Comparison

Breathing Timer vs Breathe Easy

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

Head to head
About

Breathing Timer

This app guides users through scientifically-proven breathing exercises to promote relaxation, stress management, and well-being. It features multiple techniques with audio cues and visual animations for a personalized, mindful experience.

Highlights
  • Multiple breathing exercises (4-2-4, 4-7-8, Box, HRV)
  • Calming audio cues
  • Visual breathing animations
  • Personalized practice customization
  • Scientifically backed techniques
Features
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Take a few minutes to slow down. Breathing Timer shows you when to breathe in, hold, and breathe out, so you can follow along without counting seconds. Use it between tasks, after a busy day, or whenever you want a quiet break. Pick a breathing pattern and follow the animation. Included free: - Four exercises: 4-2-4, 4-7-8, Box breathing, and HRV 5. - The classic ring and 3 Circles animations. - A round counter to keep track of your practice. With Premium: - Six more breathing exercises. - Custom timing in 0.1-second steps, with up to 30 seconds per phase. - All seven animations and five color themes. - Audio cues, including bells, chimes, and a Glide tone that follows your breath. - Your last exercise, animation, sound, and theme ready when you return. You can preview Premium features before you buy. Premium is a one-time purchase, with no subscription. Available on iPhone and iPad.

About

Breathe Easy

Features
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Breathe Easy is a breathing timer for iPhone and Apple Watch that keeps going with the screen off: the session stays on the Lock Screen, and on your wrist the watch taps out every phase. Pick a rhythm, lock your iPhone, put it face down and breathe: the sound cues carry on, and the Lock Screen shows the phase. FREE, FOREVER • Box breathing (4·4·4·4) and 4-7-8, unlimited sessions • Singing-bowl sound cues, gentle haptics, sessions of 1, 3, 5 or 10 minutes • Works offline. No account, no ads, no analytics: the app collects nothing PRO, ONE PAYMENT • All eight practices: coherent breathing, calming exhale, triangle, equal breathing, pursed-lip pacing and your own pattern • Your own rhythm: breaths 1 to 20 seconds, holds 0 to 20 • Kalimba and chimes sound themes, four more colour themes, and every theme added later No subscription, no renewals, nothing to cancel. Pay once and it is yours. WHY IT KEEPS GOING Breathe Easy runs the session like a music player, so your iPhone keeps it going with the screen locked and shows Pause and Play on the Lock Screen. CALM BY DESIGN One screen, one orb that breathes with you, a countdown you can read from across the room, and nothing that nags: no reminders, no streaks, no pop-ups. In English, Ukrainian, Polish, German, Spanish, French and Portuguese.

Screenshots

Breathing Timer4 screens
Breathe Easy4 screens

Verdict

The call

Breathing Timer and Breathe Easy are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Breathing Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Breathe Easy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Breathing Timer versus Breathe Easy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBreathing TimerBreathe Easy
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJens BojeYevhen Kalahanov

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Breathing Timer

One-time1
  • Premium$3.99
1 purchases

Breathe Easy

One-time1
  • Unlock everything$6.99

Questions

Is Breathing Timer free?
Breathing Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Breathe Easy free?
Breathe Easy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Breathing Timer or Breathe Easy have ads?
Neither Breathing Timer nor Breathe Easy shows ads.

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