Comparison

Box Breathing vs Breathing Exercises *

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

Head to head
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.

About

Breathing Exercises *

This app guides you through timed breathing exercises to help manage stress and promote relaxation. It offers pre-set intervals like Box Breathing and 478 Breathing, along with customizable options for personalized practice.

Highlights
  • Timed inhales, holds, and exhales
  • Box Breathing Interval
  • 478 Breathing Interval
  • Ujjayi Interval
  • Three custom intervals
  • Easy-to-follow exercises
Features
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Breathing is an automatic function of the body that is controlled by the respiratory centre of the brain. When we feel stressed, our breathing rate and pattern changes as part of the response to the situations. This app can help you relax and help your stress. It includes easily timed inhales, holds and exhales which you can follow and improve your life. * Box Breathing Interval * 478 Breathing Interval * Ujjay1 Interval * Three Custom Intervals The app contains very easy to follow exercises with timed inhales, exhales and holds. You can also set the interval cycles and there are three custom intervals which you can set all of the settings for a custom breathing exercise. This all can help your life so please download it now and begin improving your life! Please note it is recommended to seek a doctor's advice in addition to using this app and before making any medical decisions. Here is a great web site post from the American Lung Association to learn more about breathing exercises: https://www.lung.org/lung-health-diseases/wellness/breathing-exercises

Screenshots

Box Breathing4 screens
Breathing Exercises *4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Box Breathing at 4.8 against Breathing Exercises *'s 4.5. Box Breathing also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (318 vs 57). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Box Breathing sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Breathing Exercises * sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Box Breathing holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Box Breathing has 318 ratings behind it against 57, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Box Breathing's written reviews are positive against 75% of Breathing Exercises *'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Box Breathing ships an update every 3 weeks, Breathing Exercises * every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Box Breathing versus Breathing Exercises *: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBox BreathingBreathing Exercises *
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (318 ratings) — better4.5 (57 ratings)
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings318 — better57
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Vision ProiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSTRV s.r.o.Steve Veloudos

Customer experience

Box Breathing

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

Breathing Exercises *

All ratings57 ratings
Positive87.7%
Neutral1.8%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

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
3 purchases

Breathing Exercises *

One-time3
  • More Breathing Exercises$9.99
  • More Breathing Exercises$12.99
  • More Breathing Exercises$25.99

Questions

Is Box Breathing free?
Box Breathing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Breathing Exercises * free?
Breathing Exercises * is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Box Breathing or Breathing Exercises *?
Box Breathing is rated higher. Box Breathing averages 4.8 out of 5 from 318 ratings, while Breathing Exercises * averages 4.5 from 57 ratings.
Do Box Breathing or Breathing Exercises * have ads?
Neither Box Breathing nor Breathing Exercises * shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Box Breathing or Breathing Exercises *?
Box Breathing ships an update every 3 weeks, and Breathing Exercises * every 6 weeks. Most recently, Box Breathing was updated on September 22, 2026 and Breathing Exercises * on August 16, 2026.

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