Comparison

Rebreeth vs OpenBreath

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

Head to head
About

Rebreeth

Features
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Rebreeth takes your breathwork to the next level. Immerse yourself in spatial sound that naturally guides your breathing – no phone screen needed. Close your eyes, listen, and be present. How it works β€’ Put on your headphones. β€’ Choose a duration (2–60 min), a soundscape, and a breathing rhythm. β€’ Let the spatial sound guide each inhale and exhale. Why spatial sound? Spatial sound is an intuitive guide. As the sound moves around you, you instinctively know when to inhale and exhale – keeping you in rhythm. Bilateral stimulation Spatial sound flows smoothly from left to right, creating an almost tangible sense of movement. This technique is inspired by EMDR therapy and focus exercises. It is believed to support mental clarity, relaxation, and emotional balance – enhancing the effects of your breathwork. Apple Health integration Enable Apple Health integration to automatically log your sessions. Track your progress and notice how regular breathing impacts your well-being. Customize your breathwork β€’ Breathing rhythm – Choose a technique and adjust the duration of inhales, exhales, and pauses to fit your needs. β€’ Soundscapes – Immerse yourself in calming audio environments designed to deepen your relaxation. β€’ Duration – Pick what suits you best, whether it’s a quick refresh or a longer deep dive. Start your day with balance, take a mindful pause in the middle of it, or unwind in the evening – Rebreeth adapts to your needs. Privacy Policy: https://privacy.rebreeth.com/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

OpenBreath

Features
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A breathing app for coherence practice: you set how long to breathe in, hold, breathe out and hold, and follow a sphere that opens and closes with the breath. Nothing is asked of you first. There is no account, no sign-in and no network β€” the app makes no connection of any kind, so your practice log is on your iPhone and nowhere else. THE BREATH β€’ Presets for the usual patterns β€” coherence 5.5, 4-6, 4-7-8, box 4 β€” and any timing of your own. β€’ A sphere that opens as you breathe in and closes as you breathe out, as a cloud of points, bubbles, stars or a glow, in a colour you pick. β€’ Sound per phase: waves that rise and fall with the breath, a soundwave whose overtones gather and dissolve, a marker at each turn β€” singing bowl, bell or metronome tick β€” an mp3 of your own, or silence. The bowl and the tick are pitched by the turn they mark, so going into a breath in does not sound like going out. β€’ A singing bowl when the session ends, so you can sit with your eyes shut and not wonder whether it is over. β€’ Optional haptics at each phase change. β€’ Optional torch that brightens as you breathe in and fades as you breathe out β€” the breath to follow with your eyes closed. β€’ A count in after you press start β€” four seconds by default, as long as you like β€” to put the phone down and shut your eyes before the first breath. β€’ Time left, a dot per breath and a breath count, each hideable for a barer screen. WHAT IT REMEMBERS β€’ Every sitting, day by day, with the pattern you breathed and the breaths you finished. The ones you cut short count too. β€’ Goals, as many as you like: one sitting a day, a hundred breaths a day, an hour a week. They are counted from the log, so a goal set today already credits the practice behind it. β€’ Streaks, totals and milestones at 3 days, a week, a month, 100 days, half a year and a year β€” each said once, quietly. β€’ A backup of the lot β€” log, presets and goals β€” written to one file you keep and read back later. Sittings merge rather than overwrite, so importing an old backup onto a phone you have kept practising on keeps both sets. The log can only grow. FREE, AND FREE SOFTWARE No ads, no accounts, no subscriptions, no in-app purchases and nothing to unlock. OpenBreath is released under the GNU General Public License v3 or later; the source is public.

Screenshots

Rebreeth4 screens
OpenBreath4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OpenBreath at none against Rebreeth's 1. OpenBreath also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. Rebreeth sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $24.99 per year. OpenBreath asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rebreeth ships an update monthly, OpenBreath weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Rebreeth versus OpenBreath: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRebreethOpenBreath
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS17.015.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size241 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUse the Case OyStanistil

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Rebreeth

Subscriptions1
  • Annual Subscription$24.991 Year
None

OpenBreath

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rebreeth free?
Rebreeth is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OpenBreath free?
OpenBreath is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Rebreeth or OpenBreath have ads?
Neither Rebreeth nor OpenBreath shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rebreeth or OpenBreath?
Rebreeth ships an update monthly, and OpenBreath weekly. Most recently, Rebreeth was updated on October 25, 2026 and OpenBreath on October 8, 2026.

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