Comparison

Mindful Breathe vs Serenate

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

Head to head
About

Mindful Breathe

This app guides you through various breathing exercises with clear visuals and gentle cues. Customize your breathing patterns or use presets for relaxation, focus, or recovery. It offers a distraction-free experience with multi-language support and local data storage.

Highlights
  • Guided breathing timer
  • Customizable breathing patterns
  • Preset breathing exercises
  • Breathing route guidance
  • Session length control
  • Multi-language UI
  • Dark mode
Features
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Mindful Breathe is a calm, focused breathing coach that guides you through inhale, hold, exhale, and pause cycles with clear visuals, gentle cues, and a modern, distraction-free UI. Use ready-made presets or create your own rhythm for relaxation, focus, or recovery. Key features: - Guided breathing timer with smooth phase transitions and progress - Built-in presets + custom inhale/hold/exhale/pause timing - Education cards for built-in patterns (tips, cautions, and context) - Breathing route guidance (nose, nose-to-mouth, pursed-lip) - Session length control with live remaining-time display - Optional phase sounds and vibration cues - Favorites for quick access to your go-to patterns - Dark mode (saved across restarts) - Multi-language UI: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian, Hindi, Japanese, Polish - Widgets, shortcuts and voice activation support Optimized for phones and tablets Privacy: - No account required - No ads, no third-party analytics - Preferences are stored locally on your device Note: Mindful Breathe is for general wellness and is not medical advice.

About

Serenate

This app offers a simple yet powerful way to manage meditation and breathing exercises. Customize session durations, background sounds, and visual cues for popular breathing patterns. Build a consistent habit with personalized, private sessions.

Highlights
  • Customizable meditation and breathing sessions
  • Visual cues for breathing patterns
  • Background ambient audio loops
  • Save favorite session configurations
  • Complete on-device privacy
Features
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Serenate is the simple yet powerful mindfulness tool you've been waiting for. Designed with absolute simplicity and elegance in mind, Serenate gives you the power to control your meditation and breathing sessions with your personal preferences. Whether you need a quick 1-minute breathing exercise to reset your focus, or a 30-minute unguided meditation session with immersive background audio, Serenate adapts to what you need today. Custom durations, custom sounds, custom cues, custom tracks. No reminders, no gimmicks. With your sessions built to your liking, it's easy to build a consistent meditation and breathing habit. Key Features: • Breathe: Follow dynamic visual cues for proven breathing patterns like Box Breathing, 4-7-8 for sleep, and more. • Meditate: Choose between timed silent sessions or beautiful background ambient loops. • Customize: Mix background audio, adjust your session lengths, and save your favorite configurations to jump right back in. • Complete Privacy: All your session configurations are stored securely on your own device.

Screenshots

Mindful Breathe4 screens
Serenate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mindful Breathe at 5.0 against Serenate's 4.5. Mindful Breathe also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and device support 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

Mindful Breathe holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Mindful Breathe versus Serenate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindful BreatheSerenate
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB167 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperArc Soft sp. z o.o.PRIYANKA JAIN

In-app purchases

None

Mindful Breathe

No in-app purchases

None

Serenate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mindful Breathe free?
Mindful Breathe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Serenate free?
Serenate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mindful Breathe or Serenate?
Mindful Breathe is rated higher. Mindful Breathe averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Serenate averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Mindful Breathe or Serenate have ads?
Serenate shows ads; Mindful Breathe does not.

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