5 vs Loop Timers

Feel calmer in 5 minutes. The 5-Minute Mental Reset guides you through a simple, science-backed routine: 2 minutes of breathing exercises followed by 3 moments of gratitude reflection. That's it. No lengthy sessions, no complicated techniques, no subscriptions. Why it works This app was designed by Sam Liberty, a gamification expert who spent years building mental health features for digital therapeutics companies. The breathing patterns and gratitude exercises are based on clinical research showing that slow, diaphragmatic breathing activates your parasympathetic nervous system, while gratitude practice interrupts the rumination cycle that drives anxiety. What you get • Two rounds of guided breathing with a calming visual guide • Three gratitude prompts with gentle progress tracking • A celebration moment to reinforce the habit • Beautiful, distraction-free design What you don't get • Subscriptions • Accounts or sign-ups • Ads • Data collection • Guilt about not meditating for 20 minutes Perfect for • Quick breaks during your workday • Moments of stress or overwhelm • Building a simple daily wellness habit • Anyone who's tried meditation apps and found them too demanding The hardest part of feeling better isn't the breathing or the gratitude—it's giving yourself permission to take 5 minutes. Consider this app your permission. One purchase. Lifetime access. Peace of mind.

Loop is a clean, iOS-native interval timer that lets you chain a sequence of timers and repeat them as many times as you want. Build a routine in seconds — name each segment, set its duration, and choose how many times to loop the whole thing. Loop's wheel pickers feel like the stock Clock app's, and the live ring counts down each interval at a glance. Lock your phone mid-routine and Loop still cues you at every boundary via local notifications, mirrored to your Apple Watch. No accounts. No tracking. Just a timer that does more. Whether you're running Tabata rounds, timing a recipe, pacing study sessions, or running drills — if it's a sequence with a repeat count, Loop handles it. Built-in presets: HIIT, Tabata, Pomodoro, Box Breathing, Boxing Rounds, 7-Minute Workout, Meditation, and Power Nap.