Comparison

Breathing Zone vs Ground5

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

Head to head
About

Breathing Zone

Reduce stress, improve mood, and feel more relaxed and energized with guided breathing exercises. This app uses scientifically based therapeutic techniques to help lower heart rate and potentially blood pressure. Discover mindfulness one breath at a time.

Highlights
  • Guided breathing exercises
  • Stress reduction
  • Mood improvement
  • Relaxation and energy boost
  • Therapeutic breathing techniques
  • Breathing analyzer
Features
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Slow down, reset, and breathe with purpose. Breathing Zone offers simple guided breathing exercises for calm, focus, relaxation, and sleep. Choose a breathing pattern, then follow clear visual, voice, sound, or Apple Watch haptic guidance. Adjust the pace and session duration for anything from a quick reset to a longer breathing practice. FEATURES ● Coherent Breathing, Box Breathing, 4-7-8, Extended Exhale, and more ● Custom breathing rates and session durations ● Beautiful visual breathing guides ● Voice prompts, ambient sounds, and haptic guidance ● Daily goals, reminders, activity tracking, and streaks ● A dedicated Apple Watch experience ● Apple Health integration for recording completed sessions as Mindful Minutes FEATURED AND RECOMMENDED ● TIME: "Calm yourself with Breathing Zone." ● Harvard Health: "When you find yourself under stress, Breathing Zone can help." ● Bloomberg: "The breathing trick that can make you more productive." ● New York Magazine: "I like Breathing Zone for its simplicity." ● HuffPost: "An effective guide to mindful breathing." ● University of Sydney: "Breathing Zone provides guidance on slow breathing."

About

Ground5

This app guides you through the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique to help manage anxiety and panic. It offers a simple, one-tap start with no login required, using soft visuals and breathing pauses to bring you back to the present moment.

Highlights
  • 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique
  • One-tap start
  • No login or setup required
  • Offline functionality
  • Soft visuals and gentle vibrations
  • Breathing pauses
Features
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Panic or anxiety rising? Tap once and Ground5 guides you through the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding exercise, one calm step at a time. No sign-up, works offline. Ground5 helps you calm down by gently guiding your attention back to the present moment. Ground5 is built around the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique, a simple and widely used method to reduce panic and anxiety by focusing on your senses. The app guides you step by step, so you don’t need to remember what to do or make decisions when you’re already feeling distressed. With soft visuals, gentle vibrations, and short breathing pauses, Ground5 helps shift your focus away from anxious thoughts and back to what’s real and steady around you. How Ground5 works • Tap once to start • Follow the guided sensory steps • Breathe slowly between phases • Finish feeling more present and grounded Designed for difficult moments Ground5 is meant to be used during a panic or anxiety episode: • No login or setup • No instructions to read • The core grounding exercise works offline. • Free to download and use with ads. An optional one-time purchase removes ads. No subscriptions. There are no subscriptions and no pressure. Just a calm, simple tool when you need it. Take a moment. Breathe slowly. Reconnect with the present. Ground5 does not diagnose or treat medical conditions. It is a self-help wellness app designed to support grounding and relaxation. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gtnjstudios.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Breathing Zone4 screens
Ground54 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Breathing Zone at none against Ground5's 1. Breathing Zone also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (3.8K vs 4). Ground5's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 81%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price and iOS requirement 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. Ground5 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Breathing Zone asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ground5 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Breathing Zone has 3.8K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Breathing Zone's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ground5's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Breathing Zone ships an update every 2 weeks, Ground5 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Breathing Zone versus Ground5: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBreathing ZoneGround5
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (3.8K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.8K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB26 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTane LangtonShantanu Sarkar

Customer experience

Breathing Zone

All ratings3,652 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews445 reviews
Positive81.1%
Neutral6.3%
Negative12.6%

Ground5

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Breathing Zone

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Breathing rate not matching set value
  • Visual elements not centered on older devices
  • Sudden audio cutoff at end of session
  • Syncing issues between mobile and Apple Watch

Requested features

6 requests
  • Longer session duration options
  • More breathing pattern variations
  • Ability to adjust inhale/exhale ratio
  • Breath hold functionality
  • Integration with health/fitness apps
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  • Customizable reminders or notifications

Ground5

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Breathing Zone

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Ground5

One-time1
  • Ground5 Adfree$3.99

Questions

Is Breathing Zone free?
Breathing Zone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ground5 free?
Ground5 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Breathing Zone or Ground5?
Ground5 is rated higher. Breathing Zone averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3.8K ratings, while Ground5 averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Breathing Zone or Ground5 have ads?
Ground5 shows ads; Breathing Zone does not.
Which is updated more often, Breathing Zone or Ground5?
Breathing Zone ships an update every 2 weeks, and Ground5 every 2 months. Most recently, Breathing Zone was updated on October 26, 2026 and Ground5 on October 24, 2026.

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