Breathing Zone vs ThoughtTrack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Guided breathing exercises
- Stress reduction
- Mood improvement
- Relaxation and energy boost
- Therapeutic breathing techniques
- Breathing analyzer
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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."
ThoughtTrack
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When anxiety spirals, it helps to slow down. ThoughtTrack guides you through a proven 7-step CBT Thought Record — the same technique used in therapy to untangle automatic thoughts, rate emotions, and find a calmer perspective. Everything stays on your device. No accounts, no analytics reading your entries, and no server on our side. You can export your records as JSON or delete them permanently at any time. FEATURES • Guided 7-step Thought Record based on CBT principles • Emotion intensity tracking before and after • Private, on-device storage • Daily reminder you control • Export JSON for backup or to share with a therapist • Progress insights after 3 completed records ThoughtTrack is a self-help tool and is not a substitute for professional mental health care. If you are in crisis, please contact a mental health professional or emergency services.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ThoughtTrack at every 6 days against Breathing Zone's every 2 weeks. Breathing Zone's advantage is device support (5 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Breathing Zone ships an update every 2 weeks, ThoughtTrack every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Breathing Zone | ThoughtTrack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.8K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 81.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.8K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Tane Langton | Blaine Kendall |
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
ThoughtTrack
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Breathing Zone
No in-app purchases
ThoughtTrack
No in-app purchases
Questions
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