Breathe2Relax vs MOVE! Coach
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.
MOVE! Coach
This 16-week program guides users to successful weight loss or management through education and tools. Monitor, track, and receive feedback on progress with weight, diet, and exercise goals. It offers self-management modules, tracking tools, and support resources.
- 16-week guided weight loss program
- Self-management modules with videos and games
- Daily weight tracking and progress reports
- Goal setting and SMART goal features
- Stress management tools
- Identification of support resources
- HealthKit integration for data syncing
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MOVE! Coach Mobile is a weight loss app for Veterans, service members, their families, and others who want to lose weight. This 16-week program guides users to successful weight loss or weight management through education, and use of tools, in an easy and convenient way. Users can monitor, track, and receive feedback regarding their progress with weight, diet, and exercise goals. Some Key Features: Self-Management Modules – Educate users on a variety of weight-management success strategies using videos, worksheets, games, and other tools. Modules are made available weekly based on your progression through the 16-week program. Tracker – Assists users to track weight daily, set weight loss and SMART goals, and see progress reports and summaries Tools – Provides users with calculation tools and tools to manage stress Support – Helps users identify supports and resources for successful weight loss This app can be used by itself, but additional benefit may be achieved if used in combination with treatment with your healthcare provider and by tracking health & fitness activity with third-party HealthKit compatible apps. If you’re just starting out, MOVE! Coach can access your existing HealthKit height and weight data, and synchronize your progress recording weight entries with Apple’s Health app. MOVE! Coach Mobile was created by the National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (NCP), under VHA’s Office of Patient Care Services.
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Verdict
Breathe2Relax and MOVE! Coach both sit at 4.2 stars, but that hides the real split: 75% of Breathe2Relax's written reviews are positive against 21% of MOVE! Coach's. Breathe2Relax also leads on device support (3 vs 1). MOVE! Coach's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 24 months). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Breathe2Relax against 4.2 for MOVE! Coach. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 316 and 497 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Breathe2Relax's written reviews are positive against 21% of MOVE! Coach's.
Breathe2Relax ships an update every 24 months, MOVE! Coach every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 29, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Breathe2Relax | MOVE! Coach |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (316 ratings) | 4.2 (497 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 21.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 316 | 497 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 24 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Defense Health Agency | US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) |
Customer experience
Breathe2Relax
MOVE! Coach
User reviews
Breathe2Relax
From 316 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🌟 Excellent for stress and anxiety relief
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🧘♀️ Helps with breathing and relaxation
- 🤩 Calming and soothing experience
- 💤 Useful for sleep and sleep issues
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues, unable to stream videos
- 🔇 Lack of audio/sound options
- ⏱️ Limited breathing cycle duration
- 📱 Compatibility issues with older devices
- 🤖 Monotonous voice instructions
MOVE! Coach
From 497 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Allows custom food info
- 💪 Helps with healthier eating
- 📈 Aids in weight loss
- 🏃♂️ Increases physical activity
- ✅ Free tool for accountability
Room to improve
- 📱 Clunky interface
- 📉 Difficult food entry
- 🚫 No back button
- 🗑️ Outdated design
- 😵 Confusing navigation
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
MOVE! Coach
Reported bugs
46 issues- Half screen taken by crisis support
- Scrolling one line at a time
- Food entry errors (e.g., 190 calories showing as 1400)
- Cannot enter smaller increments of time for activities
- Difficulty editing recipes
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- No back button to change or edit entries
- Cannot see entire option when entering food
- Cannot delete added food entries
- No way to back up, requires closing and reopening app
- Squished interface on iPhone
- Screens with no way to exit or submit answers (e.g., goal weight)
- Cannot report problems
- Apple Watch Health data not loading directly
- Weight data reset after 6 months
- Graph not working properly (only shows two days)
- App does not function on iPhone 15 Pro Max
- App breaks at week 12 chapter 2, repeatedly shuts down
- No diet or exercise tracker found
- Cannot get past EULA prompt
- Crashes during modules, data lost upon restart
- Cannot unlock Module 16
- Cannot add height/weight to proceed
- Dark selections, barely readable
- Difficult to navigate
- Cannot see information when setting up (height, age)
- App crashes during Week 2, Chapter 2
- Cannot go back to add foods from previous day
- App crashes when trying to enter food info
- App crashes regularly on iPhone 6s Plus
- App closes when clicking on Self Assessment Guide Week 2
- Cannot see custom item entry screen (number entry in the way)
- App not updated for nearly a year
- Weekly diet report annoying
- App charges double calories for almond milk
- Entering recipes assumes whole recipe is one serving
- Favorites function is useless
- Cannot manually enter calories
- Food categories don't match package labels
- Difficult to find specific foods
- App crashes too much
- Diet and activity logs removed in updates
- Module 16 cannot be unlocked
- Cannot see information on screen
- Week 2 crashes the whole app
- Cannot change date for dietary entries
- Exercise calorie count is generic and inaccurate
Requested features
16 requests- Barcode scanner for food
- Integration with other health apps (Apple Health, MyFitnessPal, Fitbit)
- Ability to edit previous entries/dates
- More conversational serving sizes
- Allow smaller increments of time for activities
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- Sync data from other health apps
- Update app for newer iPhones
- Improve search function for food tracker
- QR scanner for food
- Link to MyFitnessPal
- Customizable exercise calorie counts (incline, speed)
- Ability to edit recipe entries
- Add missing foods
- Sync with My Healthy Vet
- Dark mode option
- Ability to report bugs directly
In-app purchases
Breathe2Relax
No in-app purchases
MOVE! Coach
No in-app purchases
