Comparison

Breah vs Box Breathing

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

Head to head
About

Breah

This app offers a variety of science-backed breathing exercises to improve well-being. It provides customizable sessions with guided instructions, soundscapes, and reminders to help users build a consistent practice. Users can explore exercises based on goals or therapeutic needs, with detailed descriptions and research references available.

Highlights
  • Science-backed breathing exercises
  • Customizable session lengths up to 60 minutes
  • Guided voice instructions and sound schemes
  • Goal and therapy-based exercise categories
  • Daily reminders and notifications
  • Integration with Apple Health Mindful Minutes
  • Detailed exercise descriptions and FAQ
Features
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** Completely AD-FREE ** Most popular breathing exercises ** Fully customizable up to 60 min long exercises ** Detailed exercises description and FAQ section ** Researches and Studies about breathing ** Goals and Therapy categories ** Background mode ** Configurable sound schemes ** Notifications and reminders ** Light and Dark theme ** Apple Health Mindful Minutes Carefully curated exercises with step-by-step guidance will help you to start breathing mindfully. Exercises are split into Goals and Therapy categories, which will help you find a practice that will be most comfortable and useful for you. Configurable exercises with voice guides, kalimba sounds, vibro notifications, and binaural nature tracks will help you dive into breathing, enjoy the moment, and improve your well-being. - Completely AD-FREE Non-distracting design lets you dive into mindfulness. No expiration on trial, no hidden catch – FREE version has full functionality and all info (including tutorials, sounds, binaural backgrounds, and voice guides) to explore Mindful Breathing starting to use 478 or Box Breathing exercises as a daily practice. - Most popular breathing exercises Breah has a wide range of breathing techniques, most popular and acknowledged breathing practices worldwide, including the famous 7-11 and Huna Breathing, which established themselves over the years. - Researches and Studies about breathing Breathing practices presented in the Breah app are related to scientific researches. For those who want to know more or are curious about how our well-being depends on breathing, many pieces of research on Mindful Breathing and clinical studies are referenced in FAQ. - Mindful Goals Stay motivated with Mindful Goals – make breathing a daily routine and develop a habit. A healthy practice that improves your well-being. Mindful goals display your daily exercises, collected mindful minutes, and visualize how many days in a row you stay on track with breathing exercises. - Detailed exercises description and FAQ section For those who are not familiar with breathing exercises, Breah has a comprehensive guide and recommendations on practicing. Each exercise has a detailed description, a step-by-step manual on how to start practicing, and how to find the routine that suits you best. - Goals and Therapy If you don’t know which exercise to choose, you can find something in categories based on publicly available scientific research and medical studies. It may help you find an exercise to reduce stress and anxiety or help you sleep better, prevent panic attacks, or deal with respiratory problems or allergies. - Fully customizable up to 60 min long exercises Suppose you feel that none of the popular exercises suit you best. In that case, there is an option to configure a fully customizable exercises and choose whatever timing scheme you prefer with or without any sounds or notifications. - Notifications and reminders Consistency is a crucial element in building a habit for a better life. You can set a list of custom reminders and never forget to take a deep breath. - Apple Health Mindful Minutes Simply turn on Apple Health synchronization and track your Mindful Minutes activity in the Apple Health app. - Light and Dark theme - Works well in the background SUBSCRIPTION • 1 Month or 1 Year of all features • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to App Store app > Account > Subscriptions Terms of Use: https://breah.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://breah.app/privacy.html CONTACT US If you have any problems or questions contact us at support@breah.app

About

Box Breathing

Enhance your well-being with guided breathwork exercises. This app offers personalized sessions based on a breathing test, with categories for calm, sleep, focus, and energy. Experience immersive audio, haptic feedback, and sound cues for stress reduction and improved performance.

Highlights
  • Personalized breathing test
  • Exercise categories (Calm, Sleep, Focus, Energize)
  • Audio guide and sound cues
  • Haptic feedback
  • CO2 tolerance test
  • Stress and anxiety relief
Features
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Unlock the power of breathwork and improve your physical and mental well-being with Float - the ultimate breathing app that makes it easy to breathe. Customize your experience with a breathing test and choose from exercise categories for calm, sleep, focus, quick relief, and energize. Used by top coaches and athletes, Float combines an audio guide, haptic feedback, and sound cues for a truly immersive breathing experience. Breathing is an essential practice for both your physical and mental well-being and Float is the ultimate breathing app that guides you through personalized breathing exercises to help you increase your performance throughout the day and reduce stress & anxiety. With Float, you can take a CO2 tolerance test, which gives us a reliable idea about your breathing in the last weeks and months. This test allows us to customize the breathwork to your very individual demands, ensuring you get the most out of each session. Whether you're an athlete or an office worker, practicing breathwork can be a powerful way to boost your health, and performance, control your nervous system and manage anxiety. Practicing breathwork is scientifically proven to increase your physical and mental performance. The benefits of learning to breathe with Float are endless, including relief from stress and anxiety, emotional healing, increased CO2 tolerance, improved immunity, and easier sleep. You'll also develop or increase self-awareness, enrich your creativity, improve focus and clarity, and boost your confidence and self-esteem. Breathwork with Float can also help you process emotions, heal emotional pain and trauma, and increase your CO2 tolerance. Additionally, it can help boost your immunity, fall asleep easily, enrich creativity, and improve focus, gain clarity and reduce brain fog. Float's breathwork exercises are curated by some of the top breathing coaches and are used by psychologists, physiotherapists, Olympic athletes, Navy SEALs, freedivers, yogis, and neuroscientists. We continue to work on expanding the breathwork exercises library to cover the most frequent stressful events occurring during the day. Breathing exercises are categorized into CALM, SLEEP, FOCUS, QUICK RELIEF, and ENERGIZE. The list of breathing exercises available in Float includes: – 4-7-8: Drift into sleep – Acumen: Get clarity, get focused – Alert: Get ready for action – Balance: Reconcile left & right brain – Box Breathing: Be right here, right now – Coherent: Stabilize your mood – Doping: Pre-workout routine – Ninja: Get calm like a ninja – Recovery: Cool down after a workout – Resonance: Sharpen your mind – Slumber: Sleep soundly – Sunrise: Rise & shine – Sunset: End the day in serenity – Unblock: Set your nose free – Wind Down: Take a moment to deeply relax – NSDR: Non-Sleep Deep Rest Please be aware that sessions can cause and are not limited to: – Tingling – Dizziness – Trembling, shaking, or other physical sensations – Emotional experiences – Experience energy moving through your body Got a question? Send us an email at team@keepfloating.com DISCLAIMER: This content in the Float app is not medical advice or a treatment plan and is intended for general education and demonstration purposes only. The content should not be used to self-diagnose or self-treat any health, medical, or physical condition. Don’t use this content to avoid going to your own healthcare professional or to replace the advice they give you. Consult with your healthcare professional before doing anything contained in this content. Links: Privacy Policy - https://www.keepfloating.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use - https://keepfloating.com/terms Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/float.breath TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@float.breath The Float app saves your meditation and sleep sessions to your Apple Health app.

Screenshots

Breah4 screens
Box Breathing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Box Breathing at 320 against Breah's 34. Breah's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Breah sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month and Box Breathing sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Breah against 4.8 for Box Breathing. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Box Breathing has 320 ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 78% and 79% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Breah ships an update every 10 days, Box Breathing every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Breah versus Box Breathing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBreahBox Breathing
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (34 ratings) — better4.8 (320 ratings)
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews78.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings34320 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Vision Pro
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB96 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSquarecrowd Apps, LLCSTRV s.r.o.

Customer experience

Breah

All ratings33 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%

Box Breathing

All ratings318 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral1.9%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive78.6%
Neutral2.4%
Negative19.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Breah

Subscriptions3
  • Breah Premium$2.491 Month
  • Breah Premium7 Days trial$11.991 Year
  • Breah Premium$29.991 Year
5 purchases

Box Breathing

Subscriptions4
  • Float PRO - Monthly Membership$9.991 Month
  • Float PRO Breathing Exercises$39.991 Year
  • Float PRO Breathing Exercises$49.991 Year
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  • Float PRO Breathing Exercises7 Days trial$69.991 Year
One-time1
  • Float PRO Breathing Exercises$199.99

Questions

Is Breah free?
Breah is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Box Breathing free?
Box Breathing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Breah or Box Breathing?
Breah is rated higher. Breah averages 4.9 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while Box Breathing averages 4.8 from 320 ratings.
Do Breah or Box Breathing have ads?
Neither Breah nor Box Breathing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Breah or Box Breathing?
Breah ships an update every 10 days, and Box Breathing every 3 weeks. Most recently, Breah was updated on October 24, 2026 and Box Breathing on October 23, 2026.

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