Comparison

FivePointFive vs Dead Hang Timer

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, recovery, and focus with science-backed breathwork exercises. Track your progress with live heart-rate data and AI insights. Train your mind, body, and sleep for optimal results.

Highlights
  • Coached breathwork sessions
  • Live heart-rate monitoring
  • AI Performance Coach
  • Performance and recovery tracking
  • Stress reduction
  • Improved sleep quality
  • Mind, body, and sleep training
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

Dead Hang Timer

Track your grip strength training sessions with this app. It offers solo tracking, social hangouts with friends, and integration with Apple Watch and AirPods for automated timing and progress review. Personalize your goals and monitor your performance over time.

Highlights
  • Solo hang tracking
  • Social hangouts with friends
  • Apple Watch integration
  • AirPods gesture control
  • Progress and personal record tracking
  • Optional spoken cues
  • Data export
Features
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New: Hangouts. Hang with friends. Invite friends in Messages and see who hung today. Friends go gold when they hit their goal. Hosting is a one-time unlock; joining is free. START WITH YOUR IPHONE Choose a countdown, tap Start, then Stop and Save when you finish. No Watch or AirPods required. Solo tracking is free. APPLE WATCH: TAP, GRAB, HANG Tap to arm, then grab the bar. Motion-based detection times your hang. Your iPhone can show the live timer, and your Watch can record hangs when your phone is not nearby. AIRPODS: A NOD STARTS THE CLOCK With compatible AirPods, tap to arm on your iPhone, nod to start, and shake your head to finish. Optional spoken timing and breathing cues help you follow your hang without watching a screen. If head gestures are unavailable, use the manual timer. HANGOUTS: SEE WHO SHOWED UP - Tap Host a hangout to start a group, then send an invitation in Messages. - See who hung today and who hit their goal. - Hangouts show member and hangout names, plus hang and goal status. Hang durations are not shared automatically in Hangouts. You can choose to send a time in Messages. - Turn on a daily digest to see who hung and who hit their goal. - Hosting is a one-time unlock. Joining and solo tracking are free. - No separate Hang Habit account is needed. Hangouts require you to be signed in to iCloud. SEE YOUR PRACTICE ADD UP Review saved hangs, personal records, daily goals and weekly progress. See average and peak heart rate for supported Watch hangs when readings are available. Save supported Watch and AirPods workouts to Apple Health, with permission. Manual iPhone hangs stay in your app history and do not create Health workouts. YOUR PRACTICE, YOUR CHOICES Use Hang Habit without creating an account. Your hang history is saved on your devices, with import and export available. Optional app diagnostics and exercise analytics are separate choices, both off by default. You can use workout features without sharing analytics. WHY I BUILT HANG HABIT I hang for them, so I can hang with them. I'm Scott. Danny, Hank, and Josie are my kids, and they're my reason to keep making time for my health. Hanging is one small part of that. I built Hang Habit to help the practice stick. I hope it helps you make time for your own reasons, too. Make time to hang.

Screenshots

FivePointFive4 screens
Dead Hang Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dead Hang Timer at 100% against FivePointFive's 59%. Dead Hang Timer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). FivePointFive's advantage is ratings volume (5.2K vs 8) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). 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 6 in-app purchases, starting at $44.99 per 3 months and Dead Hang Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dead Hang Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FivePointFive has 5.2K ratings behind it against 8, 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 Dead Hang Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FivePointFive ships an update every 4 days, Dead Hang Timer every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
FivePointFive versus Dead Hang Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFivePointFiveDead Hang Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5.2K ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.2K — better8
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#200 — better—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size873 MB29 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperfivepointfiveAlliterate Labs LLC

Customer experience

FivePointFive

All ratings5,187 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral1.6%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews168 reviews
Positive58.9%
Neutral9.5%
Negative31.5%

Dead Hang Timer

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 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

Dead Hang Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

FivePointFive

Subscriptions6
  • 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 Annual Paid Trial1 Month trial$89.991 Year
  • FivePointFive 1 Year$89.991 Year
  • FivePointFive 1 Year3 Days trial$89.991 Year
1 purchases

Dead Hang Timer

One-time1
  • Host a Hangout$0.99

Questions

Is FivePointFive free?
FivePointFive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dead Hang Timer free?
Dead Hang Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FivePointFive or Dead Hang Timer?
Dead Hang Timer is rated higher. FivePointFive averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5.2K ratings, while Dead Hang Timer averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do FivePointFive or Dead Hang Timer have ads?
Neither FivePointFive nor Dead Hang Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FivePointFive or Dead Hang Timer?
FivePointFive ships an update every 4 days, and Dead Hang Timer every 10 days. Most recently, FivePointFive was updated on November 11, 2026 and Dead Hang Timer on November 9, 2026.

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