Comparison

BWK vs PulseWave

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

Head to head
About

BWK

Guided breathwork sessions designed to calm, clear, and energize your mind and body. Explore various session types for stress relief, emotional processing, and self-discovery with accompanying artwork and music.

Highlights
  • Heart-centered guided breathwork
  • Calming, clearing, and energizing sessions
  • Artwork matching session energy
  • Sessions for stress, trauma, and emotions
  • Filter by session length (short, medium, long)
  • Active, Relaxation, and Mixed session types
  • Self-discovery themes
Features
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In this app you’ll find heart-centered professionally guided Breathwork sessions to calm, clear, and energize. The breaths are easy to follow with intuitively chosen music. Each Breathwork Session comes with an artwork that matches the energy signature of the recording to better help you assimilate and integrate. Sessions are created to be highly effective; even a couple minutes will help regulate your nervous system, feel calm and energetic, clear heavy emotions and energy, and process trauma. This app is the perfect accompaniment to your daily routine, and the more consistently you use it, the more effective it becomes. Sessions are intentionally created to achieve certain goals. You can also filter the sessions depending on how much time you have: Short (0 - 10 minutes), Medium (15 - 30 minutes), and Long (30+ minutes). Here’s a sneak peak into the app: Active Sessions Sessions with more active, faster breaths designed to release stress, heavy energy, emotions, trauma, and clear out your body. In these sessions, you will shift your state of being and return to a state of rest. Highly effective to help you clear and balance your nervous system, returning to a natural state of self-regulation. Relaxation Sessions Created to help you completely relax through your natural breath, without any active breathing. Great for a reprieve in the middle of the day or to help you drift off to sleep. Mixed Sessions If you’re looking to gently de-stress but still need a little release, these sessions are for you. Intentionally created with slow, slightly active breaths, this combination will lower your heart rate, regulate your nervous system, and clear your body just enough so you can fully relax. Self-Discovery Many of the sessions are named with a theme. These are perfect if you’re on a journey of self-discovery, self-love and greater connection with yourself. Deepen your connection with yourself, develop your intuition, trust yourself, gain insights, and release any beliefs and stories holding you back. Something for Everyone: There’s something here for everyone. No matter what your need is, through the breath you can shift your state of being and change the way you feel, respond and experience the world. All sessions created with love and intention, designed to ignite and empower the healer within you. YOU are the magic, and you access it through your breath. Still not sure if it’s for you? This app is for anyone who is or has experienced: - Anxiety - Stress - Overworked - Trauma - On Edge - Discontent - Grief - Shame - Strong, heavy emotions - Negative self-talk - Discontent This app is for anyone who desires to feel: - Less Stress - Balanced - Release anxiety - Calm - Collected - Increase self-love through your connection with yourself - Heal from trauma - Reclaim your energy - Release heavy emotions and energy - More intimate with your partner - Increase your intuition and trust within yourself Ready to try it out? Even 5 minutes of conscious breathing helps. I promise you, after 30 days you will feel like a new person! Privacy policy: https://breathewithkatelyn.com/privacy-policy/ End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

PulseWave

Features
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Between tasks, before a meeting or as the day winds down: make room for a pause that fits your moment. Start a Guided Reset for 30, 60 or 120 seconds. Follow the orb: breathe in for five, out for five. Sound and haptics are optional, and no sign-up is needed to begin. CHOOSE YOUR MOMENT - Breathing: choose a rhythm, duration and atmosphere. Explore coherent breathing, box breathing and 4-7-8. - Tapping: follow guided points and instructions at your own pace. - Meditation: try the one-minute STOP pause or choose a longer guided session. - Evening: build a routine with narrated sleep sessions, gentle sounds and hypnosis sessions you can stop at any time. - Sound: explore ready-made soundscapes or mix rain, ocean, wind and noise textures for work or rest. - Reflection: check in with your mood and add a few words to your journal. A seven-day foundation program helps you continue after your first session. Breathing is free to start. Premium adds the extended library, custom sound creator and additional guidance tools. PRIVACY BY CHOICE Usage analytics stays off unless you choose to share limited feature and session events after your first completed session. It never includes journal text or audio content, and you can change the choice in Settings. No advertising or cross-app tracking. No named account is required. Journal and mood entries stay on the device by default and sync only after separate consent. PulseWave is a wellness app, not a medical device or clinical service. It does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. If you have a medical, cardiovascular, sleep, or mental health concern, consult a qualified professional. PulseWave Premium is available as a monthly or annual auto-renewable subscription. New eligible users may start the annual plan with a 7-day free trial; the monthly plan has no free trial. After any applicable free trial, payment is charged to your Apple ID under the terms shown before confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.highroadsoftware.com/apps/pulsewave/privacy.html Terms of Service: https://www.highroadsoftware.com/apps/pulsewave/terms.html

Screenshots

BWK4 screens
PulseWave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PulseWave at weekly against BWK's every 2 months. On price, 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

Both are free to download. BWK sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and PulseWave sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BWK ships an update every 2 months, PulseWave weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
BWK versus PulseWave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBWKPulseWave
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB191 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperKateLyn Costa, LLCCOBI Management

In-app purchases

2 purchases

BWK

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly, $4.99$4.991 Month
  • Annual, $44.99$44.991 Year
2 purchases

PulseWave

Subscriptions2
  • PulseWave Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • PulseWave Premium Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is BWK free?
BWK is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PulseWave free?
PulseWave is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BWK or PulseWave have ads?
Neither BWK nor PulseWave shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BWK or PulseWave?
BWK ships an update every 2 months, and PulseWave weekly. Most recently, BWK was updated on November 3, 2026 and PulseWave on November 5, 2026.

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