Comparison

amicable vs BreathSesh

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

Head to head
About

amicable

Organize shared parenting schedules, track appointments, and communicate securely with your co-parent. This app offers tools and expert advice to simplify life after separation and support your child's well-being.

Highlights
  • Shared co-parenting calendar
  • Parenting goals tracking
  • Secure messenger
  • Expert advice blog
  • Customizable care arrangements
Features
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Simplify your co-parenting journey with the amicable® co-parenting app, created by the trusted legal service for separating couples. Co-parenting can be tough, but with the right tools and support, you and your children can thrive. That’s why we created the amicable® co-parenting app – to make separated parenting simpler, more organised, and better for your family. We noticed that some parents struggle to keep track of their co-parenting arrangements, so we developed an app to help them adjust to their new life situation and routine. Thoughtfully designed with the help of experts and co-parents, our app manages every aspect of co-parenting in one secure place, making life after separation simpler. Key features: - Shared co-parenting calendar: Track drop-offs, pick-ups, medical appointments, school events, and more. Use built-in templates for shared care arrangements or create your own. - Parenting goals: Set shared and personal goals focused on your child’s wellbeing, with ready-made templates to help. - Secure messenger: Chat to your co-parent securely with messages that can’t be deleted. - Expert advice: Explore our blog and resources for more co-parenting tips and advice.

About

BreathSesh

This app offers guided breathwork sessions and a timer for various breathing techniques like box breathing and 4-7-8. It helps users achieve calm, focus, and stress relief. The app is designed for offline use and offers a one-time purchase for all features.

Highlights
  • Guided breathwork sessions
  • Box breathing timer
  • 4-7-8 breathing technique
  • Custom pattern builder
  • Offline functionality
  • iCloud sync for streaks and preferences
  • Widgets and Live Activities support
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BreathSesh is a breathing timer for box breathing, 4-7-8 and other breathwork exercises. Pick a pattern, follow the bloom on screen and breathe for as long as you like. Calm Breathing is free. One purchase unlocks every other pattern and the custom builder. There is no subscription, no account and nothing to sign in to. WHO IT IS FOR People who already know what box breathing or 4-7-8 is and want a clean timer for it. And people who are new to breathing exercises and want each pattern to walk them through it, one phase at a time. THE PATTERNS Calm Breathing (free): 4 seconds in, 4 seconds out. Box Breathing: in, hold, out, hold, 4 seconds each. 4-7-8 Breathing: in for 4, hold for 7, out for 8. 2-4 Breathing: in for 2, out for 4. A short one for a tense moment. Resonance Breathing: 5.5 seconds in, 5.5 seconds out, about six breaths a minute. Alternate Nostril: a guided pranayama pattern that tells you when to switch sides. Power Breathing: 30 quick breaths, a one-minute hold and a recovery breath, in one to five rounds. Freestyle mode lets you end the hold yourself. Custom patterns: set your own inhale, hold, exhale and rest times, preview the rhythm and save it. HOW A SESSION WORKS Tap Start and the room dims around you. A glowing bloom opens as you breathe in and closes as you breathe out, in a dark room that stays easy on the eyes at night. Tones, spoken cues and haptics mark each phase, so you can close your eyes and keep the rhythm. Pick one of eight sound themes, including rain, ocean and crackling fire, or turn everything off and breathe in silence. A CALM FIRST MINUTE The first time you open BreathSesh, you take one breath with it before it asks you anything. A few quiet screens follow, asking what you need and when you want a reminder. After that, Home is built around one button, Start, with a pattern ready to go. KEEP THE HABIT Streaks and a session history show how often you breathe. Stats chart your minutes by pattern. Set a daily reminder at a time you choose. Streak widgets sit on your Home Screen and Lock Screen, and Siri can start a Calm Breathing, Box Breathing or Power Breathing session by voice. 16 LANGUAGES English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Russian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional). Every screen is translated. PRIVATE BY DESIGN BreathSesh has no server and no account. Your sessions, streaks and custom patterns sync between your iPhones through your own private iCloud. The app works fully offline. PAY ONCE Calm Breathing stays free. You can try each ready-made pattern free for up to a minute, counted across your tries, and Power Breathing for one full round. One purchase unlocks the rest, the custom builder included, for good. You can restore it on any device with your Apple Account. No subscription, no renewal. A NOTE ON SAFETY Breathing exercises suit most healthy adults. Breath holds, as in Power Breathing, are brief and voluntary. Never practice them in water, while driving or anywhere that fainting would be dangerous. If you have a heart, lung or blood pressure condition, ask your doctor first. BreathSesh is not a medical device and gives no medical advice. Made for iPhone. Requires iOS 26 or later. Questions? support@breathsesh.app

Screenshots

amicable4 screens
BreathSesh4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: amicable at 52% against BreathSesh's 0%. amicable also leads on rating (3.5 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). BreathSesh's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. amicable sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and BreathSesh sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

amicable holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: amicable has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of amicable's written reviews are positive against 0% of BreathSesh's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

amicable ships an update every 2 weeks, BreathSesh every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
amicable versus BreathSesh: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteramicableBreathSesh
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (6 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews52.2% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmicablePASCAL DAVID FLORIAN LINDENAU

Customer experience

amicable

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive52.2%
Neutral8.7%
Negative39.1%

BreathSesh

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

amicable

Subscriptions9
  • Amicable co-parenting weekly2 variants$0.997 Days
  • Amicable co-parenting weekly$1.997 Days
  • Amicable co-parenting monthly3 Days trial$5.991 Month
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  • Amicable co-parenting annual$9.991 Year
  • amicable monthly subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Amicable co-parenting subscription7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Amicable co-parenting annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Amicable co-parenting annual$99.991 Year
  • amicable annual subscription7 Days trial$99.991 Year
1 purchases

BreathSesh

One-time1
  • Unlock All Breathing Patterns$7.99

Questions

Is amicable free?
amicable is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BreathSesh free?
BreathSesh is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, amicable or BreathSesh?
amicable is rated higher. amicable averages 3.5 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while BreathSesh averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do amicable or BreathSesh have ads?
amicable shows ads; BreathSesh does not.
Which is updated more often, amicable or BreathSesh?
amicable ships an update every 2 weeks, and BreathSesh every 2 months. Most recently, amicable was updated on November 8, 2026 and BreathSesh on October 31, 2026.

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