uBreathe vs Tide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
uBreathe
This app guides you through Box Breathing techniques to reduce stress, enhance focus, and improve respiratory health. Discover ancient methods for balance and tranquility through guided breathwork.
- Box Breathing guidance
- Stress and anxiety reduction
- Focus and clarity enhancement
- Improved lung function
- Emotional balance support
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Breathe in. Hold. Breathe out. Hold. Unlock the secrets of balance, focus, and tranquility with the ancient technique of Box Breathing, now made accessible through [Your App Name]. Why Box Breathing? Reduce Stress & Anxiety: By focusing on your breath, you can lower your heart rate and activate your body's natural relaxation response. Enhance Focus & Clarity: Regular practice sharpens your mind, aiding concentration, and mental clarity. Improve Lung Function: Train your lungs for deeper, more sustained breathing, enhancing overall respiratory health. Achieve Emotional Balance: Tune into your inner self, fostering a balanced emotional state.
Tide
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Tide is a breathing timer, built around your own rhythm. Build a pattern from scratch: set your own hold times, chain together repeatable step sets, and choose whether a session ends after a set number of rounds or after a fixed length of time. Once it's saved, it works exactly like any other pattern in the app. Not sure where to start? Three patterns are ready to go: Box breathing (4-4-4-4): used to reset under pressure. Equal parts inhale, hold, exhale, hold. 4-7-8: a technique for unwinding. A long exhale that signals to your nervous system that it's safe to slow down. Calm (3-2-5-2): a gentle everyday pattern. Slightly longer exhale than inhale, designed for quiet moments and transitions. Tide also runs on Apple Watch. Start a session from your wrist with quick-start presets and rounds mode. Chime and haptic settings sync automatically between your phone and watch. No narration. No scores. Just the rhythm you choose. Tide is made by Quiet Leaf LLC. See what else we're building at quietleaf.dev.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: uBreathe at weekly against Tide's every 2 months. uBreathe also leads on iOS requirement (15 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
uBreathe ships an update weekly, Tide every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | uBreathe | Tide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OKRA Labs LLC | Quiet Leaf LLC |
In-app purchases
uBreathe
No in-app purchases
Tide
No in-app purchases









