ASHKICKN vs FivePointFive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ASHKICKN
This training app helps users prepare for and complete any endurance event, from 5ks to marathons and triathlons. It removes the guesswork from training, allowing users to focus on achieving their goals.
- Endurance event training
- Marathon preparation
- Triathlon training
- 5k training plans
- Expert guidance
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ASHKICKN is a training app designed to help you train for and complete any endurance event. Founded by Ashley Paulson, a professional triathlete and runner, Olympic Trials Qualifier in the marathon, ultramarathon champion, wife, and mother of 4. From a 5k to a marathon, or a triathlon of any distance, Ashley takes the guesswork out of your training so you can focus on crossing the finish line.
FivePointFive
Enhance athletic performance, recovery, and focus with science-backed breathwork exercises. Track your progress with live heart-rate data and AI insights. Train your mind, body, and sleep for optimal results.
- Coached breathwork sessions
- Live heart-rate monitoring
- AI Performance Coach
- Performance and recovery tracking
- Stress reduction
- Improved sleep quality
- Mind, body, and sleep training
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FivePointFive: Breathwork for Athletes What is FivePointFive The world’s first breathwork app built for athletes—used by Elite Athletes and a fast-growing community of Everyday Athletes. We turn cutting-edge breathing science into short, coached sessions that strengthen performance and recovery, improve focus and stress resilience, and deepen restorative sleep. Built on science. Made measurable. Peer-reviewed research links structured breathwork with higher VO₂-max, improved HRV, lower resting heart rate, and better sleep quality. FivePointFive translates that science into sessions you can see working: - Live heart-rate in class to watch your autonomic nervous shift in real time - AI Performance Coach with post-session insights and coach tips - Trends over time across HR, HRV, resting HR, and sleep Train the full system: Mind • Body • Sleep - Mind: Downshift stress fast, sharpen focus, and rebalance the nervous system—in as little as 90 seconds. - Body: Build breathing mechanics and CO₂ tolerance to increase endurance, boost stamina, and speed recovery. - Sleep: Lower nighttime cortisol and deepen restorative sleep so you wake recovered and ready to go. Backed by the best - Patrick McKeown -#1 functional breathwork expert globally and best-selling author, scientist and founder of ‘Oxygen Advantage’. - Jay T. Wiles - Global authority in HRV biofeedback, applied psychophysiology, and performance psychology. Founder of Thrive Wellness & Performance, working with elite athletes across the NFL, NBA, MLB, PGA, ATP, and MLS. - Marco Altini - World leader in HRV, Human Movement and High performance coaching. Founder of HRV4Training & Data Science Advisor to Oura. Editor of the Wearable Department of IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine. Privacy Your health data stays with you. We read/write to Apple Health with your permission and never sell personal data. Subscriptions Quarterly and Yearly plans with a free trial. Auto-renews unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage in your Apple Account Settings. FivePointFive® — Breathwork for Athletes Not medical advice. Individual results vary. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ASHKICKN at none against FivePointFive's 6. ASHKICKN also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.6). FivePointFive's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (5.2K 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
Both are free to download. FivePointFive sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $44.99 per 3 months. ASHKICKN asks for nothing beyond the download.
ASHKICKN holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FivePointFive has 5.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ASHKICKN ships an update every 6 months, FivePointFive every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ASHKICKN | FivePointFive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (5.2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 58.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 873 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Matthew Paulson | fivepointfive |
Customer experience
ASHKICKN
FivePointFive
Bugs and requests
ASHKICKN
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
FivePointFive
Reported bugs
4 issues- Can't log in, awful
- Won't let me log in
- Way too buggy
- Faulty
Requested features
1 request- Record HRV measurements to Apple Health
In-app purchases
ASHKICKN
No in-app purchases
FivePointFive
- FivePointFive 3 Months$44.993 Months
- FivePointFive 3 Months3 Days trial$44.993 Months
- FivePointFive 1 Year Discount3 Days trial$69.991 Year
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- FivePointFive Annual Paid Trial1 Month trial$89.991 Year
- FivePointFive 1 Year$89.991 Year
- FivePointFive 1 Year3 Days trial$89.991 Year
