Comparison

The Breathing Anchor vs Pustepause

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

Head to head
About

The Breathing Anchor

This app offers mindfulness and awareness training to help reduce negative stress and reprogram your mind for a more relaxed lifestyle. It provides practical exercises for cultivating intentional awareness and living in the present moment.

Highlights
  • Awareness Training (AT)
  • Mindfulness exercises
  • Reprogramming negative thoughts
  • Stress-reducing lifestyle
  • Living in the NOW
  • Practical awareness exercises
Features
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Less negative stress with mindfulness! Using this app you can participate in Awareness Training (AT) according to Andries J. Kroese. Mindfulness is intentional awareness. Therefore mindfulness training and AT are closely related. AT is concerned with alert relaxation of mind and body, but even more so with reprogramming the mind/body from negative thoughts and habits to a more stress reducing lifestyle. AT is a self-developing process by being aware of our thoughts, feelings and behavior. The type of awareness we are using was called by J. Krishnamurti “choiceless awareness”, a way of looking at the events of living with an open, non-judgmental mind. With AT we practice to accept the waves of life, instead of protesting against them. We learn how to surf on them, using their energy to get into the flow of life. The key to this is living in the NOW, the present moment from moment to moment. To be able to keep our balance in stormy weather, we have to set aside time to practice AT under quiet, peaceful circumstances. In this app you will find practical awareness exercises which you can use for your personal training: 1. Introduction (3:58 min) 2. Awareness meditation (23:42) 3. Body scan meditation (18:04) 4. Awareness yoga (24:11) 5. AT in daily life (3:55)

About

Pustepause

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Kjenner du deg urolig og overveldet? Hender det at du er redd for å bli redd? Pustepause er en app som hjelper deg å takle stress og grublete tanker. Gjennom daglige øvelser kan du lære deg å bli mer oppmerksom og tilstede. Det er gratis å bruke Pustepause.

Screenshots

The Breathing Anchor3 screens
Pustepause4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pustepause at Free against The Breathing Anchor's $1.99. The Breathing Anchor's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On update cadence, 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

Pustepause is free to download; The Breathing Anchor costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Breathing Anchor ships an update every 4 months, Pustepause every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
The Breathing Anchor versus Pustepause: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Breathing AnchorPustepause
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMindfulness Apps Sweden ABLundelab AS

In-app purchases

None

The Breathing Anchor

No in-app purchases

None

Pustepause

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Breathing Anchor free?
The Breathing Anchor costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pustepause free?
Pustepause is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do The Breathing Anchor or Pustepause have ads?
Neither The Breathing Anchor nor Pustepause shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Breathing Anchor or Pustepause?
The Breathing Anchor ships an update every 4 months, and Pustepause every 2 months. Most recently, The Breathing Anchor was updated on October 29, 2026 and Pustepause on October 25, 2026.

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