Comparison

BreathX vs Mindful Timer

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

Head to head
About

BreathX

This app guides you through mindful breathing exercises and offers tools for stress reduction, focus enhancement, and improved sleep. It includes a gratitude journal and mood tracker to support emotional well-being and build healthy habits.

Highlights
  • Guided breathing exercises
  • Customizable breathwork sessions
  • Gratitude journaling
  • Mood tracking
  • Smart reminders
  • Stress and anxiety reduction
Features
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Take a slow breath. BreathX helps you feel calmer, sleep better and focus, in just a few minutes a day. Tap the circle and follow it: breathe in as it grows, hold, and breathe out as it shrinks. A soothing voice guides every breath, and gentle colors show each phase. FREE FOR EVERYONE • Box breathing (4-4-4-4) and 4-7-8 breathing • Voice guidance for every breath • Session goals in minutes or number of breaths • The Learning Hub: simple lessons on breathing for calm, focus, energy and sleep BREATHX PRO • Programs for Sleep, Anxiety, Focus and Energy, set up in one tap • 11 breathing methods, plus build, save and share your own patterns • Soothing background sounds: river, ocean and relax • Keeps guiding you when your phone is locked, ideal at bedtime • Choose your voice and a Calm or Gentle Whisper style • Eyes-Closed Mode with gentle vibrations • Stats and streaks to build a daily habit • Mood check-ins that show how breathing changes how you feel • Gratitude Journal and daily reminders • Every color theme • Save sessions to Apple Health as Mindful Minutes PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads and no tracking. Your sessions, moods and journal stay on your iPhone. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS BreathX Pro is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription. New subscribers can try it free for 1 month. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when the free trial ends, unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it anytime in your iPhone Settings. BreathX supports general relaxation and wellbeing. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose or treat any condition. Privacy Policy: https://www.bhatallc.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Mindful Timer

This app provides a simple, unguided interval timer for self-guided meditation, breathwork, and yoga practices. It features customizable timers, gentle bells, and a distraction-free interface. Save your favorite routines and track your weekly sessions without any ads or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Multiple automatic timers
  • Customizable interval bells
  • Save preset routines
  • Weekly session tracking
  • Gentle bell sounds
  • Distraction-free design
  • Offline functionality
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A simple meditation timer for unguided practice. No ads. No subscriptions. No distractions. Just gentle bells to keep time while you practice. Set your session, put your phone down, and let the bells guide you. Mindful Timer is built for people who just want the space to meditate—no courses, no sleep sounds, no content library. Just timers, soothing sounds, and you. Perfect for meditation, yin and restorative yoga, breathwork, zazen, or any self-guided practice. NEW + 20+ curated sounds: singing bowls, bells, and simple voice cues + Choose how many times the bells ring —once, twice, or three times + Practice insights and heat maps to help you build consistency + Sync sessions to Apple Health as Mindful Minutes CORE FEATURES + Sequential timers that flow automatically from one to the next, so you never check the clock + Interval bells at your chosen frequency (e.g. every 5 minutes) + Fully custom timer durations + Save your routines as presets and start them in one tap + Track streaks, weekly and monthly sessions, and lifetime minutes + Play your own music (Spotify, Apple Music, etc.) + Runs in the background and while your phone is locked + Large countdown display. DESIGNED FOR CALM FROM DAY ONE + No ads, ever + No subscriptions, ever — one simple purchase, yours forever + No guided meditations, courses, or content to wade through + No social feeds or comparison + Dark mode so it's easy on the eyes + Works fully offline + Gentle sounds to guide you through transitions (unlike most interval timers) PERFECT FOR + Any self-guided or silent meditation + Zen, zazen, vipassana, and insight meditation + Yin yoga and restorative yoga + Breathwork and pranayama + Practicing at home before a vipassana or meditation retreat + Building a daily unguided meditation or yoga habit + Yoga teachers keeping time during class + Interval walking, Japanese interval walking, and Pomodoro focus blocks WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT + Incredibly simple and intuitive design. + Keeps time in the background, so you never pick up your phone mid-practice. + Carefully curated, soothing sounds. No jarring alarms. + No clutter, no distractions, nothing you don't need.

Screenshots

BreathX4 screens
Mindful Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Mindful Timer at weekly against BreathX's every 8 months. Mindful Timer also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. BreathX sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Mindful Timer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BreathX against 5.0 for Mindful Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mindful Timer has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BreathX ships an update every 8 months, Mindful Timer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BreathX versus Mindful Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBreathXMindful Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings110 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNazirhusain BhataBurnt Cinnamon Labs

Customer experience

BreathX

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mindful Timer

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

BreathX

Subscriptions2
  • Breathx Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • BreathX Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time4
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Nice Tip$4.99
  • Big Tip$7.99
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  • Amazing Tip$9.99
2 purchases

Mindful Timer

One-time2
  • Premium: Bell Sounds, Insights$2.99
  • Premium: Bell Sounds, Insights$4.99

Questions

Is BreathX free?
BreathX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mindful Timer free?
Mindful Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BreathX or Mindful Timer?
BreathX and Mindful Timer are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 10 ratings respectively.
Do BreathX or Mindful Timer have ads?
Neither BreathX nor Mindful Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BreathX or Mindful Timer?
BreathX ships an update every 8 months, and Mindful Timer weekly. Most recently, BreathX was updated on October 7, 2026 and Mindful Timer on October 12, 2026.

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