Comparison

1% Better vs Always Pause

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

Head to head
About

1% Better

Features
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Track the habits that matter to YOU, not a preset list. A 30-second daily check-in: Top, Imperfect, Off. No streak to protect, no guilt. WHY 1% BETTER Most habit trackers make you quit after the first missed day. 1% Better does the opposite: it counts your comebacks, not your failures. Get 1% better each week and you end the year 68% better. YOUR WHEEL, YOUR RULES - One slice per domain, one ring per day. Your whole month at a glance. - Pick up to 9 domains: sleep, workout, meals, focus, emotional balance and more - Build them fully custom if you want - 30-second daily check-in A COACH THAT DOES NOT MAKE THINGS UP - It compares your domains and tells you what actually moves what - It stays quiet until it has enough data to be sure, and says how many days are missing - Momentum, stability, comeback capacity - Week-over-week trend, domain by domain CLEAR PRICING Free: daily check-in, your wheel, history and weekly breakdown. Premium: the coach, the full 9 domains, fully custom. 2.99 EUR per month, cancel anytime, or 14.99 EUR once, for life. Optional cloud backup (Apple or Google). Your data stays yours. Terms: https://onepercent.app/cgu.html Privacy: https://onepercent.app/confidentialite.html Apple EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Always Pause

Access a curated collection of over 50 science-backed breathing exercises designed for calm, sleep, focus, and energy. This app offers a simple, ad-free experience with haptic guidance on Apple Watch and home screen widgets.

Highlights
  • 50+ science-backed breathing techniques
  • Four moods: calm, sleep, focus, energy
  • Haptic guidance on Apple Watch
  • One-tap rescue feature
  • Home screen and lock screen widgets
  • Ad-free and tracker-free design
Features
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Sometimes you just need to breathe. Pause+ is a quiet library of 50 breathing techniques — box, 4-7-8, physiological sigh, coherence, and more. Each one is real, researched, and ready the moment you need it. No streaks. No programs. No notifications chasing you down. Open the app, pick what you need, breathe, close it. What's inside · 50 science-backed breathing techniques · Four moods — calm, sleep, focus, energy · Haptic guidance on Apple Watch — phone-free breathing, anywhere · One-tap rescue for the hard moments · Widgets for your home screen, lock screen, and Control Center Who it's for For people who've tried the other apps and felt worse. For anyone who wants a breathing tool, not another thing to keep up with. For the ones who want quiet — not content. Pause+ is ad-free, tracker-free, and designed to be used briefly. Practice when you need to. Don't when you don't. Breathwork, backed by science. Designed to stay out of your way.

Screenshots

1% Better4 screens
Always Pause4 screens

Verdict

The call

1% Better and Always Pause are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. 1% Better sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Always Pause sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

1% Better ships an update fortnightly, Always Pause every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
1% Better versus Always Pause: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter1% BetterAlways Pause
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHubert RochereauWork OnDeck LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

1% Better

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Premium Annual$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$12.99
3 purchases

Always Pause

Subscriptions2
  • Always Pause+7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Always Pause+7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Always Pause+ Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is 1% Better free?
1% Better is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Always Pause free?
Always Pause is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 1% Better or Always Pause have ads?
Neither 1% Better nor Always Pause shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 1% Better or Always Pause?
1% Better ships an update fortnightly, and Always Pause every 2 weeks. Most recently, 1% Better was updated on November 6, 2026 and Always Pause on October 31, 2026.

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