Comparison

FivePointFive vs RunKASI

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

Head to head
About

FivePointFive

Enhance athletic performance and recovery with science-backed breathwork exercises. This app offers guided sessions to improve focus, reduce stress, and deepen sleep, with real-time heart rate monitoring and personalized coaching insights.

Highlights
  • Guided breathwork sessions
  • Live heart-rate monitoring
  • AI Performance Coach
  • Performance and recovery tracking
  • Stress reduction
  • Improved focus
  • Deeper sleep
Features
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FivePointFive: Breathwork for Athletes What is FivePointFive The world’s first breathwork app built for athletes—used by Elite Athletes and a fast-growing community of Everyday Athletes. We turn cutting-edge breathing science into short, coached sessions that strengthen performance and recovery, improve focus and stress resilience, and deepen restorative sleep. Built on science. Made measurable. Peer-reviewed research links structured breathwork with higher VO₂-max, improved HRV, lower resting heart rate, and better sleep quality. FivePointFive translates that science into sessions you can see working: - Live heart-rate in class to watch your autonomic nervous shift in real time - AI Performance Coach with post-session insights and coach tips - Trends over time across HR, HRV, resting HR, and sleep Train the full system: Mind • Body • Sleep - Mind: Downshift stress fast, sharpen focus, and rebalance the nervous system—in as little as 90 seconds. - Body: Build breathing mechanics and CO₂ tolerance to increase endurance, boost stamina, and speed recovery. - Sleep: Lower nighttime cortisol and deepen restorative sleep so you wake recovered and ready to go. Backed by the best - Patrick McKeown -#1 functional breathwork expert globally and best-selling author, scientist and founder of ‘Oxygen Advantage’. - Jay T. Wiles - Global authority in HRV biofeedback, applied psychophysiology, and performance psychology. Founder of Thrive Wellness & Performance, working with elite athletes across the NFL, NBA, MLB, PGA, ATP, and MLS. - Marco Altini - World leader in HRV, Human Movement and High performance coaching. Founder of HRV4Training & Data Science Advisor to Oura. Editor of the Wearable Department of IEEE Pervasive Computing Magazine. Privacy Your health data stays with you. We read/write to Apple Health with your permission and never sell personal data. Subscriptions Quarterly and Yearly plans with a free trial. Auto-renews unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage in your Apple Account Settings. FivePointFive® — Breathwork for Athletes Not medical advice. Individual results vary. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

RunKASI

Receive real-time audio coaching during your runs, with personalized feedback based on your biometric data. Connect with remote human coaches who can monitor your progress and provide guidance from anywhere.

Highlights
  • Real-time audio coaching
  • Biometric data interpretation
  • Remote human coaching
  • Extensive workout menu
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Bluetooth earphone support
Features
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KASI provides real-time audio coaching through your phone and Apple watch. Choose your workout from KASI's large Workout Menu. Using specific workout biometrics and Bluetooth earphones, the audio coach reads and interprets your biometric data and coaches you in your ear during your workouts. KASI also revolutionizes remote human coaching. Your workout data are transmitted to your remote coach, anywhere in the world, and displayed on his or her computer screen or smartphone dashboard, enabling your human coach to observe your workouts from a remote location and coach you in real time, even without being in person. Download to start your two-week free trial. After two weeks, choose from 6-month or 12-month paid subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://www.runkasi.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

FivePointFive4 screens
RunKASI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: RunKASI at 100% against FivePointFive's 59%. RunKASI also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). FivePointFive's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (4.9K vs 7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. FivePointFive sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $44.99 per 3 months and RunKASI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $59.99 per 6 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RunKASI holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FivePointFive has 4.9K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of FivePointFive's written reviews are positive against 100% of RunKASI's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FivePointFive ships an update every 5 days, RunKASI every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
FivePointFive versus RunKASI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFivePointFiveRunKASI
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4.9K ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.9K — better7
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#75 — better—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size825 MB27 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperfivepointfiveKASI, LLC

Customer experience

FivePointFive

All ratings4,944 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral1.6%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews162 reviews
Positive58.6%
Neutral9.9%
Negative31.5%

RunKASI

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

FivePointFive

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Can't log in, awful
  • Won't let me log in
  • Way too buggy
  • Faulty

Requested features

1 request
  • Record HRV measurements to Apple Health

RunKASI

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

FivePointFive

Subscriptions5
  • FivePointFive 3 Months$44.993 Months
  • FivePointFive 3 Months3 Days trial$44.993 Months
  • FivePointFive 1 Year Discount3 Days trial$69.991 Year
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  • FivePointFive 1 Year$89.991 Year
  • FivePointFive 1 Year3 Days trial$89.991 Year
2 purchases

RunKASI

Subscriptions2
  • Runner Semi Annual Plan$59.996 Months
  • Runner Annual Plan$83.901 Year

Questions

Is FivePointFive free?
FivePointFive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RunKASI free?
RunKASI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FivePointFive or RunKASI?
RunKASI is rated higher. FivePointFive averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4.9K ratings, while RunKASI averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do FivePointFive or RunKASI have ads?
Neither FivePointFive nor RunKASI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FivePointFive or RunKASI?
FivePointFive ships an update every 5 days, and RunKASI every 5 weeks. Most recently, FivePointFive was updated on October 15, 2026 and RunKASI on October 4, 2026.

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