Breathe2Relax vs PE Coach 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Breathe2Relax
Learn diaphragmatic breathing for stress management. This app offers detailed information on stress's effects and guided exercises to improve mood, control anger, and manage anxiety. It integrates with Apple Watch to track heart rate during sessions.
- Stress management information
- Diaphragmatic breathing exercises
- Mood stabilization
- Anger control
- Anxiety management
- Heart rate tracking with Apple Watch
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Breathe2Relax is a portable stress management tool which provides detailed information on the effects of stress on the body and instructions and practice exercises to help users learn the stress management skill called diaphragmatic breathing.Breathing exercises have been documented to decrease the body’s ‘fight-or-flight’ (stress) response, and help with mood stabilization, anger control, and anxiety management. Breathe2Relax can be used as a stand-alone stress reduction tool, or can be used in tandem with clinical care directed by a healthcare worker. Breathe2Relax now uses HealthKit and your Apple Watch device to measure your heart rate throughout your breathing exercise to help provide an even more complete picture of the relaxation experienced.
PE Coach 2
This app assists individuals undergoing Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy for PTSD. It guides users through therapist-assigned exercises, tracks progress, and offers distress-reduction techniques like controlled breathing. Users can also record and review therapy sessions.
- Guided PE therapy exercises
- Progress tracking and recording
- Distress tolerance techniques
- Controlled breathing exercises
- Therapy session reminders
- Audio recording of sessions
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PE Coach is designed to be used during therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with a health professional who is trained in Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy. The app will guide you through the exercises assigned by your therapist and allows you to track and record your progress. In addition, the app provides techniques such as controlled breathing that will help you tolerate and decrease your distress. PE Coach will help you remember and track your upcoming therapy sessions. You will be able to audio record your sessions directly onto your phone so you can review them later as part of your treatment. By itself this app is not sufficient to treat PTSD. However, those who are receiving PE treatment can work together with their therapist to use the tools in this app. PE Coach was created by VA’s National Center for PTSD.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Breathe2Relax at 78% against PE Coach 2's 20%. Breathe2Relax also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.5) and ratings volume (317 vs 27). PE Coach 2's advantage is update cadence (every 10 months vs every 24 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Breathe2Relax holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Breathe2Relax has 317 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Breathe2Relax's written reviews are positive against 20% of PE Coach 2's.
Breathe2Relax ships an update every 24 months, PE Coach 2 every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Breathe2Relax | PE Coach 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (317 ratings) — better | 2.5 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.9% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 317 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 24 months | Every 10 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Defense Health Agency | US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) |
Customer experience
Breathe2Relax
PE Coach 2
Bugs and requests
Breathe2Relax
Reported bugs
3 issues- Videos not playing due to connectivity issues
- App crashing or freezing on some devices
- Inability to connect to Apple Watch
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to set custom breathing cycle duration
- More background music/nature sound options
- Different voice options for guidance
- Integration with Apple Watch/fitness tracking
- Longer breathing sessions beyond 16 cycles
PE Coach 2
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Breathe2Relax
No in-app purchases
PE Coach 2
No in-app purchases
