Comparison

Project 61 vs Downshift

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

Head to head
About

Project 61

A free health platform designed for professional truck drivers, offering tools and resources to improve weight, energy, and overall well-being. It focuses on practical habits for life on the road, including nutrition, fitness, and mental health.

Highlights
  • Daily tracking tools
  • Quick workouts
  • Health reminders
  • Personalized screening guides
  • Nutrition, fitness, and lifestyle challenges
  • Community access
Features
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Take control of your health with Project 61, the first-ever free health platform built for professional truck drivers, by people who understand life on the road. Whether you want to lose weight, improve your energy, or just feel better day to day, you’ll find the tools, resources, and community to help you get there. The Project 61 app empowers professional truck drivers to take control of their health with simple, practical tools built for the realities of the road. Built on the 5 Axles of Health™—Fuel, Move, Recharge, Mental Drive, and Preventative Maintenance—the app makes it easy to build lasting habits through daily tracking, quick workouts, health reminders, personalized screening guides, and ongoing motivation. Within the app, you will find a straightforward roadmap to better health, more energy, improved well-being, and a longer, healthier career behind the wheel. By joining the Project 61 Community, you’ll get instant access to: * Daily and weekly nutrition, fitness, and lifestyle challenges designed for life on the road * Tools to track your health progress anytime, anywhere * Exclusive access to industry-wide challenges * Education and resources tailored to professional drivers Join the Movement. Take control of your health. And do it with thousands of other drivers walking the same road. Project 61 is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the life expectancy and health of professional drivers nationwide.

About

Downshift

Features
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Downshift offers guided breathing exercises for the moments you feel tense or stressed — box breathing, 4-7-8, resonance breathing and the physiological sigh — plus progressive muscle relaxation, a body scan and, with a watch or tracker, a daily nervous-system reading from your Apple Health data. Breathe along. Follow the animated orb through guided patterns: the Physiological Sigh, Resonance breathing, Box, 4-7-8, and more. Gentle haptics mark every inhale and exhale, so you can do it with your eyes closed. Build a daily rhythm. A simple daily checklist of evidence-based habits — morning light, movement, a caffeine cutoff, a steady bedtime — with a streak to keep you going. See your progress. Log your tension morning and evening and watch the trend over time. Let go of physical tension. Guided progressive muscle relaxation walks you head-to-toe. On your wrist and your Home Screen. A standalone Apple Watch app with guided breathing, complications, and your reading at a glance — plus Home and Lock Screen widgets. Yours, and private. Your Apple Health data stays on your device. Your notes sync privately through your own iCloud — no account with us, no servers of ours, no tracking. Ever. Free to download and use. No ads. Downshift supports everyday wellbeing and is not a medical device or a substitute for professional care.

Screenshots

Project 614 screens
Downshift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Project 61 at 14.0 against Downshift's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Project 61 ships an update weekly, Downshift every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Project 61 versus Downshift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProject 61Downshift
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB49 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperOffshift, IncIoan-Cristian Vezure

In-app purchases

None

Project 61

No in-app purchases

None

Downshift

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Project 61 free?
Project 61 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Downshift free?
Downshift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Project 61 or Downshift have ads?
Neither Project 61 nor Downshift shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Project 61 or Downshift?
Project 61 ships an update weekly, and Downshift every 10 days. Most recently, Project 61 was updated on November 4, 2026 and Downshift on November 5, 2026.

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