My Downshift vs Downshift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
My Downshift
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Downshift is a gentle nervous system regulation app designed to help you slow down, reconnect to your body, and move through daily life with more presence and less overwhelm. Built for modern stress, burnout recovery, and high-performing lifestyles, Downshift offers calming audio practices, guided breathwork, nervous system support, and restorative experiences designed to help you regulate without adding more pressure to your routine. Inside the app: โข Daily Downshift practices โข Guided breath work + nervous system support โข Evening Exhale audio sessions โข Burnout recovery tools โข Gentle regulation for everyday life Less performance. More presence.
Downshift
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Downshift offers guided breathing exercises for the moments you feel tense or stressed โ box breathing, 4-7-8, resonance breathing and the physiological sigh โ plus progressive muscle relaxation, a body scan and, with a watch or tracker, a daily nervous-system reading from your Apple Health data. Breathe along. Follow the animated orb through guided patterns: the Physiological Sigh, Resonance breathing, Box, 4-7-8, and more. Gentle haptics mark every inhale and exhale, so you can do it with your eyes closed. Build a daily rhythm. A simple daily checklist of evidence-based habits โ morning light, movement, a caffeine cutoff, a steady bedtime โ with a streak to keep you going. See your progress. Log your tension morning and evening and watch the trend over time. Let go of physical tension. Guided progressive muscle relaxation walks you head-to-toe. On your wrist and your Home Screen. A standalone Apple Watch app with guided breathing, complications, and your reading at a glance โ plus Home and Lock Screen widgets. Yours, and private. Your Apple Health data stays on your device. Your notes sync privately through your own iCloud โ no account with us, no servers of ours, no tracking. Ever. Free to download and use. No ads. Downshift supports everyday wellbeing and is not a medical device or a substitute for professional care.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: My Downshift at 15.1 against Downshift's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | My Downshift | Downshift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | โ | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 โ better | 18.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 186 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | hey meet maddy llc | Ioan-Cristian Vezure |
In-app purchases
My Downshift
No in-app purchases
Downshift
No in-app purchases
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