FivePointFive vs Smokies 900
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/
Smokies 900
This app helps hikers track their progress through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It features an interactive map, automatic weather logging, and community-shared trail condition updates. Easily import existing data and export your hiking history for official verification.
- Interactive park map with progress visualization
- Automatic historical weather logging
- Dual-layer notes for private and community sharing
- Official CSV export for verification
- Secure cloud sync across devices
- Instant import of existing tracking spreadsheets
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Smoky Mountains 900 is the ultimate companion for the 900-Miler Challenge — hiking every maintained trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Built by hikers, for hikers, it replaces cumbersome spreadsheets with a fast, beautiful way to track all 800+ miles. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS • Interactive map shows completed trails in green and what's left in blue • Log hikes in a few taps, down to individual trail sections • Filter to find orphan sections and plan your next outing • Already tracking in the SMHC spreadsheet? Import your .xls and your history loads automatically HIKE WITH FRIENDS (New!) • Add hiking friends with a simple friend code • See each other's progress — sections, miles, and percent complete • Shared Gaps shows the sections you all still need, so you can plan hikes that move everyone closer to 900 miles CURRENT PARK CONDITIONS • Live NPS alerts and closures • Current weather at Gatlinburg, Clingmans Dome, Cades Cove, and Cherokee • Real-time river levels and air quality • Community-shared trail conditions — creek crossings, blowdowns, wildlife — from fellow 900-milers PLAN SMARTER • AI Route Planner builds custom hikes from your real trail history • AI trail summaries distill what other hikers are seeing on trail • Trailhead Hub Explorer: parking, facilities, and closures for all 10 hubs • Switch between OpenStreetMap and NPS base layers on the map REMEMBER EVERY MILE • Attach photos to each hike for a growing digital scrapbook • Automatic historical weather captured for every entry • Export your full history to CSV for official SMHC 900-miler submission Sign in with Google, Apple, or email. Your data is securely backed up, with full privacy control and account deletion anytime. Whether you're on mile 5 or mile 850, Smoky Mountains 900 keeps your journey organized, social, and unforgettable.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: FivePointFive at Free against Smokies 900's $4.99. FivePointFive also leads on ratings volume (5K vs 6). Smokies 900's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 58%) and in-app purchases (none vs 5). On update cadence, ads, chart position 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
FivePointFive is free to download; Smokies 900 costs $4.99 up front. FivePointFive sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $44.99 per 3 months. Smokies 900 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Smokies 900 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FivePointFive has 5K ratings behind it against 6, 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 Smokies 900's.
FivePointFive ships an update every 5 days, Smokies 900 every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FivePointFive | Smokies 900 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (5K ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #110 | #71 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 826 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | fivepointfive | CHARLES GREGORY GILLUM |
Customer experience
FivePointFive
Smokies 900
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
Smokies 900
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
Smokies 900
No in-app purchases









