Comparison

Box Breathing vs Breathe Easy

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

Head to head
About

Box Breathing

This minimalist app guides you through a four-part breathing pattern with a visual timer. It's designed for simple, distraction-free mindfulness and relaxation routines, helping you focus and slow your breathing.

Highlights
  • Visual box breathing guide
  • Four-part breathing pattern
  • Customizable phase duration
  • Live countdown timer
  • Round counter
  • Play, pause, and reset controls
  • Minimalist design
Features
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Box Breath is a minimalist box breathing app that uses a simple visual guide to help you follow a steady breathing pattern: inhale, hold, exhale, hold. The app opens to a clean interface with a square breathing guide, a countdown timer, and easy controls so you can begin right away. Whether you want a short breathing break during the day or a simple way to slow down and refocus, Box Breath keeps the experience straightforward and distraction-free. Features • Visual box breathing guide that highlights each phase of the cycle • Four-part breathing pattern: inhale, hold, exhale, hold • Custom duration control from 2 to 10 seconds per phase • Live countdown timer for each step • Round counter to track completed breathing cycles • Play, pause, and reset controls for quick use anytime • Minimal design with no clutter, so you can focus on your breath Box Breath is designed for people who want a simple breathing exercise, calm breathing timer, or mindfulness breathing app without unnecessary complexity. Use Box Breath for: • daily breathing practice • quiet focus breaks • moments when you want to slow your breathing • simple mindfulness and relaxation routines Take a moment, follow the rhythm, and breathe one box at a time.

About

Breathe Easy

Features
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Breathe Easy is a breathing timer for iPhone and Apple Watch that keeps going with the screen off: the session stays on the Lock Screen, and on your wrist the watch taps out every phase. Pick a rhythm, lock your iPhone, put it face down and breathe: the sound cues carry on, and the Lock Screen shows the phase. FREE, FOREVER • Box breathing (4·4·4·4) and 4-7-8, unlimited sessions • Singing bowl sound cues, gentle haptics, sessions of 1, 3, 5 or 10 minutes • Start your last practice from a Home Screen or Lock Screen widget. • An optional daily reminder, off until you switch it on. • Works offline. No account, no ads, no analytics: the app collects nothing. PRO, ONE PAYMENT • All 12 practices, box and 4-7-8 plus: coherent breathing, calming exhale, triangle, equal breathing, pursed-lip pacing, long exhale, slow resonance, extended box, physiological sigh and a custom pattern • Your own rhythm: breaths 1 to 20 seconds, holds 0 to 20 seconds • Kalimba, chimes, guitar, handpan and voice sound themes, four more color themes, and every theme added later No subscription, no renewals, nothing to cancel. Pay once and it's yours. ON YOUR WRIST On Apple Watch, Breathe Easy taps out every phase: a rising tap to breathe in, a falling one to breathe out, so you can breathe with your eyes closed. Start it from a watch face complication or, on Apple Watch Ultra, the Action button. The free practices work on the watch on their own; Pro, your custom pattern, your color theme and your preparation length come from your iPhone. WHY IT KEEPS GOING Breathe Easy runs the session like a music player, so your iPhone keeps it going with the screen locked: the Lock Screen shows the phase, Pause and Play, and an End button. CALM BY DESIGN One screen, one orb that breathes with you, a countdown you can read from across the room, and nothing that nags: no streaks, no pop-ups, and the daily reminder stays off unless you turn it on. In English, Ukrainian, Polish, German, Spanish, French and Portuguese.

Screenshots

Box Breathing4 screens
Breathe Easy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Box Breathing at none against Breathe Easy's 1. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Breathe Easy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Box Breathing asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Box Breathing ships an update every 5 days, Breathe Easy every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Box Breathing versus Breathe Easy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBox BreathingBreathe Easy
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnkush SharmaYevhen Kalahanov

In-app purchases

None

Box Breathing

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Breathe Easy

One-time1
  • Pro$6.99

Questions

Is Box Breathing free?
Box Breathing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Breathe Easy free?
Breathe Easy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Box Breathing or Breathe Easy have ads?
Neither Box Breathing nor Breathe Easy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Box Breathing or Breathe Easy?
Box Breathing ships an update every 5 days, and Breathe Easy every 4 days. Most recently, Box Breathing was updated on October 31, 2026 and Breathe Easy on November 1, 2026.

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