Cryo vs Swyn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cryo
This app helps you build a habit of taking cold showers to improve your health and well-being. It offers guided routines, timers, and progress tracking to support both beginners and experienced users in their cold exposure journey.
- Track cold shower sessions
- Voice assisted timers
- Voice commands for control
- Progress-based duration guidance
- Cold shower streak building
- Wellness quotes
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Discover the amazing health benefits of cold showers. Science shows that regular cold exposure improves mental clarity, builds grit, and helps you get healthier. To get the most benefits, make cold showers an integral part of your daily routine. Cryo helps beginners and veterans alike by making cold showers a habit with a progress-based routine. ***Features*** - Keep track of your cold shower sessions - Voice assisted warm up timer - Voice assisted cold shower timer - Voice commands for control buttons through speech recognition - We guide your cold shower duration based on your progress - Wellness quotes after every session - Build your cold shower streak Known benefits of cold showers • Reduced stress levels. Cold showers put a manageable amount of stress on your body and trains your nervous system to become resilient safely. • Improved sexual health. Prolonged exposure to cold water is shown to naturally boost testosterone production in men, boosting libido and enhancing overall strength and energy in the bedroom. • Increased willpower. Cold showers condition your mind in becoming comfortable with being uncomfortable. • Weight loss. Cold showers naturally increase your metabolic rate and are an effective method in helping you get lean and lose body fat. • Stronger immune system. Cold showers increase the number of white blood cells in your body. White blood cells are critical in protecting your body against diseases. • Faster muscle recovery. Research found that cold immersion can help enhance recovery and reduce feelings of fatigue for athletes. Cold showers help you train harder and reach your fitness goals faster. If you have any feedback, please contact us via email (getcryoapp@gmail.com) or twitter @getcryo - we will get back to you immediately!
Swyn
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Other breathing apps set the pace and expect you to keep up. Swyn goes the other way. Your in-breath is yours, however long it happens to last, and Swyn takes it from there. Hold anywhere on the screen. Swyn opens under your finger and keeps opening for as long as you hold. Nothing to reach, nothing to count. Lift your finger and Swyn sits through the pause that follows, then draws the out-breath back down at the length you picked. Only the out-breath is automatic, and that is deliberate. Watching the clock on a long one is what makes it hard to hold. Swyn does the watching. It is built to be looked at, too. Swyn warms as you breathe in and cools as you breathe out, wisps drift off as it goes, and its face softens the longer you stay. The day and night appearances are drawn separately rather than one dimmed into the other. Haptics run underneath all of it, so you can close your eyes and still follow the breath. DAILY MOMENTS Three optional cues: Start gently in the morning, Reset in the middle of things, Wind down at night. Switch on any of them, or none. Set your times by dragging across a full day that shifts from morning light to night as you move, or type them in exactly. Every day, or weekdays only. Swyn will not chase you. A moment you miss stays missed. Nothing gets rescheduled, no catch-up turns up later, and Swyn never remarks on how long it has been. They are silent, ordinary notifications, scheduled on your iPhone and nowhere else. MAKE IT YOURS • Out-breath length, from an even 1:1 to a long 1:3 • Day and night appearance, or follow your iPhone • Haptics, breath countdown, natural or fixed-length sessions ON YOUR WRIST The Apple Watch app is a real app, not a remote. It works with your iPhone locked, in another room, or off. Hold the screen to breathe in, or switch on Turn your wrist and start a breath by lowering your arm. The whole breath arrives as haptics, so you never have to raise your wrist to see it. QUIET BY DESIGN No account, no sign-in, no ads, no analytics, no tracking. Swyn collects nothing. Nothing you do in it leaves your device. Swyn is made for general wellbeing. It is not medical advice, and does not diagnose or treat any condition.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Cryo at 15.2 against Swyn's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Cryo | Swyn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (72 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 95.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 72 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chan Park | Yadav Ramburn |
In-app purchases
Cryo
No in-app purchases
Swyn
No in-app purchases









