ButeykoClinic® vs BreathHoldWork
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ButeykoClinic®
Learn a physician-developed breathing program to enhance immunity, reduce stress, and improve sleep and overall health for adults and children. Access guided exercises, track progress, and test your breathing capacity.
- Video program for children and teens
- Guided breathing and relaxation for adults
- Control Pause breathing test
- Progress tracking
- Links to resources
- Find an instructor
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The Buteyko Method is a physician-developed breathing program that boosts immunity, reduces stress, deepens sleep, and improves physical and mental health, in adults and children. Experience the powerful benefits of Buteyko breathing. Free from the UK’s leading Buteyko breathing clinic. Inside the app: • A complete video program of breathing exercises for children and teens • Guided breathing and relaxation exercises for adults with Buteyko Clinic founder and breathing expert, Patrick McKeown • Test your breathing using the Control Pause • Track your progress • Links to resources including MYOTAPE, Patrick McKeown’s mouth tape for sleep • Find a Buteyko Method instructor The Buteyko Method gives long-term relief from asthma, rhinitis, sleep apnea, snoring, PMS, headaches, back and neck pain, anxiety, chronic hyperventilation and more. It supports immunity and may help relieve the discomfort of breathing in a face mask. This globally established breathwork method is safe, simple, and scientific. Download the free app now and begin to practice healthy breathing. For children and adults. For better lifelong health and wellbeing.
BreathHoldWork
This app offers a focused environment for structured breath-hold training with customizable sequences and audio cues. It's designed for experienced practitioners to log and replay their practice sessions.
- Customizable breath-hold and recovery sequences
- Clear visual timing and progress display
- Optional audio cues and haptic feedback
- Store and replay practice sequences
- Foundational and advanced practice modes
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BreathHoldWork is a precision practice instrument for structured breath-hold training. Designed for serious practitioners — apnea athletes, freedivers, breathwork coaches, longevity-focused adults — who need a clean, configurable tool for daily practice. Not a course. Not a wellness app. Why it exists Stopwatches and generic timers don't support structured, progressive breath-hold practice. Random apps from the wellness aisle don't either. This app does one thing: time and track holds the way the work demands. What it does • Build custom hold-and-recover sequences across multiple rounds • Configurable audio and visual cues at the moments that matter (halfway, every minute, last minute, first urge, first contraction) • Live session metrics: hold time, recovery time, round count, totals • Session history with full breakdown — every session, measured • Foundation mode (free) and Advanced mode (per-round customization, awareness markers, sequence templates) Access • Foundation mode: free • Advanced mode: included for BreathHoldWork® Masterclass students via activation code, or via in-app subscription ($9.99/month, $79/year, 7-day free trial) Practice responsibly. This app is a practice instrument, not medical guidance. Train within your limits. Do not practice breath-holds in water without proper supervision and safety protocols. Terms of Use: https://www.breathholdwork.com/appterms Privacy Policy: https://www.breathholdwork.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ButeykoClinic® at none against BreathHoldWork's 3. BreathHoldWork's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. BreathHoldWork sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. ButeykoClinic® asks for nothing beyond the download.
BreathHoldWork holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
ButeykoClinic® ships an update every 5 months, BreathHoldWork every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ButeykoClinic® | BreathHoldWork |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oxygen Research Institute Ltd. | Erwan Le Corre |
Customer experience
ButeykoClinic®
BreathHoldWork
In-app purchases
ButeykoClinic®
No in-app purchases
BreathHoldWork
- BHW Premium — Monthly$4.991 Month
- BHW Premium — Yearly$29.991 Year
- BHW Premium — Lifetime$39.99
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