FivePointFive vs BeepRunner
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/
BeepRunner
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Run a beep test anywhere with just your phone. BeepRunner follows the official Leger 1984 protocol exactly — verified accurate to 1/100th of a second. If you've been burned by apps with wrong timing, this one gets it right. HOW IT WORKS Set your phone down at the starting line. Tap start. Run 20-meter shuttles, turning at each beep. The beeps get faster every level. Stop when you can't keep up. Your result appears instantly. WHAT YOU GET - VO2 max estimate from your level and shuttle reached - Fitness rating for your age and gender - Full history of every test you've taken - Progress chart showing your improvement over time DESIGNED FOR REAL USE Audio plays with screen locked — put your phone in your pocket or leave it at the start line. Works with Bluetooth speakers for group testing. Voice announces level changes so you never lose count. ALSO INCLUDES: Cooper 12-Minute Run Test Time your Cooper test, enter your distance, get your VO2 max estimate. Same history and progress tracking. 100% free. No ads. No subscriptions. No account required. Built by the maker of PEAKVO2 — the VO2 max training app for athletes who want to improve their score, not just measure it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BeepRunner at none against FivePointFive's 5. BeepRunner also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). FivePointFive's advantage is chart position (#76 vs unranked) and device support. On price 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. BeepRunner asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | FivePointFive | BeepRunner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4.5K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 58.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.5K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #76 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 818 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | fivepointfive | Cristian Serb |
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
BeepRunner
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
BeepRunner
No in-app purchases









