1% Better vs Always Pause
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
1% Better
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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/
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | 1% Better | Always Pause |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hubert Rochereau | Work OnDeck LLC |
In-app purchases
1% Better
- Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
- Premium Annual$12.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$12.99
Always Pause
- Always Pause+7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Always Pause+7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Always Pause+ Lifetime$49.99








