Comparison

Vital vs Glimp

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

Head to head
About

Vital

This app guides users through breathing exercises to achieve heart and breath coherence. It helps lower blood pressure, manage stress and anxiety, and improve concentration by finding an individual's optimal respiratory frequency.

Highlights
  • Guided breathing exercises
  • Heart and breath coherence training
  • Stress and anxiety management
  • Improved concentration
  • Personalized resonance frequency finder
  • Blood pressure lowering
Features
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RESPIROGUIDE PRO: THE NEWEST VERSION, MORE PERSONAL “Simple and amazingly effective for better concentration, stress anxiety, ADHD and trauma healing” – Kees L. Blase, medical physicist, National Centre for Stress Management,The Netherlands. Respiroguide PRO is brought to you by Vital-EQ the International Institute for Stress Management. ********** THE ABC of STRESSMANAGEMENT Respiroguide uses the most recent research in neurosciences and stress management, research that has been condensed into the most convenient one-touch tool. The knowledge is based on the heart's resonant frequency which induces heart and breath coherence. Respiroguide Pro will train the reflexes and so the elasticity of your vascular system. This will help in lowering blood pressure, is effective in coping with stress and anxiety, and enhances better concentration at school and work. Heart rate is a dynamic body function that varies in each moment. In an Active state (sympathic activity) heart rate increases, in a Calm and relaxed state heart rate decreases. Cardiac Coherence is the Balanced state of the autonomic nervous system in which you feel safe and happy, free from fear and anxiety and overstressed reactions. The body can be brought into the state of Cardiac Coherence through guided breathing. Guiding the resonance frequency (Respiroguide Pro) can be compared with guiding someone on a swing by pushing at just the right moment to optimise their swing. Each individual has his or her own personal respiratory frequency (resonance frequency) in which cardiac coherence is optimal. This ideal respiratory frequency is between 0,06 Hz and 0,12 Hz. The Respiroguide Pro will help you to find your personal resonance frequency, which depends on the length and width of your blood vessels. You can set the guide in four different frequencies: 1. Average: F6: 6 breaths a minute = 0,1 Hz 2. Average: F5: 5 breaths a minute = 0,083 Hz 3. Slow: F4: 4 breaths a minute = 0,066 Hz 4. Quick: F7: 7 breaths a minute = 0,118 Hz To find your resonance frequency it’s important to experience all four breathing frequencies and notice: -which one provides the most balanced feeling -which one can be comfortably sustained for a period of at least 5 minutes -which one gives a maximum amplitude in Heart Rate Variability. This last function requires access to a HRV-biofeedback instrument with a Cardiac Coherence Coach. Cardiac Coherence Coaches can be found at www.hartfocus.nl (Netherlands) and www.heartintelligence.com/VitalEQ (Europe, Asea). The Respiroguide Pro is a medical tested safe device. More than 20 years of research showed positive effects:lowering bloodpressure, less anxiety, enhancing performance, coping with stress, effective treatment of trauma.Take care: do not inhale too deeply, this occasionally make you dizzy. Focusing on the exhale is the most effective way. QUICK START: press the play button and just breathe in and out with the yellow dot. Breathe in as the dot goes up, breathe out as it goes down. The default setting is a 3 minute long exercise. This is what it takes to lower your level of stress. You can gradually increase the exercise lengths, but remember to exercise three times every day. Over one week of exercising you will notice the effects in your body. Probably the best investment you will ever make. If you use it! Other options: 1. Turn the sea wave sounds on and off (the waves are synchronized to the specific 0,1Hz frequency) 2. Choose the duration of the exercise; remember that the secret to stress relief is practicing several times every day, so make it simple, use the Respiroguide! For details access the following websites: - www.heartintelligence.com in English - www.nuvitaal.nu and www.hartfocus.nl in Dutch - www.emnergie.com in French ************ We do appreciate your feedback! Vital-EQ, the International Institute for Stress Management.

About

Glimp

Features
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Glimp helps you to catch your breath. We improve burn-out recovery, with guided breathwork for home. Habituate mindful breathing with our Pebbles, through haptic & audio feedback. Our science based breathing exercises help the body to naturally unwind. Bio-sensors inside the product monitor the effect on your body. See progress in your personal recovery or work together with your therapist. A (therapy) companion device, to breathe out your burn-out.

Screenshots

Vital3 screens
Glimp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Glimp at Free against Vital's $2.99. Glimp also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 13 months). Vital's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.5). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Glimp is free to download; Vital costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vital ships an update every 13 months, Glimp fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Vital versus Glimp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVitalGlimp
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLandelijk Centrum StressmanagementGlimp

In-app purchases

None

Vital

No in-app purchases

None

Glimp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vital free?
Vital costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Glimp free?
Glimp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vital or Glimp have ads?
Neither Vital nor Glimp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vital or Glimp?
Vital ships an update every 13 months, and Glimp fortnightly. Most recently, Vital was updated on November 6, 2026 and Glimp on November 3, 2026.

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