys: longer breathing exercises that are 25 or 45 minutes in length. Designed to be practiced while you’re laying down to deliver deeper healing. These exercises are intended to clear stuck heaviness, emotions, and mental blocks. LIVE Breathwork: available in our online community, ask questions, and go deeper in your healing transformation. You are only one breath away from feeling clear, powerful, and at ease in your body. Try the Pause Breathwork app FREE for your first two weeks. Then choose the subscription option that suits your individual needs best: Annual subscription (60% savings) for $68.99/year or $5.83/month Monthly subscription for $14.99/month Bring your body back into balance, and clear the stress, with Pause Breathwork. For more information about breathwork and the mobile app, visit the Pause Breathwork website: https://www.pausebreathwork.com/app?AppStore For Terms and Conditions, see: https://www.pausebreathwork.com/terms/#terms

Screenshots

IBF Breathing App4 screens
Pause Breathwork Exercises4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: IBF Breathing App at none against Pause Breathwork Exercises's 2. IBF Breathing App also leads on ads (none vs shown). Pause Breathwork Exercises's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (325 vs 4). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pause Breathwork Exercises sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. IBF Breathing App asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pause Breathwork Exercises holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pause Breathwork Exercises has 325 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of IBF Breathing App's written reviews are positive against 96% of Pause Breathwork Exercises's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IBF Breathing App ships an update every 3 weeks, Pause Breathwork Exercises every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
IBF Breathing App versus Pause Breathwork Exercises: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIBF Breathing AppPause Breathwork Exercises
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (4 ratings)4.9 (325 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.3% of reviews96.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4325 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB125 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperInternational Breathwork FoundationPause Breathwork

Customer experience

IBF Breathing App

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative0.0%

Pause Breathwork Exercises

All ratings325 ratings
Positive98.2%
Neutral1.2%
Negative0.6%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive96.0%
Neutral1.3%
Negative2.7%

Bugs and requests

IBF Breathing App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Pause Breathwork Exercises

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Reported issues with losing access to paid content
  • Complaints about inconsistent information from sales team

Requested features

3 requests
  • More variety in background music options
  • Ability to filter sessions by breath technique
  • Improved user experience when navigating back to session list

In-app purchases

None

IBF Breathing App

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Pause Breathwork Exercises

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Annual14 Days trial$68.991 Year

Questions

Is IBF Breathing App free?
IBF Breathing App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pause Breathwork Exercises free?
Pause Breathwork Exercises is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, IBF Breathing App or Pause Breathwork Exercises?
Pause Breathwork Exercises is rated higher. IBF Breathing App averages 4.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Pause Breathwork Exercises averages 4.9 from 325 ratings.
Do IBF Breathing App or Pause Breathwork Exercises have ads?
Pause Breathwork Exercises shows ads; IBF Breathing App does not.
Which is updated more often, IBF Breathing App or Pause Breathwork Exercises?
IBF Breathing App ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pause Breathwork Exercises every 5 weeks. Most recently, IBF Breathing App was updated on October 22, 2026 and Pause Breathwork Exercises on October 24, 2026.

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