Comparison

Breath Timer vs Breathe & Breathing Exercises

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

Head to head
About

Breath Timer

This app helps you practice controlled breathing with customizable intervals for inhalation, exhalation, and breath holds. Set your desired total workout duration for a personalized respiratory training session.

Highlights
  • Customizable inhale, exhale, and hold intervals
  • Set total workout duration
  • Guided breathing sessions
  • Simple and intuitive interface
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Таймер дыхания предназначен для дыхательных тренировок, позволяет выставлять интервалы для вдоха, выдоха и задержки дыхания. Также можно установить общее время тренировки.

About

Breathe & Breathing Exercises

This app offers guided breathing exercises and meditations to reduce stress, ease anxiety, and improve sleep. Choose from various techniques like simple rhythm, custom timers, alternate nostril breathing, and hyperventilation, with options for binaural beats and voice cues in multiple languages. It also syncs with Apple Health to log mindful minutes.

Highlights
  • Guided breathing exercises
  • Customizable breathing timer
  • Alternate nostril breathing
  • Hyperventilation techniques
  • Audio meditations with binaural beats
  • Apple Health sync
  • Offline functionality
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Breathe & Relax: breathing exercises with voice cues and a breathing timer. Ease stress in 5 minutes by day, then slow your exhale to fall asleep faster at night. Your breath is the fastest way to change how you feel: guide the rhythm of inhale and exhale to lower stress, ease anxiety, fall asleep faster, or sharpen focus. Slow, deep breathing naturally calms the nervous system - often called vagus nerve breathing. Breathe & Relax packs four guided breathing practices and audio meditations into one simple app - from gentle belly breathing for beginners to intense breathwork rooted in classic pranayama. Simple Rhythm is free with no session limit, and everything works offline. FOUR BREATHING PRACTICES Simple Rhythm A gentle start for anyone new to breathwork: smooth inhale, calm exhale, and a lotus animation instead of counting. Your first deep breathing exercise of the day, a stress relief break, or a wind-down before bed. Custom Rhythm A flexible breathing timer: set inhale, hold, and exhale yourself. Set your own box breathing (4-4-4-4), your own 4-7-8 rhythm for sleep, coherent breathing, or any pattern you like. Your last rhythm is saved, so the next session starts with one tap. Anuloma Viloma (Alternate Nostril Breathing) A classic pranayama technique from the yoga tradition: helps you unwind when anxious, quiets a busy mind, and builds focus. Adjust inhale, hold, and exhale lengths to match your level. Hyperventilation An intense technique with cycles of active breath and breath holds - for morning energy and a clear head. Try rounds inspired by the Wim Hof method (3 x 30 breaths) or build your own. MEDITATIONS WITH MUSIC & BINAURAL BEATS Yoga Nidra - voice-guided deep relaxation for rest and better sleep - plus seven music meditations with binaural beats, a gentle sound pulse that helps you slow down, ease anxiety, and keep focus while you study, work, or drift into deep sleep. Best with headphones. All music meditations are free. WHAT ELSE IS INSIDE - Apple Health sync: sessions are logged as Mindful Minutes. - Calendar and statistics: practice days and total breathing minutes. - Daily breathwork reminders. - Works offline; background audio keeps playing with the screen off. - Voice cues for inhale, hold, and exhale in 11 languages. WHEN TO USE IT - In the evening - wind down, lower stress, and fall asleep faster: a long, slow exhale is the gentlest sleep aid. - In the morning - wake up without coffee: a few rounds of active breathing energize better than a snooze button. - Before a call or a tough conversation - two minutes of mindful breathing eases anxiety and sharpens focus. - During a panic attack or an anxiety spike - follow a slow, counted exhale to feel more grounded; alternate nostril breathing helps settle a racing mind. - On sleepless nights - a gentle breathing practice or a binaural beats meditation at bedtime relaxes the body and quiets the mind. - On a commute or at your desk - breathing exercises run silently, no Wi-Fi needed. Regular practice helps you stay calm, manage everyday stress, sleep better, and build a mindfulness habit. BREATHE PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION Premium unlocks unlimited sessions of Custom Rhythm, Anuloma Viloma, Hyperventilation, and Yoga Nidra - monthly, 3-month, or yearly. Monthly and yearly plans include a 3-day free trial; you are charged only after the trial ends. The 3-month plan has no trial. Subscriptions auto-renew until canceled - cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Free without a subscription: Simple Rhythm, all music meditations, statistics, reminders, technique guides, and two sessions of each Premium practice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://breatherelax.netlify.app/privacy Wellness app, not a medical device. Before practices with breath holds (especially hyperventilation), consult a doctor if you have chronic conditions, epilepsy, heart problems, or are pregnant.

Screenshots

Breath Timer3 screens
Breathe & Breathing Exercises4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Breath Timer at none against Breathe & Breathing Exercises's 3. Breath Timer also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Breathe & Breathing Exercises's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, ads 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. Breathe & Breathing Exercises sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Breath Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Breath Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Breathe & Breathing Exercises has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Breath Timer ships an update every 3 days, Breathe & Breathing Exercises fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Breath Timer versus Breathe & Breathing Exercises: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBreath TimerBreathe & Breathing Exercises
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB229 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperISS Art, Ltd.Anton Reasin

Customer experience

Breath Timer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Breathe & Breathing Exercises

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Breath Timer

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Breathe & Breathing Exercises

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Premium 3 Months$22.993 Months
  • Premium Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Breath Timer free?
Breath Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Breathe & Breathing Exercises free?
Breathe & Breathing Exercises is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Breath Timer or Breathe & Breathing Exercises?
Breath Timer is rated higher. Breath Timer averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Breathe & Breathing Exercises averages 4.7 from 6 ratings.
Do Breath Timer or Breathe & Breathing Exercises have ads?
Neither Breath Timer nor Breathe & Breathing Exercises shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Breath Timer or Breathe & Breathing Exercises?
Breath Timer ships an update every 3 days, and Breathe & Breathing Exercises fortnightly. Most recently, Breath Timer was updated on November 3, 2026 and Breathe & Breathing Exercises on November 8, 2026.

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