Breathe2Relax vs VetChange
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.
VetChange
This app helps individuals concerned about their drinking and its connection to stress. It offers tools to understand drinking patterns, manage stress and urges, and learn about alcohol use and PTSD. Users can track progress and find information on community resources and professional treatment.
- Understand drinking-mood relationships
- Manage stress and drinking urges
- Learn about alcohol use and PTSD
- Track progress
- Access community resources
- Find professional treatment referrals
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VetChange is an app designed for Veterans, Service members, and anybody who is concerned about their drinking and how it relates to stress. This app can be useful for developing healthier drinking behaviors. You can gain insight into how your drinking relates to different moods and situations, use interactive tools to manage your stress and urges to drink, learn about alcohol use and posttraumatic stress, and track your progress. The app also includes information about community resources and referrals to professional treatment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: VetChange at 4.9 against Breathe2Relax's 4.2. VetChange also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Breathe2Relax's advantage is ratings volume (316 vs 15). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
VetChange holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Breathe2Relax has 316 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of Breathe2Relax's written reviews are positive against 75% of VetChange's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Breathe2Relax ships an update every 24 months, VetChange every 35 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Breathe2Relax | VetChange |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (316 ratings) | 4.9 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.9% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 316 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 24 months — better | Every 35 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 208 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Defense Health Agency | US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) |
Customer experience
Breathe2Relax
VetChange
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
VetChange
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Breathe2Relax
No in-app purchases
VetChange
No in-app purchases
