Comparison

Haptic Box vs Breathe +

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

Head to head
About

Haptic Box

Engage your hands with touch-led vibrations and calming breathing exercises. Explore creative activities like coloring and tracing, or enjoy touch-reactive play. Customize your sensory experience for moments of calm and focus.

Highlights
  • Touch-led haptic feedback
  • Guided breathing patterns
  • Coloring and tracing activities
  • Touch-reactive play fields
  • Customizable intensity and motion
  • Offline creative modes
Features
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When life feels loud, give your hands something satisfying to do. Haptic Box pairs touch-led haptics - the vibrations you feel through your phone - with gentle breathing patterns, sensory play and creative activities. Make time for a sensory break, explore a steady rhythm or follow the colour beneath your fingertips. Sensory preferences are personal. Whether you're neurodivergent, enjoy predictable tactile input or simply want a quieter activity, explore the rhythms and choose the intensity and motion settings that suit you. On anxious or overwhelming days, there is no score to beat: choose a simple activity and take it at your own pace. FEEL: A RHYTHM YOU CAN FOLLOW Haptics are part of the experience, not just a buzz at the end. Explore guided journeys and individual patterns, including Box Breathing, Ocean Swell and gradual ramp-down sessions. Feel breathing cues, rolling pulses and descending rhythms alongside matching visuals. Gentle transitions settle the visuals when you stop or restart. Use the adjustable tactile patterns as a focus for an everyday grounding routine, a breathing break or a quiet moment. Pick what feels comfortable, pause or stop whenever you like, and leave any pattern that does not suit you. CANVAS: COLOUR, TRACE AND CONNECT Colour 40 illustrated pictures with your finger. Begin with a pencil-line drawing and uncover its colours as you move, then finish with a burst of paint particles drawn from the picture itself. Connect the numbers in 16 Dot-to-dot pictures at your own pace. Lift your finger and resume where you left off. Complete the drawing to reveal its illustration and watch a short animation matched to the subject. Tap the finished picture to start a fresh drawing. Trace patterns, letters and words with feedback along the way and a celebratory finish. All Canvas sections - Trace, Fill, Words and Dot-to-dot - are free. FIDGET: TOUCH-REACTIVE PLAY Move your fingers across responsive visual fields and explore the shapes, colours and motion they create. MAKE IT YOUR OWN Adjust vibration intensity, choose reduced motion and use the available gentle settings. Pause or stop whenever you like. Optional voice prompts accompany guided journeys; Canvas picture and word names can be spoken when enabled. OPTIONAL PRO A one-time in-app purchase unlocks the Textures section and five premium Touch Field worlds. Explore the texture collection, including Ripple, Raindrop, Rolling Thunder, Drumbeat, Sandstorm and Silk, plus Arc, Vortex, Gravitic, Ripple and Cosmic Pinball. Pro is not a subscription. Existing Pro owners keep their unlocked content and can use Restore Purchases in Settings. The store shows the price before purchase. Haptic feedback varies with your phone's hardware and settings, and sensory experiences differ from person to person. Haptic Box is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any medical condition. Consult a healthcare professional for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

About

Breathe +

Features
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Breathe+ helps you take quick, private resets when your day starts to run hot. Start one-minute breathing, grounding, energy, focus, sleep, and stretch sessions from iPhone, Apple Watch, widgets, or App Shortcuts. Optional HealthKit heart and HRV signals can help Breathe+ suggest a reset at useful moments. Calendar-aware controls, quiet hours, and workout recovery windows help keep prompts respectful. Key features: - One-minute calm, energy, focus, sleep, and grounding resets - Apple Watch haptic guidance - Optional HealthKit-based smart prompt timing - Calendar and quiet-hour prompt controls - Recovery-aware suggestions after workouts - Private voice journal and post-session feeling check-ins - Weekly reset reports and habit insights - On-device Plus insight summaries - Home Screen and watch widgets - Offline-first storage with local defaults Breathe+ is a wellness app, not a medical device. It does not diagnose, treat, or prevent any medical condition.

Screenshots

Haptic Box4 screens
Breathe +4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Breathe + at none against Haptic Box's 1. Haptic Box's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Haptic Box sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Breathe + asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Haptic Box ships an update every 5 days, Breathe + fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Haptic Box versus Breathe +: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHaptic BoxBreathe +
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (7 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGARY ANDREW WINSTONETarun Agarwal

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Haptic Box

One-time1
  • Pro Unlock$1.99
None

Breathe +

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Haptic Box free?
Haptic Box is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Breathe + free?
Breathe + is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Haptic Box or Breathe + have ads?
Neither Haptic Box nor Breathe + shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Haptic Box or Breathe +?
Haptic Box ships an update every 5 days, and Breathe + fortnightly. Most recently, Haptic Box was updated on October 28, 2026 and Breathe + on October 25, 2026.

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