Comparison

BreathZen vs Lune Cycle Tracker

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

Head to head
About

BreathZen

This app guides your breathing rhythm with gentle audio cues, allowing for practice with closed eyes or a locked screen. It offers several built-in patterns and customizable options for a personalized mindfulness experience.

Highlights
  • Audio-guided breathing rhythms
  • Closed-eye and locked-screen practice
  • Five built-in breathing patterns
  • Customizable inhale, exhale, and hold times
  • Practice by rounds or set duration
  • Offline functionality
  • Optional Apple Health integration
Features
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Close your eyes. You can still follow every breath. BreathZen is a breathing rhythm app designed for quiet practice. Gentle human breath guidance makes inhale and exhale distinct by ear, while holds remain silent. There are no spoken commands and no need to keep watching the screen. FIVE BUILT-IN PATTERNS — FREE • 4-7-8 Breath: a longer exhale for winding down • Box Breathing: four equal phases for a steady rhythm • Coherent Breathing: smooth 5.5-second inhales and exhales • 4-6 Calm Breath: gentle pacing without holds • Morning Wake Breath: an inhale-led rhythm for starting the day MADE FOR CLOSED EYES AND LOCKED SCREENS With sound enabled, your practice continues when the screen locks or you switch apps. The Lock Screen and Control Center show the current phase, pattern, overall progress, and playback state, with pause and resume controls close at hand. A RHYTHM THAT FITS YOU Set inhale, hold, exhale, and rest in half-second steps, up to 60 seconds per phase. Preview the animation and sound while you edit, with live cycle length, breaths per minute, and session duration. Editing and auditioning are free. Saving custom patterns is a one-time purchase, never a subscription. COUNT BREATHS OR SET A TIME Practice by rounds or choose 1–120 minutes. When time is up, BreathZen finishes the last complete breath instead of cutting you off halfway through a phase. Paused time does not count against the session. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, ads, tracking, or analytics SDK. Everyday practice works offline. Optionally save completed sessions to Apple Health as mindful minutes. All five built-in patterns and the complete core practice experience remain free. Custom pattern saving is a one-time unlock. Practice only within a comfortable range. Stop and return to natural breathing if you feel dizzy, strained, or unwell. BreathZen supports general wellness and mindfulness; it does not provide medical diagnosis or treatment.

About

Lune Cycle Tracker

Features
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Lune is a simple, private period tracker designed to help you understand your cycle without compromising your health data. Log your period dates and Lune automatically predicts your next period, fertile window, and ovulation day. The more cycles you log, the more accurate the predictions become. Features: • Track your menstrual cycle and predict future periods • See your fertile window and estimated ovulation day • Understand your cycle phase (menstrual, follicular, ovulation, luteal) • Gentle reminders 2 days before your next expected period • Beautiful, easy-to-read week strip showing where you are in your cycle Your privacy is the priority: Lune stores all data locally on your device only. No account required. No data is ever uploaded to a server, shared with third parties, sold, or used for advertising — ever. Uninstalling the app permanently deletes everything. Lune is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice. Cycle predictions are estimates based on your logged history.

Screenshots

BreathZen4 screens
Lune Cycle Tracker2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lune Cycle Tracker at none against BreathZen'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. BreathZen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lune Cycle Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BreathZen ships an update weekly, Lune Cycle Tracker every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
BreathZen versus Lune Cycle Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBreathZenLune Cycle Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB33 MB
Age rating4+9+
Developer松 李Christian Ocasio

In-app purchases

1 purchases

BreathZen

One-time1
  • Custom Breathing$0.99
None

Lune Cycle Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BreathZen free?
BreathZen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lune Cycle Tracker free?
Lune Cycle Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BreathZen or Lune Cycle Tracker have ads?
Neither BreathZen nor Lune Cycle Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BreathZen or Lune Cycle Tracker?
BreathZen ships an update weekly, and Lune Cycle Tracker every 5 days. Most recently, BreathZen was updated on October 24, 2026 and Lune Cycle Tracker on October 11, 2026.

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