Comparison

Box Breathing & 4 vs Supplement Guide

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
Features
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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

Supplement Guide

This app provides evidence-based supplement recommendations tailored to your health goals. It offers detailed information on over 100 supplements, including dosage, cautions, and links to research. Users can create personalized schedules and receive daily reminders.

Highlights
  • Evidence-based supplement recommendations
  • 18 health goals supported
  • 100+ supplements with research summaries
  • Personalized recommendations
  • Supplement scheduling and reminders
  • PubMed research links
Features
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Supplement Guide helps you find the right supplements for your health goals — backed by published research, not influencer hype. Browse over a hundred supplements across different health goals — from sleep and energy to prenatal, metabolic, and eye health — with clear, evidence-based recommendations, commonly studied dosage ranges, cautions, and confidence labels. Whether you're starting from scratch or cutting through conflicting advice online, Supplement Guide gives you a research-first starting point. WHAT YOU GET • 18 health goals — sleep, energy, muscle, weight, joints, focus, immunity, prenatal, and more • 100+ supplements — each with evidence summaries and PubMed citations • Evidence summaries — research claims with Strong, Moderate, or Limited confidence labels • Personalized recommendations — ranked by relevance to your goals • Global search — find any supplement across all goals • Supplement detail pages — commonly studied doses, cautions, and overviews • Saved — bookmark supplements you want to revisit • Schedule — build your daily supplement list, set reminder times, and check off doses • Daily reminders — local notifications on your device (no account required) • PubMed links — read the original research yourself WHY USERS TRUST IT • Evidence-first — every claim tied to published research with citations • No medical jargon — plain-language summaries anyone can understand • Goal-oriented — recommendations matched to what you actually want to improve • Transparent limitations — we label when evidence is weak or mixed • Private by default — your goals, saved list, and schedule stay on your device HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose your health goals 2. Review your personalized, evidence-based recommendations 3. Read the research and dosage guidance on each supplement 4. Save supplements to revisit, or add them to your Schedule with daily reminders 5. Check off today's doses and edit goals anytime as your priorities change AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE Some supplement pages include Amazon affiliate links. We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you. This does not influence which supplements we include or how we rank evidence. IMPORTANT Supplement Guide provides general wellness information only. It is not medical advice and does not diagnose, treat, or cure any condition. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider before starting, stopping, or changing any supplement regimen — especially if you are pregnant, nursing, or taking prescription medications. Download Supplement Guide. Smarter choices. Real evidence.

Screenshots

Box Breathing & 44 screens
Supplement Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Box Breathing & 4 at 5 against Supplement Guide's 1. On price, rating, 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Box Breathing & 4 against 5.0 for Supplement Guide. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Box Breathing & 4 has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Box Breathing & 4 versus Supplement Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBox Breathing & 4Supplement Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB2 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMichal KunzeJavin Ladish

Customer experience

Box Breathing & 4

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Supplement Guide

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Box Breathing & 4

No in-app purchases

None

Supplement Guide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Box Breathing & 4 free?
Box Breathing & 4 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Supplement Guide free?
Supplement Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Box Breathing & 4 or Supplement Guide?
Box Breathing & 4 and Supplement Guide are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Box Breathing & 4 or Supplement Guide have ads?
Neither Box Breathing & 4 nor Supplement Guide shows ads.

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