Comparison

Breathe Flow vs Forma

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

Head to head
About

Breathe Flow

Discover guided breathing exercises for stress relief, better sleep, and enhanced focus. Features include box breathing, 4-7-8 breathing, visual guidance, and educational content on breathwork and mindfulness.

Highlights
  • Box Breathing Method (4-4-4-4)
  • 4-7-8 Breathing Method
  • Intuitive Visual Guidance
  • Educational Content on Breathwork
  • Stress and Anxiety Management
  • Improved Sleep Quality
  • Enhanced Focus and Concentration
Features
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Breathe Flow walks you through slow breathing exercises. Pick a technique, choose 3, 5 or 10 minutes, and breathe with the flower as it opens on the inhale and closes on the exhale. Five techniques • 4-7-8 Breathing: in for 4 seconds, hold for 7, out for 8. Many people use it before sleep. • Box Breathing: in, hold, out, hold, 4 seconds each. A steady rhythm for focus under pressure. • Resonance Breathing: 5.5 seconds in and 5.5 seconds out, about five and a half breaths a minute. • Physiological Sigh: two breaths in, then one long breath out, to calm down quickly. • 4-2-6 Breathing: a long exhale to slow down before bed. During a session • A countdown in the center of the flower shows the seconds left in each phase. • Eyes-closed mode guides you with gentle vibrations, so you can keep your eyes shut. • When the time is up, the session waits for your last breath to finish. • Text follows your device text size, and the flower respects Reduce Motion. Your progress Home shows your daily streak, your last seven days, and this week's sessions and minutes. Learn Short articles on the science of breathing and how it helps with stress. Apple Health Breathe Flow can save finished sessions to the Health app as Mindful Minutes. This is off by default, and you can turn it on in Settings. The app only writes these sessions and never reads your health data. Breathe Flow is free, needs no account and shows no ads. Your history stays on your device.

About

Forma

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Feeling stressed or restless? Forma is an antistress app that helps you slow down and relax. Touch the screen and watch calm colors, soft smoke, and glowing particles flow under your fingers. Breathe out. Let the day go. Slow, smooth motion is calming to watch, and Forma gives you that motion anytime you need it. There are no goals, no scores, and no timers. You cannot lose. Just swirl, watch, and let your thoughts settle. Take a short break at work, on a busy commute, or before sleep. How it works: Forma is not a video. Everything you see is real physics, calculated live on your phone. Forma splits the screen into thousands of tiny cells. Many times each second, it solves the same equations that scientists use to describe water, smoke, and air. That is why colors curl and mix like ink in water, and smoke rises like real smoke. Some effects move up to 200,000 tiny particles at once. Each one follows the flow and your finger. Together they form swarms, spinning galaxies, and clouds of sparks. Nobody animates these swirls by hand. They grow from simple rules of nature, just like clouds and rivers. So no two moments are ever the same. Still reading? Put your finger on the screen and let the stress flow away. Twitter: https://x.com/VL_Shch Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://vlsch.com/forma/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Breathe Flow3 screens
Forma4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Breathe Flow at none against Forma's 2. Forma's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 11 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Forma sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per year. Breathe Flow asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Breathe Flow ships an update every 11 months, Forma every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 6 level
Breathe Flow versus Forma: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBreathe FlowForma
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB303 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperEmre TuranVolodymyr Shcherbiuk

In-app purchases

None

Breathe Flow

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Forma

Subscriptions1
  • Forma Annually$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • Forma Premium Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Breathe Flow free?
Breathe Flow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Forma free?
Forma is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Breathe Flow or Forma have ads?
Neither Breathe Flow nor Forma shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Breathe Flow or Forma?
Breathe Flow ships an update every 11 months, and Forma every 3 days. Most recently, Breathe Flow was updated on October 17, 2026 and Forma on October 19, 2026.

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