FivePointFive vs Vital Red Light
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Guided breathwork sessions
- Live heart-rate monitoring
- AI Performance Coach
- Performance and recovery tracking
- Stress reduction
- Improved focus
- Deeper sleep
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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/
Vital Red Light
This app offers full control over red light therapy sessions, working with compatible devices. It features a library of preset treatments and allows for custom session creation, timers, reminders, and usage tracking for a personalized experience.
- Preset treatment library
- Customizable session creation
- Device settings control
- Session timers and reminders
- Usage tracking
- Seamless device integration
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The Vital Red Light app gives you complete control over your red light therapy experience. Designed to work seamlessly with Vital Red Light devices, the app lets you manage every aspect of your sessions—from preset protocols to fully customized treatments. Explore an extensive treatment library with hundreds of preset sessions designed for different routines and goals, or create your own custom presets by adjusting device settings to match your preferences. With built-in timers, reminders, and usage tracking, the app helps you stay consistent and organized while managing your red light therapy routine. Key Features Extensive treatment library with hundreds of preset sessions Full device control, including all adjustable settings Create and save custom presets tailored to your routine Session timers and reminders to support consistency Usage tracking to monitor session history Clean, intuitive interface designed for daily use Seamless integration with Vital Red Light devices Whether you prefer guided presets or total customization, the Vital Red Light app gives you the flexibility and control to manage your red light therapy your way. Learn more at https://vitalredlight.com
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Verdict
FivePointFive and Vital Red Light both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Vital Red Light's written reviews are positive against 58% of FivePointFive's. Vital Red Light also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). FivePointFive's advantage is ratings volume (5.1K vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ads 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. FivePointFive sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $44.99 per 3 months. Vital Red Light asks for nothing beyond the download.
Vital Red Light holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FivePointFive has 5.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of FivePointFive's written reviews are positive against 100% of Vital Red Light's.
FivePointFive ships an update every 4 days, Vital Red Light every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FivePointFive | Vital Red Light |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5.1K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5.1K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #105 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 871 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | fivepointfive | Vital RLT LLC |
Customer experience
FivePointFive
Vital Red Light
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
Vital Red Light
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FivePointFive
- 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
Vital Red Light
No in-app purchases









