Comparison

Apnea Assistant vs BayHawk

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Apnea Assistant

This app offers a comprehensive platform for structured breath-hold training, featuring guided exercises, customizable tables, and educational articles. It's designed to improve performance and safety for freedivers and breathwork practitioners.

Highlights
  • Guided apnea and breathing exercises
  • Customizable training tables
  • In-depth learning center articles
  • Personalized O2 & CO2 training
  • Dynamic apnea programs
  • Progress tracking and analytics
Features
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The Apnea Assistant is Hands-Down, the Most Complete Freediving Training App Available! The Apnea Assistant combines 18 guided CO2/O2 tables, apnea trainer and breathing exercises, including two fully customizable training generators, a free 28-day 4-Minute Challenge for breath-hold training, and 30 in-depth Learning Center articles into one complete freediving training platform. Built by the Freedive Academy Panglao instructor team, with more than 50 years of combined teaching experience, the Apnea Assistant is a professional freediving training system - not just a simple timer. Originally developed for our students in Panglao, the app is now available to freedivers worldwide. NEW: Free 4-Minute Breath-Hold Challenge Train toward a 4-minute static breath hold with our free 28-day challenge, developed by Freedive Academy Panglao. Follow a structured training schedule combining CO2 tables, O2 tables, breathing exercises, recovery days, and Personal Best attempts. Throughout the challenge, you'll receive coaching emails explaining each phase of your training, helping you understand not only what to train, but why. Whether you're preparing for your first beginner freediving course or you're already an experienced freediver, the challenge will help you build consistency, confidence, and a stronger breath hold. What You Get with Apnea Assistant - 18 Guided Training Exercises: Including Classic CO2 & O2 Tables, Personal Best, Five Times Challenge, Three Times Challenge, Dynamic Tables, Relaxation Tables, Set Departure Tables, different breathing exercises, and more. - Two Fully Customizable Training Builders: Create your own apnea tables and breathing sessions, including Molchanovs-style exercises such as the 16 × 50, 500 Under/Over, and completely custom training sessions. - Free 4-Minute Challenge: A complete 28-day guided training program with structured sessions, breathing exercises, recovery days, coaching emails, and Personal Best attempts. - Progress Tracking & Digital Logbook: Record every session, monitor Personal Bests, analyze your training history, and identify measurable improvements over time. - Learning Center: More than 30 in-depth articles covering freediving science, physiology, safety, equalization, breathing, and training methodology. - Clean & Intuitive Interface: A distraction-free training experience designed to keep you focused on performance and long-term progress. Why It Works - Built by experienced freediving instructors—not generic developers. - Used daily by students at Freedive Academy Panglao. - Structured progression instead of random timers. - Combines training, education, and progress tracking in one system. - Designed for safe, long-term performance. Who It's For - Students preparing for a beginner freediving course. - Certified, advanced, and master freedivers. - Spearfishers looking to increase bottom time. - Breathwork and pranayama practitioners. - Scuba divers improving breath control. - Anyone serious about structured breath-hold training. - Anyone passionate about exploring the underwater world. What You'll Gain - Smarter, data-driven training. - Better understanding of structured breath-hold training. - Safer and more efficient progression. - Measurable performance improvements. - Greater confidence, relaxation, and consistency. Train with structure. Track your progress. Improve with intention. Download the Apnea Assistant and take your freediving training to the next level!

About

BayHawk

This app uses your logged catches and real-time conditions to predict optimal fishing spots. It offers AI-driven trip plans, detailed spot analysis, and offline maps for inshore saltwater anglers. Log your catches, track regulations, and improve your fishing success.

Highlights
  • AI-powered bite predictions
  • Live bite score for every spot
  • Detailed spot condition analysis
  • AI trip plans and pattern insights
  • Offline maps with fishing structure
  • Catch logging with photo ID
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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BayHawk turns your own fishing into your edge. Most fishing apps run the same generic formula for everyone. BayHawk learns from your catches. Every fish and every slow day you log trains a private model on your water, so its bite predictions get sharper the more you fish. You are the hawk. BayHawk gives you the eyes. Built for inshore saltwater anglers chasing redfish, speckled trout, and flounder across the bays, flats, and marshes. WHAT YOU GET - A live bite score for every spot, built from real conditions: tide, wind, water temp, salinity, pressure, solunar, and bottom structure - See exactly why a spot scored what it did, factor by factor. No black box. - A plain-language read on the day: what is helping, what is hurting, and what to target - AI trip plans and pattern insights built from your own spots and catches - Maps with satellite imagery, seagrass, oyster reefs, and depth contours - Catch logging with photo fish and lure ID, plus bag-limit tracking and state regulations - An Apple Watch app to log a fish the moment it hits the stringer - Works offline, so your spots and conditions are there with no signal - Share a safety plan with someone ashore before you run YOUR DATA IS YOURS No ads. No tracking. We do not sell your spots or your catches. Sign in with your Apple ID and your data syncs privately between your phone, your watch, and the web. Delete it anytime. Start with a 7-day free trial. The more you put in, the smarter it gets. Better data, better days on the bay. SUBSCRIPTION BayHawk is a $29.99/year subscription with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and your account is charged within 24 hours before renewal. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://bayhawkfishing.com

Screenshots

Apnea Assistant4 screens
BayHawk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Apnea Assistant at none against BayHawk's 1. Apnea Assistant also leads on ratings volume (59 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0.0 vs 17.0). BayHawk's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BayHawk sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $29.99 per year. Apnea Assistant asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BayHawk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Apnea Assistant has 59 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Apnea Assistant ships an update every 5 weeks, BayHawk every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Apnea Assistant versus BayHawk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterApnea AssistantBayHawk
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (59 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings59 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApnea AppsBradford Wangerin

Customer experience

Apnea Assistant

All ratings53 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

BayHawk

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Apnea Assistant

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

BayHawk

Subscriptions1
  • BayHawk Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Apnea Assistant free?
Apnea Assistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BayHawk free?
BayHawk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Apnea Assistant or BayHawk?
BayHawk is rated higher. Apnea Assistant averages 4.8 out of 5 from 59 ratings, while BayHawk averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Apnea Assistant or BayHawk have ads?
Neither Apnea Assistant nor BayHawk shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Apnea Assistant or BayHawk?
Apnea Assistant ships an update every 5 weeks, and BayHawk every 3 days. Most recently, Apnea Assistant was updated on November 4, 2026 and BayHawk on October 31, 2026.

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