Comparison

Breathing Zone vs Mindfulness Coach

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

Mindfulness Coach

Learn and practice mindfulness with a guided training program. Access audio exercises, informational resources, and progress tracking tools to reduce stress and improve emotional balance. This app is free and respects your privacy.

Highlights
  • Self-guided mindfulness training
  • Audio-guided mindfulness exercises
  • Information library on mindfulness
  • Goal setting and progress tracking
  • Mindfulness mastery assessment
  • Customizable reminders
  • Access to support resources
Features
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Mindfulness means noticing and paying attention to what is going on in the present moment, without passing judgment on it. Mindfulness has been shown to be effective for reducing stress, improving emotional balance, increasing self-awareness, helping with anxiety and depression, and coping more effectively with chronic pain. Mindfulness Coach 2.0 was developed to help Veterans, Service members, and others learn how to practice mindfulness. The app provides a gradual, self-guided training program designed to help you understand and adopt a simple mindfulness practice. Mindfulness Coach also offers a library of information about mindfulness (for example “What is Mindfulness?”, “How to Anchor Your Attention”), 12 audio-guided mindfulness exercises and a growing catalog of additional exercises available for free download, goal-setting and tracking, a mindfulness mastery assessment to help you track your progress over time, customizable reminders, and access to other support and crisis resources. Mindfulness Coach is free, doesn’t take or share any of your personal information, and doesn’t require add-on purchases. Mindfulness Coach was created by VA’s National Center for PTSD.

Screenshots

Breathing Zone4 screens
Mindfulness Coach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Breathing Zone at every 2 weeks against Mindfulness Coach's every 9 months. Breathing Zone also leads on device support (5 vs 3). Mindfulness Coach's advantage is review sentiment (93% vs 81%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Breathing Zone against 4.8 for Mindfulness Coach. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.8K and 11K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Breathing Zone's written reviews are positive against 93% of Mindfulness Coach's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Breathing Zone ships an update every 2 weeks, Mindfulness Coach every 9 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Breathing Zone versus Mindfulness Coach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBreathing ZoneMindfulness Coach
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (3.8K ratings) — better4.8 (11K ratings)
Positive reviews81.2% of reviews92.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.8K11K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB131 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTane LangtonUS Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

Customer experience

Breathing Zone

All ratings3,652 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews446 reviews
Positive81.2%
Neutral6.3%
Negative12.6%

Mindfulness Coach

All ratings11,239 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral3.2%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews163 reviews
Positive92.6%
Neutral3.7%
Negative3.7%

User reviews

Breathing Zone

From 3.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🌟 Amazing app
  • 👍 Simple and effective
  • 🎨 Beautiful visuals
  • 🔊 Customizable sounds
  • 🕰️ Flexible session settings

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs
  • ⚠️ Timing issues with breathing rate
  • 🔒 Lack of syncing across devices
  • 🔇 Notification sounds can be disruptive
  • 📊 Lack of progress tracking or statistics

Mindfulness Coach

From 11K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 User-friendly
  • 🚀 Helpful for mental health
  • 🚀 Effective for mindfulness and relaxation
  • 🚀 Great for beginners
  • 🚀 Comprehensive content

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs with timers and tracking
  • 🐛 Difficulty navigating and finding specific content
  • 🐛 White screen can be harsh on the eyes
  • 🐛 Lack of music or background sounds

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

Mindfulness Coach

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Timer not working properly
  • Tracking/progress not saving consistently
  • App crashing or freezing

Requested features

4 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Better organization and filtering of content
  • More variety in session durations
  • Ability to import custom music/sounds

In-app purchases

None

Breathing Zone

No in-app purchases

None

Mindfulness Coach

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Breathing Zone free?
Breathing Zone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mindfulness Coach free?
Mindfulness Coach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Breathing Zone or Mindfulness Coach?
Breathing Zone is rated higher. Breathing Zone averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3.8K ratings, while Mindfulness Coach averages 4.8 from 11K ratings.
Do Breathing Zone or Mindfulness Coach have ads?
Neither Breathing Zone nor Mindfulness Coach shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Breathing Zone or Mindfulness Coach?
Breathing Zone ships an update every 2 weeks, and Mindfulness Coach every 9 months. Most recently, Breathing Zone was updated on November 6, 2026 and Mindfulness Coach on November 6, 2026.

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