Exhale App vs Blackfullness
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Exhale App
This app provides a safe space for Black women to manage stress and find balance through guided meditations, breathwork, and calming sounds. It offers resources for emotional well-being, promoting rest, peace, and rejuvenation.
- Guided Meditations
- Breath Work Techniques
- Calming Sounds
- Thought of the Day
- Daily Push Notifications
- Animated Breathing Orb
- Podcast
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No more waiting to Exhale! As Black Women, we navigate systems of oppression that take a toll on our minds, bodies, and souls. Releasing stress and returning to our breath is essential to healthier, more balanced lives. Exhale is your haven—a place of rest and rejuvenation. This app is an inclusive resource that centers Black Women, offering a space you can trust, designed for your emotional well-being journey. While Exhale is created with Black Women in mind, we provide resources for all who seek healing, balance, and renewal. We hope Exhale becomes a refuge you can return to as often as you need for restoration and peace. Key features include: Meditations/Guided Journey Breath Work Techniques Calming Sounds Thought of the Day Daily Push Notifications Animated Breathing Orb Ready to Exhale the Podcast Topics Include: Rest Embodiment Reduce Stress Inner Peace Ancestors Grounding Calming Sounds Relaxation Microaggressions Exhale is free to download with access to free content for 7-14 days. Access all features through a paid subscription.
Blackfullness
This app offers mindfulness practices tailored to the unique stressors faced by African Americans. It provides immediate access to culturally-relevant techniques designed to reduce stress and improve health outcomes.
- Culturally-relevant mindfulness practices
- Stress reduction techniques
- Addresses common African American stressors
- Immediate access to content
- Focus on health disparities
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African Americans experience more stress-related health disparities than any other racial or ethnic groups. Blackfullness provides IMMEDIATE ACCESS to culturally-relevant stress reducing mindfulness practices that address the common stressors of African Americans.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Blackfullness at none against Exhale App's 2. Blackfullness also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). Exhale App's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (148 vs 32). 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. Exhale App sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Blackfullness asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Exhale App against 4.7 for Blackfullness. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 148 and 32 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of Exhale App's written reviews are positive against 80% of Blackfullness's.
Exhale App ships an update every 3 months, Blackfullness every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Exhale App | Blackfullness |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (148 ratings) | 4.7 (32 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.2% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 148 — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Katara Enterprises LLC | Special Sauce, Inc. |
Customer experience
Exhale App
Blackfullness
Bugs and requests
Exhale App
Reported bugs
21 issues- Common issue with login
- Forced to choose subscription, no service received
- Stuck on subscription page
- Access code not received
- White screen of death
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- Affirm section stays on same message
- Menu font color hard to see
- Stuck on create password screen
- Unable to access affirm section without location services
- Apple login did not work
- Audio quality of guides is sharp/unsmooth
- Guides prioritize speaking clearly over calmly
- Vocal fry and upward inflections in exercises
- Part of affirmations only visible on phone
- Login required for meditation function
- Location services required for affirm section
- App not working on iPhone 11
- Bug in affirmations
- Bug in login
- Bug in white screen of death
- Bug in access code issue
Requested features
21 requests- More activities and rewards
- Journaling activity
- Mental health workshops
- Merch store
- Reward system for streaks/consistency
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- Incorporate free features again
- Longer meditations
- Ability to 'pick up where I left off'
- Visualizations/animation for breathing exercises
- Update interface
- Add MORE meditations
- Dark mode option
- More content
- Go back and read affirmations throughout the day
- Fix bug in affirmations
- Fix bug in login
- Fix white screen of death bug
- Fix access code issue
- Improve audio quality of guides
- Make menu font color darker
- Add more variety of meditations
Blackfullness
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Exhale App
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Annual Subscription14 Days trial$49.991 Year
Blackfullness
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Is Blackfullness free?
Which has better reviews, Exhale App or Blackfullness?
Do Exhale App or Blackfullness have ads?
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