Comparison

Box Breathing & 4 vs Falcon Interval Timer

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

Head to head
About

Box Breathing & 4

This app offers a straightforward timer to guide your box breathing or 4-7-8 breathing exercises. It helps you practice calming techniques by following a simple four-second cycle for inhaling, holding, exhaling, and holding again.

Highlights
  • Box breathing timer
  • 4-7-8 breathing guide
  • Calming technique timer
  • Tactical breathing aid
  • Simple interface
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The app provides a simple timer to guide your box breathing practice or 4-7-8s exercise. Box breathing is a technique used to calm yourself down using a simple four-second cycle for each step: inhale, hold, exhale, hold – and repeat. Also known as Navy SEAL breathing or tactical breathing.

About

Falcon Interval Timer

Features
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Falcon is a focused interval timer for HIIT, Tabata, EMOM, sprints and circuit training. No clutter, no popups, no upsells — just the clock, the chime, and the work. A clean ring clock, an unmissable chime on every phase change, and the practice tools you actually use — all on a single stage. KEY FEATURES • Ring clock that fills as the phase counts down, color-coded for warm-up, work, rest and cool-down • Eight built-in plans: Tabata 20-10, EMOM 60s, Pyramid 30-60-90, Sprint Repeats, Beginner HIIT, Death by 10m, 7-Min Scientific, Long Endurance • Custom plan builder: stack any number of warm-up, work, rest and cool-down phases, then save to your library • Chimes on phase transitions and a voice cue that calls out the next phase • Background audio so the timer keeps running while you read notes or switch apps • Lockable session history — workouts, best streak and total time, all on device • No accounts, no tracking, no network calls DESIGNED FOR PRACTICE Whether you are running a Tabata block in the garage, programming EMOMs at the gym, or pushing a sprint repeat past its plateau, Falcon stays out of the way and just keeps time. PRIVACY No tracking. No accounts. Your sessions and custom plans live on your device.

Screenshots

Box Breathing & 44 screens
Falcon Interval Timer3 screens

Verdict

The call

Box Breathing & 4 and Falcon Interval Timer are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Box Breathing & 4 versus Falcon Interval Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBox Breathing & 4Falcon Interval Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichal KunzeLinh Phan Nhat Khanh

In-app purchases

None

Box Breathing & 4

No in-app purchases

None

Falcon Interval Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Box Breathing & 4 free?
Box Breathing & 4 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Falcon Interval Timer free?
Falcon Interval Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Box Breathing & 4 or Falcon Interval Timer have ads?
Neither Box Breathing & 4 nor Falcon Interval Timer shows ads.

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